Hi everyone
I just wanted to post on here the letter that I submitted to the AZ Republic, East Valley Tribune, and the Ahwatukee Footlhills News.
SCR 1001 written by Senator John Huppenthal (R) and co-sponsored with Senator Jack Harper (R) is a very thinly veiled attempt at quashing the voice of the People of the Great State of Arizona. This bill is an attempt to amend The State of Arizona Constitution by taking away the right of the people to bring forth citizen initiatives to be voted on freely by the People of the State of Arizona. One of the ‘checks and balances’ afforded by the democratic process is the voice of the people to stand up and have a voice in the way our laws are written. When our lawmakers take the initiative to forge their own agendas on their constituents, the people can stand up and help to bring a change to the laws. The framers of The State of Arizona Constitution made that provision in such a way for Citizen Initiatives to ‘check and balance’ our elected officials.
SCR 1001 would amend to State Constitution by taking away the people’s right to act independently of the legislature. It would also amend the constitution by requiring the citizen initiative be first introduced in the state legislature where it would be subject to legislative consideration and enactment.
SCR 1001 is a dangerous piece of legislation that will, in fact, take away the citizen’s voice along with their right to have a say in the direction in the laws of the Great State of Arizona. Senators Huppenthal and Harper are proposing to strip the right of the people to freely have a say in the way our laws are written. It would also take away a fundamental right to vote for the citizen intitive in the most sacred way we are guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
Hope it gets printed!
Joe
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