Amy Oliver Show: Taxpayer Gets Protection from Union Protesters
Adams 12 taxpayer Joe Hein discusses his experience speaking out at a recent school board meeting, where he had to be escorted away for his own protection due to the union protesters who disagreed with his point of view. He also shares his difficult experience as a parent in Adams 12 that inspired him to action regarding local school issues.
Cities Growing Faster Than Suburbs–NOT!
A few months ago, several news outlets reported that new census data showed that the cities were growing faster than the suburbs. This brought comfort to those urban planners who believe that inner cities are better than suburbs and that most people would prefer to live in them if only they understood all the benefits. […]
Roscommon Teachers Secede from Michigan Education Association, Form Local-Only Union
The local only union option continues to attract interest. Teachers in a northern Michigan school district recently voted two to one to break away from the state and national union and form their own independent bargaining organization. As reported by a local TV news affiliate, the president of the new Roscommon Teachers Association explained why […]
What reach your doctor 24/7? Pay her directly at a new Denver care center
Why you typically cannot reach your doctor on the phone or over the Internet: Medicare and insurers don’t pay them for this. This changes when you pay your doctor directly. Continue reading
Highway Fund Uncertainty Leads to Ratings Cut
Citing uncertainties about the health of the federal Highway Trust Fund, Fitch has cut its ratings on state highway bonds in several states from AA- to A+. The bonds being cut are “grant anticipation revenue” or GARVEE bonds, which are supposed to be repaid out of federal grants. In recent years, Congressional overspending of the […]
“Won’t Back Down” Sept. 27 Colorado Screening Highlights Parent Power
About a month ago, I pointed out to you the somewhat disturbing views about parents held by certain figures within the education establishment. Well, here’s going way out on a limb to guess the same crowd won’t be lining up in excitement to watch the new movie Won’t Back Down:
The feature-length film starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, […]
Newborns & children drive Colorado Medicaid costs. A solution? Make Medicaid parents pay more.
Six of the ten cost drivers in Colorado Medicaid revolve around labor and delivery and routine physician visits by children. Medicaid parents can afford to pay more for these services. Continue reading
Newborns & children drive Colorado Medicaid costs. A solution? Make Medicaid parents pay more.
Six of the ten cost drivers in Colorado Medicaid revolve around labor and delivery and routine physician visits by children. Medicaid parents can afford to pay more for these services. Continue reading
Ignorance + Depravity –> Slavery + Ruin
“But still the people themselves must be the chief support of liberty. While the great body of the freeholders are acquainted with the duties which they owe to their God, to themselves, and to men, they will remain free. But if ignorance and depravity should prevail, they will inevitably lead to slavery and ruin.” — […]
Idaho Voters to Consider Tossing Out Yummy Education Reform Tater Tots
Progress in education reform, like so many other areas, is never final. Just as bad policies can be undone, so can good policies. Simply put, we can’t rest on our laurels.
I’m sure that Idaho superintendent Tom Luna and the team behind his Students Come First program are well aware of that reality now. Last year […]
DeGrow Discusses Implications to End of Dougco Union Power
Senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow commented recently in an American Family Radio News (One News Now) story about the Douglas County school board’s decision to move forward without a monopoly bargaining agent for teachers. DeGrow told reporter Bob Kellogg that the board’s decision could resonate elsewhere: “Teachers can be treated as professionals, they don’t necessarily […]
In Top Journal, Obamacare Boosters Push ‘Global Spending Target’
The proposed cap on private medical spending would also prevent Americans from spending their health care dollars as they wished. Obamacare 2.0 would mean unprecedented government control over our health care — and our lives. Continue reading
