Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Our Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, quietly succeeded to the governorship with the resignation of Janet Napolitano on Tuesday afternoon. Brewer takes office as governor. Brewer will be formally sworn in as governor of Arizona in a public ceremony at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Jan Brewer shares the same far-right political ideology as 2006 GOP gubernatorial nominee Len Munsil, whom the voters of Arizona rejected in favor of Janet Napolitano by a 2-1 margin.
There is no public hue and cry for Jan Brewer's brand of ideological extremism that she and the right-wing Neanderthals in the state Legislature are about to unleash upon Arizona. Republicans seek to nullify the will of the voters by executive fiat.
As David Safier has previously written in this space Blog For Arizona: Did someone say the Sec. of State isn't prepared to be Governor?, Jan Brewer herself has previously objected to such abuse of power by executive fiat:
Jan Brewer was one of the legislators back in 1994 who was pushing to replace the elected Secretary of State position with an appointed Lieutenant Governor. She even wrote an op ed on the topic.
The duties of Arizona secretary of state "do little to prepare that officeholder for the statewide leadership role required of a governor."
At least that's what Jan Brewer wrote in a 1994 op-ed article for The Arizona Republic. Then a state senator and the GOP's majority whip, Brewer encouraged state voters to approve a ballot proposition creating an Office of Lieutenant Governor, with that individual first in succession to the Governor's Office.
In the 1994 op-ed piece, Brewer wrote that "we have seen what happens when the governorship is thrust upon an unwilling and untrained secretary of state, no matter how sincere or well-intentioned. Arizona deserves more than just a caretaker governor."
Said Jan Brewer: "Arizonans deserve to have a governor that will continue the same general policies as the one (voters) elected."
I could not agree more. Hold Jan Brewer to her words.
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