LD7 Meeting

At the meeting tonight, we heard from the new Senate Majority Leader Andy Biggs. Some key points he made are that government overspending is built into much of our economy, so cutting back will be painful. However, not cutting back now will lead to financial disaster. We will be much better off taking some short term pain  now to avoid having our economy collapse later.

He also said that his budget would be presented to the Senate tomorrow and that House Speaker Kirk Adams agreed to support it. The budget is balanced, avoids accounting gimmicks, and prepares the state for when the extra 1% sales tax ends. The major opposition (other than the Democrats) if Gov. Napolitano Brewer who does not want such steep spending cuts and has threatened to veto any budget with too many cuts.

Representatives David Smith and Heather Carter both talked about what is happening in the legislature. An email update from Senator Nancy Barto was read since she was unable to make it to the meeting.

Constantine Querard, LD16 Chairman and very successful Conservative Republican political consultant, talked about the Arizona Conservative Club which was formed to help finance conservative Republican political campaigns. For more information, go to http://www.arizonaconservativeclub.org/