Dan Grimm from Mesa, 10-02-09

Sam Moorhead of Globe, 10-02-09

From the AP:

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blockquote>PHOENIX--A prominent business advocacy group has withdrawn its endorsement of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's proposal for a temporary sales tax increase to help balance the state budget.

The Arizona Tax Research Association said Monday it dropped its support partly because Brewer vetoed some spending cuts that she said would devastate vital services.

Kudos to the Yuma Sun. Print dailies rarely editorialize in favor of spending cuts:

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blockquote>That means the earliest a sales tax increase could go on the ballot, presumably through a voter initiative, would be in the election in November 2010. Even it that were to happen, the governor has acknowledged it would not help with the state's current fiscal shortfall. A tax increase that does not help the situation makes no sense.

Mitchell Protest, 09-26-09

Mitchell Protest, 09-26-09b

This is from a letter (and an email) I wrote today to Dr. Bob England, the Maricopa County Health Director:

Dear Dr. England:

When I talked with him over the summer, Supervisor Kunasek suggested that I relay to you my concerns about Maricopa County’s current plans for coordinating with the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) in preparing for epidemics.