Archive for October, 2007

Tax Implications of Choice in Education

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

In case you’re worried about the tax implications of Utah’s referendum 1, please take a moment to read the Utah Taxpayers Association’s most recent newsletter or watch the “Truth by the Numbers” video they put together.

The Utah Taxpayer’s Association is very pro-voucher.
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Choice in Education Website

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

If you’re still researching Referendum 1, I highly recommend Utah’s choice in education website.
There are also a number of voucher debates being held (and broadcast) all over Utah.
Whichever your persuasion, please put in the time to do the research and become an informed voter.  If you’re just relying on what lands in your mailbox, you’re [...]

Let Free Market Principles Work for Utah Kids

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I wish everyone in Utah would watch this phenomenal 20/20 video to get a real understanding of the free market principles that would make the voucher system work. It really is a must see.

It’s also enlightening to get a glimpse at the out-of-state union interests that are pouring millions into Utah to try to get [...]

KSL Debunks Anti-Voucher Ads

Monday, October 29th, 2007

This video from KSL news does a great job of exposing misleading statements on TV ads run by both sides of Utah’s choice in education issue. Note that most of them side with the pro-voucher folks like myself.
I’ll talk more about this later, but this video is good summary.

School Vouchers: Getting out the Vote

Monday, October 29th, 2007

I’m a big proponent of parents’ choice in education, so I was initially discouraged a few weeks ago when I saw a that a telephone survey showed a majority of Utahns opposed to Referendum 1.
Since then, however, I’ve become convinced that it can pass, partially because many of the people opposed to the legislation simply [...]

TOMORROW: Cookies and Ice Cream FOR Utah’s Kids

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

For those of you who haven’t already read this on ConnectBlogs, my friend and fellow blogger Devin Thorpe is holding an event called
Cookies and Ice Cream FOR Utah’s Kids to discuss Utah’s Referendum 1. If you’re for school vouchers or are still on the fence and would like to learn more, please consider attending this [...]

Generations Network Goes for 300 Mil

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Techcrunch is reporting that Spectrum Equity Investors made a $300 million private investment to purchase a majority share in The Generations Network (Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, etcetera.)

Google is Scary

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Isn’t the way Google wants to track everything about you a little unsettling?

At least it now lets you access your data and doesn’t publish it with “anonymous” (obvious) ids like AOL does. Still the privacy freak in me is a little troubled.
That said, Google has definitely been one of the more benevolent companies out there, [...]