By Tim Steller | Arizona Daily Star
You know that feeling you can get when some outsider criticizes a beloved but problematic friend or family member of yours?
You feel defensive, but you know there’s some truth to their point.
That’s what I felt when reading Rep. Ben Toma’s complaint to the Arizona Attorney General about Tucson’s new source-of-income ordinance. That ordinance prevents landlords from discriminating against renters on the basis of where they get their rent money — whether it’s a regular job or a Section 8 voucher or child support or what have you.
Toma, who is the incoming speaker of the state House, hit Tucson pretty hard in announcing his complaint, which challenges the legality of the ordinance under state law.
