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
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
To reiterate what I posted the other day, the budget “is a deal brokered in secret among just Republicans, and sprung upon the legislature at the last minute without committee hearings or any public input or debate. The goal is to ram it through, jam it through the legislature with just Republican votes to pass … Read more
Oh God, she’s baaack! In 2011, then Governor Jan Brewer signed off on then House Speaker Kirk Adams’ four year phased-in corporate welfare tax giveaway plan, while state revenues were still devastated from the Great Recession (2007-2009). Jan Brewer had initially opposed his plan in 2010 causing “Captain Kool-Aid,” Kirk Adams, a true believer in … Read more
In their latest attempt to justify their flat tax proposals, Republicans at the State Legislature and the Governors office said that there is no reason to worry about local governments or other vital budget areas losing valuable sources of revenue. Why? Because the increased sales tax receipts from online gambling, internet sales (through the Way … Read more