Beacon Hill Inst.: Hey, don’t blame us for G.I.’s job-loss exaggerations!
by David Safier Funny thing. The Goldwater Institute tried to defend its assertion that Arizona will lose 14,000 jobs if we pass Prop 100, and ended up getting a slap on the wrist from the Beacon Hill Institute that gave G.I. the original information. Beacon Hill Institute said basically, We stand by our assertion that … Read more
What needs to be said about immigration
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Republicans who are enamored with supply-side economics also apply this disproved and discredited economic theory to the immigration problem as well. They believe that supply creates demand. Not true. It is demand that creates the supply. When it comes to immigration, there are principally two issues that are generating all the anger: (1) … Read more
More about Sonoran Science Academy
by David Safier Last December, Tucson Weekly ran an article by Tim Vanderpool about the Sonoran Science Academy charter schools: Hidden Agenda? Parents raise concerns that a Tucson charter school has ties to a Turkish nationalist movement. Today, Tim Steller has a long, excellent piece in the Star about Sonoran Science. It's well researched, informative … Read more
Facebook page: “1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070”
by David Safier This is the first time I've promoted a page on Facebook, but here's one I joined: 1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070. There are 86,107 members so far. Want to make it 86,108?
“My favorite raza, the human raza”
by David Safier I loved the line Richard Elias opened with when he spoke at the Rally against SB 1070 at Grijalva's campaign office this morning. Elias looked out over the crowd, grinned and said, "My favorite raza, the human raza." I don't know, maybe Elias uses the line all the time, but I hadn't … Read more
Glassman makes Jonathan Alter on Newsweek
by David Safier The national story is no longer just McCain and Hayworth. Now Glassman is on the radar as well. Jonathan Alter, who writes in Newsweek and is a regular commenter on MSNBC, wrote a column, McCain Descending. He deplores the change in McCain on immigration issues: In the past McCain has tamped down … Read more
The Coming Week – Legislative Edition
Posted by Craig McDermott As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature, except where noted, and subject to change without notice… There are two reasons to believe that the 2nd Session of the 49th Arizona Legislature is in its final days – 1. The sooner they adjourn, the sooner the 90-day … Read more
