Arizona's dumbest law strikes again... (We don't need no education)

The Arizona Republic has this article and this article about the failure of many of the override ballot props up for a vote last night. These override elections are stupid. School districts have elected boards that can be recalled and defeated in subsequent elections if they raise taxes too much.

Even Tom Horne sees this as potentially catastrophic:

Arizona schools chief Tom Horne said that if the districts do not persuade voters to change their minds, they will face "catastrophic" cuts that could reduce teacher pay, increase class size and leave new schools without desks.

This change will reduce funding by about $70 million over 3 years for the affected school districts. Arizona already has one of the lowest spending per pupal averages in the US. We cannot let this spending cut happen. It is time to overturn this stupid, counterproductive, think tank conceived law. Here is some of my previous writing on the subject. Here are my previous entries on education.

We need to decide whether we want Arizona to be competitive economically and properly fund the activities or whether really want a low tax and tiny government haven. I don't think you can have it both ways.