Colo.’s Parent Trigger II Survives First Test: Maybe HB 1149 Can Win Bipartisan Support
My Education Policy Center friends asked me to stop playing around in the snow long enough to give a quick update and comment on something I mentioned last week. As Ed News Colorado reports, Rep. Don Beezley’s “Parent Trigger II” successfully passed its first obstacle with a favorable 7-6 party line vote in the House […]
Senator Brophy introduces SB 12-032: Medicaid block grants, vouchers, & premiums
For some of the merits of this bill, see my previous post on SB 12-032 and about Medicaid block grants in general. Continue reading
Senator Brophy introduces SB 12-032: Medicaid block grants, vouchers, & premiums
For some of the merits of this bill, see my previous post on SB 12-032 and about Medicaid block grants in general. Continue reading
Crushed to Death by Red Tape
The Antiplanner’s friend, Ann Brower, barely survived last February’s earthquake in Christchurch when a building fell on her bus, killing the driver and seven other passengers as well as four pedestrians. Now it turns out that the building had been known to be unsafe for nearly 30 years. The owner wanted to demolish it but […]
Obama and China: best friends 4 ever
This column appeared originally on Townhall Finance. Obama is China’s best friend By Amy Oliver Cooke and Michael Sandoval When it comes China, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Speech last month was nothing more than a rhetorical exercise from the political pied piper, who, along with his supporters, believes his own words magically […]
Ann Coulter gets booed for cheering RomneyCare
Ann Coulter, a keynote speaker (with Nick Gillespie of Reason) at the Independence Institute’s Founders’ Night Dinner later this month, has written an article titled “Three Cheers for RomneyCare!” For this she’s been booed in several conservative/free-market publications. Continue reading
One Down, 48 to Go
“Building better communities” was the slogan of the California Redevelopment Association. But the critics charged that redevelopment agencies “deprived tens of thousands of working and lower-income residents of their homes and livelihoods while granting vast subsidies to billionaires.” In the end, the social justice questions didn’t matter, but the subsidies did, so to save the […]
Are the detainment provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act serious?
Are the detainment provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act serious? Yes they are. This is a complicated area, and there has been a lot of word-fudging in spinning this subject. So bear with me as we take things step by step. * The U.S. Constitution generally guarantees the “Privilege of the Writ of […]
That Old Colorado School District Open Union Negotiations Momentum? It’s Back
Last April I asked the question: Is momentum growing for open school union negotiations in Colorado? The results ended up mixed — with Colorado Springs District 11 opening more of their bargaining to public view while Jefferson County redoubled under a veil of secrecy.
Well, tagging on at the end of an Ed News Colorado story […]
Groundhog’s Shadow or Not, Colorado’s Parent Trigger II a Small Step Forward
Even if the Groundhog hadn’t seen his shadow this morning, the reluctant news would still be well more than six weeks of Colorado’s legislative session remaining. Too early for me to be ground into the dust, but at the same time too many important things going on for me to run back and hide in […]
2/2/12
Newsletter February 2 2012
Harsanyi on The GOP’s ObamaCare Problem: Mitt & Newt have supported mandatory insurance
Why did [Newt] change his mind? Even if he provides a compelling answer, it’ll be too late. (“For 20 years, even conservative icon Newt Gingrich supported the basis of the president’s health care plan. … I’m Barack Obama, and I approved this message.”) Continue reading
