Hovernor Doug Ducey is one of those extremist libertarians who opposes government regulations. That’s why he loves charter schools and vouchers. That’s why charters in Arizona are not covered by laws against nepotism or conflicts of interest. That’s the ALEC way: the fewer regulations, the better for business.
Gov. Ducey lured Uber to Arizona to tests its driverless car. Why would Uber want to stay in California where the state regulates such tests (but not charter schools!)?
So Uber was given the green light and one of its driverless cars killed a pedestrian.
The governor suspended the testing.
Do you think he learned anything?
I doubt it.
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Ducey is incapable of learning. He makes all his decisions from a script printed by ALEC.
Do you think the majority of voters in Arizona learned anything? Probably not. They’re stuck in a time vortex.
If a few retirees get run down by driverless cars, voters might elect a David Garcia, an educator who is running against Ducey.
He will stay comfortably swaddled in the worlds’ simplest and most comforting ideology. Won’t have to go through the pain of thinking, weighing evidence, etc…
A true libertarian would insist on a governorless state. Maybe he should take a hint.
Wonderful thought. I too wondered why someone who doesn’t believe in government would want to be governor other than to destroy the government. Like DeVos and the Department of Education. She wishes it didn’t exist and is trying to dismantle it, but zcongress refused to cut her budget or to cut the staff responsible for civil rights. Her only “win” was $400 Million to impose charters on communities that don’t want them.
Good one.
“Part of what makes Arizona an ideal place for Uber and other companies to test autonomous vehicle technology is that there are no special permits or licensing required,” the Arizona Department of Transportation said, in a December 2016 press release.”
Incredible. They gave this company free rein to use public streets as a test facility.
How much did Arizona politicians take from Uber? Let’s see who the winners and losers are here- we know the citizens lost. Who won?
How much did they cost to buy? Probably came cheap. For state politicians the going rate is about 10,000 dollars. Worth every penny Uber paid for them.
It gets worse. CNN revealed that, not only did Arizona allow Uber to drive everywhere in these cars with no warning, but that Ducey had ALSO, just a few weeks before the crash, signed a policy that would allow Uber self-driving cars to test out on Arizona roads WITHOUT ANYONE IN THE CAR.
Über must be the German word for overblown. Uber makes money the same creepy way Facebook does, and has been thoroughly hacked, so all the data were stolen in addition to being sold. It’s only a matter of time before people realize Russia and the Trump campaign know where they go to buy a bagel and shmear every morning. And are centrally controlled rent-a-vehicles supposed to be better for the environment because of “efficiency”? They are not. If you own a car, you drive it from point A to point B. If you order an Uber, the car goes from point A to pick you up at point B, drive you from point B to point C, and then on to point D instead of waiting there to take you home. Uber is bunk.
Yet another example of why DeVos was (unintentionally) dead on when she compared school choice to Uber.
Yes, teacherless schools appears to be one of her goals.
Both Betsy and driverless cars relie on Lie-dar to avoid pedestrians.
How’s that working out?
The no-teacher charter school?
How about one with no students?
Here’s The Onion with a parody of charter schools’ exclusivity and their creaming of only the best and most desirable students — in this case, the charter school is so exclusive that it actually has NO STUDENTS.
https://www.theonion.com/progressive-charter-school-doesn-t-have-students-1819575207
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Progressive Charter School Doesn’t Have Students
7/01/13
9:56am
ATLANTA — One year into its founding as the purported “bold next step in education reform,” administrators on Monday sang the praises of Forest Gates Academy, a progressive new charter school that practices an innovative philosophy of not admitting any students.
“We’ve done something here at Forest Gates that is truly special, combining modern, cutting-edge pedagogical methods with a refreshingly non-pupil-centric approach,” said academy president Diane Blanchard, who claimed that the experimental school boasts state-of-the-art facilities, a diverse and challenging syllabus, absolutely zero students, a world-class library, and the highest faculty-student ratio in the nation.
“Thanks to our groundbreaking methods, we’ve established a structured yet free-thinking environment where the student is taken out of the equation entirely, and in fact is not allowed on school property.
“And the results, we think, speak for themselves.”
According to its budgetary records, Forest Gates has so far received approximately $80 million in public funding from the state of Georgia.