Arizona Republicans engage in a little addition by subtraction

Well, at least they improved the Governor's Water Policy Council.  By not being part of it.

From KPNX (Channel 12 in Phoenix) written by Kyra O'Connor, dated 10/13 (emphasis added by me) -

Arizona Senate Republicans, Farm Bureau withdraw from governor’s water policy council

Senate Republicans and the Arizona Farm Bureau withdrew their membership from Arizona Gov. Katie Hobb’s Water Policy Council calling it “beholden to out-of-state special interests,” according to a press release from the caucus.

Sen. Sine Kerr, who is also the chair of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water, said the council is “nothing more than a forum to rubber stamp the progressive environmental goals of special interest groups.” 

Who knew that protecting our water supply was a partisan issue?  Protecting and maximizing profit for its members may be the Farm Bureau's stated imperative, but protecting the public's interest is supposed to be the duty of public servants like Sen. Kerr.

"Alleged" public servants.