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I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support - My friend Senator Tom Coburn rightfully called unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, The maverick on Twitter #earmarks the gateway drug to corruption I’ll be back soon, so stand-by! & overspending in Washington. That’s why 8:25 AM - 20 Jul 2017 BY ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES STAFF earmarks were banned & that’s why they shouldn’t be brought back from the dead. I urge my colleagues to trust each other, stop U.S. Sen. John McCain took to Twitter like a duck takes to water, and he 9:13 AM - 10 Jan 2018 political games& put health needs of American ppl used the platform to weigh in on the nation’s biggest debates. He o en 1st. We can do this Respect for the God-given dignity of every human 9:24 AM - 28 Jul 2017 tweeted about soldiers, championing their causes and offering con- being, no matter their race, ethnicity or other dolences to their families when they died, and sought to circumstances of their birth, is the essence of There’s no moral equivalency between racists & advance the cause of freedom and human dignity around American patriotism. To believe otherwise is to Americans standing up to defy hate& bigotry. The the world. In the last two years, he came to fully oppose the very idea of America. President of the United States should say so 11:03 AM - 12 Jan 2018 6:02 PM - 15 Aug 2017 embrace the role of America’s conscience, constantly reminding fellow citizens of their nation’s highest The #shutdown is a direct result of the .@POTUS’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, who illegally ideals at a time when everybody seems to be gunning breakdown of cooperation in Congress. profiled Latinos, undermines his claim for the for the gutter. We’ve compiled some of his tweets since Shamefully, no one will incur more harm from respect of rule of law he was diagnosed with brain cancer in July 2017. this failure than our men & women in uniform. 7:55 PM - 25 Aug 2017 John McCain 6:11 AM - 20 Jan 2018 I cannot in good conscience vote for Graham- @SenJohnMcCain The latest attacks on the FBI and Department of Cassidy. A bill impacting so many lives deserves a Justice serve no American interests – no party’s, bipartisan approach. no president’s, only Putin’s. 11:06 AM - 22 Sep 2017 8:59 AM - 2 Feb 2018

The allegations against Roy Moore are deeply The administration’s current family separation policy is an affront to the America must fight for universal values, rule of disturbing and disqualifying. He should immediately decency of the American people, and contrary to principles and values upon law, open commerce & respect for sovereignty. step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a If we don’t, who will? Certainly not a dictator for candidate they can be proud of. which our nation was founded. The administration has the power to rescind life… 11:44 AM - 9 Nov 2017 this policy. It should do so now. 8:33 AM - 26 Feb 2018

.@POTUS in #Danang & no mention of human 4:29 PM - 18 Jun 2018 Special Counsel Mueller has served our country rights - Sad with honesty and integrity. It’s critical he be 6:32 AM - 11 Nov 2017 allowed to complete a thorough investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election — I will not support a nominee who justified the use To our allies: bipartisan majorities of Americans remain pro-free trade, pro- unimpeded. of torture. Our enemies act without conscience - we 2:25 PM - 18 Mar 2018 must not. globalization & supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values. 6:34 AM - 15 Nov 2017 Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn’t. It’s easy to punish #China. It’s a lot harder to hold 5:55 PM - 9 Jun 2018 it truly accountable and change its behavior. That Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the Navajo requires a real strategy and positive trade agenda, Code Talkers, whose bravery, skill & tenacity which is why the US should rejoin the #TPP11. helped secure our decisive victory over tyranny & 9:22 AM - 6 Apr 2018 oppression during WWII. Politicizing these genuine American heroes is an insult to their sacrifice. To refuse US leadership for half-baked nationalism is as unpatriotic as any Suspending US-South Korea joint military 8:15 AM - 28 Nov 2017 dogma consigned to ash heap of history exercises is a mistake. I hope the President is successful in his efforts to achieve full STOP THE PRESSES! 6:23 PM - 16 Oct 2017 denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Associated Press @AP But making unnecessary & unreciprocated BREAKING: Vladimir Putin declares his concessions is not in our interests. intention to seek re-election as Russian 12:59 PM - 14 Jun 2018 president. An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating Cindy & I are praying for the families, friends

7:16 AM - 6 Dec 2017 dictators on winning sham elections. And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, & colleagues of the victims of the terrible President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to shooting @capitalgazette, as well as the entire .@pressfreedom’s annual report shows record vote in a free and fair election. #Annapolis community. # of journalists imprisoned worldwide in 2017, 7:21 AM - 29 Jun 2018 including 21 on “fake news” charges. @POTUS 10:22 AM - 20 Mar 2018 Journalism is not a crime. The charges against must understand his harmful rhetoric only empowers @Reuters reporters Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo repressive regimes to jail reporters & silence the for exposing ethnic cleansing in #Burma are truth. outrageous & politically motivated. The bogus 12:27 PM - 13 Dec 2017 The torture of detainees in U.S. custody during the last decade was one charges should be dropped & these journalists of the darkest chapters in American history. The Senate must do its job in should be released immediately. For too long, the Iranian people have been oppressed 7:41 AM - 9 Jul 2018 by their government, which cares more about scrutinizing the record & involvement of Gina Haspel in this disgraceful sowing instability abroad than its own citizens. The program Today’s press conference in #Helsinki was one U.S. stands with the brave protesters who yearn for 12:34 PM - 13 Mar 2018 of the most disgraceful performances by an freedom, peace, and an end to corruption in Iran. American president in memory. 8:07 AM - 30 Dec 2017 11:03 AM - 16 Jul 2018

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BY CARMEN FORMAN [email protected]

Sen. John McCain was a lot of things to a lot of people. Hero. Statesman. Husband. Veteran. Politician. Friend. American. Maverick. But McCain was also a man of the people. Proof of that is no more evident than the thousands of people who waited outside the Capitol in the summer heat August 29 to pay their respects. Or from the out- pouring of support for McCain and his family that erupted on social media. It’s also obvious from the sheer number of people, many holding American flags and McCain campaign signs, who lined the path the motorcade carrying the senator’s body took to a memorial service at North Phoenix Baptist Church on August 30. McCain died August 25 after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81. Many Arizonans have a McCain story, as do a slew of others across the country. He was Arizona’s senior senator and one of the top-ranking ocials on Capitol Hill, PHOTO BY TIMON HARPER/TIMON HARPER PHOTOGRAPHY but he was never too big or too busy to help In this Oct. 17, 2015, photo, John McCain meets with veterans. the little guy. No one knows that better than Gibson to have his son and daughter-in-law back Veterans from across the country would the senator’s state director. McKay who, while serving as a legislative home. call the office because they either didn’t During her time working for McCain, aide to McCain in the 1990s, was frequently “It was just his hot dog joint guy. The know how to get help elsewhere or they one Sunday stands out. on hot dog duty. best lobbyist in the world is sometimes a didn’t feel comfortable requesting help from Nava spoke to a grieving father rst, but McCain was a big fan of the pure hot dog joint guy,” McKay said. their elected ocials. as soon as she told his story to McCain, the Vienna beef hot dogs at the Great Dane When he was back in Arizona, McCain McCain staffers repeatedly heard vet- senator was on the phone ready to inter- Dog House, a staple on Seventh Street in acted no differently than any other Ari- erans say, “I believe that he will help,” said vene. Phoenix. zonan. He went to sporting events and Waring, who is the vice mayor of Phoenix. The man’s daughter died while doing “Hot dogs and coffee,” McKay said. shopped for groceries at his local super- humanitarian work for a nonprot abroad “That guy survived on those two things market. He was Arizona’s favorite adopted and the family couldn’t get her body back to a l on e .” son. Veterans were the United States. e shop was o en their rst stop when McCain wasn’t born in Arizona, but he McCain intervened immediately, McCain arrived home from Washington, quickly grew to love this state, saying o en convinced he was working on an international level to bring D.C. he was privileged to serve this state. on their side.” the young woman home to rest. McCain’s favorite dog? The Maxwell McCain, a Vietnam veteran, had a rep- More than anything about that day, Nava Street, a Polish sausage served with grilled utation for helping veterans, but he didn’t — Jim Waring recalls listening to McCain speak to the onions, mustard, pickles, tomato and hot limit his services to just Arizonans. father. pepper. In 2009, Jame Koopman of Aurora, Colo. “at’s one that I can hardly talk about it The senator developed a rapport with was desperate to get his uncle’s Air Force “Veterans were convinced he was on to this day,” she said. the shop’s owner, Tony “Dane” Rigoli, a records to show that he served during the their side,” he said. He was reverent and respectful. She looming Italian American who steamed time of the Vietnam War. Katherine Benton-Cohen, an Arizona remembers him trying to maintain his com- or grilled dogs on Seventh Street for three Koopman’s uncle, Fred Rivera Jr., had native, can’t help but remember getting a posure and taking a deep breath as he got decades. The friendship was a testament dementia and was desperately trying to get tour of the U.S. Capitol and the Library of o the phone. to the type of person McCain was, a pow- his benefits from the Department of Vet- Congress from McCain. He felt those moments, which Nava esti- erful senator who enjoyed connecting with erans Affairs. The problem was, he didn’t Her mother, Jenice Benton, was tasked mated numbered well into the thousands, everyday people. have any of his military paperwork. with decorating McCain’s office when he reminded him of why he had to persist. “He loved bellying up to the hot dog bar Koopman reached out to Sen. Mark moved into the Russell Senate Building a er “He knew how fragile democracy was, or talking sports with the most common Udall, D-Colo., to no avail. at’s when he first getting elected to the U.S. Senate in and he felt honored that he was entrusted to among us, whether you knew who he was contacted McCain’s oce. A er several let- 1986. Benton-Cohen’s parents were Demo- serve and ensure democracy’s safety,” Nava or not,” McKay said. ters back and forth with the senator’s oce, crats, but they were also early supporters of said. One day McCain learned that Rigo- he ended up getting his uncle’s records on McCain’s Senate bid. McCain was devoted to helping people. li’s son was stationed in Germany while microlm. On the tour, the young girl from Tempe His oce acted as an agency in and of itself, serving in the Army. e son’s wife was ill He saved printed copies of the letters, was amazed by the Library of Congress and intervening on behalf of citizens seeking and needed treatment best oered stateside. and he has studied them so closely that he all its beauty and intricacies. But McCain assistance with everything from getting McCain wrote a letter to the Army general can tell McCain’s signature is a tad dierent was also in awe of the building, Ben- Social Security checks they relied on to in Germany urging him to reassign Rigoli’s on each letter. Because of that, Koopman is ton-Cohen said. seeking military honors for fellow veterans. son to a station in the United States and convinced McCain personally signed the “I just remember his enthusiasm, his He touched too many lives to count placed phone calls to high ranking Army letters. exuberance and his respect for this beautiful exactly, she said. ocials to move the reassignment along. “I just thought it was pretty cool because place,” she said. “It’s beautiful for me to be looking on “He made a call, wrote a letter, a couple I’m nobody anyways,” Koopman said. “He Now, as an associate professor of history Facebook and Instagram and … everybody of things like that, and that was it,” McKay didn’t have to answer back. He could have at Georgetown University, she takes her stu- has a John McCain story. Everybody has a said. “John McCain calls the general of the sent a letter saying, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t help dents to the Library of Congress o en. John McCain photo,” Nava said. “He was Army, they listen.” you,’ but he helped out.” McCain was “painfully deprived of his that accessible. He was just a man of the McCain never told Rigoli what he had Former McCain staer Jim Waring said freedom,” but his suering only made him people.” done. But the next time McKay went into helping veterans was a point of pride in the more resolute in his mission to protect — Sta writers Katie Campbell and the Great Dane for a dog, Rigoli was ecstatic late senator’s oce. democracy for others, said Bettina Nava, Ben Giles contributed to this report. 4 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com August 31, 2018

