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Environmental Quality Weathers Storm, Gets 4-Year Extension
After a roller coaster ride through the House, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is tentatively approved for the next four years, double the time a House committee chose... […]
Retiring Revenue Director Was Straight-Up With Everyone
I would like to compliment you on your excellent piece regarding J. Elliott Hibbs. [Retiring Revenue Director Discusses Public Service, Former Governors And Striving For Government Fairness, April 8 issue]... […]
H2224 Is A Backdoor Tax Increase
A year ago Governor Napolitano’s Citizens Finance Review Commission suggested that voters should overturn Proposition 108, the constitutional provision mandating a two-thirds majority vote applying to any act that provides... […]
Cable TV Bill H2563 Puts Customers First
“The customer comes first” is an adage that all of us in the customer service business attempt to live by. Unfortunately, in the recent debate on H2563, The Cable Fee... […]
Guns In Bars Awaits Final Senate Approval
Legislation that would allow firearms to be carried into bars and restaurants by patrons — provided they do not drink alcohol there — is awaiting Senate approval on amendments made... […]
Lawmakers Question Focus Of Downtown Medical School
While the medical school that’s planned for downtown Phoenix awaits a start-up appropriation, two legislators are expressing concerns about the school’s focus and finances. Sen. Bob Cannell, D-24, and Rep.... […]
News File for the Week of April 18, 2005
Karen Smith has been named deputy director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Ms. Smith comes to the ADWR from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality where she served... […]
Smith Won’t Resign; CCEC May Go To Court
Rep. David Burnell Smith, R-7, has reiterated that he will not comply with the Citizens Clean Elections Commission directive that he resign his office for overspending his public campaign funding,... […]
Emergency Funding Authorization Bill Signed into Law
Governor Napolitano signed into law on April 11 legislation (S1457) that allows the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) of Arizona to enter into short-term emergency loan agreements with political subdivisions... […]
J. Elliott Hibbs
Retiring Revenue Director Discusses Public Service, Former Governors And Striving For Government...
