Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Sen. Wendy Rogers - another contender for the Legislative Loon Award

State Sen. Wendy Rogers has proposed a lot of bills that make her eligible for the award.  She's been busy. 

To be fair, I thought she was nuts when she lived in Tempe; her move north into LD6 hasn't improved things in that regard.

Among her proposals:

SB1027, Establishing a Bureau of Elections in the Governor's office and appropriating $5 million for it.

It would have a mandate "to investigate allegations of fraud in any state, county or local government election...any qualified elector may submit a complaint to the bureau".


SB1028, Having to do with vendors of ballot paper.  Not sure what this one does, as it repeals ARS section 16-504...and replaces it with the same language.


SB1030, stating that if someone is acquitted on homicide charge, the state/public has to pay their legal fees.









SB1032, Appropriating $700 million from the state's general fund to build a border wall.  She doesn't specify what she wants to cut to pay for her scheme, but I'm guessing that she will happily sacrifice public education on the altar of her hatred.


SCR1006, a memorial/meaningless letter to the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame to urge the removal of Margaret Sanger from that hall.  She is the founder of Planned Parenthood, and Rogers wants her removed based on Republican talking points/propaganda.


SB1033, Escalating the penalty for what she terms as a riot or unlawful assembly; creating a crime called "mob intimidation"; and imposing something on cities and towns.







Apparently, she *really* hates BLM protesters and sanctuary city policies.


SB1037, legalizing silencers and other sound suppressors for firearms

SB1038, Creating a tax credit for tuition paid to a "non-govermental" (aka- private) school

SB1039, Related to SB1038, this one would reduce adjusted gross income on a taxpayer's state taxes by the amount of tuition paid to a "non-govermental" (aka- private) school

SB1042, Declaring June 14 to be "President Donald J. Trump Day".  June 14 is already Flag Day.

SB1044, Barring contracts with organizations that "provide or promote abortion" to administer personal responsibility education programs

SB1045, Barring health or school professionals from treating gender dysphoria or from informing parents or guardians about their minor child's affliction



































SB1046, Related to SB1045.  This one would bar students at any level from participating in sports as other than their birth gender

SB1048, Barring local and county governments from ordering that a business close during a declared emergency

SCR1007, A proposal to change the state's constitution to allow for homeowners to redirect taxes levied by public school districts to private schools; and

SCR1008, A memorial/meaningless letter to Congress urging it to declare Antifa to be a "domestic terrorist organization."

The last time I checked, Antifa is not a real organization such as National Alliance, the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC) and the Aryan Nations.


Many of Rogers' proposals seem to be out of the Cathi Herrod/religious nut playbook, but to be sure, some also seem to be out of the Cathi Herrod/grifter playbook - in her bio, Rogers admits to running a charter school.




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