The Center for Arizona Policy

Lobbyist Group Going for Its 36th Anti-Abortion Law: Surprise Abortion-Clinic Inspections

The local lobbying organization best known for its fanatical anti-abortion proposals has finally come around with some anti-abortion legislation, after staying quiet for most of the legislative session.CAP apparently has Republican Representative John Kavanagh on a leash, since Kavanagh introduced t ... More >>

Bathroom Birther John Kavanagh Dumps Potty-Cop Bill, Still Wants to Regulate Toilets

Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has dumped his "bathroom birther" bill, which would have criminalized the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone's birth certificate doesn't match the sign on the door.Still, Kavanagh's not giving up -- he's got another proposal to ... More >>

Republican Lawmaker John Kavanagh's the Latest Person Targeted With Recall

Filing petitions to recall politicians is officially "in," now that yet another petition has been filed with the Secretary of State's Office, this one to recall Republican Representative John Kavanagh.Kavanagh's "bathroom birther" proposal is what sparked this one, according to a press release sent ... More >>

Bathroom Birther John Kavanagh Delays His Toilet-Police Bill

Republican Representative John Kavanagh delayed a hearing on his proposal on his "bathroom birther" proposal, which would criminalize the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone's birth certificate doesn't match the sign on the door.It just so happened that as Kavanagh tried to sneak this one ... More >>

Is John Kavanagh Arizona's Worst Legislator?

Republican Representative John Kavanagh of Fountain Hills has had quite the legislative session thus far.He kicked it off by announcing his support for repealing Arizona's voter-approved medical marijuana law, followed it up with vocal support of a bill that would protect Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the e ... More >>

Bathroom Birther: Lawmaker Wants People to Use Birth Certificate to Prove They're in the Right Bathroom

Republican Representative John Kavanagh apparently thinks people are incapable of selecting which bathroom they should do their business in.Kavanagh's proposing making it a crime to intentionally enter a public restroom if that restroom has a designated sex, and the person "is not legally classified ... More >>

Homophobes Freaking Out Over Proposed Ordinance Banning LGBT Discrimination

According to Arizona's most powerful homophobic organization, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is trying to let men "gain access" to little girls in bathrooms.Yes, the Center for Arizona Policy -- which claims pornography "has been linked" to rapes, child molestations, and serial killers and claims "homos ... More >>

Arizona's Total Child Deaths Go Down, but Homicides and Suicides Go Up

We just took a look at perhaps the most morbid report we've seen this year, with about 100 pages detailing how children died in Arizona in 2011.The Arizona Child Fatality Review Program released its 19th annual report today, and it includes a whole lot of statistics and trends, including the fact th ... More >>

Arizona Ballot Propositions: How to Vote Against (or With) Russell Pearce and His Ilk

Here's the thing about the propositions on the ballot for tomorrow's election: for the most part, they're boring, and at the end of the day, you may not really give a damn.Thankfully, people like ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce, Governor Jan Brewer, and the lobbyists from Center for Ari ... More >>

Doug Ducey Complains That Prop 204 Is Way Too Long at 15 Pages -- Single-Spaced

Don't like readin'? Then say hell no to Proposition 204, because that monster is 15 pages long. It practically makes War and Peace look like a pamphlet, and we might as well just vote on enacting the Lord of the Rings trilogy into law while we're at it.

Erik Twist, Charter School Headmaster, Blasts Prop 204 in E-mail to Parents, Opposition to Education Funding Initiative Partly Rooted in Theory It Might Fund Abortions

Erik Twist, the headmaster of a Phoenix charter school, blasted an e-mail to school parents outlining the reasons to vote against Proposition 204, an initiative estimated to generate about $1 billion a year mostly for education funding -- including for charter schools. It's causing a stir among som ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy's Theory on Prop. 204: It Creates a $100 Million Abortion Fund

Proposition 204, also known as the "Quality Education and Jobs Act," is a sales-tax measure that would keep the tax at the same level as the temporary increase voters approved in 2010.A common criticism is that the ballot language doesn't describe exactly where the expected $1 billion in revenue goe ... More >>

Yes on 204 Campaign: Proposition Doesn't Create Gigantic (or Any) Abortion "Slush Fund"

Despite what the Center for Arizona Policy is telling its supporters about Proposition 204, the Yes on 204 campaign says it won't create $100 million "slush fund" to pay for abortions -- or any sort of fund for abortions.In fact, Yes on 204 campaign officials say the estimated $100 million that woul ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy Claims Large Increase in Reported Abortions Is a Small Decrease

Despite the Arizona Department of Health Services reporting that the number of abortions increased about 26 percent from 2010 to 2011, the lobbying organization Center for Arizona Policy says the same numbers from DHS actually show a decrease in the number of abortions.CAP president Cathi Herrod say ... More >>

Anti-Abortion Laws Keep Getting Passed, but State Health Department Notes Large Increase in Reported Abortions

Just about every legislative session, the pro-choice crowd causes a stink with all the anti-abortion bills promoted by the Center for Arizona Policy, and the lobbying organization takes credit for nine such bills being passed into law since 2010.According to numbers released today by the Arizona Dep ... More >>

Cathi Herrod Unknowingly Tries to Link Republicans to Family Research Council Shooting

No one asked for lobbyist Cathi Herrod's opinion on the shooting of a security guard at the headquarters of the Family Research Council, but she gave it anyway.Herrod's the president of the Center for Arizona Policy -- one of the Family Research Council's state-level organizations -- and pointed to ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy Reminds Everyone Its Pathetic Laws Go Into Effect Today

Thanks to Center for Arizona Policy legislative council Josh Kredit, we were reminded today of all the mostly useless laws "supported" by CAP that are going into effect today.Kredit posted the list of CAP's bills that were passed by the Legislature and are going into effect today, which are a great ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Joins the Morality Cops in Hating on Strippers

If you really trust your local politicians (again, we'll pause for laughter), then they're really serious about hating on strippers.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released more local candidates' answers to their questionnaires for this year's elections, including county and city offi ... More >>

Do Republicans Really Want to Ban Porn and Tipping Strippers?

