Former state legislator Liz Harris’ supporters are furious with the Maricopa County Oversight Board, which they informed board members about on Wednesday, one of whom said a Phoenix City Council member was in a board meeting. Devil when you open.
Arizona State House of Representatives Expelling Harris on April 12 For inducing a woman to make unsubstantiated criminal allegations against state or local officials Senate and Senate Election Committees on Feb. 23after that lied to the House Ethics Committee About her prior knowledge of the presentation.
Last week, the Republican Commission of the 13th Legislative District, which Harris previously served as president, nominated three to Harris’ seats in Congress. The candidate was Harris himself. with two of her allies, Steve Steele, Julie Willoughby. District 13 includes parts of Chandler and Gilbert.
Harris’ supporters attended Wednesday’s meeting of the Maricopa County Supervisory Board, hurling barbs at the board and urging its members to put Harris back in her seat, which seems highly unlikely. It’s not.
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James Arton, one of the 13th Republican constituency commissioners, has asked the board to expedite the process of appointing Harris to the ousted seat.
“I respectfully ask you to restore Rep. Harris to his rightful place in the Arizona House of Representatives as soon as possible,” Arton told the board.
He added that he believed her expulsion from the House of Representatives was a grave violation of due process against the will of the people. A two-thirds supermajority of the House of Representatives agrees, and members can be expelled.
Chris Hamlett, who lost his candidacy for the Mesa School Board in November, told his supervisor that he believed Harris was illegally expelled from the House and should reinstate her.
“The will of the people was to put Liz Harris in that position,” Hamlet said, adding that everyone in the country believed “Maricopa County and this board are the most corrupt in the country.” .
I chased Hamlet New Phoenix City Councilman Kevin Robinson, offered a short prayer at the start of Wednesday’s meeting for not finishing the prayer, “acknowledge our Lord and Savior.” In prayer, Robinson asked for blessings and goodwill for the conference, asking conference participants to prove themselves worthy citizens of the United States of truth, fellowship, and devotion to service. He ended the prayer by saying, “Thank you.”
Hamlet called the prayer “disgust.”
“He must have been praying to the devil,” said Hamlet. “Next time, instead of being such an idiot, a man of God should come here and pray.”
Supervisors Bill Gates and Clint Hickman both defended Robinson.
“He deserves respect,” Gates said of Robinson, adding that Robinson had worked for the Phoenix Police Department for 36 years. “It was offensive to suggest that Robinson was a man of God rather than a good man.”
Robinson did not immediately respond to Miller’s request for comment.
Another Harris supporter, Phoenix’s Dennis Babayan, recalled that all of the supervisors had sworn to uphold the Constitution, and she believed that failing to get Harris re-elected would violate that oath. He added that there are
“In my memory, it is treason,” said Babayan.
Cynthia Sullivan, a Harris supporter in Cave Creek, noted that Harris was by far the most popular candidate when the District 13 committee voted to replace her last week.
“Liz Harris is someone voters want to represent her in their district,” Sullivan said.
Harris also attended the meeting, but did not speak to the supervisor.
Maricopa County community activist Blue Crowley advised the board to take time in appointing Harris’ replacement.
“There’s no rush to book,” Crowley said. “Please be very careful.”
State law does not require the county supervisor to appoint a successor within a specified period of time.
Ahead of Wednesday’s meeting, a website urging conservatives to rally as supporters of Harris falsely told her supporters that the board would appoint a replacement for Harris on that day, prompting her to attend the meeting to protest. The board took no action on Harris’ appointment during the meeting.
Her appointment is not on the Board’s agenda, and the Board cannot vote on anything not posted for public review.
The board’s next meeting is scheduled for the week of May 8, but Maricopa County spokesman Fields Moseley told Miller that supervisors would be ready to make a decision by then. I said I can’t say if there is.
