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 [...]
The long arm of ALEC
From blogging that I and (many) others have done on the topic of national conservative organizations influencing state legislation, it should be obvious by now that the ideas that Republican elected officials in Arizona are trying to push on us are not just toxic to our lives an communities, they are not even original. I’ve [...]
Do those ALEC junkets violate Open Meeting Law?
I caught this informative and useful piece by University of Wisconsin prof William Cronon about the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council on recent anti-working people legislation in his state and across the country. I’ve blogged about ALEC before, as have others here. ALEC is yet another national right wing think tank that promotes [...]
Shenanigans!
Much has already been written about the now infamous letter written by Tony Hill, who claims to substitute teach in Glendale, that was read aloud by Senator Lori Klein on the floor of the Arizona Senate last week. Best post goes to Tedski: It’s just a wee bit odd that this man’s experiences in a [...]
If the most maligned people can’t sue, what does that mean for you?
HB2191 is going through the Arizona Legislature this week. It would disallow punitive damages to anyone who entered the country illegally “in any action in any court in this state.” Actually that was done back in 2006 when Arizona voters approved an amendment to our state constitution. What this bill does is make it retroactive [...]
Won’t someone PLEASE think of the children??!?
Fear not. Republican Arizona legislators care about the children. The children of Paradise Valley and other affluent enclaves, I mean. Per Monsieur Fischer of Capital Media Services: State senators voted Tuesday to let Arizonans divert even more of what they owe in taxes to instead help send children to private and parochial schools. And they [...]
Cathi Herrod denies theocratic goals of Center For Arizona Policy; bears false witness while doing so.
Herrod’s editorial in the Daily Star Saturday took issue with the (shocking!) observation that CAP has a religious agenda which it is imposing on Arizonans via legislation. The family is at the very foundation of our society. The Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) promotes and defends foundational principles impacting Arizona families. Each CAP-supported legislative proposal [...]
