by David SafierI just listened to a report about today's arguments in the Arizona ELL case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The interesting, but not surprising, part was the Supremes' concerns about the case. The conservative justices were concerned with the reach of the district court micromanaging the ELL plan. The liberal justices … Read more
by David Safier I understand the sad dilemma. When times are bad, people need more services, yet less money flows into government coffers, meaning there's less money for services. The feds can go in hock, but Arizona can't. So the choices are either Arizona gets more money from the feds — which is happening — … Read more
by David SafierI was trying to figure out the other day if Napolitano actually refused abstinence education funding, since articles about Brewer restarting the program talked about a continuation. Howard Fischer cleared the whole thing up. Programs for teens had continued with leftover funds, but another program "to promote abstinence in youngsters in grades six … Read more
by David SafierFreshman legislators always come in with high hopes about what they can accomplish, so they're bound to suffer multiple disappointments in their first years. And this year when legislators see Arizonans losing jobs, watching the value of their investments in homes and retirement accounts plummet and going without adequate health care and other … Read more
by David SafierEd Supe Tom Horne was interviewed on Arizona Illustrated a few days ago. Jim Nintzel of Tucson Weekly, one of the panel, posted the video on his blog.Three points jumped out at me: Horne refused to say whether he supports a tax increase for schools, claiming that's up to the legislature. True, of … Read more