by David Safier Unless the TUSD School Board decides to “consider” the issue of school closings one more time, Tuesday should be the big night for Ochoa, Corbett, Wrightstown and Rogers elementary schools. The Board is scheduled to vote on the school closure issue at its 7pm meeting (1010 E. 10th St., for anyone interested … Read more
by David Safier Your roving correspondent returns to Tucson, unbloodied and unbowed. Actually, I had a great time. It was almost perfect, give or take a few percentage points. So now it’s back to the education beat. Let’s see, what’s happened since I was gone? I hear: • Russell Pearce wants a law that says … Read more
by David Safier Here’s your at-the-scene correspondent, giving you the news from Philadelphia. Last night I ate at a 5-star restaurant. Washed my scampi down with a $300 cabernet. God, it’s great to be on the Blog for Arizona expense account! I’ll give you the receipts when I get back, Mike. (Mike? Are you there, … Read more
by David Safier I’m in Philly visiting family and working on the Obama campaign. Does any other Arizona blog have a correspondent right here where the action is? I don’t think so! (Mike, you said you’d pay my expenses, right? Mike? Are you there, Mike?) I took the photo at around 3:30 Philly Time in … Read more
by David Safier If you’re hoping to get an answer to the headline question, “Who gave the green light to the Tim Bee ad?” you won’t find it here. Sorry. Today I tried, unsuccessfully, to answer it. I called the office of Joel Wirth, the Chief Financial Officer of Chandler School District, whose office number … Read more