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Trent Franks Fundraiser Reception for Janet Contreras

October 20, 2010 By 4 Comments

Please join Congressman Trent Franks in a special fundraising reception for Janet Contreras next Tuesday, October 26th at the Shout House at Westgate City Center in Glendale. Kickoff will begin at 6:00 PM and will include a no-host bar and hors d’oeuvres.

Join Janet in support of her final week of the campaign in which she plans to unseat liberal Democrat, Ed Pastor.

Host committee for the event also includes Representatives Steve Montenegro and Jerry Weiers, both from Legislative District 12.

To get your reservation in, please go to this link.

Here are details on the event:

Date: Tuesday, October 26th
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: The Shout House at Westgate City Center
Address: 6770  N. Sunrise Boulevard, G207, Glendale (map)
$50 Minimum suggested contribution
RSVP Here or on Facebook

See you next Tuesday!

Filed Under: Campaign Finance, Campaigns & Elections, Special Event

Jesse Kelly MoneyBomb!

October 20, 2010 By 3 Comments

Arizona’s 8th district is a swing seat this election year and political experts predict a Republican takeover could come down to winning this very seat. The Cook Political Report, The Rothenberg Political Report, Real Clear Politics and Election Oracle all handicap this race as a “toss up”. By some accounts, this race could be decided by as few as 640 votes.

Jesse Kelly can and will beat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and here is why:

-AZ-8 Republicans hold a 17,000 registered voter advantage over Democrats.

-AZ-8 chose McCain over Obama in 2008.

-A Republican (Rep. Kolbe) held the seat for 22 years before retiring. Rep. Giffords was swept into the seat during the 2006 Democrat takeover.

This is a seat we can win. This is a seat we must win.

This morning we launched a $50,000 money bomb to raise money for ONLY television ads. A contribution of $10, $25, $50 or $100 will go directly into ads and will make a difference.

Click here and help today!

Filed Under: Campaign Finance, Campaigns & Elections

Arizona Republic TROLLING for subjects to create a liberal sob story

October 20, 2010 By 1 Comment

A m e r i c a n  P o s t – G a z e t t e

Distributed by C O M M O N  S E N S E , in Arizona

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Arizona Republic not content to just report news; actively seeking certain types of people in order to create their own slanted news

Reporters are tweeting outrageous messages on Twitter


We urge our readers to regularly check the Twitter accounts of local leftist newspaper reporters. Some of the things they are tweeting are pretty offensive. You do not need a twitter account to be able to view their most recent tweets.

Take this tweet from http://twitter.com/azcInsider on Oct. 14. Reporter Michelle Lee is actively trying to find people who will complain that they have been hurt by cuts in AHCCCS, Arizona’s welfare program. Not content just to report the news, the Republic is actively seeking out certain types of people in order to create their own biased news.

We’re looking for women affected by AHCCCS cuts to annual exam coverage. Contact Michelle Lee: 602-444-8290/michelle.lee@arizonarepublic.com11:25 AM Oct 14th via web

Can you imagine if the paper was biased to the right? The tweet would read, “We’re looking for women who have successfully gotten off of AHCCCS and no longer depend on the government…..”

Some more examples:

Reporter Yvonne Wingett’s tweets are almost all negative towards Sheriff Arpaio, and positive towards the corrupt County Supervisors. Here are several tweets she made in a row all hammering Arpaio -

Joe #Arpaio‘s office hit with more allegations in memohttp://t.co/XH7cd8N via @azcentral7:50 PM Oct 12th via Tweet Button
CNN: Arizona sheriff known for law-and-order style accused of abuse of power http://tinyurl.com/26ss8je10:42 AM Oct 11th via web
Abuse lawsuit against Sheriff Joe #Arpaio‘s office settled for $600,000 http://t.co/UInnOvO via @azcentral1:14 PM Oct 6th via Tweet Button
Read the U.S. Attorney’s letter to Mary Rose Wilcox regarding investigations into #Arpaio‘s office: http://tinyurl.com/248c8kr9:34 PM Oct 5th via web
Joe #Arpaio aide’s misconduct allegations investigated by U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI http://t.co/10L3Zfw via @azcentral9:30 PM Oct 5th via Tweet Button

Reporter Dan Nowicki tweeted twice that JD Hayworth wasn’t endorsed by Arizona Tea Parties. But that wasn’t true; he was endorsed by 17 mostly local Arizona Tea Parties; there were only a couple that didn’t endorse him, because they were prohibited by law since they were formed as nonprofits.

