Last batch of vetoes by Governor Brewer

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I previously posted that Ted Vogt tried to dictate to the City of Tucson to benefit his brother Tyler. On Monday, Governor Brewer vetoed his attempt to dictate to the City of Tucson.

SB 1331 would have modified certain statutes related to polling places, certificates of ratification of amendments to the U.S. Constitution and political party committees. Vogt's amendment would have prohibited the City of Tucson from conducting an all-mail ballot city council election because Tucson has partisan elections. Vote-by-mail increases voter turnout, and Tucson is a Democratic leaning city – Vogt wanted to suppress voter turnout to give his brother a chance in the city council race. The brothers Vogt should be rejected by voters for their authoritarianism.

HB 2484 would have changed the requirements for appointing candidates to fill legislative vacancies. It would have allowed precinct committeemen who reside in any county within the legislative district in which a legislative vacancy has occurred to nominate candidates to fill that vacated legislative seat. it would have also specified that for a legislative district that contains more than one county, the meeting must be held on a Saturday in the county that contains the largest number of precinct committeemen. Under present law, only the precinct committeemen in the county of residence of the office holder in which the vacancy in office occurs are eligible to vote to select three nominees to send to the County Board of Supervisors.

SB 1497 would have included the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) in the list of entities eligible to form separate legal entities (SLEs) and enumerated additional powers of SLEs.

SB 1386 would have increased the repayment responsibilities of participants in the Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) under the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and grants participants a greater period of time to fulfill their repayment obligations.

SB 1316 would have provided the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) with the ability to enter into employment agreements, and specified that loans, agreements and contracts entered into by the PSPRS board are not subject to procurement code.

HB 2166 would have required county assessors to evaluate certain low income multifamily residential rental property using an income-based approach, and established a capitalization rate of 12.5 percent. It would have allowed the owner of a low income multifamily residential rental property to elect a statutory income based valuation method.

HB 2502 would have directed a public agency using multimedia announcements to advertise a public program to identify, in the announcement or communication, a disclosure statement stating that it is paid for with federal, state or local taxes pursuant to statute.

Readers should congratulate themselves. For each of the action alerts in which Blog for Arizona requested that you contact the Governor's office to request that she veto a bill, she did in fact veto those bills. Now I can't prove the cause and effect, but the results speak for themselves. Go ahead and give yourselves some credit. And thank you.