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Lawmakers’ first duty: Show up and vote

Matt Bunk//January 5, 2010//[read_meter]

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Lawmakers’ first duty: Show up and vote

Lawmakers’ first duty: Show up and vote

Matt Bunk//January 5, 2010//[read_meter]

Here’s the simple mathematics of representative government: Arizona taxpayers pay for lawmakers to show up and vote on every bill in the Legislature. Now here’s the flaw in that equation:...

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