Tom Horne

Superintendent of Public instruction Kathy Hoffman Will Continue to Support Teachers and Move Public Education Forward in A Second Term

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Voters have a choice on which direction they want to take public education for the next four years. They can choose former Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne who is running on a platform of stopping the specter of critical race theory (which does not exist in K-12 schools) from being taught in classrooms and … Read more

Superintendent Kathy Hoffman Unveils New Campaign Ad on Facebook

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Drawing a contrast between her performance as Arizona Superintendent of Public instruction with two of her predecessors, the Kathy Hoffman Reelection Campaign has released a new ad on Facebook. The ad starts with the broadcasting of articles demonstrating ethical problems Superintendent Hoffman’s predecessors had in elected office. One of them, Tom Horne, is currently trying … Read more

Want to Take a Trip to the Dark Side: Watch the Arizona Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Debate from Last Week

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The Republican candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction (Shiry Sapir, Michelle Udall, and Tom Horne) held a “debate” last week moderated by PBS’s Ted Simons. During the course of the event, all three attempted to be the educational equivalent of Palpatine from the Star Wars movies: candidates that offered a reassuring audience that their intentions … Read more

AG Brnovich should familiarize himself with the Rule of Holes

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Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

Rule of Holes: When you’re in one, stop digging.

herrod brnovich rtIt’s possible that this isn’t an approving retweet by Cathi Herrod but, given her ardent support of Mark Brnovich in the election and her just being an all-around terrible person, I’d say it’s a safe bet that it is.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich decided to lash out at Republic columnist Laurie Roberts by euphemistically calling her a liar (“misleading”). Roberts merely directly quoted what was in the motion to dismiss filed by his office against a lawsuit filed by a rape victim alleging shocking negligence by the state prison. Here are some exact words from the motion:

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Nice AGs you’ve elected yourselves there, Arizona

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Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

prison2Photo: globalresearch.ca

I actually don’t know if Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Weisbard was a Tom Horne or Mark Brnovich hire but does it matter?

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is asking for dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a teacher who was brutally assaulted and raped after being left in an unguarded prison classroom with a convicted sex offender.

The AG’s reasoning is essentially this: the woman knew she was in a prison, so what did she expect?

No, seriously. That’s the reasoning.

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