Candidates for school boards in Arizona have offered their perspective on Governor Ducey’s decision, with the surge in COVID 19 cases, to postpone the beginning of in-person instruction until August 17. All of the candidates who replied to a request for comment: Share the same view that the safety of all education stakeholders (children, teachers, … Read more
Founding Father James Madison must be turning over in his grave today. James Madison was the chief author of the Bill of Rights and thus of the First Amendment. He was the foremost champion of religious liberty. James Madison’s “Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments”, a document presented to the Virginia General Assembly in 1785, argued … Read more
Dear Arizona Voters Petitioners will be submitting signatures for both the Invest in Ed and Second Chance Ballot Initiatives on Thursday, July 2, 2020. Please click on the below link to find locations where you can go and sign the petitions for both initiatives. https://secondchancesaz.com/sign-now/ As mentioned below in an article written on June 19, … Read more
How many ways can Arizona flub its COVID19 response simultaneously? Not only did the Washington Post report that “Arizona has lost control of the pandemic,” Governor Doug Ducey also has been slow and intentionally minimalist in his distribution of relief to Arizonans who are suffering financial hardship. His government has distributed only a tiny fraction of the funds available … Read more
Today, Governor Doug Ducey, in coordination with Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, announced, through an Executive Order (please click here to access,) that in-person classroom instruction at the state’s schools has been delayed until at least August 17, 2020. Online instruction options will still be available earlier. Other features of the Executive Order include: … Read more