Read Blog for Arizona | Politics from a Liberal Viewpoint for more about Tom Horne

While Arizona Republicans Threaten to Oust Their Party Chair, Attorney General Kris Mayes Indicates Investigations Are On the Agenda for ESA Parent Scammers

August 30, 2025August 21, 2025 by David Gordon

A couple of days after the latest revelations that families enrolled in the Empowerment Scholarship Account Welfare for the Wealthy Private School Voucher Scam Program have been getting away with questionable purchases under $2,000 of working and middle class taxpayer money for items like lingerie, diamond rings, and above ground pools, 12 News Muckraking Reporter … Read more

Nick Mansour, candidate for AZ Treasurer campaign kickoff in Tucson

August 20, 2025 by Carolyn Classen

by Carolyn Classen, blogger “Nick is a third-generation Arizonan who grew up in Tucson. After earning an industrial engineering degree and a Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University, he built a career as an entrepreneur that has spanned finance, emergency support, and education, all while having a positive community impact. Learn more about Nick … Read more

(UPDATED) 12 News Craig Harris Exposes More Issues with Arizona’s Welfare for the Rich ESA-Private School Voucher Program Scam

August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 by David Gordon

A man on a mission, Phoenix Based NBC 12 News Reporter Craig Harris, in the tradition of the muckrakers at the turn of the last century, has spent the last several months broadcasting to viewers the many troubling issues with the Arizona’s one billion dollar Empowerment Scholarship Program (ESA)-Private School Voucher-Welfare for the Rich Program. … Read more

Hallelujah: Before Going to Scotland to Open His Golf Course on the Public Dime, Trump Finally Releases Billions Held Back from Public Schools

July 25, 2025 by David Gordon

With public schools opening up this month through the end of Labor Day weekend, Donald Trump, just before taking a trip to Scotland, illegally and unconstitutionally at public tax payer expense to open up a new golf course, finally released billions of Congressionally approved dollars that had been cruelly held back from public schools across … Read more

Trump Withholds Federal Funds from School Children

July 8, 2025July 2, 2025 by David Gordon

In another attack on the nation’s public schools, American Duce wannabe Donald Trump and his Know Nothing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon have (probably illegally) impounded (halted) the Congressionally approved disbursement of five federal education programs totaling $6.2 billion. According to a press release by Save Our Schools Arizona, the federal education programs impacted are: … Read more