The opponents of fully funding public schools and Democracy will not quit. This time, they have petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to declare Proposition 208-Invest in Ed unconstitutional because: There are state caps on education spending. The Invest in Ed-Proposition 208 measure did not pass with a two-thirds margin for approval. The petitioners are: “Sen. … Read more
The Arizona Supreme Court today struck down the Legislature’s most recent attempt to tell Tucson – and, other charter cities – how and when to conduct their local elections. Tucson has set its next City Council elections for this “off-cycle” year of 2021, and now will not be forced to change it to coincide with … Read more
Az Blue Meanie has already ably reported on the below dangerous tweets released by the fringe-lunatic-mentally challenged wing of the Republican Party. https://twitter.com/AZGOP/status/1336186861891452929 There has been some reaction from leading Arizonans to these threatening tweets. Liz Luna, the Deputy Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, released a statement which read: … Read more
Thanks to a moronic ruling by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury, the Invest in Ed initiative, for the second time in two years, will have to fight for its ballot life in front of the Arizona Supreme Court. How can that be when the people behind the Invest in Ed ballot revised the … Read more
To get the Outlaw Dirty Money Ballot Initiative on the November Ballot, 357,000 valid signatures are needed because, if passed by the voters, the election results will necessitate a change to the Arizona State Constitution. Realistically, 400,000 signatures should probably be collected in case a portion of the signatories is declared invalid and ineligible. The … Read more