Sen. Meg Burton-Cahill:
She was featured in an AZ Rep article about a proposal to include Hopi and other Native American Code Talkers on a commemorative postage stamp; she supported the proposal to include all Code Talkers, even non-Navajos. The proposal failed 15 -13.
From the article -
Sen. Meg Burton Cahill, D-Tempe, asked her fellow senators to include all Native Americans in the stamp; otherwise, she said, it would be "historically incorrect."
"There were Native Americans from many tribes who contributed to this," she said.
Rep. Ed Ableser:
He was in an AZ Daily Star article about a legislative proposal (HB2097) to jail anyone caught with 5 fake IDs.
From the article -
Rep. Ed Ableser, D-Tempe, said the problem with the legislation is it also sweeps in those who he feels should not end up in prison.
Ableser said there are some clubs in his community which only admit people at least 18 years old.
He envisioned a situation where someone age 16 or 17 might get fake IDs for five friends to be able to get into those clubs.
"I don't think that deserves a one-year jail sentence," Ableser said.
Note: At first glance, the bill didn't seem *too* bad, but then I read the part where it removes all discretion from the judges handing down the sentence in cases covered by the bill. While I think Rep. Ableser's example is kind of weak, he's right - this is a bad bill.
Rep. David Schapira:
In the AZ Rep's most recent "Political Insider" column, Rep. Schapira's protest over the House Republicans' adjournment of the House last week when they realized they were running out of votes (a number of the Reps in the House had other committments). He was upset over the fact that he had had to cancel other plans to attend a session that was expected to be a long one, and protested the Republican move by remaining at his desk for nearly two hours.
From the article (emphasis mine)
So he stayed put and threatened to do so until the bills were heard. He lasted two hours, catching up on e-mails and other work on his laptop computer and rebuffing the pages' offer to bring him a catheter.
I'm betting those were Republican pages... :))
...He was also featured in an AZ Rep column by Carol Peck, concerning the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, an advanced curriculum for academically ambitious high school students.
From the column -
"IB is a great example of a partnership between a private organization and public schools that help our students strive for excellence," said state Rep. David Schapira, an IB graduate and former teacher in the program.
...I also know that he was part of at least a couple of other pieces in the Tempe community edition of the Rep, but I can't find online links to the pieces.
Apparently he will be writing a regular column concering legislative affairs; this week's (published Friday, March 2) was titled "It's not always Legislature's role to solve a problem." (I can't guarantee that he chose the headline; frequently, editors do that no matter what the author thinks of it. Just ask Sam Coppersmith at Liberal Desert. :) )
This column concerned the uproar over the effect that raising the minimum wage had on the developmentally disabled community. If I can find a link to it, or maybe persuade him to send the text to me in an email, I'll post it.
Good night!
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