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Opinion: Gov. Katie Hobbs is dreaming if she thinks her veto of the Republicans’ Proposition 400 transportation tax plan will prompt them to compromise. Here’s what she should do.
Laurie Roberts
Arizona Republic
As expected, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has nixed the Republicans’ alternative plan to put their version of a Proposition 400 transportation sales tax extension on the ballot.
It is, by my count, her 5,241st veto of Republican priorities.
OK, so that’s maybe a slight exaggeration. But not by much.
“I just vetoed the partisan Prop. 400 bill that fails to adequately support Arizona’s economic growth and does nothing to attract new business or create good-paying jobs,” Hobbs said on Tuesday. “I strongly encourage the Legislature to vote on the compromise supported by a bipartisan majority in the House and Senate, business and labor leaders, and Maricopa County mayors.”
What’s the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?
Gov. Hobbs should lead an end-around
The far right Republicans who clearly call the shots in this Legislature aren’t going to defer to the judgment of every mayor and every tribal government in Maricopa County — the ones who worked for several years to put together a regional transportation plan aimed at accommodating the explosive growth headed our way.
