Moderate Republican Arizona State Senators voting ever so moderately
I keep being told there are some Republicans in the Arizona legislature who are so gosh darn nice and reasonable and moderate deep down inside. They really, honesty, truly want to do well by the people of Arizona! But they are forced – forced! – to vote badly by the evil menace of Grover Norquist [...]
Whereas we were totally okay with wild intemperance in all these other offices
***I was working on this post before I saw the news that Andy Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon got disbarred. Huzzah! As you were…*** So, Greg Patterson, AKA well-known blogger Espresso Pundit, has been nominated for a spot on the Arizona Board of Regents. This has, understandably, caused garment rending and teeth gnashing in many quarters [...]
Daniel Patterson had complaints going back to 2009?!
Hold the damn phone. I finally got a chance to peruse the preliminary report (h/t to Tedski for the download) of the ethics investigation against Tucson Rep. Daniel Patterson. The team did a thorough job vetting all the complaints and they go far beyond the domestic violence allegations most of us are aware of. Patterson [...]
The Goldwater Institute and their BFFs, ALEC
It should be no surprise to anyone that most of the conservative elected officeholders in Arizona are simpleminded reactionaries. As the quotes from the conservative legislator in my last post attest, these people do not seek elected office to balance the budget or deal with any complicated economic or regulatory matters. They’re driven purely by [...]
The type of sensible moderate legislator we’ll get if they just do away with Clean Elections
AZ Senator Lori Klein (R-LD6) may face felony charges for brandishing her loaded hot pink pistol at a reporter and pointing its laser sight at his chest. Klein, a proud Tea Partier, recently attracted notoriety when she read a letter on the floor of the Senate from a substitute teacher that viciously stereotyped and denigrated [...]
Business leaders are who put us on this course
Kathleen Ingley is one of my favorite writers at the AZ Republic and her op-ed today is a must read. It’s a clear and concise accounting of how decades of tax cuts, gimmicks, and fiscal foolishness have brought Arizona to our current economic misfortune. And she doesn’t blame Clean Elections, for which she gets several [...]
Brewer Inauguration: She had did not stayed classy
Per today’s Phoenix Biz Journal Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer sounded vague support for revamping the state’s enterprise zone program and blamed former governor Janet Napolitano and President Barack Obama for the state’s fiscal woes during her inaugural address Monday. Of course she did. Being a Republican she is a) incapable of losing or winning graciously [...]
