AzAN's May 24th Forum: An Initiative to End Covert Ops At Our State Legislature
Tim Schmaltz described the secretive processes of the Arizona Legislature.
State budget bills being negotiated behind closed doors while the minority party's legislators are locked out.Committee Chairs that routinely deny committed citizens the right to testify on legislation.Stealthy strike-everything amendments designed to sneak through bills that benefit special interests and not the people.The majority party denying proportionate representation to the minority party on committees.These are only some of the shenanigans that undermine democracy at the AZ legislature. AzAN's May 2007 Forum featured a lively discussion with Eric Ehst of the Clean Elections Institute, Eddie Sissons of the Arizona Foundation for Behavioral Health, Tim Schmaltz of Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition and prominent attorney, community leader & former State Legislator Chuck Blanchard about these processes at the Arizona Legislature and possible improvements.
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