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AZGOP Presses Forward on Expanding Vouchers Against AZ Voters’ Preferences
February 20, 2022
SOSAZ weekly education report dropped today: An urgent matter before the AZ Leg now is the attempt by the AZGOP to expand privatization of our educational dollars via a massive expansion of vouchers, a policy roundly rejected by AZ voters in Prop 305: In the Senate, SB1657 (an all-but-universal expansion) and SB1707 (which makes Gov. Ducey’s voucher
The AZ Senate Must Waive the AEL Cap THIS Week!
February 20, 2022
As you can see from the countdown clock on our homepage, the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) has to be waived this week or our public school children will be punished with a senseless and draconian cut of over a billion dollars. Civic Engagement Beyond Voting is on the case in this week’s legislative update: The
Pima County Sheriff Nanos on Rethinking the Role of Law Enforcement
February 20, 2022
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who’s worked for the department for 32 years, spoke about the challenges facing local law enforcement at the January 24, 2022 meeting of Democrats of Greater Tucson. Police reform has become a hot-button topic in the United States over the past few years. Conversations over how to keep communities safe
Political Calendar: Week of February 20, 2022
February 20, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status.
Organizational Meetings For The New Democratic Legislative District Committees – Pima County
February 19, 2022
H/T LD 10 Legislative District 10 Committee. Organizational meetings for the new Democratic legislative district committees Arizona law provides that after redistricting creates new legislative districts, the party committees for the new legislative districts are formed at organizational meetings for each new LD. At these meetings the chair, two vice chairs, a secretary and a treasurer are elected
“The Clock is (Still) Ticking” on Arizona Public School Funding After Another Week of Inaction at the State Senate
February 18, 2022
While the Arizona State House has passed a measure lifting the State Expenditure Cap on Education spending, the Senate has failed to follow them and everyone has departed for the President’s Day Holiday Weekend. When they return to the state capitol on Tuesday, there will only be seven calendar days for the Senate Republicans to
The MAGA/QAnon Cult Is Quite Insane: ‘Get Rid Of Voting Machines And Hand Count All Ballots’
February 18, 2022
First of all, Arizona counties do not have enough resources appropriated by the state legislature to conduct elections. They are always being shortchanged. This is why counties accepted grants from civic groups in 2020 to cover their actual costs of running an election during a Covid pandemic. This too was the subject of wild-eyed MAGA/QAnon
Paul Krugman: ‘Mr. Biden, Your Good Economy Won’t Sell Itself’
February 18, 2022
It’s “Morning In America” again, people. Accept that there is good news and allow yourself to feel good about it. Stop being “nattering nabobs of negativity” and wallowing in Covid Hell self-pity. Brighter days lie ahead, Bunky. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman has good advice for the Biden admnistration today which they would be
