Who is funding the Public Safety First initiative (Prop. 200)?
October 2, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Once again, Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly is the only political reporter in Tucson doing his job. Hey, Big Spender: Public Safety First Campaign Raises More Than A Quarter-Million Dollars: The latest campaign finance report shows that the Public Safety First Campaign had raised $268,988 through Sept. 21. The Tucson Association
Update: Opposition to Prop. 200 Continues to Grow
October 2, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Another entry in the category of news you will not read in the Arizona Daily Star. The Tucson Weekly reports More Opposition to Public Safety First Initiative: Prop 200 "Is Fiscally Irrresponsible": The Arizona Multihousing Association is the latest organization to come out against the Public Safety First Inititative on the city's
More on the Jeb Bush visit
October 2, 2009
by David Safier An article by Amanda Soares in the AZ Guardian, which you need a subscription to read, discusses the Jeb Bush talk with legislators in more detail. The bottom line: if we want to do some of the things Florida did in education, it will take more money. Chuck Essigs, a veteran education
Aurora, Colorado’s experience with police staffing mandates
October 2, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Several people have sent me this story, and they assure me that they have sent it to local newspaper editors and reporters where, of course, it went to die. So I'll write about it as a favor. Aurora Police staffing mandate causes inefficiency (Opinion by Bob LeGare 9/17/2008): Following the historic "Summer
Double dipping in charter and tuition tax credit funds
October 2, 2009
by David Safier A complex new story in the Republic about a too-close-for-comfort relationship between Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning, a charter school, and Joy Christian, a private religious school whose students get tuition tax credit money, deserves a careful read. The word "scam" springs to mind. I'm going to be gone today, so instead
More substance-free reporting from the Arizona Daily Star
October 2, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star today demonstrates once again it's complete inability to cover local politics. It assigned education reporter Rhonda Bodfield to write a "he said – she said" story from dueling press releases from the Pima County Democratic and Republican Parties, and the Tucson Tea Party group. Campaign heats up; Tea
Is this all they’ve got?
October 1, 2009
by David Safier So. The Goldwater Institute brings Jeb Bush out to talk to members of the legislature's out-of-session education committees and, I suppose, anyone else who wants to listen. Friend of the blog Matthew Ladner is good buds with Jeb. Ladner wrote a book about the miracle of Florida education, and Jeb Bush wrote
Media Advisory: Questions for GOP Tucson City Council Candidates
October 1, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I understand that the Arizona Daily Star is finally going to get around to covering the Tucson City Council races — well, kinda. The Star's lame idea of covering the City Council races amounts to having reporter Tim Steller hang out with the teabaggers of Tucson Tea Party at their "Tucson’s Last
