by David SafierAccording to ASU News: Although this budget is intended to remain in compliance with the qualifications for federal stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the result of such fund seizures – along with a rollover of $100 million in university funding from the fiscal year 2009 to … Read more
by David SafierCraig at Random Musings has pulled an excerpt from the Secretary of State's candidate handbook that makes it look like Huppenthal is playing fast and loose with the resign to run law by collecting signatures for Ed Supe before January, 2010, while he's still in the Senate. 4. Statement of Organization OR $500 … Read more
by David SafierOn his blog, Daniel's News and Views, Rep. Daniel Patterson has some words of advice for John Huppenthal in response to his admission that he's been collecting signatures for his Ed Supe run, in apparent violation of the resign-to-run law: Good luck, John, in your race [for Superintendent of Public Instruction], but you … Read more
by David SafierA reader sent me the text of the Arizona Guardian article I mentioned this morning that says Huppenthal is collecting signatures for his run for Ed Supe. It's a fact. He's doing it. Huppenthal told the Guardian that he has been collecting signatures for the petitions. But the veteran lawmaker said he did … Read more
by David SafierMy lastest column in the Explorer praises empathy (and enlists David Brooks as someone on the other side who agrees), then goes on to argue "the Empathy Gene appears to be missing from conservatives' DNA." Apropos of the empathy topic, read Leonard Pitts' column in today's Star. It's good for white men like … Read more