  1. @jennifereduffy Nat’l tea party must be overlooking Hayworth’s “free money” infomercial and past pork votes – many AZ tea partyers wouldn’t.11:16 AM Sep 19th via web
  2. jennifereduffy @dannowicki AZ tea parties wouldn’t endorse Hayworth because of his voting record and now he’s their spokesman?11:03 AM Sep 19th via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to dannowickiRetweeted by dannowicki

Reporter Nick Martin tweeted no less than FOURTEEN times about Chuck Coughlin’s ill-fated response to a question about Governor Brewer’s health, “Hey, why don’t you ask if Terry Goddard is gay.” Was it really necessary to hit our Republican Governor’s campaign manager that many times?

Here are those Reporters’ Twitter accounts. Follow them and call them out when they send out biased tweets.

http://twitter.com/yvonnewingett
http://twitter.com/dannowicki
http://twitter.com/nickmartin
http://twitter.com/azcInsider

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Filed Under: Media

Arizona’s community colleges produce dropouts, not graduates

October 20, 2010 By 31 Comments

by Matthew Ladner, Ph.D.
Goldwater Institute

The Center for Social Organization of Schools at John Hopkins University coined the phrase “dropout factories” to describe high schools in which 60 percent or fewer of the students graduate.

The same term can be used to describe Arizona’s community colleges. High schools have advantages such as mandatory attendance laws that keep younger children in classes. So I use a more lenient measuring stick for higher education. For community colleges, I consider the graduation rates for full-time students three years after they enroll, rather than the standard two-year completion rates.

Sadly, every Arizona community college qualifies as a dropout factory. The average three-year completion rate is 18.2 percent.

Is this just the inevitable result for community colleges? The answer is no. Florida’s average three-year completion rate is 86 percent higher than Arizona’s. The Florida community college with the lowest graduation rate would rank third highest overall in Arizona.

Arizona lawmakers will struggle to balance the 2010 and 2011 budgets when the next session begins in January. Eliminating state funding for these dropout factories could be a relatively appealing option. The results cannot get much worse for the community colleges, while removing administrative bloat and having students carry more of the financial burden just might help to improve matters. Students likely would approach their school work more seriously if they were paying more of the cost, and graduation rates would rise.

Dr. Matthew Ladner is vice president of research for the Goldwater Institute.

Learn More:

Goldwater Institute: Community colleges have administrative bloat and low graduation rates

Goldwater Institute: Administrative Bloat at American Universities: The Real Reason for High Costs in Higher Education

The Economist: Declining by degree – Will America’s universities go the way of its car companies?

Filed Under: Education, Spending, State Budget

Prop 106 Townhall in Congressional District 5 this Saturday

October 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment


YOU ARE INVITED


Health Care Town Hall

Featuring

Dr. Eric Novack, Founder Arizonans for Health Care Freedom

Congressional Candidate David Schweikert

Chaparral Suites Scottsdale
5001 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona


Saturday, October 23
Doors open at 9:00 am
Town Hall Begins at 10:00 am


Please come, listen, ask questions, and learn how Prop 106 will help protect your health care decisions against ObamaCare.

Please RSVP to carmella@yes106.com.

Congressman Mitchell has been invited and declined to participate in CD 5′s Townhall to discuss Prop 106, Arizonans for Health Care Freedom.

Filed Under: Health Care, Initiative(s)