OPINION:
Sometimes the desert can turn into a swamp. It happened last week in Phoenix, when Arizona politicians gathered for the end of the legislative session to tell their constituents one thing before proceeding to do the opposite.
There’s no better example of legislative legerdemain than the state House’s decision, by a 34-22 vote, to send Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs a bill banning speed cameras statewide. The measure’s goal is to “Ensure that the purpose of law enforcement remains to serve and protect and not to generate revenue for governments.”
Everything lawmakers did appeared to be proper and correct on the surface, but state Rep. Justin Wilmeth, Phoenix Republican, called out the shenanigans on the House floor. “This bill will pass, and it will get vetoed. We know that,” he said.
Two years ago, Ms. Hobbs cited fake photo enforcement industry statistics to justify vetoing an identical bill. Instead of