The attempt at dodging a constitutional spending limit was the original sin.
Category Archives: Ballot Measures
Why aren’t teacher salaries already much higher?
Teacher pay lags behind overall K-12 funding increases. Over a billion dollars a year is now earmarked for teacher pay, but the boost hasn’t been as much as it should be.
State high court invites more ballot summary litigation
In explaining why Prop. 208 got to stay on the ballot after its 2018 version was booted off, the court sought to clarify the rules for those drafting intiatives. Instead, it muddied the waters further.
Troubling details in the legal marijuana initiative
From forbidding the regulation of smoked weed potency to waving away consititutional spending limits, the details of Prop. 207 are concerning.
Little reward for Prop. 208’s big gamble
If Prop. 208 passes, Arizona K-12 education system won’t be noticeably different. Marginal gains aren’t worth the risk to Arizona’s economy.
Billions in automatic spending is bad governance
Props 207 and 208 would continue an unhealthy trend of appropriating outside the general fund and the legislative process.
Legal weed initiative contains significant overreaches
Criminal penalties for marijuana use should be eliminated. But the self-dealing in Prop. 207 is hard to swallow.
Prop. 208’s huge economic gamble
The Invest in Ed ballot proposition would give Arizona the ninth highest individual income tax rate in the country. That’s not encouraging company to be joining.
Prop. 105 would accomplish one big thing
While there is much to dislike in Prop. 105, it will stop Phoenix from pouring good money after bad in fixed rail.
Prop. 106 is a useful prod on pension debt
Given how deeply Phoenix’s pension programs are underwater, modest spending restraint to prioritize reducing pension debt is a prudent course.