This is an open letter to the Arizona Legislature: Please beware who you tick off. I wouldn’t go after police and fire–you know, those first responders that are heros in our culture. I wouldn’t go after hard-working people who are struggling to keep their families together. I wouldn’t…..oh wait, you already have; you’ve already filed 4 different bills to destroy unions in Arizona for public employees. Do you think this is cute? Are you trying to out-Wisconsin, Wisconsin?
Beware: The hardworking people of Arizona might decide to out-Wisconsin, Wisconsin themselves. In reaction to that state’s efforts to destroy unions, the people collected a million signatures to recall the governor–a MILLION–and nearly another million to recall three Republican Senators who had led the charge–ANOTHER MILLION. So many people signed that it represents about 25 percent of every registered voter in that state. Wow, that’s people power.
And Arizona knows something about people power itself. So dear lawmakers, please beware because these are not the people you want to tick off.