Comments on: Public Education, The AZ Constitution & The NO TAX Pledge!

By: 2010 Arizona Governor, Legislative, & State Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidates | Arizona Education Network

Thu, 27 May 2010 02:23:03 +0000

[...] Instruction: Why You Should Pay Attention to This Office Public Education and Our AZ Constituion Public Education, the AZ Constituion & the NO TAX Pledge! . . 2010 Arizona Governor Candidates . Terry Goddard* Ronald “Ron” Cavanaugh Bruce Olsen [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:03:41 +0000

If we stop the free schooling of those who are here illegally, we would not need to increase taxes to fund our schools. Additionally, the U.S. Constitution was established by our forefathers with the sole purpose of providing a national defense to the several states and a world voice at the expressed consent of the citizens. Our government was never authorized to supersede the individual rights of its citizens nor the sovereign status of the several independent states. We have turned into a nation of people with our hands out demanding more and more freebees every year. Stop asking your country can do for you and start doing for yourselves what you need to do. I don’t mind giving a man fish as long as he eventually learns how to fish for himself.

By: Former 45 Year Arizonan

Former 45 Year Arizonan — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:05:54 +0000

@Michelle @John This is NOT in violation of either Arizona's or the U.S. Constitution. What IS in violation is the state legislature appropriating funds for special interests and others which are for expenditures outside their Constitutional functions, and it is the discretionary funding that needs to be cut, not new taxes on the already homeless and jobless Arizonans.

By: dwhite

dwhite — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:44:36 +0000

@Thomas K. you should check out which legislators have financial interests in private school "tax credit" scams...amazing. what they all get away with, it's mind-boggling.

By: dwhite

dwhite — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:43:09 +0000

@Dan
you mean the list to VOTE OUT!

gosh darn it- i love that i teach government AND economics, in AZ…maybe i can educate and inform students, better than the legislators are doing for the AZ public.

dorks.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:04:08 +0000

Awesome! Thanks for the list of people to vote for. You guys rock!!

By: John

John — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:35:33 +0000

So what is the process to begin impeachment proceedings against the listed congress-persons? If they have knowingly violated the state constitution I would think that they should be legally tossed out on their ear.

By: Proposition 100: The 1% Temporary Sales Tax Increase–Your Questions Answered | Arizona Education Network

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:43:06 +0000

[...] Governor Brewer asked legislators to pass it but it failed. In Arizona it takes a two-thirds vote to raise revenues and there are 31 legislators who have signed an oath to Washington special interest lobbyist Grover Norquist, promising to never raise taxes in Arizona–no matter what the situation. To read more about the Norquist Pledge, click here. [...]

By: Thomas K.

Thomas K. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:52:33 +0000

I just heard that legislators want to cut more from public education and send more to private school tuition. Did we somehow become part of medieval France?

By: Budget to Pass Senate Today ? Your Questions Answered! Monday, August 10 | Arizona Education Network

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:05:01 +0000

[...] of the Americans for Tax Reform, an anti-tax special interest group in Washington, DC. A rather disturbing number of our Arizona legislators signed Grover’s “no-tax” pledge when they were elected and have [...]

By: Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform gives AZ Legislators “dispensation” to vote for sales tax increase | Arizona Education Network

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:07:13 +0000

[...] of Public Education, the Arizona Constitutional and the “No New Tax Pledge,” click here. Categories: Recent News, Spin-a-thon Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment [...]

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:08:41 +0000

My wife and I are recently retired. We never had any children. But like many retirees (with and without kids/grandkids), we know that the future of the country is in the hands of future generations. We want those hands to be guided by EDUCATED minds. It is folly of the most short-sighted nature to oppose the very funding mechanism that provides for the education of our youth. So here’s my response to knee-jerk tax protesters: be careful lest you shortchange the generation to whom you, in your old age, are going to turn for medical care, legal help, governmental service, military leadership, other professional services and so on. Especially if you don’t have kids, why would you vote against your own future self-interest?

By: Tuition Tax Credits Fail to Meet Spirit of Program 8/1/09 | Arizona Education Network

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:38:07 +0000

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By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:50:26 +0000

And don’t forget that although many of these legislators have sworn allegiance to “no tax increases,” many of their actions were designed to do just that: lower corporate taxes at the homeowner’s expense. For example, lowering the standard assessment ratio on commercial properties automatically raises it for homeowners when it comes to taxes assessed by political subdivisions such as school or fire districts, since there is no change to the spending authority of those districts. Yet these same legislators will attempt to shift the blame to the districts. Given that the state budget is still very much in flux, there are still many such hypocritical maneuvers that may still happen.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:39:59 +0000

As a parent of 3 Elementary School – aged boys, I along with MANY Parents, have a vested interest in this matter. Along with 2 other Parents, we have engaged with our local political representation. I can tell you first hand that our Senator seemed to think that he could operate outside of the State Constitution as it provides for Public Education. He very pointedly told a School Administrator to ‘get an attorney’ if he felt that he was being wronged.

As Parents AND voters, we MUST react accordingly in the 2010 voting cycle and say YES to those who have and WILL say yes for Public Education.