McCain through one photographer’s eye PHOTOS BY TIMON HARPER

John McCain greets a constituent on Jan. 15, 2016.

BY ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES STAFF lengthy working relationship, he said. Harper photographed McCain on the Photographer Timon Harper was campaign trail during his various Senate listening to NewsTalk 550 KFYI one campaigns and during his presidential morning and heard Sen. John McCain say runs in 2000 and 2008. he was eyeing a presidential run. It was the He said the senator always told the late-1990s. same jokes at every fundraiser, but the Harper, a reghter by trade, said the one that always stood out to him was one re station where he worked where McCain would tell the crowd what was just down the street from the radio his response was when someone would ask station so he decided to head him how he was doing a er losing a presi- over to meet the senator. dential race. “I waited outside for him. I had never “He would say ‘Sleeping like a baby – met him before but I gured this would be I’ll sleep two hours and wake up and cry. my only opportunity to introduce myself Sleep two hours and wake up and cry. before he got too big and I wouldn’t be Just like a baby,’” Harper recounted. “e able to access him anymore,” he said. fact that he was willing to tell that story, Harper was impressed. to show his emotion, just humanized him He said growing up he always had even more for me.” this idea that members of Congress were Harper said something that photog- chauffeured around in a black SUV. For raphy has taught him is that the best way some that may be true, but to his sur- to get to know someone is not by reading prise, he said a er their meeting, McCain about them in the news or seeing them hopped into his intern’s small Honda on TV but to watch how they act when no Civic. one is watching. “It showed me they’re no dierent than “You learn a lot about a person just by anybody else,” he said. the sta they hire and how they are behind at was a lesson McCain taught him the scenes and he was a genuine guy,” he over and over again throughout their said. John McCain greets President George W. Bush during a campaign stop for the senator.

In this Oct. 13, 2004, photo, John McCain stumps for President George W. Bush at a campaign In this Aug. 29, 2005, photo, John McCain poses on his 69th birthday with Gov. Janet Napolitano, rally at Bank One Ballpark after Bush’s debate with Sen. John Kerry in Tempe. From left are Cindy left, and Secretary of State Jan Brewer. McCain, Caryll Collins, Sen. Jon Kyl, Laura Bush, McCain, Jenna Bush and Bush. August 31, 2018 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com 5 Few survive as political baggage weighs them down

BY BEN GILES The reasons for their defeat seem but he said it very badly,” Querard said. “You connect to your neighbors more [email protected] obvious. While the media went on a feeding because frankly, you depend on your Shooter faced steep odds from the start frenzy, Querard said the average voter neighbors more.  ere’s a greater sense of Some candidates with varying degrees given that his colleagues in the House of “understands pretty easily if they like what community because you need your com- of political baggage proved more adept at Representatives ousted him a er an inves- you’ve said but understand that you said it munity,” Querard said. “It’s a lot more dif- second chances than others. tigation substantiated most of the sexual- badly.  at’s not a capital crime.”  cult to lie about somebody down there Rep. David Stringer and ly-charged misconduct allegations Pundits on Twitter may have piled on because they know that person.” former House Speaker David against him. Gowan for his past struggles as speaker The latest available campaign finance Gowan advanced to November In addition to reports of his – Gowan repaid the state $12,000 that he reports show that Gowan overcame tens of after securing the Republican ouster at DES, Jeffries faced a had wrongfully received as reimbursement thousands of dollars in outside spending nomination in their respec- competitive three-way primary and his administration was the subject that attacked his record and sought, but tive legislative races.  eir past against incumbent Rep. Michelle of two investigations that led to strong failed, to prop up his opponent, Rep. Drew actions may have given some Ugenti-Rita and a political new- rebukes, but no criminal charges, from John. voters pause, but not nearly Shooter comer. the attorney general – but he resonated as “He’s probably outspent five to one, enough to keep them from win- Mosley’s troubles were the a true “citizen legislator” who works mul- with the media against him, and wins,” ning on August 28. most recent, perhaps making his tiple jobs to provide for his family while Querard said. “The voters are obviously In the case of Stringer, the most damaging. also vying for the part time job as a state figuring some stuff out despite what R-Prescott, and Gowan, a Sierra “He was a victim of very, very senator. they’re being told.” Vista Republican, their primary bad judgment and very, very bad Gowan’s relationships in his commu- victories all but assured that they timing, which in politics makes nity cut through the news coverage and will return to the Capitol, as both for a very, very bad outcome,” said political spending against him, Querard Republicans are running in dis- Gowan lobbyist Barry Dill. said. tricts with strong GOP voter reg- The story of Mosley’s heavy istration advantages. foot resonated in the local news Others who faced similar coverage of the tra c stop in ways scrutiny for their behavior did that don’t always occur in more not fare so well. rural districts, Dill said. Often, Voters rejected Rep. Paul a disconnect exists between the Mosley, R-Lake Havasu City, way a story is reported in metro in his re-election bid in Legis- Phoenix or Tucson and how it is lative District 5 after police Mosley portrayed at smaller news outlets. body camera footage showed “The scandals, if that’s what him boasting to a La Paz County sher- you want to call them, don’t necessarily i ’s deputy about driving well in excess of a ect candidates outside of metropolitan highway speed limits in March. areas where local o cials rule the day,” he Tim Je ries lost to Rep. Michelle Ugen- said. ti-Rita in the race for the LD23 Senate seat Campaign consultant Constantin acing criticism over his tenure as director Querard, who worked with Gowan and of the Department of Economic Security, a Stringer, said voters in more rural dis- job he was  red from amid reports that he tricts interpret messages and stories dif-  red hundreds of state workers and used ferently than the media in major mar- a state plane to  y to Nogales to celebrate kets like Phoenix. And while GOP leaders with employees who gave up their job pro- called for Stringer’s resignation after he tections. told a GOP gathering in June that there And former legislator Don Shooter, are “not enough white kids to go around” who was expelled from the House of in Arizona’s public schools, voters in LD1 Representatives in February following an understood the message that Querard said investigation that concluded he sexually Stringer was trying to get across – immi- harassed colleagues and lobbyists at the gration without assimilation is unhealthy. Capitol, was soundly rejected by voters in “Stringer’s trouble came because he said the LD13 GOP primary for the Senate. something lots of other people have said, Ducey well financed in race with Dem primary winner, Garcia

