Half Way There: The Arizona House Passes a Suspension of the AEL
February 7, 2023
The Arizona State House of Representatives, in a 46 to 14 vote, secured a suspension of the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) for this year by passing Republican David Cooks HCR2001. The AEL is the archaic 1980s legal mechanism, that if allowed to be applied in March, would deny traditional public schools the right to spend
Our Budget Should Be an Investment in Arizonans’ Future
February 7, 2023
The “skinny” budget presented by Arizona Republicans narrowly failed to pass this week. It’s basically a re-write of the 2022 budget, with little to no additional investment except for $200 million due to public schools in return for ESA voucher expansion. Said vouchers, over time, will actually remove millions more from already under-funded public schools.
MAGA Fascists’ Political Stunt Of A ‘Skinny Budget’ Derailed By One Of Their Own Election Denier Kooks (Updated)
February 7, 2023
Rather than negotiate in good faith with Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs, the radical GQP leaders of the Arizona House and Senate went with a political stunt: they would pass a “skinny budget” that Gov. Hobbs would veto, in order to lay down a marker for the MAGA Fascist position from which they could fundraise off
MAGA Fascists Form Star Chamber Committee To Review Gov. Hobbs’ Executive Appointees
February 7, 2023
Above: The Arizona Freedom (sic) [Fascist] Caucus. Republican governors have always been free to appoint whomever they damn well please to executive department positions without any real “vetting” by the legislature, even to the extent of failing to comply with the statutory executive department appointment process. IOKIYAR. Note: Jake Hoffman is the traitor Coup Plotter co-conspirator and
Arizona Republican Legislators Do a Disservice to Educators with FearMongering about CRT and Wokeness
February 6, 2023
Last week (January 31, 2023,) the Republicans on the House Education Committee resuscitated a revised attack on Critical Race Theory and Wokeness, sponsored by the chairperson, Beverly Pingerelli, by securing passage of HB2458, a measure that if it makes its way through the State House and Senate and, in some alternative reality, gets Governor Katie
Poorly Kept Secrets: Document Debacles & Classification Conundrums
February 6, 2023
Trump. Biden. Pence. Are special markings like CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET, and TOP SECRET ”more of a suggestion” to these dudes rather than important policies designed to safeguard our nation’s intelligence? Do their real world desktops resemble the aftermath of hurricanes? Or can we simply blame it all on the ridiculous amount of classified material perused daily…for at least
The Supreme Court is ‘Turning Its Guns’ on Americans
February 6, 2023
Since I wrote my last blog article about the Supreme court and Justice Kavanaugh, I have learned with additional research that our Supreme Court has been taken over by a group of conservative extremists, including the selection of judicial candidates. The American Bar Association used to have the final say on who was well qualified
Phoenix Takes the Next Step to a Green Future with the Expansion of its Low and No Emission Bus Fleet
February 5, 2023
Last week (January 25, 2023,) the Phoenix City Council took the next step in advancing the fifth largest city in the country’s green sustainable future by voting to expand its low and emission bus fleet with the purchase of 200 clean energy buses that run on either hydrogen fuel, electric, or hybrid engines over the
