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Visit the Democrats of Greater TucsonA quarter million and counting at “1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070”
by David SafierThe numbers keep climbing on the Facebook page, "1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070," from 86,000 when I joined on Saturday to over a quarter million — 259,606 at this moment — and 10 seconds later, 259,665. Another minute later, 259,947.I've got to quit reloading the page, or I'm gonna … Read more
President Obama announces Vote 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the CNN PoliticalTicker, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/: In the two-minute and 42-second video released Monday, Obama emphasizes that the key to victory for Democrats in November will be convincing the people who helped fuel his 2008 White House bid – first-time voters – to head to the polls for the second time in two … Read more
Yet another reason to fight SB 1070
by David SafierSB 1070 is more than an Arizona problem. As with the back door vouchers also known as Tuition Tax Credits, vouchers and, more recently, anti-teacher tenure legislation, Arizona is a conservative stalking horse for the rest of the country. If right wing legislation gets a foothold here, it can spread like a cancer … Read more
Imagine Schools take a beating in the NY Times
by David Safier I've posted often about problems with Imagine Schools, a corporation out of Virginia that runs 71 charter schools across the country, including 13 in Arizona. Saturday, the issues raised here, on other blogs and in local papers across the country (no papers in Arizona, unfortunately) received major coverage in the NY Times. … Read more
Test vote today in the U.S. Senate for financial services regulatory reform
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Comedian Will Durst captured the Republicans' bipolar response to financial services regulatory reform perfectly. Will Durst's response to 'Open Mike, April 24-25': Hard to feel much sympathy for the Republicans and the sloppy pool of tizzy they high-dived into. Perplexed as how to combat financial regulatory legislation, they are bouncing back and … Read more
Teacher unions need to bend on teacher protections
by David SafierI am now and always have been a union man, and especially a teacher union man. Without the unions, school conditions would be dramatically worse for students and for teachers.Having said that, I always felt uncomfortable when the union protected teachers who weren't any good at their jobs. Every time I saw those … Read more
“1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070” Facebook page update
by David SafierLast night I recommended people join the Facebook page, "1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070." At the time, it had 86,000 members. This morning, a commenter said it was at 107,000. Now it's up to 160,434 members. It's gone up 150 since I began this post.Wait a minute, now it's … Read more
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