BY CARMEN FORMAN Ducey, with his massive war chest and  nancial support restaurant on election night, Garcia said the primary [email protected] from the Republican Governors Association, will blanket election results show Arizonans are turning away from the airwaves with advertisements touting the governor’s the agenda of Ducey and Trump in favor of a new vision Democrat David Garcia will get the chance to take on re-election bid.  e RGA has already put down $9.2 mil- for the state. Gov. Doug Ducey this November. lion in ad time to prevent a Democrat from winning the “Arizona made a choice,” he said. “They said we Both Garcia and Ducey easily brushed o intraparty governorship. are ready for vision over division. We want hope over challenges in their respective primaries August 28, setting Democrats are increasingly  red up this election cycle. fear. We want trust over dishonesty and as of today, the up a general election matchup of epic proportions. With President Donald Trump in the White House and Trump/Arpaio/Ducey playbook. … That playbook is Ducey defeated former Secretary of State Ken Bennett Arizona teachers angry at the political establishment, coming to an end.” in the Republican primary . Garcia, a professor at Arizona Democrats are hoping they can turn that liberal outrage Meanwhile, Ducey got White House support for his State University and former superintendent of public into enough votes to oust Ducey from the Governor’s re-election bid before and a er the primary. instruction candidate, defeated state Sen. Steve Farley O ce. Ducey clinched Trump’s endorsement August 27. In and activist Kelly Fryer to clinch the Democratic nomi- And Garcia has a unique hook with which he is trying a tweet, Trump praised Ducey as strong on the border, nation. to attract new voters. If elected, Garcia would be Arizo- crime and an ardent supporter of the Second Amend- Even with strong Democratic tailwinds, Garcia now na’s second Hispanic governor, following Raul Castro ment. faces a tough battle to unseat the incumbent governor. who served more than four decades ago. Ducey’s race was called shortly a er the  rst round of Garcia’s path to victory already appears arduous. In a rousing victory speech at a Phoenix bar and early vote totals were posted election night. 6 • ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES AzCapitolTimes.com • August 31, 2018 GUEST COMMENTARIES Cheap water, not lax regulation, at core of Arizona shortage

BY DAN JONES tion.  e Hohokam people are believed to have  rst constructed the Valley’s canal system around 600CE.  ey grew beans, squash, corn, he recent New York Times article, “ e Water Wars of Arizona,” and cotton in order to sustain life here.Today, most of those crops also goes into detail about Arizona’s diminishing water resources require a lot of water, but the varieties used by the Hohokam prob- and blames the problem entirely on “lax regulation,” which, ably used signi cantly less. We have a lot of advantages the Hohokam the author says, has enticed large corporate farms to come and didn’t have. To name just one, we can genetically modify crops to give Tsuck up all the water. I’m sure they have. But “lax regulation” doesn’t them more of a certain characteristic such as more of a speci c type come close to getting to the heart of the problem: water is too darn of vitamin or to be resistant to viral pathogens, among other qualities. cheap in Arizona. Whatever you think about GMOs, those breakthroughs happened as The article points out, correctly, that we are basically “exporting a result of cost incentives. It costs money to lose a season’s worth of water” to foreign countries. Companies from Saudi Arabia and the crops to a viral pathogen. Imagine if there were a cost incentive to fund United Arab Emirates have begun farming the Arizona desert and research that might reduce the amount of water needed to grow certain shipping the crops back home. But why? It’s not just Arizona.  e same crops. Saudi company mentioned in the article also purchased farmland in Learn before it’s too late California in 2016. Where the Hohokam went when they disappeared from the archae- One important fact to consider might be that in 2015, the Saudi government raised ological record around 1450, we can only guess. But recent studies suggest a serious the price of water for businesses — signi cantly. It seems possible that foreign farm drought beginning in the 1200s in the Four Corners area might have had a lot to do operations are  ocking to the United States not because of lax regulation of our water with it. We’re in a deep drought of our own, and it shows no signs of letting up.Today, resources, but the ultimate market-distorting regulation of them all: price controls. our government controls most of the water in Arizona in the name of “preserving” it. On the broader point about irresponsible water usage, I couldn’t agree more.  e  en they “benevolently” sell it back to us at well below the market rate. Basic eco- way we use water in Arizona and many other places around the world is unsustain- nomics tells us this will suppress the price of all water, private or government owned, able long term.  e article points out that we grow alfalfa and various types of nuts in and eventually lead to a shortage — drought or no drought. Arizona, two crops that require tremendous amounts of water.But it’s not just farms. One way to speed up the coming shortage is to arti cially stimulate desert farming We also have lush green lawns, swimming pools, fountains, and tropical plants in our with free money. We do that, too.  e United States spends $20 billion annually on yards. Maybe it ought to be expensive to live such an extravagant lifestyle in a barren farm subsidies. With an endless stream of federal dollars and dirt cheap water, it’s no desert landscape. Presently, it’s not. wonder Middle Eastern agribusiness is  ocking to the U.S., where we’re foolish enough When 12 News’ Brahm Resnik tweeted about the Times’ story, I responded by to subsidize their ventures. saying that price controls on water are more to blame than lax regulations. Brahm told A piece of wisdom from friend and local farmer John Augustine: “Water is the only me to “Read the story,” but I had, perhaps only with a more critical eye. thing that you need, everything else is what you want.” We survive out here with the blessing of an ancient engineering marvel, literally Hear, hear. dusted o by prospectors and Mormon pioneers a er hundreds of years of dilapida- —Dan Jones is a higher education consultant who lives in Phoenix. No matter the vote, empowerment scholarships have helped many

BY O. ROBIN SWEET the best or most e ective. We use unconventional means from equine therapy to forming rock bands to motivate and educate our amazing stu- n November, Arizona voters will decide whether expanding the dents into productive, wonderful members of our community. state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program makes sense. It We are pleased to report that in the past several years 100 percent of was originally started to help the parents of disabled children, foster our graduates have gone on to college, emancipating their dreams and children, or parents who are active military. It evolved, with little ful lling those of incredible parents. Icontroversy, to include adopted children, children attending D/F rated  e stories are endless. schools, and those in Native American communities. About 5,000 chil-  ere was a young man who came to us a er being bullied at his dren are now using the scholarships to attend private schools or be home- other school. He’s now a sophomore in high school, building 3D printers schooled, if they don’t feel the public school system is right for their spe- for the school, and even building a virtual reality computer to save the cial, unique needs. school, he now loves, money. But that’s not where the story ends. He  is year, a majority of the Arizona Legislature decided that there even has his own business building 3D parts for the medical profession. should e ectively be no restrictions on the use of these funds, allowing  en there’s our senior in high school who has been with us since anyone, regardless of circumstance, to use them. Public school the fourth grade. He couldn’t read or write at the beginning, due advocates believed this to be a bridge too far and decided to anxiety. Now, he often leads our morning meetings to refer the expansion to a public vote in the fall. with the student body, instructing in manners and I write not to encourage you one way or performing as a musician. another on the expansion.  at is your vote. And how about a young African-Amer- Your right. ican woman, who could barely speak during Instead, I wish to shine a light on the We are pleased to report that in the our initial interview? So she spoke to us original intent of the program. Has it through the piano.  ey were tunes from worked? Has it not? You see, I run the past several years 100 percent of our Heaven. She has now come out of her Gateway Academy in Phoenix. It is shell to become a model student. private, and one of only five schools graduates have gone on to college, Whether Empowerment Scholar- in the country that educates a “pure ship Accounts for more, or all, is now population” of children in grades K-12 emancipating their dreams and a call for Arizona voters to make. No with Asperger’s Syndrome. We call them matter how the vote goes it will not “twice exceptional,” because they are fulfilling those of incredible parents.” impact the state’s existing program for high-performing, caring, beautiful students. disabled children and ours with Asperger’s  ey come to us, because they may have Syndrome. And I just wanted your readers to been bullied or le behind elsewhere, or really know that, for the most precious and precarious never felt a hug from a classroom. in our state, Empowerment Scholarship Accounts In many ways we specialize in changing lives, these have already made an incredible di erence for those who very, very special lives. We remind them Asperger’s is merely a need and deserve it the most. Public schools do a great job too, diagnosis and it does not de ne who you are, just as it was for Bill Gates, but, for some, our expertise and focus is a better option. Ralph Nader, Al Gore and many others. And that’s something we believe is worth celebrating, whether you vote yes, or no, on  anks to Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts parents can send their November 6. children to our school free of charge, if they feel existing public school options are not — O. Robin Sweet is executive director & CEO Gateway Academy in Phoenix. August 31, 2018 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com 7 Mitchell primary loss opens door for Bowers’ run for speaker

