Senate President Karen Fann and newly minted lawyer Senator Warren Petersen are the primary sponsors of the Arizona Senate’s bogus audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 ballots. Dubbed the “fraudit” on social media, the Senate’s “audit” of an election that has already been audited and certified is a dangerous joke that attempts to perpetuate the lie … Read more
Plans to pass the current version of the Republican State Budget Proposal and the controversial flat tax provisions in it appear to have hit a brick wall…for now. The Arizona House of Representatives, with Republican leadership, has adjourned until June 10, 2021. This two-week adjournment is to accommodate members traveling schedules with the holiday weekend … Read more
Politico recently reported that “Republicans who sought to undercut or overturn President Joe Biden’s election win are launching campaigns to become their states’ top election officials next year, alarming local officeholders and opponents who are warning about pro-Trump, “ends justify the means” candidates taking big roles in running the vote.” They tried to overturn the … Read more
Besides the flat tax, practically every tax giveaway that’s been defeated in the last five years is stuck into the Republican budget. What’s that? You didn’t want more tax giveaways? You wanted the state to Invest in Education and to pay teacher’s a fair wage? Forget about it. Arizona Republicans pride themselves in syphoning off … Read more
Poor J.D. Mesnard. The former Arizona State House Speaker and current Senator from Legislative District 17 was clearly the odd man out on a four-man panel gathered by Luige Del Puerto of the Arizona Capitol Times to discuss the Republican proposed budget that includes a 2.5 percent flat tax. The other panelists were: House Democratic … Read more