NEWS UPDATES
Session Ends and Film Tax Subsidies Fail
The legislative session came to a close and the legislature saw fit not to send a film subsidy package to Gov. Brewer, who was expected to veto.
Movie Subsidies Still Breathing
The film tax credit bill (aka subsidies for movie producers) is still alive, even if barely. Seems some in the legislature are sympathetic to Sen. John Nelson's desire to ensure one industry become the beneficiary of massive tax breaks at the expense of everyone...
Club Opposes New Property Tax
The Club opposed HB2060, which would have allowed Paradise Valley and Litchfield Park (among other small towns) to implement a new property tax. The bill, pushed by the town of Paradise Valley, initially would have allowed the Town Council to implement the tax without...
Statement on Quality Education and Jobs Initiative
March 9, 2012 In response to the initiative filed today that would establish a new one-cent sales tax increase (once the temporary one-cent tax expires), Steve Voeller, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club released the following statement: “This initiative is...
Film Tax Credit Testimony
Consolidating Elections – HB2826
HB2826 would consolidate elections so that all elections occur in even number years on a regular election day. That's a good idea. Opponents of the bill, including Rep. Cecil Ash, argue that local governments should be allowed to have their elections whenever they...
HB2789 – Should the Legislature Set Policy or the Corporation Commission?
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Phoenix) is sponsoring a bill that would from here on out prohibit the Arizona Corporation Commission from establishing policy - in most cases energy policy - and instead leave the policy making duties to the legislature. Opponents of the bill...
Arizona and the Film Tax Credit Sequel
They are at it again. After multiple bad reports, and a program that ended (yes, a government program that actually ended), the film tax credit proponents are back. Only this time, instead of a silly five-year program, this time they want to make it 30 years. This...
Lean Forward
I watch MSNBC. I watch Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Matthews, the Ed Show - yes, I watched Olbermann when he was on MSNBC. Don't really know why, but I suppose it has more to do with a desire to see if the Left's best and brightest can strike a chord...
Coloradans Reject Tax Hike
In another sign that voters are becoming tougher critics on proposals to raise taxes, voters in Colorado overwhelmingly rejected an income and sales tax increase designed to direct additional money to public education. The proposal would have raised the state's flat...
Krugman at his best
Can't someone on the "This Week" roundtable bring this up? The Krugman Fallacy By Jonah Goldberg Posted on September 14, 2011 4:08 PM Stan, I’m afraid you’re heading down a blind alley. You cannot hold pre-NYT Economist Paul Krugman up to the current version....
Obama’s Policies Aren’t Working
Once in a while, seemingly when I need it most, I can't remember the list of President Obama's "big ticket" policy enactments. Thankfully, Michael Boskin listed them in a column in the Wall Street Journal on September 8, 2011: $825 billion stimulus package...