Requiring absolutism from friends, to the point of requiring them to not do their jobs or they won't be considered friends any longer, is an R trait.
NOT good company to be in.
From Axios, written by Jessica Boehm, dated 7/13/2022 -
Planned Parenthood AZ wants candidates to turn down police support
The political arm of Planned Parenthood Arizona is requiring candidates to either reject or return contributions from law enforcement organizations to receive an endorsement.
- Multiple politicians previously supported by Arizona's Planned Parenthood chapter did not receive endorsements ahead of the Aug. 2 primary.
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But Tempe council member Lauren Kuby, who is running for Arizona Corporation Commission, saw her endorsement rescinded after she supported the city's budget, which included funding for police.
Of note: The budget included $2 million less for the police department than the previous year's budget but did provide funding to fill nine sworn officer positions, AZcentral reported.
Kuby declined an interview but said in a statement to Axios that she's proud of her work "protecting reproductive freedom and abortion rights. This includes much work with Planned Parenthood."
- PPAA endorsed Kuby in her 2018 council election and included her on a list of endorsed candidates for this cycle until late last month.
Disclosure time: I've known and respected Councilwoman Kuby for years now, and have made financial contributions to her and signed her petition, and am proud to have done both.
Do we agree on everything? Of course not. Welcome to adulthood - good people can disagree on something and still be good people.
Two things that I've never doubted are her integrity and her work ethic - she'll make a *great* addition to the ACC.
Part of any elected official's job is crafting and voting on a budget for whatever entity that they've been elected to oversee.
Punishing an elected for doing their job is an R ideal; witness R criticisms of certain R electeds for failing to overturn the election results of 2020.
Personally, I'm also not a fan of accepting contributions from law enforcement organizations, but for practical reasons - I don't think that they're as influential as they once were - killing unarmed civilians and standing aside while people die will do that.
Dear Planned Parenthood (again):
Much as with Councilwoman Kuby, I've given your organization money in the past. Unlike with her, I won't give to you again.
At least, not until you remove your organizational cranium from your organizational butt.
Me
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