Proposal to split Maricopa County into 4 counties approved by House committee

, creating three new counties containing most of the suburbs.

Speaking after the meeting, House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, told The Arizona Republic that while he had initially asked proponents if the bill was introduced in response to the 2020 elections he doesn’t think that’s the case. The bill appears to address how large the county is and seeks to make it easier to move through the bureaucratic process and better serve residents, he said.

Rep. Alma Hernandez, D-Tucson, said she didn’t see how the bill would address any perceived issues raised, and it would be costly to taxpayers. He told lawmakers at Wednesday's hearing that he has worked to"rightsize" his office to meet the current and future workload. “Any attempt to paint this as retaliation on or retribution … is pure conspiracy theory,” Hoffman said.

Yeahhhhhhh…. No

The people will decide now and at the end!

They know it’s going Blue and are trying to get ahead of it.

Still a long shot at happening… in principle I am not against it. Many states of smaller population than AZ have more counties than our 15. It would seem to be a logistical nightmare to divide up debts, assets, etc.

Sure, not suspicious at all....

LOL. But they claim it’s about reducing the size of govnerment. Meanwhile, they want to increase it AND gerrymander it.

There's a difference between protecting the rights of the minority and allowing the minority to ride roughshod over the majority. They Republicans can't win by the popularity of their platform so they resort to ruthlessness.

Just ridiculous

To be very clear to people confused. Congressional districts or even state legislature isn't done by county. These changes are about property tax revenues,rich people want to keep their tax dollars away from lower income areas of maricopa County. This is about money not politics.

Instead of splitting up Maricopa, why not represent the voters of Maricopa. It is time for politicians to represent the majority voters instead of big money and the vocal minority. arizona voteoutidiots azpolitics

Straight out of the voter suppression 101 playbook.

Another hack job , you can't manage 1 County. What makes you think you can manage 4 ?

If ya (don’t deserve to!) can’t win, cheat… 🙄

The Republican Party in AZ is repugnant.

This brought to you by the “small government” swindlers at the AZGOP

Don't they need a proposition to do that?

more gerrymandering

Huh?! WTH would we do that?

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