Just Vote Yes on Both Education Propositions

Arizona is ranked 49th in Education Funding in the United States. The Grand Canyon State, despite funding increases over the last several years, is still not financing schools, in 2020, at 2008 Pre Recession levels. Currently, median teacher salaries are “second to lowest” in the country. One-quarter of Arizona’s classrooms are either without an instructor … Read more

Handmaids protest abortion bans in Phoenix.

#HB2388: Big Brother Meets Aunt Lydia (video)

With big data surveillance, church recruitment, government-funded, incomplete and biased medical information, and unregulated clinics providing “all wrap-around pregnancy, counseling and post-childbirth services”, HB2388 is Big Brother and Aunt Lydia’s love child. Last week was draining– with multiple tax cuts in Ways and Means, fake pregnancy centers in Health and Human Services (HB2388), and passage … Read more

The Case for Amy Klobuchar as the “Goldilocks” Democratic Presidential Candidate

On the ABC news show This Week with George Stephanopoulos, analyst Matthew Dowd, after the recent debate performances of Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, called her “the Goldilocks” Presidential Candidate. Is Senator Klobuchar the Presidential Candidate that is just right for the Voters? Maybe. Senator Klobuchar represents the left of the center wing of the Democratic … Read more

Dem Prosecutor Candidates Reject Prison Time for Minor Drug Offenses

Democratic candidates running for Pima County Attorney are united in opposition to the death penalty and to prosecuting low-level nonviolent drug users. It was a rebuke of the policies of current County Attorney Barbara LaWall, whose harsh policies against minor drug users and in favor of the death penalty have dominated the office led for … Read more

Red for Ed: Never Forget

GOP legislators seek to create ballot confusion on education measures

The Arizona GOP is turning to its old bag of tricks again: put competing measures on the ballot to create ballot confusion and hope that exasperated voters will just vote “no” on both measures out of frustration. Howard Fischer reports, Senate panel OKs ballot proposal to hike special sales tax for education funding: State lawmakers … Read more