David Safier by David SafierArizona has to take pride in whatever number one rankings it gets, especially in education, where it's at the bottom of the per student spending pile. So this is something to be proud of . . . I guess. According to Sen. Jorge Luis Garcia in an op ed in this morning's Star, … Read more
by David Safier“The leadership we provide in these hard times will be measured by how well we take care of our youth, our elders and our disabled." Senator Albert Hale (D, LD-2)
by David SafierBefore I go into the substance of this post, let me mention an excellent post on Random Musings that adds to the discussion of Yarbrough's ACSTO paying about $400,000 a year to Yarbrough's HY Processing. "Random" quotes from the IRS rules governing 501(c)3 organizations, particularly the prohibition against "excess benefit transactions" where the … Read more
by David SafierLocal writer and frequent Huffington Post contributor Marlene Phillips profiled our own David Fitzsimmons on Huffington Post. Did you know "Fitzsimmons' cartoons are in syndication in over 700 newspapers in the United States and around the world"? Neither did I.
by David SafierG.I. usually doesn't come down on the same side of issues as I do. But as a faithfully skeptical reader of its daily emails, I keep abreast of its ideas and its doings, and I find we come down on the same side of two recent issues, one for different reasons, one for … Read more