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Mesnard’s actions exclude the minority and reflect only one point of view
Mr. Mesnard’s decision to send his proposal only to Republicans is highly exclusive and only propagates the dysfunction that is inherent in a system government that considers only one point of view, like the Arizona Legislature.
From intern to speaker: J.D. Mesnard rises to the top at the House of Representatives
When Javan “J.D.” Mesnard first showed up at the Capitol in 2002, he was a messy-haired 21-year-old music composition major who had quit his job as a pizza delivery driver.
Mesnard likely to become new House speaker
Rep. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, appears to have locked up the votes to become the next speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives.
House members play coy as Mesnard and Mitchell vie to become next speaker
UPDATE: Republican Rep. J.D. Mesnard has apparently locked up the support necessary to become the next speaker of the House. Twenty-one Republican lawmakers and candidates who are likely to win their races in November – a definite majority of the future House GOP caucus – have publicly committed to supporting him.
Would-be speakers of the House are courting the not-yet elected
Republican Reps. J.D. Mesnard and Darin Mitchell, along with Republican Sen. Don Shooter, who is planning to move from the Senate to the House this year, are all seeking the top post in the House.
Expansion may not have big effect on Supreme Court rulings, experts say
Legal experts say the addition of two new justices to the Arizona Supreme Court will hardly be noticeable as long as the panel that screens judicial applicants remains free of politics.
No grand bargain, but still gains for Supreme Court in expansion plan
A grand bargain that the Arizona Supreme Court hoped to strike over the proposed addition of two new justices never materialized as lawmakers approved the court’s expansion in exchange for more modest gains.
Budget ties court funding to additional Supreme Court justices
Arizona courts won’t get a million dollars in funding for new probation officers unless Republican legislative leaders get their way and add two new justices to the state Supreme Court under the budget to be introduced today.
Nobody wants flex loans except out-of-state lenders
Representative J.D. Mesnard is wrong. Arizonans do not want payday lenders’ “flex loans.”
When is a benefit like sick leave not only a benefit?
A legislative attempt to stop Arizona cities and towns from regulating employee benefits hinges on the meaning of the word “benefit.”
