Fodder for Follow-up: How Bad Could the Legislature Make Things?

Though your article “Razing Arizona” (Oct. 21) provided a nice summary of how our governor and Legislature have been decimating our state with their legislative policies, I would have appreciated a more detailed look at what our future will look like if their policies continue.

Is it possible, for example, that our state will go bankrupt given the massive deficits and the probability that our state government will further cut taxes? And what would happen if it did go bankrupt? Would the federal government have to step in and run things? Or, conversely, if the state avoids bankruptcy by radically cutting public services—which is what lawmakers are promising—is there a minimum level of public services that must be provided according to federal law? What, for example, would happen if public-health expenditures reach such a low level that communicable diseases become a threat? Or if police services are cut back so much that the state becomes a haven for criminals?

Maybe I’m being overly pessimistic about our state’s future, but I believe that a follow-up article answering these questions might be necessary.

Greg Evans

A Comment From a Reader at TucsonWeekly.com

Regarding the Oct. 28 issue:

“Vote the Democratic Ticket.” “Jesse Kelly: Bullshit Artist.”

TW: The alternative to bland daily journalism in the Sonoran Desert? Nope—unhinged lefty bourgeois rag. Restaurant reviews are the only thing worth reading.

—TT

Correction

In “A Taste of the Tropics” (Chow, Oct. 21), we said that CeeDee’s Jamaican Kitchen is located in the former Bread and Butter Café location; actually, CeeDee’s is in the old Coffee Pot Café location. The Bread and Butter Café is alive and well on 22nd Street. We apologize for the mistake.

This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.

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  2. As to Greg Evans points – our governor and legislature have been devestating our state yet our “informed” citizenry just sent Jan Brewer back to Phoenix for a full term and more Republicans than ever to serve in the legislature.

    The majority of the people of this state got what they deserved because they voted with blinders on – not for what’s good for the State of Arizona – but I believe it was simply a case of “we hate Democrats so much we refuse to vote for them”.

    There is an old saying…You can’t keep doing the same thing over and over and expect to get different results.

  3. I find it amazing how willing people are to sacrifice the liberty of their fellow citizens, as long as they themselves aren’t affected. So let’s just keep building those private prisons, and filling up those beds. Because, you know, all the money being made will trickle down to you eventually.

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