Arizona: Brewer

Devil or Angel …In one week, Gov. Jan Brewer has gone from heaven to hell. In a manner of speaking.
In fact, it's the governor's speaking that has inspired this journey.
Brewer told pastors from the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church that her ascension to the state's top spot was divinely inspired.
“I firmly believe that God has placed me in this powerful position of Arizona's governor to help guide our state through the difficulty that we are currently facing,” Brewer told the pastors.
She also said she and her staff will occasionally pray for guidance when confronted with a difficult issue.
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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Last week the Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die to give the Accidental Governor an additional ten days to negotiate a budget agreement more to her liking after the GOP insane clown posse leadership gave up and sent her nearly the identical budget she vetoed as "fatally flawed" on July 1. The Accidental Governor has until Saturday, September 5 to either sign, veto, or allow this budget to become law without her signature.

Bipartisan negotiations have been underway for about ten days, with the various proposals under discussion not being publicly discussed at the request of the Ofiice of the Governor - not the Democrats, Scarpinato - you putz.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The House Appropriations Committee approved the conformed version of the state equalization property tax repeal bill on Tuesday. Arizona lawmakers miss deadline for property-tax repeal According to several news sources, Senate President Bob Burns says he cannot find support for the Accidental Governor's temporary sales tax increase, and he will transmit the Senate budget package, sans sales tax referral, to the House for final action. Sen. Burns did not specify when but it may be as early as today when the House and Senate reconvene this afternoon.

This budget is almost identical to the July 1 budget that the Accidental Governor vetoed as "fatally flawed.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

This is news? The Arizona Supreme Court today expanded on it's June 23 ruling regarding transmittal of the state budget to the Governor. State's high court weighs in on bills held from governor:

The Arizona Supreme Court ordered Thursday that the Legislature immediately relinquish to the governor all bills that have received final passage, but did not specify exactly how quickly the transmittal must occur.

The ruling would appear to bar future Legislatures from refusing to send the governor bills that have passed the House and Senate, as happened this year.

In an expanded, 22-page majority opinion written by Justice Scott Bales, the high court found that lawmakers violated the state Constitution during the last regular session when they approved a budget proposal for fiscal 2010 but declined to send it to Gov.