Rebecca Rios!

Dear Readers,

I'm trying to get involved in local politics a little more, and I'm trying to figure out how local politics works. Turns out that everybody lives in a legislative district as well as a congressional district. For example, I live in legislative district 23 and congressional district 6, in Arizona.

I've known about my Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain my Representative Jeff Flake for a long time. But I had no idea who my uh... gosh I don't even know the term, you know... the state representative, who serves in the Arizona state House of Representatives, not the U.S. House of Representatives. I guess the term is "legislator", even though the U.S. Senators and Representatives are all sort of called legislators also...

Well, turns out my state Senator is Rebecca Rios. I don't know very much about her, but I think I'd like to vote her out of office. Here's why:

1] She's a Democrat.

2] She majored in social work at college, and those people, um... well, come on, social workers, you know, they tend to lean to the left.

3] She's divorced. She says she loves focusing on children's issues, and families, but her own family is out of order. (I know, I know, Ronald Reagan was divorced, too. And I know I'm being slimy by bringing up her personal life, but hey, this is just one reason among many reasons, OK? Gosh, back off a little bit. I know that sometimes divorce is the best solution to a really horrible marriage, and blah blah blah. But I don't know about you, but I like politicians like Mitt Romney and Rand Paul and Jeff Smith who have been married to the same woman for a long time. A long marriage shows commitment, traditional values, etc.)

4] From what I can tell, she's never had a long-term job in the private sector. I think she's worked for government agencies and non-profits for her whole life. I want politicians who have run businesses. Right after college she became a politician. Her Dad was one, too.

5] She's pro-choice.

6] When asked, "Who is your favorite historical figure?" She answered, "I'm going to go modern and say Barack Obama" Um, I think that's reason enough to want to kick her out of office, don't you?

That's enough for now.

Today's blog entry was brought to you by the URLs

http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2010/05/05/clean-elections-profile-sen-rebecca-rios

and

http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=3107

and

http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/12/upclose-with-rebecca-rios/

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa