First, State Rep. John Kavanagh got his hate on for the general public recording public employees in public. Now he hates public television.

From USA Today, dated 7/7/3022 -

Recordings within 8 feet of police will be illegal in Arizona under new law

People will no longer be allowed to take close-range recordings of Arizona police under a new bill signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday.

House Bill 2319, sponsored by state Rep. John Kavanagh, makes it illegal for anyone within 8 feet of law enforcement activity to record police. Violators could face a misdemeanor, but only after being verbally warned and continuing to record anyway. 

Kavanagh's gambit was blocked by a judge.  From the AZ Mirror, written by Tori Gantz, dated 9/19/2022 -

Police-recording ban likely blocked, as Kavanagh fails to mount defense

The sponsor of a law that would have made it a crime to videotape police conceded Friday that it will not take effect, after he failed to meet a deadline to challenge a court’s injunction of the law.

Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said he was not able to find lawyers to defend the law – after a string of state and local officials who might have defended it refused to do so.

Now, he's lowered his sights a little.

From AZFamily, written by David Baker -

Arizona lawmaker calls on state to sever ties with PBS over debate drama

The drama surrounding the Arizona gubernatorial debate, or lack thereof, has led one lawmaker to call for the state to cut ties with Arizona Public Broadcasting System. Republican Rep. John Kavanagh from Fountain Hills is upset because the station offered Democrat gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs her own 30-minute Q&A, even though she rejected an invitation to debate her GOP opponent, Kari Lake. “It would be inappropriate for the state to continue its relationship with AZPBS, given its sabotaging of the clean election debates that were approved by the voters,” he said in a statement.

Hobbs had said she didn’t want to debate Lake because she didn’t want it to turn into a circus. It was the first time in 20 years the Arizona Clean Elections Commission wouldn’t host a gubernatorial debate. The commission was set to do a Q&A with Lake on Wednesday but canceled it after it learned of PBS’s plans to interview Hobbs next week. Kavanaugh said the Clean Elections Commission made the right move and blasted the PBS affiliate. “The terrible decision by the heads of AZPBS, if uncorrected, will encourage future clean elections candidates to avoid engaging in a debate and deprive voters of information they need to make their voting decisions,” Kavanagh said.

The relevant press release from Kavanagh/ AZHouse Republicans is here.

Maybe we should give Kavanagh the benefit of the doubt -

Perhaps it's not that he hates the public or public television; maybe he just hates the idea of a permanent record.