Of course she could have said "no"... but she didn't, and so Arizona lost the best governor we'd had in years. Adding insult to injury, she was replaced by a republican who has now provided us with an unchecked republican legislature. In the past week, they cut I forget how many million from education in the buget, sixty-two, I think, cut funding for all kinds of social services, passed a new "flat tax" which of course benefits the wealthiest of the wealthy, and added a full one cent to our sales tax. There's the republican "economy" fix. But they weren't done just yet. In a sneaky move* they quietly met and passed a sweeping anti-choice measure which makes more stringent than the already strict rules on minors getting abortions, stiffens the penalty for "late term" abortion, even if the mother's health is involved, requires a 24 hour waiting period after a patient has gone to see a physician and said they want an abortion, and affirmed the rights of facilities to refuse to provide abortions, and a whole host of other things which diminish Roe. I know some here, or at least previously here, applaud that sort of thing -- I'm not included in that group.  

I've been watching for months now what happens when a republican legislature no longer feels reined in by the possibility of a democratic governor's veto, and I'm here to tell ya it ain't purty.

Arizona's proposed 2010 budget is perhaps the worst this state has ever seen -- it hurts everyone but the wealthy and advantaged, and actually enhances their already happy lot at the expense of the poor and middle classes.

I'm glad Janet has taken a prudent and reasonable approach from the federal perspecitve to our border/immigration issues as well as protection of nuclear facilities and a host of other things, but damn, we sure miss her presence here...