ELECTIONS
Cost for South Phoenix Light Rail Explodes to $1.35 BILLION Dollars
Yesterday when the City of Phoenix and Valley Metro announced that they had received a grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the South Phoenix light rail extension, they did not disclose to taxpayers that the projected cost to build the line has...
Phoenix Proposition 106 Will Help Fix the Phoenix Pension Crisis
The City of Phoenix has been living beyond their means for way too long. Their fiscal irresponsibility has led to a crushing $5.7 Billion in unfunded pension debt and no real plan on how to pay it off or honor their commitments to current or future retirees. The...
The Legislature Takes Aim at Election Integrity Reform
Every American, no matter their political party, should have a significant interest in the wholesale integrity of the election process. And yet the business of ensuring citizens voting is honest, clean and untampered with, has been a fiercely partisan issue,...
Arizona Voters Put a Definitive End to Clean Elections Scheme
The 2018 elections were filled with contentious candidate races and divisive politics. But one issue voters decisively agreed upon was Proposition 306, which ended the practice of publicly-financed candidates using their taxpayer money to enrich their political...
Clean Election System Abuse Continues as Candidates Funnel More Taxpayer Money to the Democrat Party
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission claims they care about keeping special interests out of the political process by providing candidates with taxpayer funds to run for office. But as was discovered in 2016 election cycle, politicians and political operatives know...
Free Enterprise Club Judicial Retention Recommendations
Today the Free Enterprise Club released our Judicial Retention recommendations for the 2018 ballot. Under Arizona’s merit selection system, judges periodically appear on the ballot for voters to determine if they should be retained. A ‘YES’ vote retains the judge, a...
What is Prop 306
Learn more about Arizona prop 306, a proposition voters will be voting on during this coming mid-term election process on November 6th, 2018. Find out what proposition 306 will change and take part in the conversation!
AZ Free Enterprise Club Announces General Election Endorsements
Phoenix, AZ (October 15th, 2018) – Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club announced its final slate of endorsements for the General Election. The endorsed candidates represent individuals who align with the organization’s principles and key policy goals. ...
Club Ballot Initiative Recommendations for 2018
With early ballots scheduled to be mailed later this week, the Free Enterprise Club has released our recommendations for each of the statewide initiatives on the November ballot. There are a total of five measures on this year's ballot, three of which are proposed...
Arizonans Should Retain Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and John Pelander
Since the 1970s, Arizona has appointed judges to the state Supreme Court based upon a merit selection system. An independent body of citizen-appointees recruit, interview, evaluate and select candidates for these higher courts and forward that slate of...
Reaction to Recent Supreme Court Rulings Prove Why Donor Privacy is so Important
If more evidence was needed to support the idea of donor privacy and anonymous speech in elections, the reaction by the left against the ‘Invest in Ed’ and ‘Outlaw Dirty Money’ court rulings should settle it. It’s been two weeks since the Arizona Supreme Court barred...
Vote Yes on Prop 306 to Stop Taxpayer Money for Political Parties
Currently, politicians can receive taxpayer funding for their political campaigns through a program operated at the Clean Elections Commission. Last election cycle it was discovered that politicians financing their campaigns with public funding quietly channeling...