I sat in for a presentation from SOSAZ for SecularAZ.org on the proposed citizen’s Initiative Petition effort (protectedaz.com) to limit the ESA Universal Voucher program here in AZ. I thought it an excellent discussion that addressed many questions about the planned ballot proposition. The proposed language (PDF Link) is pending legislative council legal review. SOSAZ … Read more
Rather than work with Democrats to reform the waste, fraud, and abuse in their billion-dollar welfare/scam for the rich and crooked Empowerment Scholarship Account Private School Voucher program, Arizona Legislative Republicans, in wanting to combat teacher protests and walkouts like what happened in the Red for Ed Movement, have launched a vindictive vendetta against public … Read more
Dr. Terry Ruiz, a Democratic Candidate for Arizona State Superintendent, promised to halt the automatic approval of destructive ESA school vouchers on day one. Speaking to LD18 Democrats, the 35‑year educator and former Glendale Community College president blasted Superintendent Tom Horne for refusing to rein in out‑of‑control voucher spending. She pledged to immediately stop the … Read more
0.001 percent. That is the percentage of reported voter fraud in Arizona during the 2020 elections. 8.8 percent. That is the percentage of fraud and errors in the Arizona SNAP program. 22 percent. That is the percentage of fraud in the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Program. Guess which issue Arizona Republicans are pushing false narratives of … Read more
Another week. Another report from Craig Harris and the 12 News Team on how flawed the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Private School Welfare/Scam for the Rich and Crooked Program is. Despite assurances from Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and Legislative Republicans that the fraud rate for ESA purchases is one percent or lower, … Read more