Previous attempts to write and/or fix the budget during La Cervecera’s reign have “blown up” when she tried to tie spending cuts to new taxes. So, the idea went, why not break those up? Last week’s special session was to make cuts, revenues to be discussed at some future time, [...]
Last week we highlighted the dramatic speech by Rep. Ray Barnes highlighting excessive administration costs in education. Coverage of the Barnes’ speech crowded out what was the best speech of the special session for substance and vision. Rep. Frank Antenori offers a clear and workable [...]
Busy week, what with Double-Plus-Extra-Special Session ending with a bit of a whimper. So, after the jump is my summary of items I didn’t quite get to last week:
Conservative blog Sonoran Weekly Review has a bit blasting Tom Boone for what are, at least, serious conflicts of interest in [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
I briefly touched upon the comments of Rep. Ray Barnes during the recent special session in an earlier post, i.e., he said that the state could file for bankruptcy (as I explained, no, it cannot).
I had not seen Rep. Barnes' extended comments at the time. It turns out' [...]
So, which bleeding heart, fiscally irresponsible Democratic legislator said this?
…a fatally flawed legislative budget. The legislative budget ignores my consistently expressed goals and instead incorporates devastating cuts to education, public safety, and our state’s most vital health services for the frail. In particular, this package of bills is shortsighted, in [...]
We are already talking about another special session. I have a question: how many of these do we have to have before they are no longer, well, special?
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Tough days at the Capitol.Now you know why these are called “Special Sessions.” Like a very special episode of, say, Family Ties, this one is “to be continued.” To be continued today, as a matter of fact.
No word yet if the Governor has a plan to leave the state before things commence at ten [...]
We here at R-Cubed are deeply, deeply sorry for mischaracterizing Jan Brewer’s actions during our very special session. She may have missed out on the entirety of the meetings this week due to her crucially necessary presence at the Republican Governors Association meeting, but she showed us the sort of [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
I know I have explained this before, but apparently some people up at the state capitol need a refresher course. The way a special session is supposed to work is that the Governor and House and Senate leadership get together and craft a bill that they can all [...]
Marszałek Senatu Bob Burns is angry with Senador Thayer Verschoor, who didn’t show up for Thursday’s extra special session. Burns was so angry with Verschoor that he…tweeted!
Pique is best when done in 140 character segments, I always say.
The funny part about this is that Verschoor was [...]
Two press releases today aimed at elected officials who were MIA during the Arizona Legislature’s Special Session. The first one was issued by Senate President Bob Burns:
APB out for missing senator
Senate President Bob Burns issued the following statement:
“The Senate, and subsequently, the House, had to adjourn today before completing [...]
You know that special session called by the Accidental Guv to do some budget cutting? It didn't quite work out that way.
A fragile budget deal collapsed in the Senate Thursday when Sen. Thayer Verschoor skipped the floor session and tied his support to a last-minute amendment to' [...]
AZ House Dems continue to push for real solutions.Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Special Session will begin Tuesday afternoon. My sources say that the Republicans are still short a vote and will have to play "Let's Make a Deal." Howard Fischer, however, says the GOP has the votes and maybe some Democrats to spare. Budget, Rio Nuevo on' [...]
I am enjoying watching the changes take place in LD-17. Democratic State Senator, Meg Burton-Cahill, will be holding a press conference today prior to the kickoff of the Special Session of the Legislature to announce that she will be retiring from the public dole. Waiting in the wings is her [...]
Senate President Pro Tempore Barbara Leff (LD-11) won't be attending. She'll be on a Caribbean cruise.
The Senate Grand Old Party tradition of leaving [...]
Arizona House of Representatives building, Phoenix.Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
First a quick update: The Accidental Governor and the GOP insane clown posse are trying for a special session this week to deal with agency funding issues. They were to have met over the weekend to hammer out the details of a plan that they hope will be [...]
