Queen Creek councilman collecting signatures to oppose legislation expanding school vouchers

Paul Case, left, signs a petition to put SB 1431 — the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, or school vouchers, bill — on the 2018 ballot. Queen Creek councilman Robin Benning, right, collected signatures May 24 outside the Queen Creek Branch Library. /Independent Newspapers/Wendy Miller

By Wendy Miller | Queen Creek Independent

“Have you heard of SB 1431? Would you be willing to sign a petition to oppose it?”

Visitors to Queen Creek Branch Library, 21801 S. Ellsworth Road, were greeted by those questions May 25 asked by a Queen Creek councilman who wants to see the state bill placed on the 2018 ballot.

Robin Benning stood outside the library in triple-digit weather during two shifts — around lunchtime, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and again during early evening, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. He talked to anyone of voting age, asking them to sign the petition being circulated by Save Our Schools.

The latter is a statewide, grassroots group of Arizona citizens who want the state to prioritize public education, according to its Website:

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