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Ducey
Aug 22, 2021 18:27:43 GMT
Post by the Scribe on Aug 22, 2021 18:27:43 GMT
Ducey
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Ducey
Oct 6, 2021 20:17:10 GMT
Post by the Scribe on Oct 6, 2021 20:17:10 GMT
We can't get rid of this idiot governor fast enough! As if this isn't bad enough he and his GOP cronies changed our tax laws to favor the wealthy with a flat tax. Opponents like me obtained enough signatures to get that issue on the ballot to the voters. The CONS cannot be allowed to get away with that. USA TODAY
Arizona could lose COVID relief funds over school mask mandates, feds say
www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-could-lose-covid-relief-163735508.html
Stacey Barchenger, Arizona Republic
Wed, October 6, 2021, 11:08 AM
PHOENIX – Gov. Doug Ducey's programs that reward school districts for not imposing COVID-19 related mandates violate federal rules, and U.S. Treasury officials warned Tuesday that they may claw back federal stimulus dollars unless the state makes changes.
Before Arizona received an initial $2 billion payment from the American Rescue Plan, the state agreed to follow spending terms that included combatting "fiscal effects stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency, including by supporting efforts to stop the spread of the virus," the Treasury Department's second-in-command wrote in a letter to Ducey on Tuesday.
But two programs announced by Ducey in August "undermine evidence-based efforts" to stop the coronavirus and are "not a permissible use" of the money, the letter reads. At least $173 million was set aside for those programs.
Those programs allocated up to $7,000 for families who want to move their children from schools that mandated masks or other COVID-19 precautions, and gave $1,800 per student to districts that did not impose mandates such as requiring quarantines for unvaccinated students.
The state has distributed at least $109 million of the $163 million available to school districts, according to information from the Governor's Office. Another $10 million was earmarked for vouchers for families, though it's unclear how much of that was spent so far.
Federal Treasury officials gave Ducey 30 days to "remediate the issues" with those programs. The penalty for not doing so could include Arizona having to repay federal dollars it received, according to the Treasury letter signed by Deputy Secretary Adewale "Wally" O. Adeyemo.
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Ducey
Jan 15, 2022 20:30:18 GMT
Post by the Scribe on Jan 15, 2022 20:30:18 GMT
My message to our idiot governor is GET A CLUE!!!
Governor Ducey accused of misusing money
Fri, January 14, 2022, 7:02 PM
Governor Ducey is accused of misusing money as the Treasury Department threatens to withhold Arizona COVID aid.
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Ducey
Jan 25, 2022 20:03:19 GMT
Post by the Scribe on Jan 25, 2022 20:03:19 GMT
The little boy wants to become a senator so he plays to the corrupt, mal-informed and ignorant base of his cultish party.
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Gov. Ducey sues Biden for the right to use federal funds to help spread COVID-19
www.yahoo.com/news/gov-ducey-sues-biden-federal-182457307.html
Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic
Mon, January 24, 2022, 12:45 PM
In this article:
Doug Ducey
American businessman and politician
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey gives his final State of the State address at the Arizona Legislature on Jan. 10, 2022.
Gov Doug Ducey is suing the Biden administration, claiming he has a constitutional right to use federal funds to help spread a highly contagious, sometimes deadly virus in a state that already is among the nation’s leaders in its rate of COVID-19 infections.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona-education/2022/01/21/gov-ducey-arizona-sues-biden-administration-school-covid-mandates-american-rescue-plan/6608660001/
Yeah, it doesn’t make sense to me either.
But then precious little has made sense since Arizona’s governor long ago decided to ignore public health experts and instead cater to those in his party who see masks as the end of the world as we know it.
So now, we’re paying a team of pricey private lawyers to sue Biden.
Is Treasury really 'power grabbing'?
It played well on Fox News and, no doubt, with this term-limited governor’s political advisers.
“The Biden administration is attempting to hold Congressionally-appropriated funds hostage and is trying to bully Arizona into complying with this power-grabbing move,” Ducey said on Friday, in announcing his lawsuit. “They’re going after education programs that are designed to help kids access in-person instruction, ensure schools stay open and give parents the ability to make decisions that are best for their kids.”
azgovernor.gov/sites/default/files/complaint_jan_21.pdf
This “power grabbing move” is a pair of letters from the U.S. Treasury Department, warning Ducey that he can’t use American Rescue Act funds to reward school districts and parents who ignore Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that recommend masks inside schools.
Ducey, having long ago given up on science, ascended to a whole new level of bizarre in August as the school year got under way and school districts began requiring masks.
A new state law barring mask mandates hadn’t yet taken effect and until it did, certain school boards reasoned that it only made sense to try to protect against the spread of COVID-19, as recommended by federal, state, county public health departments as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics and other health care groups.
Ducey dreamed up 3 programs to move kids
So, naturally, Ducey, desperate to appease to his political base, dreamed up two new inducements to ignore that advice, using federal COVID-relief funds.
He offered $1,800 per student in bribes to school districts and charter schools that agreed to forgo mask mandates until the state ban kicked in on Sept. 29. And he offered $7,000 vouchers to parents who wanted to move their children out of public schools that require masks and into private schools that don’t.
School districts rushed to cash in. Parents, not so much. As of November, just 93 of them got a voucher to escape a mask mandating school, according to a review by The Arizona Republic.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/11/22/arizona-gov-doug-ducey-covid-school-vouchers-program-flop/8340584002/
Ultimately, the state ban on school mask mandates was tossed out by the Arizona Supreme Court, but the offer of COVID-relief funds to schools that refuse to require masks stands.
And this month, Ducey dreamed up a third federally funded program, offering a $7,000 voucher to any child whose classroom closes even for a day due to COVID-19 infections.
www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2022/01/05/gov-doug-ducey-there-no-plot-afoot-close-arizona-schools/9106016002/
How are sick kids supposed to focus on math?
Meanwhile, the Treasury Department sent Ducey yet another warning earlier this month – the first came in October – threatening to withhold $173 million in funding, the amount Ducey has spent for the first two programs.
“By discouraging families and school districts from following (the CDC’s) guidance, the conditions referenced above (in Ducey’s programs) undermine efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19,” the Treasury Department wrote.
Ducey immediately shot back with one of the applause lines from his State of the State speech: “When it comes to education, President Biden wants to continue focusing on masks. In Arizona, we’re going to focus on math and getting kids caught up after a year of learning loss.”
Apparently, all the kids who catch COVID-19 and are now absent from school because of Ducey’s appalling lack of leadership are at home, in bed … doing math?
Schools have enacted mask mandates and other public health policies precisely so that they can remain open. Yet here we have a governor who rewards schools that refuse to require masks even as he demands that they remain open.
Given that logic, is it any wonder he is (we are) suing Biden?
How dare those bullies tell us we can’t use federal money designed to combat a public health emergency to take action that’ll actually worsen that public health emergency?
Reach Roberts at laurie.roberts@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Twitter at @laurieroberts.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Gov. Doug Ducey sues for ability to spread COVID-19 with federal funds
www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2022/01/24/gov-ducey-sues-right-use-federal-funds-spread-covid/9199384002/
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