BY PAULINA PINEDA Bowers said Majority Whip Kelly Townsend, Bowers would not comment on whether it Political action committees and independent [email protected] R-Mesa, and Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro is too late for another candidate to jump into expenditure groups spent heavily in the race, Valley, a member of the most- conservative Lib- the race, but he said he feels con dent about pouring money into Dunn and Osborne’s cam- A surprise loss in Legislative District 13 erty Caucus, which rallied around Mitchell, the support he has drummed up over the past paign. upended the speaker’s race in the have expressed interest in running couple of months. Responsible Leadership for AZ PAC, which Arizona House of Representatives. for speaker. Finchem had previ- “ ey’ll do what they think they need to do, is funded by the Arizona Association of Real- Rep. Darin Mitchell will not be ously announced he would seek the but I feel very good about our position,” he said. tors, spent heavily against Mitchell, who is a returning to the Legislature after majority leader position a er the 2018 “Now it’s time to double down and try to tie this Realtor himself. Mitchell’s consultant, Chris losing in the August 28 GOP primary elections. up.” Baker, said the PAC’s spending was intended to for the two House seats in LD13. In a text to the Arizona Cap- Bowers said Mitchell has been a strong in uence the speaker’s race in Bowers’ favor. Rep. Tim Dunn and Joanne itol Times, Townsend said she was advocate for the Liberty Caucus and he will now  e group launched ads shortly before the Osborne defeated the Goodyear Mitchell “exploring a run for speaker,” now work to gain the caucus’ support. primary election describing Mitchell as one of Republican and his running mate that Mitchell was not advancing to the Mitchell’s loss in the primary was one of two several “very concerning candidates” in LD13, Trey Terry and now move on to the general election. surprises in the House, where incumbents were lumping him together with Terry and ousted November 6 general election. Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glen- defeated by relative newcomers on the political lawmaker Don Shooter, who failed in his bid to Mitchell was one of two mem- dale, another member of the Liberty scene. return to the Legislature. bers in the running for speaker of the Caucus, said Rep. Noel Campbell, While it is di cult to unseat an incumbent,  e ad also accused Mitchell of unpaid debts House and the loss leaves the cham- R-Prescott, could also jump into the there was a fairly aggressive opposition cam- and a state income tax lien, and it drummed ber’s top position wide open for Rep. race. paign being run against Mitchell this election up an ethics complaint filed against him by Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, if Bowers is Bowers But their candidacies are unlikely cycle because of his interest in the speakership, House Democrats in 2016. It also hit Mitchell re-elected. to pose a threat to Bowers, who said political consultant Chuck Coughlin. for supporting and sponsoring legislation that But the loss has also opened the announced his intention to run for Coughlin said it’s not unprecedented for a the Realtors opposed. way for other House members to jump into the the speakership late last year and has been cam- candidate who is running for leadership to lose Neither Mitchell nor Baker immediately speaker’s race. paigning for that leadership position ever since. their bid for re-election. returned a request for comment. Voters send some candidates from ‘varsity’ to the bench BY PAULINA PINEDA AND BEN GILES slate with Rep. Lela Alston, a longtime Phoenix legislator run- candidate despite the fact that he has never served as a legis- [email protected] ning for the state Senate. lator, Hobbs said. [email protected] Based on data he received over the past six weeks, Glenn A similar situation played out in Legislative District 3, where said he and Clark felt con dent they would be able to secure the  rst-time candidates Andres Cano and Alma Hernandez beat To stand up against legislative heavy hitters like House top two Democratic spots. out Sen. Olivia Cajero Bedford in the Democratic primary, Speaker J.D. Mesnard or Sen. John Kavanagh, you need the var-  en Glenn came in  h place, with just 9 percent of the ending the Cajero dynasty in the Arizona Legislature a er more sity squad, Rep. Ken Clark told voters during a debate. vote. than 40 years. “You don’t put your junior varsity team in against the college “We’re kind of scratching our heads, to be honest,” he said, “In a normal election year, I would’ve said there’s no team,” he said, asking that voters support him and John Glenn adding that it was “certainly an introspective moment.” problem (for Clark) – incumbency matters and it carries more in the seven-way Democratic primary for the two House seats Sen. Katie Hobbs, who represents LD24, said a unique elec- weight than anything else,” Hobbs said. “But this is anything but in Legislative District 24. tion environment this year played to the advantage of new can- a normal election year, and our district is very diverse. I think His remarks were met with audible booing from people in didates, not incumbents. folks stood up and said, ‘We want representation that matches the audience, and struck a nerve with some voters who took Glenn acknowledged that by positioning the slate as estab- our district.’” Clark’s varsity comment to mean they should elect the estab- lished, known quantities in this year’s political climate may have Former Rep. Chad Campbell, a Democrat, isn’t convinced lishment. hampered their efforts. Nationwide trends have shown that that there was any sort of anti-establishment trend that a ected Results in the August 28 primary showed experience isn’t some voters are more interested in new blood than experience. the LD24 race. There were plenty of incumbents who were everything. “Ken and I both positioned ourselves on a message of expe- re-elected across the state, and no one even bothered to run Two political newcomers, Amish Shah and Jennifer rience because that’s factually true,” Glenn said. “Historically, against Alston, who has served as a legislator for decades. Longdon, defeated Clark, a two-term lawmaker, in the Demo- this is a district that does appreciate experienced lawmakers and Campbell credited the upset to well-run campaigns by Shah cratic primary in LD24. Uno cial results show that Clark fell people who can actually move the needle at the Capitol – that’s and Longdon, and the unique dynamic of running in a race short of the second spot in the Democratic primary by 703 not to say Shah and Longdon won’t do that, but that’s not what with so many candidates. votes. we saw this year.” “When you have multiple candidates, especially this many Glenn, Clark’s running mate, said he and Clark were dumb- Put another way, Glenn hitched his wagon to Clark and candidates in an open race, anything can happen,” Campbell founded by the Democratic primary results.  e duo ran on a Alston. And by doing so, voters viewed him as an establishment said.

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e Arizona Supreme Court won’t allow a vote on a citizen initiative to raise taxes for public education. In an order signed by Chief Justice Scott Bales on August 29, a majority of the justices ruled that the #InvestInEd ini- tiative’s description of the campaign’s proposed tax hike on the wealthiest Arizonans, and the omission of any language describing how the law would aect the income tax brackets for Arizonans at every income level, was inadequate. e two factors created “a signicant danger of confusion or unfairness,” Bales wrote in the decision barring the initia- tive from a vote on the November ballot. Supporters of the #InvestInEd movement sought to raise taxes on income above $250,000, a move they estimated would boost funding for K-12 public schools by $690 million. e eort was crippled by what the opposition described as dra ing errors. Kory Langhofer, an attorney for the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, argued that a 100-word description of the initiative inaccurately described the percent increase in tax brackets for wealthy Arizonans. And the initiative would undo a 2014 law that indexes all income tax brackets for ina- tion, which state budget analysts estimated would aect all Arizonans with higher taxes, Langhofer argued.

ough the #InvestInEd campaign vehemently denied the YORK AP PHOTO/MATT initiative would aect indexing, lawyers for the Legislature, Teachers rally outside the Capitol, Friday, April 27, 2018, in Phoenix on their second day of walkouts. Teachers in Arizona walked and now a majority the Supreme Court, disagreed. out of their classes over low salaries keeping hundreds of thousands of students out of school. An Aug. 29, 2018, Arizona Supreme Court ruling knocked an initiative off of the ballot that would have funded education through a tax on the rich. Joshua Buckley, a Mesa high school teacher and co-chair of the #InvestInEd campaign, said the court’s ruling infringed funding in general for public schools, planned a rally on the additional justices to Arizona’s high court. Previously there on Arizonans right to pass laws via the ballot, and vowed that steps of the Arizona Supreme Court building on August 30 to were only ve, now there are seven, which supporters of that the campaign would divert its eorts into electing legislators object to the justices’ decision. law – chief among them the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and politicians to statewide oce who would support new Leaders with Arizonans for Great Schools and a Stronger and Industry – claimed would lessen the Supreme Court’s funding for public schools. Economy, an organization formed to counter the #RedForEd workload. “Today’s State Supreme Court decision is an utter outrage. narrative and oppose the tax hike, thanked the justices for “We saw the rst fruits of Doug Ducey’s court packing Our highest court has joined the entrenched politicians at their ruling. scheme of adding radically partisan, anti-education political the Capitol in blatantly protecting the elite and the wealthy “is was the right decision. As we argued, the initiative operatives to the Arizona Supreme Court,” said Josselyn over the rights of voters and the needs of Arizona’s children,” and its petition were fatally awed. Proposition 207 does not Berry, executive director at ProgressNow Arizona. Buckley said in a statement. “ey’ve ignored the basic right, meet the requirements to be on the ballot,” Jaime Molera, the e justices were split in their decision to bar the initiative enshrined in the Arizona Constitution, of Arizona voters to group’s chairman, said in a statement. “Not only was the ini- from the ballot, though it’s still unknown which justices took enact laws on their own behalf.” tiative poorly cra ed, it was the wrong plan.” which side in the debate. A written ruling further explaining Supporters of the #RedForEd movement, which protested Some blamed the ruling on Gov. Doug Ducey, who signed the justices’ decision, and presumably the dissent, will be during the legislative session for higher teacher pay and more legislation in 2016 granting him the power to appoint two released at a later date. Supreme Court upholds ruling, OKs energy measure for ballot

BY HOWARD FISCHER financed with more than $11 million from One of the arguments made by APS attor- allies have responded with their own reports Capitol Media Services Pinnacle West Capital Corp., the parent com- neys was that the initiative would mislead insisting that increased use of solar power, pany of APS. He said both Kiley and the jus- voters with its claim that it was promoting abundant in Arizona, would result in lower Arizonans are going to get a chance to tices got it wrong. “clean’’ energy. bills. decide whether they want to require utilities But with the Supreme Court having the last APS takes the position that nuclear power, Even if voters approve the constitutional in the state to produce more of their power word, Benson said the group now will focus which has no smokestack emissions, also is amendment, it is an open question whether from renewable sources. on trying to convince voters that approval of clean energy. But the initiative would not utilities will comply. e Arizona Supreme Court late August 29 the Proposition 127 will increase their electric count nuclear power toward that 50 percent In anticipation of the initiative, APS got rejected various claims by attorneys for Ari- bills, a contention disputed by initiative orga- goal, something the utility’s lawyers argued is the Republican-controlled Legislature to zona Public Service that the initiative spon- nizers. not made clear in the description of the ini- approve a measure which says that utilities sored by California billionaire Tom Steyer Most Arizona utilities already are under tiative. that violate the renewable energy standard lacks sucient valid signatures to go to voters orders from the Arizona Corporation Com- In the lower court ruling — the one the would be subject to a penalty of no more than in November. e justices provided no details mission to produce 15 percent of their energy Supreme Court upheld — Kiley said it is not $5,000 — and potentially as little as $100 — about what they found wanting in the APS from renewable sources by 2025. up to judges to decide what is “clean’’ energy. potentially making it cheaper to ignore the legal briefs, promising an explanation later. is measure would boost that mandate to But he rejected the contention that anyone mandate and pay the ne, even if they have to e ruling came just two days a er Mar- 50 percent, with a requirement to get there by was fooled. do it each day. icopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel 2030. And it would put that requirement into Benson, in reacting to the ruling, said the Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, who spon- Kiley said he found no evidence that initia- the Arizona Constitution. initiative is not about clean energy. sored the measure, said during hearings that tive supporters had somehow tricked people Proponents of what is known as the Clean “Everyone supports clean energy,’’ he said. the intent of the law, which was signed by into signing the initiative petitions. And Kiley Energy for a Healthy Arizona say they want “e question is whether Arizona voters are Gov. Doug Ducey, was to ensure that it would rebued various eorts by APS to have him to reduce the state’s dependence on fossil fuels willing to double their electric bills in order to not matter if voters side with initiative orga- disqualify other signatures. that pump pollutants into the air. ere also is approve Prop. 127.’’ nizers. He said it is the responsibility of law- The decision drew fire from Matthew a separate concern about the carbon dioxide APS and its supporters have produced makers to protect Arizona residents from Benson, spokesman for Arizonans for Aord- produced that has been linked to climate studies to back their claim of higher elec- out-of-state interests, specically referring to able Electricity, the group that has been change. tric rates. But initiative backers and their Steyer. 18 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com August 31, 2018 Arizona Senate race likely to be a tale of 2 pivots

BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI said Trump’s behavior was “not The Associated Press how leaders carry themselves” and called Trump “disgusting” U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema was after a tape of him bragging once a member of the liberal about groping women surfaced Green Party and a self-described in October of 2016. “Prada socialist,” but now she’s “She’s the biggest ip-opper one of the congressional Demo- in history,” Arpaio said of crats most likely to vote with Pres- McSally in a recent interview. ident Donald Trump and a cham- Eric Beach, a Ward adviser, pion of moderate compromise. said in an interview last week ough she had token opposition that even if McSally wins she’ll from the left in the AugUST 28 still be wounded – especially Arizona primary for the party’s given conservatives’ anger at nomination for U.S. Senate, Dem- Flake and McCain for bucking ocrats are largely united behind Trump. her. “The problem she has is can U.S. Rep. Martha McSally rep- she turn out that Republican base resents a moderate Arizona dis- that feels like they were duped trict and was a Trump critic in before,” Beach said of McSally. 2016, but she has since warmly “I don’t think she’s going to have embraced him and won her par- a problem reaching the middle. ty’s Senate nomination. She She’s going to have a problem defeated two challengers from her turning out her base.” right in the Republican primary, But McSally has a secret but may emerge with less than weapon – Trump himself. He half of GOP primary voters sup- held o on making an endorse-

porting her a er being slammed PRESS YORK/ASSOCIATED PHOTO BY MATT ment in the primary, though he as a ip-opper by opponents. U.S. senatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., celebrates her primary election victory, August 28, enthusiastically congratulated The Senate race in Arizona 2018, in Tempe. McSally on Twitter a er her win. is shaping up to be a tale of two McSally has spoken to the presi- pivots – Sinema’s transformation dent about a post-primary cam- over the years against McSally’s paign appearance in Arizona. more abrupt swing on Trump, “He can uniquely motivate the the most divisive issue in politics base to get that enthusiasm up,” today. e dierent ways the two McSally said, noting that Demo- congresswomen’s maneuverings crats are already energized. have been received by their par- Trump, of course, comes with ties illustrate how Republicans and his own baggage. ough he won Democrats police their own politi- Arizona by 5 percentage points cians, especially in Arizona, where and isn’t unpopular here, he’s at the GOP has won every statewide best a wild card, Republican poll- election since 2006. ster Mike Noble said. “The Democrats who are “You have to hug Trump unhappy with who she is are because, if not, you lose your willing to put up with that just to base and you’re screwed, but in win a Senate seat,” said Constan- the general you have to pivot tine Querard, a GOP strategist and convince your moderates renowned for helping conservative and independents who don’t like Arizona Republicans win prima- Trump,” Noble said. ries. “Republicans are used to win- So far, Sinema has had the ning, so now we want a good one.” advantage in the race. She’s been McSally and Sinema will able to spend millions of dol- face o for the Senate seat being lars on ads introducing herself vacated by Republican Je Flake, to voters with no pushback and who’s stepping down a er his crit- faced no real competitive pri- icisms of Trump made his re-elec- mary. tion impossible. And their race But the dynamic changed last

begins in the shadow of the death PRES PHOTO BY ROSS D. FRANKLIN/ASSOCIATED week when McSally released her of John McCain, the state’s senior U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., talks to campaign volunteers at a Democratic campaign office on primary election first attack ad against Sinema. senator whose refusal to follow day August 28, 2018, in Phoenix. It contrasted the likely Demo- GOP orthodoxy helped fuel the cratic nominee in a pink tutu at Republican base’s demands for purity. female combat pilot. “It’s a false narrative,” McSally said a September 11 anti-war protest with McSally’s combat Not only have potential voters responded dierently to of the idea that she has tacked rightward. During a cam- service. McSally picked up that theme in her August 28 their shi s, Sinema and McSally describe them dierently paign trip to the border last week, McSally noted that she victory speech, spending much of it slamming Sinema as as well. met with Trump in March of 2017, before the Senate seat someone “to the le of Hollywood Democrats.” Sinema, who once served in the Arizona Legislature, opened up. “I have been working very closely with him “Everything in this Senate race is going to be dierent acknowledges her shi , casting it as part of a decade-long since he’s been in oce.” on August 29,” predicted Stan Barnes, a veteran GOP lob- learning process. “What I learned early on, my very rst Trump on August 29 endorsed McSally, calling her byist, noting his party’s strong track record in statewide term in the Statehouse is when I was willing to listen to “an extraordinary woman” in a tweet and saying she “is races. “Republicans have a tremendous head start on other people, to their ideas and work together, you can Strong on Crime, the Border and our under siege 2nd Democrats in every general election.” get a lot of stu done,” she said at an appearance at a food Amendment.” All signs nationally point to Democratic enthusiasm bank in Phoenix last week. Nonetheless, McSally was relentlessly characterized by in November, and Arizona is no dierent in that respect. McSally bristles at any suggestion that she’s changed, the other Republicans in the primary – former Maricopa And both presumptive nominees are top-tier campaigners noting she only entered politics six years ago – before that County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former state Sen Kelli and prodigious fundraisers. she was an Air Force colonel who had served as the rst Ward – as disloyal to Trump. ey noted that McSally “Dang, this is going to be a race,” Noble said. HOW DO THE CANDIDATES CONNECT WITH YOU?

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Dr. Linda D. Collins, Ph.D. Dr. Heather Monthie, Ph.D. University of Arizona SWE chapter. She serves on Chair, Department of Business Assistant Dean and Associate Professor the UofA Engineering Advisory Board. Peterson lives and Information System Grand Canyon University in Phoenix with her husband Rob and their sons Mesa Community College Max and Rex. Dr. Monthie is an assistant dean and associate Dr. Collins, a pioneer in online education and tech- professor in the College of Science, Engineering Barbara Lockwood nology innovation, leads the implementation of the and Technology at Grand Canyon Uni- Vice President of Regulation Maricopa County Community College versity. With more than 20 years of Arizona Public Service District IT Institute at Mesa Com- IT and IT education experience, munity College. She also serves Monthie focuses on developing Ms Lockwood manages federal and state regulatory as a distinguished core adjunct technology programs for highly activities for APS, the state’s largest electric company faculty member in the School of skilled technical professionals and which serves nearly 1.2 million Education at Northcentral Uni- who are prepared to meet work- customers. Previously, Lockwood versity for doctoral studies. Collins place demands. Prior to joining the served as general manager of began her academic career at Rio academe, she worked in various corporate settings, energy innovation, where she Salado College, where she received grants from the as well as in health care IT. Monthie has a Bachelor administered technology and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to address the needs of of Arts degree in computer science from Lakeland renewable energy programs, at-risk students using remote access technologies. College in Kohler, Wisconsin, a Master’s in teaching including the operation and mainte- She also developed Labs Without Walls, a program from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wis- nance of the utility’s solar generation for students completing coursework from home. She consin, and a PhD in information technology from fleet. Lockwood began her career at DuPont in chem- joined Mesa Community College as the director of Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ical engineering and management roles. She spent instructional technology and launched the first MCC several years in environmental consulting, providing help desk. She also brought the Disney College Marla Peterson property development and business acquisition ser- internship program to the college. It allows students Senior Technical Manager in Production Support vices to national and global firms. Lockwood joined to spend a semester at either Disneyland or Disney Engineering Operational Excellence APS in 1999. She testified before the U.S. House of World to learn management and leadership strat- Honeywell Aerospace Engineering & Technology Representatives Select Committee on Energy Inde- egies while earing college credit. This past year, pendence and Global Warming, and took part in a Collins led the academic program design of a nine- Ms. Peterson’s organization is responsible for pro- field hearing with then-Congresswoman Gabrielle credit micro-certificate in app development as part cess learning, process improvement, process matu- Giffords on the Federal Investment Tax Credit and its of MCC’s “Apple Everyone Can Code” program. She rity, and process quality. Her depart- effect on solar development in the Southwest. She and her team are also developing the “Everyone ment’s ultimate purpose is to make served on the Western Governors’ Association Solar Can Code” and the Blockchain programs. Collins the engineer’s design intent pro- Task Force, the Arizona State Renewable Energy received her Associate of Arts degree from Rio ducible. She has been at Honey- Task Force, the Solar Technical Advisory Board for Salado College, her Bachelor of Arts from Thomas well for 35 years through all levels the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Edison State University, a Master of Science in of management. Peterson grad- Research Advisory Committee for the Electric Power educational change and technology innovation uated from University of Arizona Research Institute, and the Board of Directors for the from Walden University, and a doctoral degree from with a Bachelor of Science degree in GridWise Alliance. Lockwood is also a board member Northcentral University in educational technology systems engineering. She developed – and man- of the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute and the Ari- management. ages – Honeywell’s Genesis software early career zona Science Center, where she is immediate past development program for new hires. She is Honey- board chair. She is a past president of Keep Phoenix well’s representative for the company’s partnership Beautiful, and she serves on the Advisory Committee with AnitaB.org. She also serves on the Honeywell of the Critical Consumer Issues Forum. Lockwood Grace Hopper planning team. Peterson is a member holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical Special thanks of the Society of Women Engineers and represents engineering from Clemson University and a Master Honeywell at the SWE Corporate Partner Council. of Science degree in environmental engineering from to our moderator! She is the 2016 SWE Advocate for Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a registered Award winner and is Honeywell’s SWE liaison for the professional chemical engineer.

