Get ready for Alt-Fuel Fiasco 2.0. That reference (already made by legislators like Arizona Democratic Senate Leader Mitzi Epstein and former Democratic House Leader Andres Cano) to the turn-of-the-century alternate fuel state tax credit program that blew up Arizona’s revenue coffers may be repeated again with the predictable funding explosion of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (E.S.A) … Read more
You was warned. Legislative counsel said it was unconstitutional, First Amendment legal organizations said it was unconstitutional, civil liberties legal organizations said it was unconstitutional, and media organizations said it was unconstitutional. But Rep. John Kavanagh’s bill to limit the public’s ability to record police officers committing crimes and violating the civil rights of citizens … Read more
At his first press conference today, President Biden said that attempts to enact bills to suppress the vote are “UnAmerican,” “sick,” and “despicable.” The President may well have been referring to the Orwellian and Anti-Democratic behavior of Republican Committee Chairs in the Arizona State Legislature who have taken steps over the last couple of weeks … Read more
On November 24. 2020, I wrote an article titled “Do the People of Arizona Really Want Jake Hoffman Writing Arizona Election Law?” Today (February 23, 2021,) the people of Arizona have their answer. NO! The Legislative 12 State Representative, a person who has been accused of spreading disinformation to voters, creating fictitious political candidates, and … Read more
Apparently, some Republicans in the Arizona State House have found a way to use COVID 19 to their advantage to shut out the voice of the people. Unlike the more enlightened rule-makers in the Arizona State Senate, Republican House Leadership is allowing Committee Chairpersons the discretion whether or not to allow remote-virtual testimony on legislation … Read more