St. Louis Imagine Schools, Entertainment Properties and failing charter schools — and the Arizona connection
December 22, 2011
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by David Safier It's a long, complicated story. Here's the short version. For-profit Imagine Schools, the biggest charter school corporation in the country, buys property and school buildings through one of its subsidiary organizations, sells them to a private property trust, usually Entertainment Properties, which rents the properties back to Imagine, which then rents them … Read more
We Are Listening in 2012!
December 22, 2011
Blog for Arizona is pleased to announce the return of a feature for 2012. Because mainstream media do not cover local campaigns except within a narrow window of coverage shortly before a primary or general election, BforAZ will strive to provide our readers with in-depth election coverage throughout the year. With the number and coverage … Read more
Farley bill next session: The ALEC Accountability Act
December 21, 2011
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by David Safier Steve Farley plans to sponsor a bill called the ALEC Accountability Act next legislative session. Basically it says, since ALEC functions like a lobbying group, it should be registered as a lobbyist and have to adhere to the same rules as other lobbyists. It's a great idea. I'd like to throw the … Read more
Marijuana vs. Immigration
December 21, 2011
Posted By Michael Bryan So let me get this straight, Jan. You think that Federal drug law ought to trump the right of Arizonans to set up a system of medical marijuana, but Federal immigration law does not trump the Arizona's right to set up its own system of immigration? Do I detect a few … Read more
Give your public school tax credit before December 31
December 21, 2011
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by David Safier An individual can give $200 to a public school — or break it up among a number of schools — and get 100% of it back at tax time. Once again, that's 100% back, no cost to you. A couple can give $400. You have to do it by December 31. Remember, … Read more
Andy Thomas is in Big Trouble
December 21, 2011
Posted by Michael Bryan We here at BfAZ have expended considerable pixels over the past few years following, and criticizing, the abuses of Andrew Thomas as Maricopa County Attorney, and then his campaign for Arizona's Attorney General – and what a nightmare Attorney General Andrew Thomas would have been… We've been harsh, and we've been … Read more
Feliz Navidad
December 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jose Feliciano sings Feliz Navidad. Time to fire up some Christmas tamales for dinner– my favorite!
My work here (at the Explorer) is done(?)
December 21, 2011
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by David Safier A letter in today's Explorer, the weekly freebie out of Oro Valley, Marana and points close, complains about the paper's "biased liberal agenda." Just picked up and read The Explorer for the first time in a few months and I was amazed at what a biased liberal agenda has been moved into … Read more
