Arizona: Charlene Fernandez

So, out with the old and in with the new (cue the Gila Bend song). Folks have been asking me for my thoughts on the whole thing, because, apparently, my opinion matters.

Maybe that’s a good place to start with this whole thing. I have been a member of the State Committee for nearly twenty years, and I’ve seen some really remarkable activists and community leaders. I’ve also seen some where the “actual productive work” to “serious pain in the ass” ratio is a number so small that it necessitates the use of scientific notation. Often, it can be easy as a party staffer or political pro to lump all of these folks together as the great unwashed.