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		<title>The State of Arizona Intervenes in Rio Nuevo Debacle</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/11/30/the-state-of-arizona-intervenes-in-rio-nuevo-debacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is important to remember that the Rio Nuevo legislation is a partnership between the state of Arizona and the city of Tucson. Both entities have a vested interest in its success. Tax-increment financing (TIF) legislation is a legal template used across the country to finance sports stadiums and similar projects for municipalities. In essence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rio Nuevo &#8211; Why It Failed</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/09/24/rio-nuevo-why-it-failed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning, there was the word, and the word was &#8220;stadium.&#8221; Many moons ago, in the municipal-government firmament, someone figured out a way to build a stadium at no cost to the municipality. It was called &#8220;TIF,&#8221; and they saw that it was good. TIF stands for tax-increment financing. In this type of legislation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TUSD Ethnic Studies and Alinsky Tactics</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/06/17/tusd-ethnic-studies-and-alinsky-tactics/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/06/17/tusd-ethnic-studies-and-alinsky-tactics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Living in a blue county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rules for Radicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saul Alinsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TUSD Ethnic Studies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I heard a talk show host wonder aloud why president Obama spent much of a recent speech about the federal budget attacking Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Budget. It seemed counterproductive to attack a person with whom, presumably, you would be negotiating, and it was not very presidential. Later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November&#8217;s Mail Ballot Election &#8211; Is Voter Fraud the Motivation?</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/04/22/novembers-mail-ballot-election-is-voter-fraud-the-motivation/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/04/22/novembers-mail-ballot-election-is-voter-fraud-the-motivation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Kozachik]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Voting has always been considered a cornerstone of our democratic processes. It is how we keep our government officials in line, hiring or firing them as we see fit. As voters, we must always look closely at government officials who endeavor to change the process by which we hire and fire them. Democratic Tucson City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gun Control Folks Exploit Giffords Shooting</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/03/23/gun-control-folks-exploit-giffords-shooting/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/03/23/gun-control-folks-exploit-giffords-shooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[fix gun checks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what is the common denominator here? Is it increasing the penalties for crimes of murder? Is it to make it easier to commit crazy people? Is it a moving the culture toward condemning the perpetrator instead of blaming “a lack of civility”? No. At each stage, the push was for wider and deeper <em>record keeping</em>. 
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		<title>The Arizona Legislature will make the Tough Choices</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/01/13/the-arizona-legislature-will-make-the-tough-choices/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/01/13/the-arizona-legislature-will-make-the-tough-choices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Shelton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is no consolation that virtually every other state in the nation is facing heap big budget deficits, nor is it that California is in worse shape than we are. It is the fact that, unlike California, there is hope for Arizona. Both California and Arizona are in dire budgetary straits as a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The War for Education</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/12/07/the-war-for-education/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/12/07/the-war-for-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIMS Test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gurumeet Khalsa]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These are some pretty heady times for primary education. The Obama administration rolled out its “Race to the Top” program to improve primary education, while, along with Congress, he virtually terminated a promising voucher program in Washington D.C. The citizens of Arizona voted to keep the “First Things First” program. The state legislature has outlawed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Forget the Ballot Props!</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/10/27/dont-forget-the-ballot-props/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/10/27/dont-forget-the-ballot-props/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On election day, we Arizonans will not only be choosing among the many candidates for office, but voting up or down on as many as ten ballot measures. While some may be as boring as determining for whom to vote for Mining Inspector, many are profoundly important and will affect our lives directly for years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty Activists Celebrate a New Day</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/09/30/liberty-activists-celebrate-a-new-day/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/09/30/liberty-activists-celebrate-a-new-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[concealed carry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 29, some bills that passed the state Legislature and were signed by the governor became law. Included in these was SB 1070. Of course, there was a SB 1070-related protest, and counter-protest, downtown. I like a good protest as much as anyone, but I had a celebration—of other laws going into effect—to attend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona &#8220;Clean elections&#8221; Law Challenge Goes to the Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/07/08/arizona-clean-elections-law-challenge-goes-to-the-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/07/08/arizona-clean-elections-law-challenge-goes-to-the-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Clean Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One philosophy holds that the best we can do for this imperfect world is set a few rules against force and fraud, and work to make it better as individuals. In practice, the world remains imperfect, but the aggregate of individual efforts creates a collection of benefits that is inconceivable by any one individual or [...]]]></description>
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