Health Care Reform Bill Passes Senate Finance Committee
October 13, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, let me explain that I am opposed to the "Baucus Caucus" health care reform bill that Sen. "Mad Max" Baucus (D-MT) has dithered and delayed putting together with Republicans in his Senate Finance Committee. It contains many provisions that are simply DOA when the Senate conference committee begins work on blending his bill
Vote! Support your local school overrides.
October 13, 2009
by David Safier I haven't posted about the school override elections because folks who read this blog are either big public education supporters, or they're so convinced our schools are beyond redemption or are already wasting money, nothing I say will convince them otherwise. But now it's time to urge you supporters: Get out there
Some feel-good education stories
October 13, 2009
by David Safier Man, it feels nice to have some good education stories to tell. I know, I know, there are good stories to tell every day. But two of these really sing, and the third, while I'm a tad skeptical, looks like it's worth cheering for. William Yslas Vélez has taught math at UA
That’s gotta suck for the GOP candidates
October 13, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanIe: I previously reported that HSL Properties, Inc., and its president Humberto S. Lopez, are supporting the GOP candidates for Tucson City Council and making his apartment complexes available to them for posting their campaign signs. Update: Opposition to Prop. 200 Continues to Grow I suggested that the Arizona Multihousing Association, which is opposed
Ad: Local doctors support health care reform
October 12, 2009
by David Safier More than 40 doctors signed an ad that appeared in this morning's Star supporting health care reform. Here is a copy of the complete ad. This is how it begins: One in 5 Tucsonans and one in 4 Phoenicians have no healthcare insurance. That is 108,000 and 381,000 people left vulnerable to
Tucson Ballot Proposition Endorsements
October 12, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: With the self-inflicted death of the newspaper industry, Tucson is left with only one daily newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star, and one weekly newspaper, the Tucson Weekly. Both newspapers have weighed in with their endorsements of Tucson ballot propositions. The Arizona Daily Star first provides an explanation of Prop. 400 lets city
The next conservative public ed agenda?
October 12, 2009
by David Safier I read an article and a column recently that may point to what we'll be hearing from conservatives next session when it comes to education: decentralization. Kill the state Department of Ed, and pretty much kill district administrations. First, kill the DOE: Rep. Lucy Mason, R-Prescott says she will introduce a bill
Keep jumpin’ that shark
October 12, 2009
by David Safier How can you ridicule the totally ridiculous? Protest Planned Against NJ School's Obama Song Conservative groups plan to rally Monday near a New Jersey school where students performed a song celebrating President Barack Obama. The planned rally has school district officials planning to beef up security at the B. Bernice Young School
