May 18, 2021, was supposed to be a festive day for children in the Scottsdale Unified School District. They were going to be honored for their academic and extracurricular performance at the monthly school board meeting. One student, seventh-grader Theo Joseph, was due to receive acclaim for the essay he submitted to the Phoenix Holocaust … Read more
To reiterate what I posted the other day, the budget “is a deal brokered in secret among just Republicans, and sprung upon the legislature at the last minute without committee hearings or any public input or debate. The goal is to ram it through, jam it through the legislature with just Republican votes to pass … Read more
Oh God, she’s baaack! In 2011, then Governor Jan Brewer signed off on then House Speaker Kirk Adams’ four year phased-in corporate welfare tax giveaway plan, while state revenues were still devastated from the Great Recession (2007-2009). Jan Brewer had initially opposed his plan in 2010 causing “Captain Kool-Aid,” Kirk Adams, a true believer in … Read more
State Leaders and Educators held an Education Townhall sponsored by the Arizona Democratic Party on Monday, May 17, 2021, to show appreciation for the education provisions of the Biden/Harris American Rescue Plan. The attendees were: Arizona Democratic Party Head and Legislative District 30 Representative Raquel Teran. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman. Phoenix Union … Read more
It is budget time at the State Capitol and Democrats have unveiled the fiscal priorities they want the State Legislature to consider in negotiations in the coming weeks. Called Restore, Recover, and Rebuild, the Democratic program, (please read the full proposal by clicking the below link,) is a people’s first one that is geared to … Read more