by David Safier So. The Goldwater Institute brings Jeb Bush out to talk to members of the legislature's out-of-session education committees and, I suppose, anyone else who wants to listen. Friend of the blog Matthew Ladner is good buds with Jeb. Ladner wrote a book about the miracle of Florida education, and Jeb Bush wrote … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I understand that the Arizona Daily Star is finally going to get around to covering the Tucson City Council races — well, kinda. The Star's lame idea of covering the City Council races amounts to having reporter Tim Steller hang out with the teabaggers of Tucson Tea Party at their "Tucson’s Last … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There's a city council election in Tucson? You'd never know this if you only read the Arizona Daily Star. Since the demise of the Tucson Citizen earlier this year, the only newspaper that delivers quality political reporting is the Tucson Weekly – kudos to Jim Nintzel. In this week's edition of the Tucson … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jim Nintzel teases a story at the Tucson Weekly New Cost Estimates for Public Safety First Initiative: The city of Tucson's Independent Audit and Performance Commission will be reviewing a report on the potential costs of the Public Safety First Initiative, aka Prop 200, which voters will decide Nov. 3. The prop … Read more
by David Safier Goldwater's Matthew Ladner is up in Phoenix today shepherding around Jeb Bush, who is in town (brought here by G.I.) to sing the praises of the "Florida educational [not really such a] miracle" to members of the House and Senate education committees. So I doubt if I can rain on his parade. … Read more