Next Morning Ruminations about the TUSD Board Meeting
April 30, 2008
by David Safier I got off one shot before my camera went bad. It was a Tucson Media Circus out there last night. Here are a few bits and pieces I didn’t have time to write about, including some thoughts about the whole process from Mark Stegeman, who is running for School Board. • The
McCain Gets a Pass From Arizona News Media – Update
April 30, 2008
Posted by: AzBlueMeanie The Arizona Daily Star published a letter to the editor on April 29, 2008 regarding the New York Times article "A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain." Brian Sowle wrote: "I was certainly expecting to see the story the following morning in the Star. But no, the Times of New
Glassman’s Liberal Drinking Makes Mothers MADD
April 30, 2008
This landed in the Tucson Weekly’s mailbag recently (and, judging by the list of email addresses in the ‘To:’ field, that of about every media outlet in southern Arizona) [all bold emphasis is mine, i.e. the underlining is original]: April 27, 2008 SHAME on YOU MADD Pima County, As past volunteers/board members, we question the
The Final Decision For Tucson School Closings: PUNT!
April 29, 2008
by David Safier A note: Someone should tell the Board members that no one thinks their ideas are so incredibly incisive, so spellbinding, that it makes sense to prattle on endlessly. Brevity is the soul of wit (wit meaning smarts and wisdom), someone once said. It may not be true in every case, but a
Tucson School Board Members Lay Out Their Positions
April 29, 2008
by David Safier Joel Ireland says he’s voting against all closings. The reason is, the judge’s lifting of the desegregation order means schools can be considered for cutting that couldn’t be considered under the deseg order. So he wants to table the decision for now and begin the process over again, creating a committee and
On the Scene at the School Board Meeting
April 29, 2008
by David Safier Outside the District Building, about a hundred children and adults are waving signs and shouting, “Save our schools!” led by a bullhorn. Every TV station has its video truck parked outside. Inside the Board room, the seats are either filled or saved. “Stop School Closures” signs have been passed out to be
Arizona Video Week in Review
April 29, 2008
Great political video from Arizona you might have missed, and shouldn’t have… A little late, but better than never.
Mule Train Mail: Dick Kaiser “Bushies Allowed to Kill Election Reform for Another Year”
April 29, 2008
by Dick Kaiser: On April 15, as millions of Americans made a commitment to fulfill their obligation to fund the commonwealth and its imperialistic ways, the House of Representatives all but guaranteed that election integrity in November this year will be a crap-shoot at best. The story begins full of good news… At