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e Arizona Supreme Court late August 29 rejected a last-ditch eort by supporters of a ban on “dark money’’ in political races to put the issue to voters in November. In a brief order, the justices rejected arguments by attorney Kimberly Demarchi that Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanders improperly and illegally refused to count the signatures on several petition sheets. That ruling clearly left the initiative with fewer than the 225,963 valid signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot. e initiative would have asked voters to overturn existing laws that allow groups established under the Internal Revenue Code as “social welfare organizations’’ to spend money to inuence state and local races without disclosing the identity of their donors. Instead, any individual that put in at least $2,500 would have to be named. at leaves in place not only the state law shielding donors who give to organiza- tions seeking to aect state and legislative elections, it also leaves intact another law, approved by the Republican-controlled DEPOSITPHOTOS.COM Legislature earlier this year, prohibiting local governments from imposing their people issuing the subpoenas show they sands of their fellow citizens,’’ Demarchi the petitions came up 2,017 short of the own disclosure requirements. That most have been properly served. And Demarchi told the justices. “is result should not be 225,963 to put the issue on the ballot, even immediately overruled an ordinance said it was wrong to let challengers to the permitted to stand.’’ before Sanders had tossed the other peti- approved by Tempe voters on a 91-9 initiative wait until 11 days before the trial e justices saw it otherwise, upholding tions. margin. to even mention that they planned to sub- the law without comment. Chief Justice Scott Bales, in writing the Demarchi was challenging the law that poena circulators. Even if Demarchi had prevailed, the order keeping the measure o the ballot, requires automatic disqualication of peti- “The voters of Arizona are being odds still were against the measure making said their nding in favor of Sanders on tions when circulators do not show up. deprived of even the opportunity to con- it to the ballot. the petition-disqualification law made it If nothing else, she argued that the law sider the proposed amendment referred for A random check by county recorders unnecessary for them to look at other legal does not comply with court rules that the their consideration by hundreds of thou- of the signatures collected concluded that issues related to the initiative. Maricopa County voting issues continue to raise concerns of watchdogs

BY BRENDAN CAMPBELL cessful election” a er the county drew national attention history something of that magnitude being done. … In Cronkite News in 2016 for polling place cuts that le people standing in this very sensitive and dicult situation, I chose not to line for hours to vote. extend the voting hours,” Chucri said. A civil rights watchdog group that tracks elections said Chucri said he first learned of the problems in the Problems for voters, however, were not limited to the it was greatly concerned that 62 Maricopa County polling afternoon when he was shown a tweet from Arizona late openings, Grace said. stations failed to open on time on Election Day, August Secretary of State Michele Reagan who said the county “In some cases, they (voters) were instructed to go to a 28, and “very disappointed” that county ocials refused should “seriously consider” asking for court approval to neighboring station that was open and cast a provisional to extend voting hours to let people cast a ballot. extend voting hours. Chucri said Fontes called his oce ballot in that location,” she said. “It’s unclear to us if that Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said the “almost simultaneously” with the same request. should have been guidance that was given, or if that was problems, which he blamed on understaed technology “The secretary of state and the county recorder following policy or not, so we’re concerned that some contractors, were fixed and polling places were opera- bringing this to our desk more than halfway through a voters may have been casting ballots that may be chal- tional by 11:30 a.m. voting day, expecting us, as a board, to intervene, was not lenged or have problems.” But by that time voters across the county had already leadership in my opinion. And it was not professional, Voting-by-mail is increasingly taking the place of reported to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights especially the way it was tweeted out,” Chucri said. in-person voting in Maricopa County, and most races Under Law hotline that they were unable to cast ballots. Fontes blamed the failure on insufficiently staffed were settled by substantial margins August 28. But Grace “We know that many people, especially those that are county contractors hired to prepare the voting equipment. said her group remains deeply unsatisfied with the working long shi s may only have an hour or two in the He said he only found out about the issue the day before handling of elections in the county. morning to cast a ballot,” said Laura Grace, the commit- the election, asking election workers to step in and com- Grace said her oce did not get reports of signicant tee’s election protection manager. “Or they may not have plete the set-up. problems in any other county in the state. And Chucri transportation options to travel from their home precinct “Flat out, we could have done a lot better vowed the supervisors will get involved to make sure to a bonus voting center, and we did have voters that this morning,” Fontes said in a Facebook video Maricopa County does a better job in the future. called the hotline and said that wasn’t an option for them.” update minutes before the 7 p.m. poll closures. “Look, “We rise together and we fall together as Maricopa Grace said her group was also “very disappointed that this is a rough business and we work really hard to make County, and yesterday Maricopa County could have done the County Board of Supervisors refused to extend voting things happen.” better,” Chucri said. “We’re going to get auditors who do hours or look for remedies for voters that were impacted.” But Chucri said the request to extend voting hours put a great job and we’re going to nd out exactly what went But Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman supervisors in a tough spot. wrong to protect against it happening again in the fall. Steve Chucri said he was “disappointed” in Fontes, who “When we didn’t know what eect extending it could And we are going to effectively insert ourselves in the had been given “no shortage of resources to run a suc- really have, when no one could account or nd in recent management process thereof.” August 31, 2018 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com 23 How Arizona’s Congressional Delegation Voted

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Representative Representative Representative Tom O’Halleran (D) Paul Gosar (R) Ruben Gallego (D) 1st District. Born Jan. 24, 1946; 4th District. Born Nov. 22, 7th District. Born member of Arizona Senate 1958; Dentist and small Nov. 20, 1979; small business 2007-2008; House 2001-2006. business owner. Last full year owner. Last full year of Senator Last full year of current term: of current term: 2018. current term: 2018. 2018. John McCain (R) Born Aug. 29, 1936; Senator since 1987; member U.S. House 1983-86; former naval aviator. Last full year of Representative Representative Representative current term: 2022. Martha McSally (R) Andy Biggs (R) Debbie Lesko (R) 2nd District. Born 5th District. Born Nov. 7, 1958; 8th District. Born 1958. March 22, 1966; leadership retired attorney; Member of Member of Arizona House development. Last full year of Arizona Senate 2011-2015; 2009-2014; Arizona Senate current term: 2018. House 2003-2010. Last full 2015-2018. Last full year of year of current term: 2018. current term: 2018. Senator Jeff Flake (R) Born Dec. 3, 1962; member U.S. House 2001-12. Former Representative Representative Representative exec. dir., Goldwater Institute. Last full year of current Raul Grijalva (D) David Schweikert Kyrsten Sinema (D) term: 2018. 3rd District. Born Feb. 19, (R) 9th District. Born July 12, 1948; former member of the 1976; member Arizona House 6th District. Born March 3, Pima County Board of 2005-10; Senate 2011-12; 1962; member Arizona House Supervisors. Last full year Adjunct professor, ASU School 1989-94; Realtor and financial of current term: 2018. of Social Work. Last full year consultant. Last full year of of current term: 2018 . current term: 2018.

and Human Services, $71.4 billion for the Department of A yes vote was to send the bill to conference with the SENATE Education, $12.1 billion for the Department of Labor and House. nearly $6 billion for other agencies and programs in  scal 2019.  e military outlay, accounting for nearly 70 per- DEFUNDING PLANNED cent of the government’s discretionary spending, would SUICIDE PREVENTION fund a 2.6 percent pay raise for those in uniform while PARENTHOOD providing $68.1 billion for combat operations abroad HOTLINE Voting yes: Jeff Flake and $57 billion-plus for active-duty, family and retiree Voting yes: Flake Voting no: None health care.  e bill also would appropriate $3.7 billion Voting no: None Not voting: John McCain for the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction; Not voting: McCain $445 million for charter schools; another $445 million for By a vote of 45 for and 48 against, the Senate on Aug. the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $95 million Voting 95 for and none against, the Senate on Aug. 21 23 failed to advance an amendment that would delete in grants to help K-12 schools prevent and recover from adopted an amendment to HR 6157 (above) that would $400 million in Planned Parenthood funding from a bill classroom shootings. increase the 2019 budget for the National Suicide Preven- (HR 6157, below) providing  scal 2019 appropriations Richard Durbin, D-Ill., voted for the bill but said tion Hotline by $2.8 million or about 4 percent. Funded for the departments of Defense, Education, Labor and America’s military budget is nearly 10 times that of Rus- by all levels of government and other sources, the hotline Health and Human Services. Abortions account for about sia’s $78 billion and four times larger than China’s $175 is a nationwide network of crisis centers that provides 3 percent of the reproductive-care services delivered by billion. He called it “baffling...that we spend so much 24/7 con dential support to persons in emotional dis- Planned Parenthood at its 600 nationwide clinics.  ey more than our major adversaries in the world” yet “are tress. are not federally funded in keeping with a 1976 law — the falling behind in the development of key technologies– John Kennedy, R-La., said the hotline has “answered Hyde Amendment — that prohibits the use of taxpayer technologies like satellites, arti cial intelligence, hyper- more than 10 million calls from people in distress, and money to pay for abortions except in cases of rape or sonic missiles and quantum computing.” they estimate that over the next four years, they will take incest or to save the life of the mother. Of the seven senators who voted against the bill, the 12 million calls. We underfund them. It is embarrassing Rand Paul, R-Ky., said: “ e government, with a wink only one who spoke against it was Rand Paul, R-Ky., who how much we underfund them.” and a nod, tells us that Planned Parenthood doesn’t spend objected to its inclusion of funds for Planned Parenthood No senator spoke against the amendment. the money on abortions, but everybody knows that the (issue above). A yes vote backed the spending increase. taxpayer is really cross-subsidizing Planned Parenthood’s abortion mills.” Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said that by law, “No federal funds may be spent for the performance of abortion procedures.... e position of Planned Parenthood is to counsel families so they can control the number of chil- Accurate. Informative. Dependable. dren they have and avoid unplanned pregnancies and the likelihood of abortion procedures to follow.” A yes vote was to remove Planned Parenthood funding from the bill.

