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:
