If you were among The Range readers who called Gov. Jan Brewer to request that she veto the bill that would allow for electronic billboards on Arizona highways, congrats! You made a difference.
Brewer vetoed House Bill 2757 yesterday, saying that she was mindful “of Arizona’s unique position as a national leader in astronomy and stargazing, thanks to our dark skies. Arizona is fortunate to be home to important astronomy installations across the state, including the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Kitt Peak National Observatory, outside Tucson, and Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford and managed by the University of Arizona. The astronomy industry has invested $1.2 billion in Arizona, represents more than 3,300 jobs and has an estimated economic impact of $250 million a year.
“I simply refuse to place all of this in jeopardy,” Brewer said in her veto letter.
Brewer added she was willing to consider some kind of compromise, but we’ll see whether that comes together as lawmakers work to wind down the session.
We’re delighted that Brewer vetoed the bill—and we’re sure we’ll be asking readers to make more phone calls to the governor in the near future, so stay tuned!
This article appears in Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2012.
Count me truly shocked. Truly!
Still have the stupid things up in Tempe and Phoenix, very distracting when driving
Two in The New York Times today:
I am independent write-in candidate for president. I have posted at least 150 comments but I’m not verified. It’s the price I pay as candidate for president. Sense over ship.
I have the best Health Care Plan. We access ourselves two loose pennies out of pocket for every fast food, Walmart Target, supermarket purchase and reward this voluntary gratuity to the bottom end help.
Two voluntary pennies for every item purchased puts a dollar for every hour worked into Medical Assurance Accounts that will cover more than 25 million people.
Out of that weekly Medical Assurance Account $5 goes to Catastrophic Illness Pool. 12 million X 5 X in 6 weeks = $360 million dollars for transplants, heart attacks, baby births, broken legs and preexisting conditions. Outsiders shall be invited to join the pool.
Expect a giant migration from insurance co.’s to my Health cooperative commonly funded by our loose pennies. Given the space I can explain how this program benefits the whole nation with every single person in USA covered at half the projected cost of Obama Care.
Today’s essay is the Supreme Coats. I’m 20 days away from submitting my cases that according to an Act of Congress must be heard by the Supreme Coats at the top of their docket.
I have a constitutional right to deliver a nationwide speech on PBS. Besides challenging ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and PBS licenses, I’m representing the speech rights of all American people.
http://youtu.be/Jgmfcd_zY_Y
http://michaelslevinson.com
and
The overwhelming majority of people in this country are independent. More than half acknowledge party membership in one breath and the next state they vote the person not the party.
In both parties the rabid base is narrow in numbers and spirit. People want reasonable solutions, not eye glazing bogus policies.
The two parties’ electoral politics is a mix of charades, musical chairs, American Idol and Jeopardy, the contestants auditioning for world leader in two minute time slots.
The country will vote for a decent independent over the party choices and between today and the election there could be a giant upheaval.
I am an independent write-in candidate for president. I say in the event you cannot be bothered learning how to write in my name you don’t deserve to have me your leader.
The day does not pass that when I say that write-in comment to someone they fail to ask me for my card. Half the time I don’t even have to say what I stand for and the person blurts out, “You’ve got my vote.” Especially when I say ‘independent, ‘ an insight why I always precede my name:
I speak i win
http://michaelslevinson.com
This is something that progs and cons cn agree on…..