Arizona lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would give Cochise County supervisors the opportunity to expand.
Each of Arizona's 15 counties is governed by an elected board of supervisors. Although Cochise County is not a large population, U.S. Rep. Gail Griffin says the county is large and argues that five supervisors would be better than the three currently available to the board.
“They cannot discuss private matters because they are the majority and they have to speak in public. The three-member board cannot conduct business outside of meetings and cannot do anything. You may want to discuss that,” Griffin said.
Ultimately, Griffin's bill would leave it up to Cochise County's three current supervisors to decide whether to ask voters whether to expand the size of the board.
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Landed in Cochise County.
Eight counties in Arizona have five county supervisors, and seven other counties have three county supervisors.
“Arizona became a state in 1912, but in the 1950s we had air conditioning and people moved here. We also limited the size of a lot of government agencies in the ’50s,” Alexander said.・Congressman Kolodin said. “Congress hasn't really expanded since the 1950s. As a result, I represent 10 times as many people as members did at the time of our founding.”
He voted in favor of the bill, saying it would give Cochise County residents more representation.
Two of Cochise County's three supervisors were indicted by a grand jury in November for delaying the certification of the county's 2022 election results.
