To get the Outlaw Dirty Money Ballot Initiative on the November Ballot, 357,000 valid signatures are needed because, if passed by the voters, the election results will necessitate a change to the Arizona State Constitution. Realistically, 400,000 signatures should probably be collected in case a portion of the signatories is declared invalid and ineligible. The … Read more
Usually, sine die is an orderly but sometimes drama-filled end to the Legislative session. Historically, the Arizona House and the Senate vote to sine die (end the session) on the same night and often under the cloak of darkness. The second session of the 54th Legislature was… different… even before the novel Coronavirus hit the … Read more
I drove to Phoenix last Thursday (May 7) because Speaker Rusty Bowers and President Karen Fann had called the Legislature back for a sine die vote (a vote to end the second session of the 54th Legislature). We have been adjourned and working remotely since March 23. Unfortunately, I made that trip for nothing. On May 7, … Read more
Last week, cynical reactionary Republican politicians and operatives were willing to risk people’s lives by fighting to not postpone the Wisconsin Primary on April 7, 2020, as the Democratic Governor, Tony Evers, wanted. This move, designed to help Daniel Kelly, a conservative State Supreme Court Justice, win reelection, by those on the fringe right, has … Read more
Republicans and Democrats, after a weekend of suspense and last-minute deal-making by Speaker Russell Bowers and Democratic Leader Charlene Fernandez, banded together and on a 59 to 1 vote passed the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2021 budget with an additional $50 million for people needing assistance to get through the Coronavirus Crisis. According … Read more