Emptywheel adds another layer to the Huppenthal scandal
Over at the Emptywheel blog, bmaz1 raises an issue that I had intended to raise in a follow up post: John Huppenthal’s use of Department of Education computers on work time to troll the Internet and...
View ArticleJohn Huppenthal confesses! Now how about that misuse of government property?
The Arizona Republic has managed to get John Huppenthal to confess to being the Sockpuppet Internet troll who has vexed so many news sites and blog sites for so long. Ahem, I do believe Blog for...
View ArticleHuppenthal: It’s time to POLISH THAT TURD!
Cross posted from the Arizona Eagletarian Here’s the turd, as spelled out by the Arizona Republic, in an editorial today: The anonymous Internet is a revealing place, full of dangers and pitfalls. It...
View ArticleLisa Graham Keegan calls on John Huppenthal to resign
First, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry cancelled plans to honor Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal at its annual awards lunch this week, and Glenn Hamer says his...
View ArticleHuppenthal’s ‘Falcon9′ Comments Date Back to Election Day 2010
I must say that I was skeptical that an elected official could be as dumb as Thucydides, when Bob Lord first posed the question: “Do you think that blog troll Thucydides could be John Huppenthal?” to...
View ArticleBetter Know a Candidate: Diane Douglas
Now that John Huppenthal’s campaign has gone the full Hindenburg with multiple GOP establishment types and the media calling on him to resign or to lose his election, see...
View ArticleWill the Real John Huppenthal Please Stand Up?
Since Blog for Arizona broke the story, new insights into Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal’s secret life as an Internet troll continue to be revealed as bloggers and...
View ArticleWhat’s the matter with Arizona fathers?
Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com I posed a question on social media today about whether Arizonans really care as much about education as they say they do, given how the state keeps electing people...
View ArticleMore poor bashing than usual in AZ legislative session
Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com It definitely seems as if this is the Year of Going After the Poor with a Vengeance for Republicans in the Arizona Legislature. Which is saying something, since...
View Article“School Choice” is a giant honking scam
Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com As Arizona continues to show up at the bottom of rankings in education funding, defenders of the current policies continue to insist that we’re doing super duper...
View ArticleTucsonans Take to the Streets to Protest Ducey/GOP Budget
More than 1000 people rallied at the Arizona Capitol to protest cuts to education on Thursday. The Phoenix rally spawned a similar protest in Tucson, where 100 people protested millions of dollars in...
View ArticleThank God it’s Sine Die!
It really is a Good Friday! The meth lab of democracy is closed for business! The Arizona Legislature, 52nd Legislature, First Regular Session has adjourned Sine Die on April 3, 2015 at 3:34 A.M. Lock...
View ArticleArizona is being groomed for the eradication of income tax
Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com Steven Slivinski, from handout Doug Ducey ran on the promise of eliminating Arizona’s income tax in 2014. It wasn’t taken seriously by most political observers and...
View ArticleDiane Douglas ‘Listening Tour’ in Tucson tonight
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas’ so-called “Listening Tour” comes to Tucson tonight. “Douglas is not expected to interact with or respond to the crowd’s comments and questions.” So...
View ArticleRequired reading while I’m on vacay
Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com Mark and I are headed off to Sedona until Wednesday but I wanted to leave a post before we left. Read these things! First, read Rebecca Schoenkopf’s tribute to Jimmy...
View ArticleStrange way for the head of the AZ Chamber to act
Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com Glenn Hamer: “You know, [business considering locating in AZ], you have a pretty face but would be cuter if you’d lose a few pounds!.” It has long been my...
View ArticlePublic education under assault in Arizona
Arizona has shorted its public school students for years, raiding Prop. 301 funds to “balance” the state budget. This is the basis of Cave Creek Unified School District v. Ducey (now DeWit), the...
View Article(Update) Public education under assault in Arizona
Sooo, Governor Ducey’s Classrooms First Initiative Council (that he co-chairs) has been meeting for three months and the best that they can come up with are some broad outlines? No specific proposals?...
View ArticleProp. 123 will do little to restore education funding to K-12 schools
Last Thursday a new report from the Children’s Action Alliance, Arizona 3rd Worst in Cuts to K-12 Education, said state funding of public schools will still be $863 million below pre-recession levels,...
View ArticleYou Don’t Know, What You Don’t Know
Yes, the AZ Republic called Senator Sylvia Allen “one of the best-known lightning rods in the AZ Legislature.” Her stated belief that the Earth is only 6,000 years old and her suggestion that church...
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