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Capitol Quotes: October 24, 2014
This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances from Arizona's political scene.
McNeil firing followed EEOC complaint on racial, gender comments
One day before Gov. Jan Brewer fired Arizona Department of Administration Brian McNeil, the Governor’s Office received a complaint filed against him with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that he’d created a hostile work environment by making inappropriate comments about an employee’s ethnicity and gender.
Attorney general challenges city election ruling
The Attorney General’s Office is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to review a lower court’s opinion invalidating a 2012 law that requires city elections to be held in even-numbered years.
Navajo Nation Council passes emergency language requirement repeal
Shortly after midnight last night, the Navajo Nation Council voted to scrap the longstanding requirement for the tribe’s president to be fluent in the Navajo Language. The eleventh-hour vote, approved 11-10 with one abstaining, clears a path for Chris Deschene to remain on the ballot. His qualifications had been challenged over his admittedly limited ability in speaking the Navajo language.[...]
Glass maker deals to exit Apple, Arizona plant
A deal between Apple Inc. and a synthetic sapphire glass maker that was gearing up to produce huge amounts of the product for Apple in an Arizona factory allows for the sale of more than 2,000 furnaces to repay Apple.
Report: Arizona ahead of the game on its after-school programs
Arizona ranked sixth in a new national report on the quality of after-school programs, with the state’s score driven by the large number of poor kids enrolled and by relatively high parental satisfaction.
Disqualified tribal candidate Deschene persists in campaign
A Navajo presidential candidate disqualified from the race is holding out hope that election officials and tribal lawmakers will provide a way for him to remain on the ballot, despite the long odds.
Arizona auditor general appointed to new 5-year term
An Arizona legislative panel has appointed the state's independent auditor general to a new 5-year term and awarded Debbie Davenport a 5 percent raise.
Sound and fury signifying…
For all the claims that Prop 122 will liberate Arizona from the federal government and the counterclaims that it will lead the state into a purgatory of sorts that would hamper the enforcement of federal laws, some legal experts say the constitutional amendment would have effectively no effect on anything at all.
Arizona poised to buy homes on West Valley Loop 202 extension route
Plans for a 22-mile extension of the Loop 202 freeway around the Phoenix area's southern edge are nearing final approval, and the owners of about 200 homes have been told to get ready to find new places to live.
Tribe’s high court orders candidate off ballot
A candidate for tribal president on the nation's largest Indian reservation lost another round in a language fluency dispute Wednesday, all but ending his bid for office.
Brewer creates Ebola preparedness panel
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has created a committee of health experts to develop and implement a plan to ensure the state is prepared if an outbreak of Ebola or other infectious diseases occurs.
