The United States Congress went into session on January 3. The Arizona State Legislature did so on January 13. What is the first legislative proposals to come down the pike to help the people in Arizona and across the nation? Not a whole hell of a lot. While measures are debated on the House floor … Read more
“Most disastrous scam against Arizona taxpayers this state has ever seen.” “Grave lack of accountability.” “Rather than increase staffing to address reimbursement backlogs, they chose to run commercials…” “…Reinforcing a system fit for fraud.” “All parties should be alarmed and disgusted by this mishandling of taxpayer dollars.” Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan does not … Read more
Since the Ducey Gubernatorial era that saw the expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Program to universal access, there have been repeated reports by credible news organizations of widespread waste, fraud, and abuse in the system. Of course the original promise by the advocates of this expansion, that poor families could use the scholarship program to … Read more
Even before the Ducey Republican Coalition expanded the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Private School Voucher Program to every Arizonan, there were reports of families looking for loopholes in the system to bilk the state for as much public tax money they could get their hands on. Since then, the Welfare for Wealthy and Free Loader … Read more
More reaction has emerged since the Blog for Arizona reported on Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne’s recommendation that Title One Schools may have to endure a twenty percent cut to their budgets for the 2024/25 school year while not doing anything to contain the growth of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, a private school voucher program that largely … Read more