If there is any governor in the United States who has a horrendously acrimonious relationship with the state legislature they represent, it’s Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (D-AZ). A Democratic stalwart through and through with no efforts made to moderate on her part, her reign over the state has only been allowed to happen because the likes of Kari Lake and the fringe have destroyed the competency of the state Republican Party statewide. People in the state are still more Republican in nature and want to vote Republican, but the state party is making it increasingly hard when they refuse to present moderate or conservative faces instead of the fringe. Nevertheless, Hobbs received four negative stories in the past week compliments of various Republican figures. To underscore the depths of depravity that the governor has put her state through in just a short period of time, I’m going to touch on them briefly.
J.P. Twist on X: “Rough day for @GovernorHobbs https://t.co/NRP2c7w5kP” / X
The first story is more technical in nature, but generally reflects Hobbs’ do-it-myself attitude. She appointed several executives for positions for state agencies that have to go through the state Senate which is controlled by Republicans, dictating that she either compromises and moderates or fails to appoint her preferred members. Instead, she decided to change the name title and use some clever language arts skills to bypass the state Senate. When this order was struck down by a judge, this meant that Hobbs now had to go back to (gasp!) talking with legislators of a different persuasion and finding common ground. While not the most egregious story you’ve heard, the distrust between her and the state legislature can be felt in this series of actions.
Moving onto the touchier subjects, she also is facing backlash for taking $400,000 along with other Democrats from a group home that previously was citing financial hardships in operating costs. This also follows another story about how a donor to Hobbs who holds a state contract with her government received a bonus after donating to Hobbs’ inauguration fund. It’s here where people become irritated and angry about the financial motivations of government. Starting with the group home tangent, group homes are not political institutions that are in the business of choosing political parties to donate to, they are institutions for the needy and forgotten where they can find refuge. If the United States would generally recognize adoption laws need to be reformed to move away from blood relations being so tightly protected in favor of competency in parenting (namely liberalizing gay adoption, stop giving children back to drug addicted and abusive parents, allow surrogacy and in-vitro fertilization, etc.), the country would be in a better place regarding the most vulnerable segment in society.
Nevertheless, the same group home claiming financial hardships also has $400,000 just laying around in political donations. I have doubts that I as a private citizen could make that argument pass merit with the IRS if I just casually give thousands in donated funds to politicians while collecting welfare. The donor issue is also questionable, but the story writes itself so I’ll leave the rancor for your imagination.
The final story is relevant if you are a college student, and you want a quality education free of overt political bias influencing your instruction. There was a college instructor who opted out of teaching at the University of Arizona in journalism because she was serving as the press secretary for Katie Hobbs while teaching. When her own peers, who likely have liberal political views, were voicing concerns about her teaching and political activism at the same time, the students followed and voiced their own concerns leading to her exit. What makes this important to consider is that there may be other professors like her who have staunch liberal politics in positions of power who can effectively control someone’s destiny in academia boasting this influence. If you are a conservative and you want to talk about a pro-Israel message in a foreign politics class, how are you supposed to do so if you are worried about being failed by a professor whose open espousal of politics is well-known and the power differential places the student in an unfair position of submission to ideological compromise. In college, you are supposed to be challenged regarding your positions on a variety of subjects, but the freedom to dissent without the threat of failing for simple political disagreements should be guaranteed which couldn’t have been granted here.
U of A journalism professor leaves for governor’s office (tucson.com)
Update: Attorney General Kris Mayes (D-AZ) is investigating the alleged pay-to-play scheme by Gov. Hobbs (D-AZ). Whether or not this investigation goes anywhere is unclear, but Mayes could seriously be looking at the governorship and seeing Hobbs’ negative optics as her route to an easy promotion.
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