Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Bipartisanship lives in the Arizona legislature?

Rep. Rich Crandall, a Mesa Republican, had a very nice guest column in the Arizona Daily Star today thanking his liberal Democratic colleague from Tucson, Rep. Tom Prezelski, for his help on a bill to aid small bed and breakfasts. Prezelski realized that, being a Democrat in a Republican-controlled chamber, he wasn't likely to get any legislation passed that he introduced. So he met with Rep. Crandall and had him introduce the bill. Crandall could have taken all the credit. Many Republicans do this when they criticize Democratic legislators as ineffective because none of their bills ever pass, when the reality is that the Republican majority won't let Democrat-sponsored bills pass, no matter how good the idea. Kudos to Prezelski for sharing his good idea, and to Crandall for giving credit in Prezelski's hometown paper.

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