A new era has arrived in Arizona.
Governor Katie Hobbs has officially assumed office as the Grand Canyon State’s next Chief Executive.
Adrian Fontes is now the Secretary of State and Kris Mayes is now the Attorney General.
Please click here to see the new Governor’s website.
Following the swearing-in, Governor Hobbs released the below statement:
“Today marks a new chapter for Arizona. As we look forward to a brighter future, I pledge that the needs of Arizonans – not partisan politics – will always come first. I will work with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents to tackle our state’s biggest challenges – fully funding our public schools, securing our state’s water future, ensuring reproductive freedom, making Arizona more affordable, and so much more.”
“I will never stop fighting for working families in our state. We’ve already hit the ground running, naming our senior Cabinet officials who will help lead our state for the next four years. It is the greatest honor of my life to serve the state I love – and I’ll never forget the faith that Arizonans have placed in me.”
The official public inauguration of the new Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Mining Inspector will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 5, 2022. Below is the inaugural program provided by a press release from the Governor’s team:
“Below is the scheduled program and participants for the public inauguration on Jan. 5th. More information can be found on the inauguration website here.
Pre-Inauguration Music
The Mariachi Pasion, the Arizona all-female mariachi band
Welcoming Remarks
Eddie Johnson, Arizona Suns announcer, NBA legend
Presentation of the Colors
Arizona National Guard
National Anthem
Reveille Men’s Chorus
Flyover
UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters
Pledge of Allegiance
Emily Avalos, Echo Canyon School, 7th Grade
Invocation
Rabbi Bonnie Sharfman, Congregation Kehillah, Vice President, Vice President of the Arizona Faith Network
Tribal Blessing
Governor Stephen Roe Lewis, Gila River Indian Community
Oath of Office, Remarks: Superintendent of Arizona Public Schools
Tom Horne & Chief Justice Robert Brutinel
Oath of Office, Remarks: Treasurer
Kimberly Yee & Chief Justice Robert Brutinel
Oath of Office, Remarks: Attorney General
Kris Mayes & Chief Justice Robert Brutinel
Oath of Office, Remarks: Secretary of State
Adrian Fontes & Chief Justice Robert Brutinel
Oath of Office, Remarks: Governor
Katie Hobbs & Roopali Desai, Judge, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Poetry Reading
Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos
Benediction
Pastor David Wade, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Closing Remarks
Mayor John Giles, City of Mesa
Retirement of Colors
Arizona National Guard
Closing Performance
Indigenous Enterprise”
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There is an irony in the ganging up party line criticism (is there a zoom meeting at 6:00am every morning coordinated by Fox news?) in the first days of Governor Hobbs? Considering how the Repub Arizona legislature has done the budget for years and years, in closed doors, with no transparency, the Hobbs criticism is more hypocrisy. They trot out the budget (including JK) at the last minute and tell their gang to vote for it, dont worry about the details. The massive amount of money wasted on the cargo containers in the waning days of the Ducey administration wasn’t discussed near as much.
It is that on top of no debate and no disclosure of inaugural donors.
Its great she is in office. It will take a long time to clean up Ducey’s messes. What a whtewash the Arizona Republic editorial board did on Ducey’s “legacy.” Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan had the same issues in her first four years. But now she has a legislative majority for the first time in 30 years. Yes, it was a IRC.
I was a little dismayed that Hobbs will not say who was paying for the inaugural. What’s the big deal of announcing that? She claimed she wanted more transparency.
A bit strange. But I’m not going to worry unless she starts wearing purple wigs, thigh high boots, and a ring that says “F— You”.
Speaking of transparency, let’s not forget the non-transparent swearing in. As Lauri Roberts said:
It just wasn’t public. No reporters were allowed inside to witness the event or, as importantly, to pose questions to the officials who will now run our state. Instead, the governor who vowed transparency livestreamed the event on her Facebook page.
Granted, Monday was a state holiday and Gov. Katie Hobbs will stage a ceremonial inauguration on Thursday — thanks to various special interests that are kicking in an undisclosed amount to pay for the celebration.
But Hobbs assumed power at 10 a.m. on Monday and in her first official act, she decided to take the public’s business private. She refused to allow reporters to witness the event, granting access only to an AP pool photographer.
If that’s a sign of what is to come, it’s going to be a long four years.
I sense a coming trend of making much of nothing…
If a Governor Lake did this it would not be nothing on this blog.
Hi Johnny! I remember when David Gowan and your party tried to ban press coverage from the Arizona house floor.
It was in 2016, you may not remember that far back.
So maybe you or anyone else in the AZGQP shouldn’t talk about transparency.
Instead, you should talk about the great work that RaicesTexasDotOrg does!
Hooray!
Raices provides free or low cost legal help to immigrants.
I’m sure it is going to feel like a long four years for you, John “Living on the Taxpayer Dime” Kavanagh.
In fact, that’s too long for you, life is short, you’re not getting any younger.
You should quit.
You mean press coverage of the televised proceedings? And I am very access to the press.
You were not “very access to the press” back in 2016, Trollish Man.
I’m talking about 2016 when your party made headlines by limiting reporters access to lawmakers on the floor and you know this.
Not “televised” anything, Johnny “Feed Me Uncle Sam” Kavanagh, you cowards didn’t want reporters asking questions about corruption.
Made you guys look pretty, pretty, pretty bad, so I get why you’d lie about it now.
But people can look this stuff up, John KKKavanagh, pretending stuff didn’t happen is weird.
And FYI, Kari LaKKKe can’t “do this” because she lost.
She’s a loser, like T4ump.
Which makes her stupid, too, because she copied a loser and wadda’ ya’ know, she lost.
Most reporters have my cell phone number and I am in the news more than any other legislator. Stop making up facts.
Two problems with your reply, Trollish Child.
First, you can’t “make up facts”.
Made up stuff isn’t facts. Fantasy, or in your case, lies.
Second, and this ties in with the first, is that anyone can do a simple websearch and find articles like this from April 8, 2016….
“News reporters were banned from the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday in a move that many considered linked to negative coverage of House Speaker David Gowan.
Whether Gowan retaliated against a single reporter by targeting them all, the new edict forced the news media to choose between signing away their personal information to potentially hostile lawmakers or doing their jobs the way they’d done them for years.”
I said you and your party have no business talking about transparency. You can find hundreds of other examples if you can figure out how to use a web search, gramps.
The stupid BS your party pulled in 2016 is just one of the more blatant moves you cowards have done.
Made up facts. Holy smoke, no wonder your party is such a mess.
You don’t know what words mean.
President Obama had a private ceremony with just a video feed when he was sworn in the second time because January 20 was on a Sunday and then the public ceremony the next day. With respect to Laurie Roberts, no big deal here.