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I’m beginning to believe that Arizona’s Republican lawmakers really *don’t* understand the rule of law…
September 4, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings For the longest time, I thought that the lies and disinformation spouted by the Rs concerning AIRC were just that, lies and disinformation, and calculated to both rouse their base and to inoculate themselves from blame for not properly preparing for the redistricting process. I thought that while … Read more
Republic article on private prisons, ALEC
September 4, 2011
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by David Safier Bob Ortega has written an excellent article about how Corrections Corp. of America (CCA) and other private prison corporations lobby for more private prisons and, directly and indirectly, more incarceration to boost their bottom lines. Here's an extensive quote from the middle of the article, about the Arizona/ALEC/private prisons connection. Where the … Read more
You can’t trust a word they say . . . or write
September 4, 2011
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by David Safier Steven Brill trashes teachers and district schools while he sings the praises of charters in his book, "Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools." (Full disclosure: I haven't read it and don't intend to waste my time reading it in the future.) The book has been reviewed extensively by serious … Read more
Brewer’s Commerce Authority has barely started, but it is already wasting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars…
September 4, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings The Arizona Commerce Authority, created by Governor Jan Brewer to replace the state's Commerce Department, was touted as a "public/private partnership" dedicated to bringing economic growth back to Arizona, and with it, jobs for all Arizonans. The Commerce Department, with its trained and experienced professionals, was deemed to be a failure … Read more
Here we go again… Somebody at the Arizona Daily Star wants to be mayor, but didn’t have the guts to run
September 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here we go again… Back in April of this year, The Arizona Daily Star published gratuitous Tucson bashing in an opinion ironically captioned Tucson needs you to quit carping and get involved calling upon the citizenry to please, oh pretty please, run for mayor of Tucson. We don't like our candidates. My … Read more
Corporate media double standard for town hall protests
September 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The corporate media had a love affair with the Koch brothers' corporate-funded Astroturf Tea Party front groups (Americans For Prosperity, FreedomWorks, Tea Party Express) in 2009-2010. They couldn't get enough of angry old white people calling an African-American president all kinds of racist names and questioning his birth, disrupting town hall meetings … Read more
Our math-challenged AZ DOE
September 3, 2011
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by David Safier We have two choices. Either AZ Department of Education spokesman Andrew LeFevre has fourth grade math skills, at best, or he's purposely trying to evade the issue. You be the judge. Here are the facts: Arizona school districts cut more than 10,000 employees – including 6,640 instructors – from March 2009 to … Read more
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September 3, 2011
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by David Safier Translation of the headline: It's OK If You're Babeau's Department Spokesperson. Lt. Tamatha Villar was caught going over 90 MPH three times. The last time, the officer who stopped her estimated she was traveling 100 MPH, with her 10 year old son in the front passenger seat. What happened to her? Nothing. … Read more
