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The other reason you should come here is to witness the most bizarre politics in the nation, leaving with the absolute certification that you are much better off where you live; unless, of course, you are also a fanatical conservative. In that case you might want to consider a move to the Sunshine State . Arizona is a wonderful place to live if you are apathetic about the political scene, willing to have a legislative asylum make your laws.
Or…if you are a progressive that sincerely wants to change the present state government and make it a decent place to live for all political persuasions.
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With this kind of reasoning, this wacko could keep firing people until she got what she wanted, tying up the redistricting process for months. Brewer even admitted she wanted to fire the two Democrats on the panel, but the State Senate wouldn’t let her, obviously, when someone decided that was just going too far. The make-believe Gov. let us know how disappointed she was and added her decision was made “only after much deliberation.” Like she took 5 minutes away from her book tour in New York to approve something prepared by her inept staff.
The Arizona Redistricting Commission, enacted in 2000 by voters to eliminate tampering by lawmakers to gerrymander their own districts, consists of 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans and 1 Independent. The way the current draft maps are drawn, Republican Reps. David Schweikert and Ben Quayle would be forced to fight it out now for the same district. Rep. Paul Gosar, also a Republican, would find himself in a less GOP-friendly district. Poor babies. Imagine having to do it the right way instead of the prejudiced conservative way. But this isn’t the end of the story.
With any luck, the redistricting panel will quickly get their act together and finalize the maps in a legal and ethical procedure. If the phony governor still attacks the outcome, then, hopefully, we can talk Randy Parraz into holding off long enough on Joe Arpaio to impeach Jan Brewer first.