As Laurie Roberts of Az Central points out, good legislation did come out of the Arizona State Legislature with regards to measures on giving rights to child rape victims, texting while driving. ELL instruction, AIDs education programs, reforming health care facilities so no more Hacienda horror stories occur, and a much-needed drought plan with neighboring … Read more
Beware the political party that preaches freedom and then does everything it can to suppress it and take rights away from the voter. That is the Arizona Republican Party who, having failed to stop the initiative process on measures like the raising in the minimum wage or convince voters that their ideas are better for … Read more
In case you missed this, The Phoenix New Times reports that “Arizona’s Republican lawmakers and its attorney general want to create a $530,000 “voter fraud unit,” despite the fact that voter fraud is pretty much nonexistent in the state.” GOP Arizona Lawmakers, AG, Want to Create Unit to Probe Nonexistent Voter Fraud: Contrary to claims … Read more
In the aftermath of the 2018 elections, House Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature had an opportunity to change course and band with Democrats in charting a new forward direction for the people and the state. THEY FAILED. Instead of working with Democrats on the budget and other pressing matters, they decided to consider or … Read more
APS holds a blind auction for two State Corporation Seats in 2014, bankrolling the two candidates that agree with their rate hiking agenda. The State Legislature, led by Vince “Dark Money is Good” Leach, has adopted measures to attack the enforceability of voter-approved Dark Money Ordinances in Tempe (which passed with 91 percent voter approval) … Read more