Politics in Arizona

Oct 22 - State Senator John McComish gave us an overview of state politics from his perspective. John is running again in District 18. He has been in the house for 6 years and the senate for 2. He told us that the legislature has set aside $450 M as a "rainy day" fund and hopes to double that in the next year because the state will need it in 3 years. In addition he's been trying to improve the sales tax collection process which is very antiquated. John told us that there is way too much negative campaigning and he would like to see it stop. Happily, he is optimistic that it will indeed, stop because the public is getting "numbed" by the ads. John went to to explain that unfortunately the negative ads focus on half truths or statements taken out of context.  John spent time at the end of this presentation to answer several questions from the group. John's presentation was unbiased and informative and was well received.  Thank you John.