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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Who's Really Pulling The Strings in Arizona?
From Tim Andrews on Monday, June 1, 2009 12:51 PMJust when you think you’ve heard it all, more tales of political skullduggery emerge from the state of Arizona. Governor Janice Kay Drinkwine Brewer, AKA Jan Brewer, is reportedly preparing to use a campaign of “radio ads, automated phone calls and other campaign tools to create a concentrated and sustained effort to encourage legislative support for a balanced budget approach" (ie raise taxes). The cost of this campaign to smear taxpayer advocates? A staggering $225,000.
The memo was prepared by High Ground Inc., a firm whose members include several consultants with longstanding political ties to Brewer., and is headed by Governor Brewer’s political advisor. The memo was commissioned by Building a Better Arizona 2012, an astroturf group created by special interest groups to push for higher spending. Governor Brewer has previously signed a pledge to oppose any and all efforts to increase taxes.














Comments
Tim - Where did you find this picture?? It's fabulous!
>> lcluiss Monday, June 1, 2009 1:27 PM Report Comment
We need grassroots activists to make sure that news about Arizona gets out. Recent CA legislation shows that the informed American taxpayer does not approve of these tax hikes. Politicians need to know that average Joe says no.
>> Conservative Tom Monday, June 1, 2009 2:40 PM Report Comment
Listening to your constituency should be your primary concern, Gov. Brewer. Get in touch with your voters, or else say goodbye to another term. Are recalls allowed in Arizona? If they are, I say Arizona voters should pull a Gray-Davis-recall and throw him out of office.
>> Brewer Stinks Monday, June 1, 2009 2:46 PM Report Comment
An unfortunate trend in governments at all levels - accountability for spending becomes less important when tax increases remain an attractive option to elected officials. There is little incentive to trim the budget when a deficit can be repaired by higher taxes. And since taxes are compulsory, the public often has little recourse.
>> AAD Monday, June 1, 2009 5:41 PM Report Comment
As long as some remain more committed to attacking members of their own party rather than the Democratic Party, it will be a losing campaign for the Republicans. Decisions made out of Fear are rarely rational and typically create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Raising Taxes out of Fear that the electorate will reject them if they balance the budget through spending cuts alone will result in a Democratic takeover of both the Governorship AND the Legislature in 2010. To all of the panty-waist, cowardly, liberal Republicans: be warned. If you blow this opportunity to help reverse Arizona's unsustainable spending spree, you will be out of power for a very, very long time.
>> Dutch Monday, June 1, 2009 8:03 PM Report Comment
Ja Brewer's ads say "Doing the Job the Feds won't do"... presumably she means 'running a racist police state even if it's unconstitutional'. New Yorkers and San Franciscans are 'forced to endure' paying 2% more in sales tax? Those are both world-class cities. Failing to clip coupons costs more than that 2%, as does. Having to buy gas and drive 10 miles just to get somewhere also costs. Phoenix is decidedly less than 'world class' by any standard, but then again people generally move to Phoenix because it's cheap and conservative. Arizona, the true/actual 'nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there".
>> Dub King Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:38 PM Report Comment