Comments on: The Ever Vigilant Jack Harper Gets to the Bottom of Our State’s Budget Woes http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/ "We beg no longer; we entreat no more; we petition no more. We defy them!" - William Jennings Bryan Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:59:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rum, Romanism and Rebellion » Blog Archive » Harper’s Weakly http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-7959 Rum, Romanism and Rebellion » Blog Archive » Harper’s Weakly Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:08:42 +0000 http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/#comment-7959 [...] week, I wrote a little bit about an e-mail exchange between Rep. Chad Campbell and anti-tax advocate Tom Jenney. To the credit [...] [...] week, I wrote a little bit about an e-mail exchange between Rep. Chad Campbell and anti-tax advocate Tom Jenney. To the credit [...]

]]> By: Ethan http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-7898 Ethan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:44:17 +0000 http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/#comment-7898 Um, you should hear what Jack told The Business Journal regarding this situation. Story will be out on Friday. Um, you should hear what Jack told The Business Journal regarding this situation. Story will be out on Friday.

]]> By: (Never Taken a No-Show Job from an Auto Dealer) http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-7852 (Never Taken a No-Show Job from an Auto Dealer) Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:52:05 +0000 http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/#comment-7852 Doug is right, nearly every returning Senator from the Majority party gets to chair a committee this year. I guess we really should be asking "why?" Majority leadership in the legislature often defends their practices by making dubious claims about tradition. One has to go back only to the 45th Legislature to see an instance of committee chairmanships being held by members of both caucuses. Additionally, other states, like Texas, frequently have such arrangements. It should be kept in mind that, bogus tradition or not, there is no requirement under the Constitution that committees have to be organized in any particular way. This just happens to be the way that the current leadership has chosen to do things. Please don't even get me started on the all too frequent practice of creating a committee just so a given member can have a chairmanship. The fact is, there are folks in the Republican caucus who should never have been trusted with chairmanships, and there is no reason that they should be in those positions other than, perhaps, cynical political expedience. Doug is right, nearly every returning Senator from the Majority party gets to chair a committee this year. I guess we really should be asking “why?” Majority leadership in the legislature often defends their practices by making dubious claims about tradition. One has to go back only to the 45th Legislature to see an instance of committee chairmanships being held by members of both caucuses. Additionally, other states, like Texas, frequently have such arrangements.

It should be kept in mind that, bogus tradition or not, there is no requirement under the Constitution that committees have to be organized in any particular way. This just happens to be the way that the current leadership has chosen to do things. Please don’t even get me started on the all too frequent practice of creating a committee just so a given member can have a chairmanship.

The fact is, there are folks in the Republican caucus who should never have been trusted with chairmanships, and there is no reason that they should be in those positions other than, perhaps, cynical political expedience.

]]> By: Q-Ball http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-7851 Q-Ball Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:12:17 +0000 http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/#comment-7851 This was my favorite part of the whole exchange: Senator Harper, Wow, I guess we were all wrong. Folks on my side of the political fence attributed the current budget problems to irresponsible tax cuts, while others laid the blame entirely on desperate peasants from Chiapas, but it turns out that all of us were mistaken. It seems that responsibility for the whole crisis can be placed at the feet of Representative Campbell, who apparently took a $600 million trip to Ireland at taxpayer expense. Thank you, Senator Harper, for your diligence. Where would Arizona be without you? TOM PREZELSKI State Representative, District 29 This was my favorite part of the whole exchange:

Senator Harper,

Wow, I guess we were all wrong. Folks on my side of the political fence attributed the current budget problems to irresponsible tax cuts, while others laid the blame entirely on desperate peasants from Chiapas, but it turns out that all of us were mistaken. It seems that responsibility for the whole crisis can be placed at the feet of Representative Campbell, who apparently took a $600 million trip to Ireland at taxpayer expense.

Thank you, Senator Harper, for your diligence. Where would Arizona be without you?

TOM PREZELSKI
State Representative, District 29

]]> By: Doug http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-7847 Doug Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:43:52 +0000 http://www.rumromanismrebellion.net/2007/11/28/the-ever-vigilant-jack-harper-gets-to-the-bottom-of-our-states-budget-woes/#comment-7847 Uh, all majority party senators (with the possible exception of freshmen) chair committees in the Senate. This practice was true the last time the Dems had unfettered control of the senate under Pete Rios. Uh, all majority party senators (with the possible exception of freshmen) chair committees in the Senate. This practice was true the last time the Dems had unfettered control of the senate under Pete Rios.

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