Arizona: Jan Brewer

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse -- House Speaker Kirk Adams, Senate President Bob Burns, House Appropriations Committee chairman John Kavanagh, and Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Russell Pearce -- tried their best to destroy the state of Arizona. But they were thwarted (temporarily) by the veto stamp of the Accidental Governor -- who would herself be the Fifth Horseman (woman?) of the Apocalypse if only she met the height and weight requirements.

Some of this blog's readers who see the world in stark contrasts of only black and white have argued that "So what if the government of Arizona shuts down? Would anyone even notice?" In other words, if the epic failure of leadership of our Accidental Governor and the GOP insane clown posse leadership does not immediately result in an end of the world Apocalypse, "what's the problem?" When one can only view the world in terms of such extreme dichotomy, it is easy to make excuses for the lack of competency to govern and the lack of basic human decency, dare I say, empathy and compassion for one's fellow man.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Arizona Democratic Party has issued a statement responding to the epic failure of leadership from Governor Jan Brewer and the Republican-dominated Legislature in failing to produce a reasonable state budget before July 1 for the first time in Arizona history. Here are the highlights:

Brewer's Failed Leadership Delivers a Budget Mess
Only Stop-Gap Measures Get Through; Serious Budget Problems Still Not Solved

After nearly a full six months in office, and even though the Legislature is controlled by members of her own party, Governor Jan Brewer couldn't pull it off.  As a result of her astounding lack of leadership, Arizona now has an even bigger mess on its hands - an incomplete budget, with absolutely no vision or timeline for a resolution.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Well that didn't take long. The Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, has issued a strongly worded press release announcing her veto of the GOP legislative budget and calling for a Special Session (beginning Monday):

Arizona Legislature Fails to Provide Timely, Responsible Budget

I am deeply disappointed to report to the people of Arizona that the Legislature has been unable to send me a responsible budget plan. While Senate President Bob Burns and House Speaker Kirk Adams have worked with tremendous effort and diligence to reach a reasonable compromise with my proposal, regrettably, those efforts have fallen short.

As a result, I received early this morning a fatally flawed legislative budget.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Legislative leaders had to turn off the clocks in the legislative chambers last night to maintain the fiction that they had completed a budget before midnight on June 30. Just how stupid are these guys? They do not have a budget until the governor agrees to sign it, and the budget bills were not transmitted by both chambers to the governor until early this morning. The buzzer sounds, game over -- you guys blew the deadline. It's July 1 and Arizona still has no budget.

The legislature blew up the compromise budget deal agreed to by the GOP insane clown posse leadership and the Accidental Governor last week.