Oct 26, 2011
Statement on Brewer's latest attack on AIRC
CORRECTION: This statement was issued by Luis Heredia, Arizona Democratic Party executive director.
Luis Heredia, Arizona Democratic Party executive director, gave this statement in response to Gov. Jan Brewer's letter accusing the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission of "substantial neglect of duty and gross misconduct."
"Governor Brewer is drunk with power. She is moving toward impeachment of citizens on the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission simply because these volunteers have fulfilled their duty to draw fair and competitive districts. Such a brazen power grab would rival any in Arizona history, and it proves that the only thing Brewer and the Republicans will be satisfied with are maps that guarantee total GOP control despite an electorate divided roughly into thirds. If this goes forward, the voices of mainstream Arizonans will be silenced for the next decade. All independents, Democrats and honorable Republicans who believe in the rule of law should step forward to denounce this action."