$854 BILLION SPENDING ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE REPORT BILL FOR 2019 The Capitol professional’s most comprehensive Voting yes: None resource for printed legislative information Voting no: Flake Not voting: McCain Voting 85 for and seven against, the Senate on Aug. 23 For more information or to subscribe, call 602.258.7026 or approved an $854 billion catchall appropriations bill (HR e-mail [email protected] 6157) that would provide $675 billion for the Department of Defense, $90.1 billion for the Department of Health 24 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com August 31, 2018

 is week  ve years ago (Aug. 30, 2013) Sinema seen as vulnerable, but… As GOP e orts to oust  rst-term Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema heat up, Republicans may soon learn that not all competitive districts are Martin Gold, Phoenix Pioneer created equal and not all Democrats who represent them are equally vul- Some deaths mark the ending of an era. nerable. Martin Gold’s passing on July 24, 1931, Sinema, who represents the symbolically closed the pioneering days Phoenix and Tempe-based 9th Con- of Phoenix. gressional District, earned a repu- An immigrant from the Austro-Hun- tation in her early years in the Leg- garian empire, Martin Gold rose from islature as a liberal  rebrand. Brian poverty to become one of the great Murray, a GOP consultant, said landowners of Phoenix. Chase Field sits Sinema still votes with the Demo- on what was once Gold Alley, named in cratic caucus on most issues in Con- his honor, where he lived after selling his gress, but finds opportunities to original homestead, a 160-acre parcel work with Republicans. Murray said where Sky Harbor Airport now stands. Sinema has done “a pretty good job He once owned Convent Alley, the land as a member of Congress.” between Van Buren Street and the o ces of the Catholic diocese of Phoenix, and in 1920 built Phoenix’s most popular  e Gold family in front of their father’s new steam engine and threshing machine, movie theater, the Ramona, at Wash- one of the  rst in the Phoenix area.  is week 10 years ago (Aug. 29, 2008) ington and Fourth streets. Supreme Court dooms 2 Martin Gold was born Martin Zlater Napolitano initiatives on February 2, 1850, in an outlying many of them worked for Martin Gold. While Gov. Janet Napolitano was province of the Austro-Hungarian empire (probably Serbia or Gold was a model employer. Having invested in farm equip- front and center in the national spot- Croatia). He went to work as a child to support his family and ment (he may have had the  rst modern reaper in the Valley), light at the Democratic National never attended school.  ough he later learned to speak seven he contracted with famers to bring in their crops, mostly grain, Convention in Denver, two sweeping languages, he never learned to read or write and signed all of his and used the pro ts to invest in downtown property. He worked Phoenix business transactions with an X. ballot initiatives she spearheaded alongside his workers, living in the  elds while harvesting. His came to an inglorious end. At the age of 18, he went to sea and for 10 years voyaged over humanity and facility with languages made him a great favorite The hopes for a $42.6 billion among the workers who called him Don Martin. much of the world. transportation plan and an ambi- He arrived in Phoenix in 1879, two years before the town incor- In 1915, a controversy broke out in St. Mary’s Church, which tious plan to permanently conserve porated. Shortly thereafter, he took the name Gold, which was had been the center of Mexican religious and cultural life since hundreds of thousands of state trust as close as he could come to Zlater in English translation. 1881.  at year a new upstairs church was completed. After land were crushed when the Arizona years of holding masses in what now became the basement of Supreme Court rejected an appeal Gold went into the overland freighting business, a dangerous the church, the pastor decided to divide the services by lan- that could have revived both initia- enterprise because the Apaches were raiding and Geronimo had guage, holding two Spanish language sermons downstairs and tives. Both were disquali ed earlier yet to surrender. Gold himself was not attacked, but his close reserving the upstairs for English sermons. this month when Secretary of State friend, Octaviano Martinez, was killed by Apaches in 1884 Jan Brewer’s office concluded that while hauling freight. He did not, as is often thought, intend to bar Mexicans, but the decision by a German-born pastor bitterly fractured the parish. neither had enough signatures to  e 1890 U.S. census, which revealed the  nal settling of the earn a spot on the 2008 ballot. West, is said to have shown the end of the American frontier. In Gold sided with the Mexicans who demanded that the bishop Arizona, the frontier ended psychologically four years earlier, in of Tucson allow them to build their own church. He became a 1886, with Geronimo’s  nal surrender. From then on, Phoenix’s leader of the movement to build Immaculate Heart Church, the economic wealth would derive from two sources: the ownership Mexican national parish on Washington Street in Phoenix.  e  is week 20 years ago (Aug. 28, 1998) and use of water and the harvesting of crops. church was completed in 1928, three years before Gold died. Martin Gold was buried at St. Francis Cemetery in Phoenix. ‘Evolution’ lands a spot Life was still rough. Farmers fought  ercely over water rights in high schools before the Salt River Project brought peace to the Valley. Gold ( is Times Past article was originally published on May 18, Evolution – a word that the state himself wound up in court for helping to dynamite another set- 2001.) had so carefully avoided – made its tler’s dam that kept water from his farm. Photo courtesy Frank Barrios; research by Gary Weiand. way into high school biology classes. But overall, Gold was delighted with Phoenix, proudly ©Arizona Capitol Times. After more than two hours of becoming an American citizen in 1894. Far from considering debate and audience speeches, the a return to the old country, he began bringing relatives to Ari- Arizona Board of Education voted zona. In 1895, he signaled his  rm intention to stay by mar- If you love Times Past, you’ll love our book. 6-3 to include “evolution” in the list rying Delores Scho eld, the widowed sister of his murdered Arizona Capitol Times has taken this beloved fea- of the state’s academic standards. friend Octaviano Martinez. ture and made it into a coffee table book — Times The language changes require stu- Gold became a great favorite among early Phoenix’s Mexican Past: Re ections from Arizona History. It features dents to understand Charles Dar- population. In the late 19th century, Mexican refugees  ed the some of the state’s most colorful stories from win’s theory of evolution, apply it to oppressive dictatorship of Por rio Diaz. Later, they  ed the early territorial days through statehood and into fossils and molecular makeup, and revolution that overthrew him. the 21st century. to be able to analyze it using scien- To order, call 602-258-7026 or go to store.azcapitoltimes.com ti c evidence. Almost always they arrived with nothing beyond what they could carry. In Phoenix, they often became day laborers and — Compiled by Don Harris August 31, 2018 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com 25

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Alaska Primary race got IDAHO 7 applications from dead people Governor waited for directive ANCHORAGE — Seven people who from Trump to lower  ags are considered dead by the state of Alaska asked for BOISE — A spokesman for Gov. Butch Otter absentee ballots for a hotly says  ags at the Idaho Capitol weren’t lowered contested state House race in until nearly 48 hours a er the death of Arizona last week’s primary election. Sen. John McCain because Otter was waiting for Two others told election o - direction from President Donald Trump. cials they didn’t vote, even though the state The Idaho Statesman reports Otter’s office had absentee ballots in their names. received calls on August 27 asking why the U.S.  e seven applications requesting bal- flag atop the Capitol building wasn’t flying at lots in the names of dead people were half-sta a er McCain died August 25. rejected. Those were among the irreg- Under U.S.  ag code, only the president or a ularities involving House District 15 in state governor can order an American  ag low- Anchorage, where three votes separate the ered to half-sta . two candidates. Otter’s spokesman Jon Hanian says when a Alaska state law favors counting ques- dignitary from another state dies, Otter must wait tioned ballots so voters are not disenfran- to hear from the president. chised.  e state says it will not reject bal- A er pressure from veterans groups, Trump lots without clear evidence that the voter issued a proclamation later on August 27 didn’t cast the ballot or it is an improper ordering U.S. flags be flown at half-staff until ballot. McCain’s interment.

