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No, we aren't thankfully. The jury is still out on the future.
It's all in how you look at it. Arizona ranks 45th in the nation in public education. Arizona is ranked 49th per capita in state higher education funding. Arizona ranks 50th for public access to mental health care. Those are a few examples.
Don't misunderstand me. I like living here. We can do, and have done, better.
Arizona is in many ways moving in the wrong direction, however. Our governor, a Tea Partisan - who was elected due to huge amounts of dark money - has an approval rate of 35%. Under his small government :roll: approach municipalities cannot pass many local laws without state government approval. Want to establish a minimum wage for your city? Not without State approval. Want to outlaw plastic shopping bags in your town? No can do without State approval. And the State has already told Tempe that it may not.
How about this? Local governments that are reported for violating laws by any state legislator must be investigated by the State Attorney General. This essentially has given every state legislator a huge political trudgeon to hold over every city government in his or her (gerrymandered) district. Lovely, innit?
The governor and the Tea Party legislature are "Brownbacking" the state. It is a work in unprogress, check back with us a year from now.
Thanks for agreeing with solletica's mindnumbingly ignorant rant about conservatism.