David Safier by David SafierWe here at BLOG FOR ARIZONA are too classy to go around begging people to go to the comments section of The Fix, Chris Cilliza's blog, and vote for BLOG FOR ARIZONA as the best political site in Arizona, the state for which BLOG FOR ARIZONA is named. But as AzBlueMeanie mentioned, another … Read more
by David SafierEight people from Arizona's universities got together to look at various ways Arizona can deal with our budget crisis. The group calls itself the Fiscal Alternative Choices Team — FACT. Clever acronym. So the 65 page paper they just released is called The FACT Report. Who can argue with FACTs? By the way, … Read more
by David SafierIn today's Star, there's a story about City High School students helping out the family of a recent graduate whose family has a combination of financial and health problems. They did some yard work and trash hauling at a mobile home the family is moving into, and they presented the family with a … Read more
by David SafierA reader sent me a March 10 article from KTAR News with an easily overlooked paragraph where Tom Horne said, in essence, Hey, don't blame the legislators for schools' budget woes: Horne said that state lawmakers have taken an unfair amount of blame for recent cuts in education funding. He said the most … Read more
by David SafierI noted 6 weeks ago that Republicans took $7 million from the First Things First fund to help balance the 2009 budget. Now, according to the Republic, The First Things First early-childhood-education board filed a lawsuit Monday to block the state from taking $7 million from a fund created by Arizona voters three … Read more