http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/brewer-vetoes-arizona-bill-to-limit-state-spending/ Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics Fri, 17 May 2013 21:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/brewer-vetoes-arizona-bill-to-limit-state-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-79139 Colorado Voters’ Power of the Purse | The TABOR Foundation.org Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:50:16 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/brewer-vetoes-arizona-bill-to-limit-state-spending/#comment-79139 [...] Proponents argue that Colorado saw unprecedented levels of growth in the years after TABOR went into effect and that the fact that it’s ranked 15th in the country in per capita income shows that TABOR works to foster economic growth and wealth. The Bell Policy Institute says that happened in spite of, not because of, TABOR: The state’s population was one of the fastest growing in the country, and the growth in income began before TABOR passed. Other states seem to agree. When Arizona tried to pass a similar law this year, Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the measure. “We should learn from the state of Colorado that experimented with a similar measure, and failed,” Brewer wrote in her veto letter. [...] [...] Proponents argue that Colorado saw unprecedented levels of growth in the years after TABOR went into effect and that the fact that it’s ranked 15th in the country in per capita income shows that TABOR works to foster economic growth and wealth. The Bell Policy Institute says that happened in spite of, not because of, TABOR: The state’s population was one of the fastest growing in the country, and the growth in income began before TABOR passed. Other states seem to agree. When Arizona tried to pass a similar law this year, Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the measure. “We should learn from the state of Colorado that experimented with a similar measure, and failed,” Brewer wrote in her veto letter. [...]

]]> http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/brewer-vetoes-arizona-bill-to-limit-state-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-79018 Colorado Voters’ Power of the Purse | Bear Market Investments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:13:33 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/brewer-vetoes-arizona-bill-to-limit-state-spending/#comment-79018 [...] Proponents argue that Colorado saw unprecedented levels of growth in the years after TABOR went into effect and that the fact that it’s ranked 15th in the country in per capita income shows that TABOR works to foster economic growth and wealth. The Bell Policy Institute says that happened in spite of, not because of, TABOR: The state’s population was one of the fastest growing in the country, and the growth in income began before TABOR passed. Other states seem to agree. When Arizona tried to pass a similar law this year, Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the measure. “We should learn from the state of Colorado that experimented with a similar measure, and failed,” Brewer wrote in her veto letter. [...] [...] Proponents argue that Colorado saw unprecedented levels of growth in the years after TABOR went into effect and that the fact that it’s ranked 15th in the country in per capita income shows that TABOR works to foster economic growth and wealth. The Bell Policy Institute says that happened in spite of, not because of, TABOR: The state’s population was one of the fastest growing in the country, and the growth in income began before TABOR passed. Other states seem to agree. When Arizona tried to pass a similar law this year, Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the measure. “We should learn from the state of Colorado that experimented with a similar measure, and failed,” Brewer wrote in her veto letter. [...]

]]> http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/brewer-vetoes-arizona-bill-to-limit-state-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-60614 State Rep. Debbie Lesko Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:23:18 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/28/brewer-vetoes-arizona-bill-to-limit-state-spending/#comment-60614 When the Governor proposed a spending limit plan very similar to mine in her executive budget proposal in January, 2011, I was very optimistic. I thought that the State of AZ would be able to implement a plan that would have government live within its means and provide a mechanism to pay down our state debt. After all, I had met with the Governor's office, JLBC (Joint Legislative Budget Committee) and others on developing good spending limit legislation since September, 2010. After months of analyzing different proposals, I was disappointed that a brand new, totally different proposal was presented by the Governor's office at the last minute that would not have been supported by the legislature. Therefore I decided to proceed with the original plan. If our state had a spending limit in place when revenues were rolling in back in 2006, our state wouldn't be in the financial mess it is in now. I will continue to work with the Governor's office to develop a plan that both she and the legislature can support. When the Governor proposed a spending limit plan very similar to mine in her executive budget proposal in January, 2011, I was very optimistic. I thought that the State of AZ would be able to implement a plan that would have government live within its means and provide a mechanism to pay down our state debt. After all, I had met with the Governor’s office, JLBC (Joint Legislative Budget Committee) and others on developing good spending limit legislation since September, 2010. After months of analyzing different proposals, I was disappointed that a brand new, totally different proposal was presented by the Governor’s office at the last minute that would not have been supported by the legislature. Therefore I decided to proceed with the original plan. If our state had a spending limit in place when revenues were rolling in back in 2006, our state wouldn’t be in the financial mess it is in now. I will continue to work with the Governor’s office to develop a plan that both she and the legislature can support.

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