LD17 Legislators in the press

Note: I'll try to do future editions of this post on a weekly basis, but this one will cover anything since the first of the year that I haven't already covered.

Sen. Meg Burton-Cahill:

...The AZ Daily Star quoted her in support of Sen. Carolyn Allen's (R-8) SB1032 (link to Senate fact sheet). Among other things, the bill creates a partial lawsuit shield for ER doctors.

From the article -

And Sen. Meg Burton Cahill, D-Tempe, said it is "a step that will help" the shortage of emergency-room doctors.

The bill was heard before the Senate Health Committee last week, and passed 6 -1, with Sen. Burton-Cahill voting to pass.

...She was also mentioned in an AZ Rep article about East Valley legislators.


Rep. Ed Ableser:

...The EV Tribune had an article about both LD17 reps on Sunday. It's basically a "start of the session" piece, but it's still interesting.

From the article -

"Very few public servants talk about water because it’s not an emotional issue,"he says. "But science is showing us if we don’t do something now, we’re going to be in a dire situation 15 years from now."

...He was mentioned in a column in the Ottawa Sun. Columnist Jordan Michael Smith was writing about the trend of politicians taking their messages online, including to sites like YouTube.

From the column, right after mentions of Howard Dean and Barack Obama -

And Arizona state Senator Ed Ableser, a Democrat, posted on his YouTube site a video of a day in his life, which showed him playing football and jogging.

I'd recommend reading more, but be warned - that's the only mention of Ed or any other AZ politician.

...He's also mentioned in the AZ Rep's East Valley legislators article.


Rep. David Schapira:

...Like the other LD17 legislators, he's mentioned the AZ Rep's East Valley legislators article.

...He's also a big part of the EV Tribune article today.

From the article -

"I’m working on six bills," he says over a bagel platter at Chompie’s in Tempe — a favored haunt, which he might use as a field office. "If lobbyists want to have lunch with me, they can come out here, spend their money in Tempe," he chuckles.

...The EV Tribune also has an opinion piece written by Le Templar supporting Rep. Schapira's HB2206, the Teacher Shortage Student Loan Program.

...The AZ Daily Star has a news article about the same proposal, written by Howard Fischer. The article also mentions Governor Napolitano's (and Rep. Schapira's :) ) proposal to raise the minimum salary for a teacher to $33,000 per year.

The Daily Star's website allows comments on individual articles; there's one comment for this one.

The author of the comment doesn't like the idea - because it doesn't go far enough. In fact, the author calls $33K an "insult."

That attitude may actually bode well for the bill's passage by the lege - the Republicans in the lege seem to take advantage of every available opportunity to insult public school teachers.

Later!