by David Safier Not only are some states raising taxes to cope with their budget shortfalls, but their legislatures have the courage to vote for the increased taxes themselves instead of asking voters to make the tough decisions for them while cutting taxes for their corporate sugar daddies. Since the economic meltdown in late 2008, … Read more
by David Safier I've written at length about The Floridation of Arizona Education. If Florida does it — grading schools A through F, holding back kids in the third grade — pretty soon, we'll be doing it too. But it looks like Florida is turning this into a mutual admiration society. Coming down the pike … Read more
by David Safier I recommend you tiptoe through this stuff. You don't want too much of it to get on your shoes. With that word of warning, let's take a walk through Arizona Legislative Crazyland. We're being asked to vote for a 1 cent sales tax hike, to make sure we don't cut schools any … Read more
by David Safier Terry Goddard is getting press now that he's announced for Governor. It's time for him to make firm statements. Instead, he's making kinda firm statements. "I do think economic recovery is the key to fixing our budget in the long run." I do think? I do think? What, you don't know? And … Read more
by David Safier First we have a bill to hold back 3rd graders if their reading scores are too low. It exists because of a misrepresentation of the benefits of 3rd grade retention in Florida pushed by Matthew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute. Now we have a bill to make high school students pass a … Read more