Has anyone noticed that the same folks who think Tucson should be forced to have non-partisan elections are the same ones who want to ban independent voters from Republican primaries?
I’ve recieved a few e-mails and warnings about the perils of not passing the sales tax hike. The lege has two budgets, one if the sales tax referendum passes, the other if it doesn’t. The “B” budget, which would presumably be in place should the referendum fail, makes additional cuts of, among other things, $428 [...]
This from a bit about Terry Goddard’s actions against Colorado City in yesterday’s Yellow Sheet. Italics mine:
Still, Goddard likely wouldn’t have time to push for disincorporation or pursue Colorado City prosecutions while he serves as AG. Nominating petitions to qualify for the ballot are due on May 26, and by filing Goddard will have effectively [...]
Not too much surprise, but Frank Antenori is officially announcing his bid for State Senate on Friday at Udall Park. Am I the only one who finds irony in that one?
This from Antenori’s press release:
He is currently working to reform the welfare system, reducing abuse so that benefits can be directed to those who are [...]
Arizona Capitol Times reports that Jonathan Paton will resign today.
Earlier this week, Ron Gould’s bill to mandate a “Ten Commandments” monument be placed at the Old State Capitol passed the appropriations committee.
As usual in such matters, the debate, as summarized by Howard Fischer, was dominated by ill-informed tropes and disingenuousness.
As far as the disingenuousness goes, that came from Russell Pearce. Pearce said that the [...]
A capitol watcher and R Cubed fan called me earlier this week to express his concern that the lobbyist for TUSD seemed to support (or at least not oppose) legislation being pushed by Tom Horne to get rid of ethnic studies.
Versions of this legislation have been supported by Horne for a number of years. His [...]
The Governor’s office put out a press release this afternoon entitled “Governor Jan Brewer Proposes Reforms to Re-Open Arizona Rest Areas.” You’ll notice that she actually doesn’t say that she is re-opening the rest areas, and she actually isn’t. She’s asking the Secretary of Transportation for some regulatory changes. In other words, she ain’t doing much, but [...]
David Stevens has an idea: that pesky 17th Amendment to the constitution is a big problem, so let’s ditch it.
He has a bill to have major party Senate nominees chosen by their respective legislative caucuses, rather than at a party primary. He labels this as a way to go back to the “good old days” [...]
I am not entirely comfortable with leveraging future state lottery revenues in an attempt to solve our budget crisis. My understanding is that this will not result in funds being borrowed directly from the fund, but that securities will be sold backed by the fund. It’s a bit reasuring, I guess. And heck, since we [...]
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