by David Safier I'm gonna keep bugging you about this all the way up to December 31. Give a public school tax credit donation to the school of your choice. Unless you disagree with the idea of tax credits to public schools — and unless your total AZ tax is less than $200 ($400 for … Read more
by David Safier Yesterday the Star published an op ed praising tuition tax credits to the skies. Today the paper ran another op ed criticizing the excesses of the program. It's good to see the Star back in the game on this important issue. The pro-tuition tax credit piece was an answer to the Star … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The National Rifle Association has long fulminated in the gun control debate in Washington like the Great Oz in the Emerald City. Well stick this in your ear Wayne LaPierre. Conservative pollster Frank Luntz has snatched back Oz’s curtain to reveal that gun owners favor much more reasonable gun controls than the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Maureen Dowd writes in today's New York Times: Is There a Real McCain? The Maverick’s buck stops here. John McCain is no longer the media’s delight and his party’s burr, bucking convention with infectious relish. The man used to be such a constructive independent that some of his Republican Senate colleagues called … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday, around 350 attorneys rallied against the swirling cesspool of corruption in Maricopa County, specifically the abuse of power by County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Their use of the legal system to attack their political opponents and to criminalize policy differences has reached a tippping point with their … Read more