The voucher cap is high enough to probably cover most students who want to attend private schools.
Category Archives: Ballot Measures
Prop. 126 cuts short a needed discussion about tax reform
And it may do even worse.
Prop. 306 is the wrong Clean Elections reform
Arizona’s dual system of campaign finance enforcement needs to be corrected. But not this way.
Prop. 127’s big gamble with the state’s economy
The economic studies by both sides are nonsense. But there are less risky ways to increase the use of renewable energy.
Invest in Ed’s indexing faux pas
Proponents ask a judge not to interpret what they wrote literally.
Minimum Wage wishful thinking
If government can legislate a wage floor without consequences, why not make us all rich with a $100 an hour minimum wage?
A slimy argument against Prop. 123
Increasing the distribution from the state land trust to schools doesn’t raise anyone’s property taxes.
Dark money initiative comes up short
The dark money constitutional amendment has huge penalties for impossibly vague reporting requirements.
More Phoenix perfidy on pensions
Phoenix claims that Prop. 103 is additional pension reform, when it’s really backtracking on the previous one.
A weak argument for a legislative pay raise
I always support the legislative pay raise (Proposition 304). This year’s proposal would increase the salary from $24,000 to $35,000 a year.
The reason isn’t that I think it will make a bit of difference in who runs or how the state is governed. It’s just a matter of fairness. The job is fulltime for about five months, with significant time commitments the remainder of the year. That merits more than the current recompense.
(Published in the Arizona Republic, Oct. 26)