McCain Ranch: Home Problems, Cappuccino Solutions

by David Safier Everybody’s talking about how McCain can’t remember how many homes he has. He hunkered down with his advisors at the McCain Ranch, but the press doesn’t have inside access like me. Here’s the best they could do: McCain, who huddled with advisors at his desert compound in Sedona, Ariz., said nothing in … Read more

The “Widows and Orphans” Approach to Vouchers

by David Safier Conservative Arizona Republicans have been pounding the media with stories about $5 million in vouchers that were taken away in the recently passed state budget. They freaked. “The money is to help disabled and foster children!” they screamed. “Why do you hate disabled and foster children? Did I mention these children are … Read more

An Oldie But a Goodie from the McCain Ranch

by David Safier Just awhile back, on July 5, we saw John saddle up from his ranch and head out for some of his other spreads. Seems like his memory has slipped a mite since then. Today he can’t quite recall how many he’s got. I have to admit, sometimes it’s tough to keep all … Read more

AZVA Students’ Personal Information Sent to India

Note from Mike Bryan: David Safier has shown me a representative sample of the documents he received, and I can say without question that he has represented them accurately in this post. He has made a responsible decision not posting the documents online, since they contain the names of students as well as other information … Read more

Did India-based Teachers Have Access to Student Information?

by David Safier Let me begin by saying I don’t know NK, so I can’t confirm that everything he writes in the comment below is accurate about the way information moved between Arizona Virtual Academy and India. Having said that, here is what NK posted this morning: I was the India based project manager for … Read more