Thursday, December 14th, 2006...11:46 am
Sound and Fury…Signifying Not Much At All, Really
Yesterday, some politicians and community organizations held a press conference to ask House Speaker Jim Weiers to reconsider his decision to allow Russell Pearce to continue as chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
The Republic ran a piece on the press conference this morning, and it included a quote from Barrett Marson, spokesman for Speaker Weiers.
The speaker is going to do the right thing and stick with the person who shepherded through two compromise budgets.
I find this interesting because the budgets that were actually passed and signed by Governor Napolitano were negotiated by House and Senate leadership and the Governor. The “compromise budgets” (passed without any Democratic votes, so how much of a compromise were they?) that made it through Pearce’s committee were vetoed. So, what did Pearce, with all of his bluster, actually accomplish? And why is he being rewarded for it?
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