More interesting vetoes by Governor Brewer

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Who would have thunk it that Governor Jan Brewer would stand up to "the crazy" from the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature? At least on the big-ticket items; she is still signing some of their pet bills.

On Friday, Governor Brewer vetoed a few more bad bills:

SB 1201, the "omnibus firearms" bill, which would have required state and local governments to either allow guns in public facilities or secure those buildings with metal detectors and armed guards. The bill wopuld have applied to government-owned pools, libraries, community centers and offices. Brewer previously vetoed the "guns on campus" bill, SB 1467. Gun advocates are in shock – shock I tell ya! – that the governor was not swayed by their armed intimidation.

Their self-proclaimed leader, Charles Heller from the Arizona Citizens Defense League, sounds like a petulant child with the "terrible threes" throwing a temper tantrum because he didn't get his way. Gun-rights bill vetoed by Brewer:

"I don't know what's gotten into her," Charles Heller, the league's spokesman, said of Brewer. "Nothing in our wildest nightmares told us we'd miss Governor (Janet) Napolitano."

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Heller, whose group pushed the gun bills, vowed the league will be back with a stronger effort next year.

"You ain't seen nothing yet," he said.

"If (Brewer) didn't like this one, wait till you see what we come out with next year."

Riiight. And Brewer will just veto it again, crybaby.

Sen. Frank Antenori will make another check mark on his "Sh*t List" of people to get even with for Governor Brewer's veto of his pet bill:

HB 2650 which would have ended the civil service merit selection system for county employees everywhere except, of course, the state of Maricopa. The bill would have required all counties except Maricopa to make all new hires, employees who change jobs within the county or employees who get raises to be converted to an at-will employee; allows a county board of supervisors anywhere but Maricopa County to make certain administrative positions at-will.

Frank Antenori is grousing in his troll cave today plotting his revenge against all those who do not let him have his way. He may be joined today by Rep. John Kavanagh over this veto:

HB 2230 which would have removed 11 phrases from the state's 9/11 Memorial that Rep. Kavanagh personally finds objectionable. Everyone's an art critic.

The Arizona Board of Regents has survived a power-grab challenge to its constitutional authority:

HB 2067 which would have prohibited the Arizona Board of Regents from having any authority of a non-profit that oversees any hospital affiliated with the University of Arizona for 18 months starting April 18, 2011.

Two miscellaneous vetoes:

SB 1329 which would have prohibited a public employee from engaging in any political activity or lobbying a governmental entity during the employee's work hours. The concern here was that this would have precluded public employees from attending legislative hearings during regular business hours (even though this Tea-Publican legislature has established a precedent for holding meetings in the wee hours of the morning with no public testimony or even the press present).

SB 1379 a strike everything amendment which would have prohibited a local government from banning the sale or use of permissible consumer fireworks from June 15 through July 5, Dec. 12-31 or Jan. 1-2. Gotta have those July 4th fireworks!

SB 1041 the so-called “invest Arizona” bill which would have provided qualifying properties with an assessment ratio providing a significantly smaller property tax bill. The bill would have assessed as class 6 property the personal property and real property improvements that are newly constructed or renovated and owned or used by a qualifying business that meets capital investment and minimum hiring requirements.

h/t The Arizona Republic