by David Safier Times a wastin' to give a $200 per person ($400 per couple) tax credit donation to the public school of your choice. The window closes on December 31. If you (a) pay state taxes and (b) can live without the $200-400 until you get 100% OF IT BACK when you pay taxes, … Read more
by David Safier Nominations are still open for the worst Star headline of the year. The Creative Headline Writing Team is burning the midnight oil, working right up to the December 31 deadline to create new, awful headlines. This one is a humdinger: 23% of high school grads fail Army entrance test Wow. You mean … Read more
by David Safier Please give a public school tax credit donation! It costs you nothing, and it gives some much needed dollars to our fund-starved public schools. In my post below, I give details about contributing to Tucson and Sunnyside District schools. Here's why I left out other local school districts. The following districts' forms … Read more
by David Safier Yeah, yeah, I don't much like school tax credits. The backdoor vouchers for private schools are flat out reprehensible, and I would much rather have the public school funds evenly distributed rather than having them end up mainly in the hands of schools with affluent parents. But we have to make the … Read more
by David Safier Voters in a number of states have been asked to OK vouchers. Never — not once — have they agreed. The last voucher referendum I know of — 2007, in Utah of all places — was voted down by 62%. Considering that was in conservative Utah, that's huge. Polls say people don't … Read more