Many Republican candidates for state and federal office would like you to believe that they want people to go to prison for selling porn, and think tipping strippers should be illegal.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released the candidates' answers to their questionnaires for this ye ... More >>

ACLU Trying to Stop 20-Week Abortion Ban; Says "No Court Has Ever Upheld" Such a Law

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a complaint in Arizona Federal District Court Thursday to knock down the Arizona law that will make it illegal for women to receive an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The threshold was set as the point at which fe ... More >>

Republicans Tell Center for Arizona Policy Their Beliefs About Hardcore Porn, Strippers

If you trust politicians (ha, ha), then get this -- many local Republicans believe people need to go to prison for selling porn, and tipping strippers should be illegal.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released the candidates' answers to their questionnaires for this year's elections, ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 14, 2012

Center for Arizona Policy Now Concerned About People "Touching or Tipping" Strippers

For some reason, the lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy would like anyone running for a seat at the Legislature this year to tell the group whether they support banning the "touching or tipping" of strippers.The surveys, which are usually a good indication of the CAP morality cops' agenda fo ... More >>

A Homophobic Group Killed Arizona's Anti-Bullying Law

Atheists at Secular Coalition for Arizona Files IRS Complaint Over Center for Arizona Policy's Lobbying

There's a source to the religulous bills in the Arizona Legislature every year, and that source is called the Center for Arizona Policy.The atheists over at the Secular Coalition for Arizona have a problem with that, but it -- and other groups -- want Uncle Sam to see if there's a problem with their ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy Response to IRS Complaint (As Expected): The Atheists and Homosexuals Are Wrong

The Center for Arizona Policy has offered a response to the Internal Revenue Service complaint filed against it -- claiming the organization doesn't meet tax-exemption requirements -- and that response includes the exact three things we expected: they're atheists, homosexuals, and wrong.The Secular ... More >>

Jan Brewer Gives the Axe to Planned Parenthood Funding

Abortion still seems to be a top priority for Governor Jan Brewer and the Legislature, as the governor announced the signing of yet another bill that's not making Planned Parenthood happy at all.The governor signed House Bill 2800 into law late last week, which described in the broadest sense by the ... More >>

Rep. Steve Court Proposes Alcohol Ban at Strip Clubs, Plus Other Changes to Adult Businesses

​No happy hours at topless clubs for you -- not if State Rep. Steve Court, R-Mesa, has his way.Court, the Legislature's majority leader, introduced a bill today that targets strip clubs and other adult-oriented businesses with a ban on alcohol and private rooms. The proposed law also aims to regul ... More >>

Dysart Unified School District Sued by Child Evangelism Fellowship Over Flier Ban

The Dysart Unified School District has been slapped with a lawsuit by a local evangelical group over a policy that bans the distribution of fliers with a religious message.Dysart, which serves Surprise and El Mirage, allows other community groups to pass out fliers to students while unconstitutional ... More >>

Cary Dolego, Former Write-In Candidate for 2010 Governor's Race, Found Homeless in Ukraine After Failed Love Quest

Image: YouTube Cary Dolego, former Arizona write-in gubernatorial candidate, ended up homeless in the Ukraine after a failed matchmaking trip.​Cary Dolego, a former Green Party write-in candidate for the 2010 Arizona governor's race, was found among homeless people in a Ukrainian town last ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 18, 2010

Infertility Treatments Come Under Fire at the Arizona Legislature

Hot Links: Fire Bans, Plane Crashes, and Gun Rights

Starting today, the city of Phoenix has instituted a fire ban at city parks. Charcoal, wood, and open fires are not allowed in mountain preserves, and smoking outside vehicles is prohibited. However, propane and gas grills may be used in designated areas...A Valley homeless man named Greyson Malzac ... More >>

Iowa Ruling on Gay Marriage Unlikely to Affect Arizona, Says Pro-Ban Group

Today's approval of gay marriages by the Iowa Supreme Court isn't likely to impact Arizona, says a local group that helped see a ban on such marriages approved.Cathi HerrodNo legal challenges to the successful Proposition 102 are expected, says Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy. The law ... More >>

The $687,000 question

Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard. His neighbors aren't buying it

Siege Mentality

County Attorney Andrew Thomas is attempting to capitalize on a national trend by attacking local judges

Juicy Taco Hell

The Cards sure played like wimps last year, but essentially naming their stadium Pussy Park?!

Primary Post-Mortem

You know it was a weird election if The Spike is actually missing John McCain

Culture War Heroes

William Bennett and the right make might at a Scottsdale resort

Moral Sex

City Hall Puritans crack down on sex businesses. Expect the courts to decide if the new laws are constitutional.