Tuesday, June 9th, 2009...8:18 am
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Jonathan Paton’s bill to force the City of Tucson to have elections in a manner perscribed by the legislature was backed 6-1, with only Meg Burton-Cahill dissenting and the committee’s other Democrats in support. Ken Cheuvront admitted that the bill was an attempt to get at a Democratically controlled city council, but voted for it anyway.
Just goes to show: the urge of officials in Maricopa county to tell us colonials how to run our local government is a bipartisan affliction.
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June 9th, 2009 at 9:17 am
What was Cheuvront thinking? Does anyone know his rationale for voting for this?
June 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Thinking? Right?! Thinking?! For that matter Sen. Miranda as well.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Ken votes what he believes. He votes like a fiscal conservative. He votes like a liberal socially. It has nothing to do with politics.
Miranda is just bonkers I think.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:19 am
I was at the meeting yesterday. I think (not “know” as I haven’t spoken to either Miranda or Cheuvront) that they have misgivings about the whole “elected city-wide to represent a single ward” aspect of Tucson’s system.
I don’t think that the Reps care about that, though they are willing to use it as a shield for their move to eliminate partisan elections in the most Democratic city in the state.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I’m confused. How is Republican controlled Maricopa County supposed to keep robbing Tucson blind if it’s not controlled by Democrats? That was our best excuse for extorting tax dollars from down south and spending them up north. What’s our excuse going to be now? I must have missed the memo.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
What cracked me up, in reading the article, was Mr. Paton’s likening Tucson’s council elections to “Jim Crow” segregation. “And Paton said the city’s system of electing citywide instead of by ward “is a relic of the Jim Crow South” — laws designed to silence minority groups.”
What a riot! Jonathan Paton may be a nice guy, patriotic and all but he has not, in my memory, stood up for supporting the rights of ethnic minorities and has not worked to strip away the still remaining walls of real segregation Wrapping himself in the mantel of MLK and Chávez is an insult to the thousands of people who have honestly fought the good fight. He’s also disingenous.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
While it’s definitely true that the J-Comm is disproportionately stacked with Senators from Maricopa County, I do think it’s a bit of a stretch to turn this into a “blame Maricopa County” exercise, Ted. Paton isn’t from Maricopa and (lone dissenting vote) Burton-Cahill is. And didn’t most of the support and testimony in favor of Paton’s bill come from Tucson realtors and business leaders?