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PHOENIX – With an apparent disregard towards the state’s fiscal woes, Attorney General Terry Goddard has spared his office from sharing painful budget cuts being suffered throughout Arizona and has sided with a group suing the state which could end up costing Arizona millions.
In response to Governor Brewer’s request that each state agency provide proposals that reflect reductions of 5% up to 20% of their 2010 operating budget, Attorney General Goddard’s office declined to make any reductions stating that they are “differently situated than agencies with leaders appointed by the Governor.”
Each state agency has complied, including the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Corporation Commission and State Mine Inspector all of whom are independently elected like Attorney General Goddard. This leaves the Attorney General as the only state official failing to cooperate and contribute any proposal to the budget talks.
“It is astonishing that our Attorney General is either unaware of the state’s fiscal crisis or thinks that his office should be immune to the reductions being incurred by other state agencies,” said Chairman Pullen. “Mr. Goddard’s rationale seems to be that the Attorney General’s office with ‘growing caseloads’ should be exempt from any reductions. That is a slap in the face of those people being asked to do more with less, and to Arizonans who are struggling during this difficult time. The Attorney General’s flat refusal to offer any cost-saving measures and make a contribution to the budget negotiations, is either dismissive of our economic problems, or sheer arrogance.”
In addition to Mr. Goddard’s stance on providing no proposals to cut spending, the Attorney General has also taken a position in direct opposition to the state Legislature, Superintendant of Public Instruction and Governor in regard to the Flores case which could add tens of millions of dollars in additional costs for the state’s already overburdened taxpayers. Mr. Goddard’s actions leave the state without a chief litigator defending Arizona against such lawsuits. In fact, the State had to hire outside attorneys to defend itself.
Arizona’s court case seeks the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court decision which ruled that the law which outlines funding for English-language-learner programs was illegal.
“For Arizona’s Attorney General to be representing a view at odds with that of the state’s legislative leaders, clearly exceeds his constitutional authority and is a blatant attempt to undermine the will of the elected representatives in the House and Senate while ignoring Arizona’s education experts.”
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