by David SafierFriend of the blog and Goldwater Institute employee Matthew Ladner had written his opinions of the Trib's articles about tuition tax credits and STOs on a blog where he posts occasionally. Shorter Ladner: Tuition tax credits, good. Abuses of tax credits, bad, need to be corrected. Those are the same sentiments he's expressed … Read more
by David SafierYesterday, I wrote a post that mixed praise and criticism of the second part of the Trib's series, Rigged Privilege, about Arizona's poorly written and much abused tuition tax credit/STO legislation. I mostly jumped the gun on my criticisms, and for that I apologize to the reporters, Ryan Gabrielson and Michelle Reese. The … Read more
by David SafierThe 3rd and 4th article in the East Valley Tribune's series, Rigged Privilege, came out Tuesday. The stories contain further evidence of the abuses of tuition tax credits by both private schools and School Tuition Organizations. Schools teach parents how to skirt law details some outlandish behavior by schools and STOs and is … Read more
by David SafierSince this bit of self promotion is also much-deserved promotion of regular BfA reader and commenter Steve Gall, I do it without even a twinge of shame. After I wrote a short post about Steve Gall and his quest for recess a few weeks ago, I got together with Steve and Mariana, learned … Read more
by David SafierYesterday I wrote how the Arizona Scholarship Fund (ASF) encourages parents to have friends and relatives take tuition tax credits and "recommend" the money go to that parents' kids. Ideally, ASF says, if they gather up enough recommenders, parents won't have to pay a penny for their kid's private school tuition. I could … Read more