by David Safier The Accidental Guv has stumbled onto an idea to get tourism dollars flowing back into Arizona. The idea is . . . well, they haven't exactly come up with it yet, but they're working on it. With the state's tourism industry under siege in the wake of a new law aimed at … Read more
by David Safier Lots of stuff is happening about SB1070 in Arizona and around the country. Here are a few tidbits. Florida's conservative darling Marco Rubio was against SB1070 before he was for it. Likewise Florida Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum. Russell Pearce was for boycotts (of opponents of his 2004 ballot initiative, … Read more
by David Safier W.W.B.D.? What Would Barry Do? One reason Barry Goldwater's reputation has grown over the years is because of his willingness to speak his mind, consequences be damned, with a candor rare in politics. The Goldwater Institute, on the other hand, is still hiding from SB1070. I think I can say with reasonable … Read more
by David Safier A little more than a week ago, I wrote a post, Mormons split on SB 1070, about Mormons in Utah and Arizona who object to anti-immigrant legislation in both states. Utah has about 100 Spanish speaking Mormon congregations, and the estimate is that 50% to 70% of the members are undocumented. I … Read more
by David Safier Public schools desperately want to stay out of the immigration battles. Administrators and teachers just want to educate the kids who walk through their school house doors and into their classrooms. I could almost hear the collective sigh of relief when the bill died that said schools have to collect data on … Read more