The opponents of fully funding public schools and Democracy will not quit. This time, they have petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to declare Proposition 208-Invest in Ed unconstitutional because: There are state caps on education spending. The Invest in Ed-Proposition 208 measure did not pass with a two-thirds margin for approval. The petitioners are: “Sen. … Read more
In an attempt to improve his odds at winning higher political office, Governor Doug Ducey has been spending the last few weeks returning to the reactionary dark side of the former Party of Lincoln and signing executive orders that will appease the Know-Nothing wing of that party. That includes measures to: Take away mask mandates … Read more
The Children’s Action Alliance (CAA,) an organization that specializes in advancing policy issues that would benefit Arizona children and families like education, health care, child safety, and childcare has a new leader. It is former Arizona Democratic Legislative Leader and current Center for Economic Progress head David Lujan. Mr. Lujan brings a vast amount of … Read more
It is ironic that it was only about four hours ago (April 19, 2021) that Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said in response to a reporter’s question, that the mask requirement would stay in place for Arizona’s schools at least until summer. It is almost as if Governor Doug Ducey was watching because, … Read more
Kate Gallego began a full four-year term as Phoenix Mayor today (April 19, 2021) after getting inaugurated with other members of the City Council (Yassamin Ansari, Betty Guardado, Ann O’Brien, and Debra Stark) who won elections last November and March (a runoff where Ms. Ansari prevailed.) In her inaugural remarks. Mayor Gallego started by saying … Read more