Update to AZ School Districts Demand a Special Session to Fix the Education Aggregate Spending Limit. Lame duck Gov. Ducey has reneged on his deal with state legislators, he will not call a special session to lift the Education Aggregate Spending Limit unless he gets a list of new demands met. After 8 years in … Read more
Update to AZ School Districts Call For A Special Session To Fix The Fiscal Cliff Crisis Of The Education Aggregate Spending Limit (Sept. 2022). Still waiting! Gov. Doug Ducey is the self-proclaimed “education governor” (see above PR stunt). What a crock of shit. No Governor has been more successful in destroying public education in Arizona … Read more
The newly appointed chief of staff for Arizona Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs, Allie Bones, and Transition Co-Chairs Monica Villalobos and Mike Haener held a Pre-Thanksgiving Presser with journalists on November 23, 2022, to discuss a range of topics from the inauguration, the budget process, and the continuing election denialism of Trump Republicans. The Governor-Elect had announced … Read more
Now that the elections are over, it is time for soon-to-be former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to call a special session of the soon-to-be former Arizona Legislative body and protect funding for public schools by suspending or permanently repealing the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL.) That is the message of the current and future leaders of … Read more
Apparently, the transition to governing periods, as well as who one associates with, can be telling to people who want to gauge what kind of leader a successful nominee will be. Take two examples in Arizona this week: Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs and apparent Superintendent of Public Instruction-Elect Tom Horne (there may be a recount here … Read more