Former House Speaker JD Mesnard is in the state senate now, and while he may have switched chambers, he's still bad news. He may not win the Legislative Loon Award (he faces LOTS of competition there), but he's doing his level best to undermine AZ, both in revenues and democracy. He's already proposed
SCR1011, asking the voters to reduce the amount of revenue available to school districts by taking large swaths of property and exempting such property from property taxes. He has proposed other measures affecting property taxes, but since I'm not certain of their net effect on revenue, they're not included here
SB1094, invalidating signatures on initiative and referendum petitions unless a specific condition is met
SB1096, with a couple of very specific exceptions, taking all "non-custodial federal monies" from the recipients and giving the funds to the legislature to appropriate any way it wants to. This one is proposed in nearly every session of the legislature.
SCR1012, asking the voters to expand the membership of the House of Representatives from 60 to 90. Each representative would be elected from a separate district, while each senate district would contain three house districts. As written, if approved by the voters, this change wouldn't take effect until 2033.