California harassment, menacing and non-violent recent years because of children who died air time on television stations throughout Bill would allow medical drug offenses, among others. One theft in custody. the state, according to purchase orders  led conviction dates to 1974.  e convictions with the Federal Communications Commis- pot on school campuses made it di cult years later for many to get sion. jobs. In one example, the group is spending SACRAMENTO — Some California As with previous pardons, Hicken- Missouri some $680,000 to air more than 900 spots parents would be allowed to looper’s review of each clemency petition through the November 6 election on give their children medical involves input from crime victims, victim University bans all tobacco KTVQ-TV in Billings, the state’s largest TV marijuana on school cam- advocates, judges and prosecutors. market. puses under a bill passed by  e governor has pardoned 66 individ- products from campus Montanans Against Tax Hikes is funded the state Assembly and sent uals so far. He has said his administration almost entirely by the lobbying arms of the to Gov. Jerry Brown. plans to complete reviews of roughly 475 COLUMBIA —  e University of Mis- makers of Camel and Marlboro cigarettes, State law has allowed minors to access clemency petitions. souri is banning the use of all which had already sunk more than $1 mil- medical marijuana since the 1990s but pro- tobacco products on the lion into defeating the initiative. hibits it on school campuses.  at means Columbia campus, effective parents have to remove their children from immediately. school or meet them off campus to give Kansas Cigarettes and electronic nicotine devices them a dose. have been prohibited on campus since 2013. Nebraska  e bill says the marijuana would have Review recommended The policy expands that to include any to be in non-smoking or vaping form, such tobacco-based product, including chewing Governor says trade as in capsules or oils, and it could only be of privatized child tobacco, nicotine salt products like Juul and given to students with a medical marijuana pipes. deal with Mexico prescription.  e bill lets school districts welfare model  e ban applies to sporting events, and opt-in to the policy; it does not mandate the Athletics Department will work to make critical to state them to allow it. TOPEKA — Lawmakers are recom- fans aware of it. mending a review of the LINCOLN — A trade agreement state’s privatized child welfare between the United States and model to decide whether it’s Mexico is critical to Nebraska Colorado in the state’s best interest. Montana agriculture and the state’s The Lawrence Journal-World overall economy, Gov. Pete Governor issues reports that the Child Welfare System Tobacco-funded Ricketts said a er President Donald Trump Task Force received the request from two announced the countries have reached a 26 more pardons working groups it created to examine the group starts ad blitz preliminary deal to replace NAFTA. system of programs operated within the Ricketts expressed optimism that a DENVER — Gov. John Hicken- Kansas Department for Children and HELENA — A group funded by the newly revised North American Free Trade looper has pardoned 26 Families. tobacco industry has launched Agreement will benefit Nebraska. His people who, after reviews, The 1996 privatized model involves a massive ad blitz against a comments in an interview came after he were determined to have the department contracting with outside ballot initiative to fund Mon- returned from a three-day trade mission to rebuilt their lives after nonprofits to manage placing children tana’s Medicaid expansion Mexico last week that included meetings serving time for a variety of into homes. Some lawmakers suggest pri- program and other health programs by with business leaders and government o - o enses. vatization makes it di cult for the state raising the cigarette tax by $2 per pack and cials. Hickenlooper’s clemency deci- to properly oversee the child welfare taxing vaping products for the  rst time. sions a ect individuals convicted of the , system, which has been scrutinized in Montanans Against Tax Hikes booked Continued on page 26 26 ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES • AzCapitolTimes.com August 31, 2018

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Continued from page 25 Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin own department accusing Senate Presi- November ballot, the court issued only a Cramer, her Republican challenger, dent Peter Courtney and House Speaker brief order but said it will later issue an Nevada arguing over who will do more for people Tina Kotek, both fellow Democrats, of opinion explaining the decision. with medical problems. allowing a sexually hostile environment Count My Vote backers’ initiative drive Tesla battery factory In a race seen as critical for control of and of being slow to protect women from fell short by about a combined 100 signa- the closely divided Senate, the candidates Republican Sen. Je Kruse. Kruse resigned tures in two Senate districts after oppo- moves past tax break are struggling for an advantage and have earlier this year as the #MeToo movement nents waged a campaign to persuade turned to a component of former Presi- against sexual misconduct swept politics, people there to remove signatures. benchmark dent Barack Obama’s health care law that entertainment and other industries. forbids health insurers from denying cov- RENO — Tesla added more than 800 erage to people with health problems. employees and $459 million in Heitkamp, seeking re-election in a Washington capital investment at the giant heavily Republican state, is one of several Texas factory in Nevada that manufac- Democratic candidates across the country School delayed, tures batteries for its electric cars who are highlighting health care as an Army honors McCain in during the fourth quarter of last issue they believe will resonate with voters teachers strike year. in the mid-term elections. opening modernization HQ  e latest tax incentive audit from the VANCOUVER — School districts Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic AUSTIN — As Sen. John McCain’s in southwest Washington Development shows private spending family announced August 24 state delayed the start of the surged past the benchmark needed to Oklahoma that the ailing veteran was school year this week as ensure Tesla’s state tax breaks, the Reno stopping treatment for brain teachers unions and districts Gazette-Journal reported. State OKs record number cancer, the Army paid tribute failed to reach agreements The fourth quarter additions brought at the opening of a new war- over teacher pay. employment up to nearly 3,250 and capital of emergency teachers fare modernization headquarters in Texas The Columbian reports that districts spending to $3.7 billion. The company that he played a driving role in creating. and unions in Clark County and across also employed more than 1,300 construc- OKLAHOMA CITY —  e Oklahoma “None of this would be happening the state are negotiating new pay scales tion workers during the fourth quarter, Board of Education has without someone who’s not here today, due to new school funding legislation.  e bringing that employment up to about approved a record number and that’s Sen. John McCain, an American Legislature this year added nearly another 13,700. of emergency certificates hero,” said Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s $1 billion for teacher salaries. The state set the minimum capital for non-traditionally chief of sta . Classes didn’t start as scheduled for investment benchmark at $3.5 billion in trained teachers. The activation of the Futures Com- 6,500 students in Longview Public Schools 2014 when the Legislature approved a sub-  e Oklahoman reports that the board mand in the downtown heart of tech- as teachers hit the picket lines. School was sidy package of $1.3 billion over 20 years approved 916 certificates last week, savvy Austin came just hours after the also canceled for about 27,000 students in to draw Tesla to Nevada.  e investment increasing the total number of certi cates announcement from the McCain family. Evergreen Public Schools and 3,200 stu- needs to reach about $10 billion for the approved for the 2018-19 school year to McCain died the next day, August 25. dents in the Washougal School District. factory to qualify for the entire amount. 2,153. Two members of McCain’s staff Teachers in Seattle, the state’s largest Joy Hofmeister, the state’s superinten- attended the ushering in of what the school district, are scheduled to vote on dent of public instruction, says the state is Army says amounts to its most signifi- whether to authorize a strike a er failing “now experiencing the full weight” of the cant restructuring in more than 40 years. to reach an agreement with the district. New Mexico teacher shortage. The command is tasked with modern- School resumes September 5 in Seattle. Districts turn to emergency-certified izing everything from combat vehicles Confederate markers candidates when they’re unable to fill a to weapons and helping soldiers adapt teaching position with a certi ed candi- to emerging threats from powers such as removed from rest areas date. An individual must pass a test in the China and Russia. Wyoming subject area they’d be teaching.  ey also Among the first signature initiatives SANTA FE — The last remaining must pass a criminal background check that should come out of the command in A Democratic governor in memorials to Confederate Pres- before being granted the two-year emer- the next few years, Army leaders say, is ident Je erson Davis have been gency certi cate. new optical headwear for soldiers that can Wyoming? It could happen removed from New Mexico rest display maps or simulate missions. areas along Interstate 10, the CHEYENNE — A Democrat has no main east-west route across the chance of becoming Wyo- state, New Mexico o cials said. Oregon ming’s next governor, right? The state Department of Transporta- Utah Not so fast. Politics here is tion announced last week all memorials to Legislature objects to a lot more complicated than the U.S. Civil War-era Confederacy were Court rules dual-path that, in part because a mean- removed after people posted messages subpoenas in sexual ingful number of registered Republicans in about them on social media,  e Santa Fe initiative won’t appear this reddest of states are really — get this New Mexican reports. harassment case — Democrats.  e move comes amid a national U.S. on November ballot And Democrats now are running debate over removing the names of Con- SALEM —  e Legislature is  ghting their strongest candidate in a dozen years federate leaders from public roads and attempts by the state’s labor SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah — Mary Throne, a politically moderate buildings. commissioner to subpoena Supreme Court has ruled that energy-industry attorney — for the state’s documents as he pursues an initiative measure to keep highest o ce, which they’ve held eight of senior lawmakers for but ease the state’s dual-path the last 15, 28 of the last 43, and 32 of the allegedly permitting a sexu- system for nominating candi- last 55 years. North Dakota ally hostile environment in the Capitol. dates for political o ce won’t After beating three little-known can-  e Legislature is committed to trans- appear on the November general election didates in primaries,  rone faces Repub- Health care at forefront parency, but the documents contain con- ballot. lican State Treasurer Mark Gordon for fidential information about people who  e Supreme Court ruled on the Count governor. Meanwhile, Gordon’s nomina- of U.S. Senate race came forward in harassment complaints My Vote Initiative, which would make it tion has some Republicans grumbling that and asked to remain anonymous, a lawyer easier for political candidates to bypass Democrats have an outsized in uence on BISMARCK — Health care has whose  rm is representing the Legislature their party’s convention system and get on Wyoming politics. emerged as a major issue in said in a letter. a primary election ballot by collecting a The problem is Wyoming voters can North Dakota’s U.S. Senate On August 1, Labor Commissioner speci c number of voter signatures. Facing register to vote — and change party a lia- race, with Democratic U.S. Brad Avakian filed a complaint with his a deadline for certification of this year’s tion — at the polls. 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