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Proclamations

The nitty gritty details are more or less, if the Gov feels like issuing your proclamation she will issue it, otherwise too bad.

Based on this I suspect that her refusal to issue Ann's proclamation is a violation of the "equal protection" clause of the Arizona Constitution.

This is what the site says:

Proclamations

Governor Brewer believes that proclamations are an excellent way of providing valuable education and information to the citizens of Arizona.

Proclamations are provided by Governor Brewer’s Office of Constituent Services. The Governor's Office handles as many requests as possible, in accordance with a set of long-standing guidelines.

At her discretion, Governor Brewer will issue proclamations for noteworthy state or local events that deserve special recognition as a courtesy to Arizona residents.

These public service documents are strictly honorary and are not legally binding.

All proclamation requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The Governor reserves the right to decline any request for a proclamation or to make exception to the following guidelines:

1. Proclamation requests are accepted six weeks in advance of the event date or proclaimed date.
2. Requests will be accepted no more than 6 months in advance and will not be issued more than 3 months in advance of the event.
3. Proclamations recognize a day, week or month.
4. Proclamations are issued for Arizona residents or approved non-profit organizations with preferably statewide, but at least regional interest. Local (city or county wide proclamations) can be issued by local officials (mayors or county commissioners).
5. Proclamations will not name specific organizations unless they are non - profit.
6. Proclamations are issued for one period of time only. For example, if “Litter Cleanup Day” is proclaimed on January 1, then “Litter Cleanup Week, “ “Litter Cleanup Month” will not be proclaimed later in the year. Arizona organizations are encouraged to coordinate their efforts with other similar groups before contacting the Governor’s office.

   Organizations are encouraged to request proclamations that coincide with national or state- designated dates.

7. Requests that are similar to already issued proclamations will be declined. For example, if “Ballet Week” was proclaimed in January and a request for “Ballet Dance Month” is received in June, the request for “Ballet Month” would be declined. A copy of the “Ballet Week” proclamation could be provided instead.
8. Proclamations are not issued for conferences, birthdays, retirements, weddings, or anniversaries.
9. An exception may be made when a large statewide organization is celebrating a milestone anniversary in conjunction with a state convention. The Governor may declare to honor an anniversary of the association in conjunction with the convention.
10. Another exception may be made when a national organization is holding a national meeting in Arizona. The Governor may issue a proclamation in honor of the state and national organization in conjunction with its convention.
11. Any draft language provided may be edited or rewritten at the discretion of the Governor’s Office. Every request must gain official approval before being issued.
12. You may not republish the proclamation unless explicit written consent is granted from the Governor’s Office

Last but not least check out this wording on this web page where you can request Governor Jan Brewer to issue her silly proclamation. It looks like she wants to both keep her cake and eat it to. In the following verbage she promises to keep your proclamation request secret, but then says she might have to tell people about it because of public records laws:

Proclamation Request

Your rights to privacy are of utmost importance to the Governor's Office in building trust and confidence when conducting business through the Internet. The Governor's Office will attempt to protect the privacy interest of anyone who corresponds with the Governor's Office and does not wish their contact information to be made public; however, because the Governor's Office is a public entity, there can be no guarantee that such information will always be kept confidential.

Greetings

Letters of Greeting and Certificates

Governor Brewer is pleased to offer greetings to organizations visiting Arizona and to acknowledge outstanding or memorable achievements of Arizona residents. Please review these guidelines carefully before sending your request to the Governor’s Office.

1. Arizona Residents Only. The Governor’s Office will send greetings to Arizona residents only, for special occasions as outlined below.
2. Advance Notice Required. Your request must be received four (4) weeks in advance of the event date. We make every effort to honor every request, but we cannot guarantee a greeting if this guideline is not met. Generally greetings are not sent after the event date, except for wedding congratulations and newborn acknowledgements.
3. Anniversary Greetings. Anniversary greetings are extended to those couples who are celebrating their 25th, 50th (and subsequent) wedding anniversary.
4. Birthday Greetings. Birthday greetings will be sent to individuals 75 years of age and above.
5. Other Greetings. A limited number of special occasions other than birthdays and anniversaries exist for which the Governor’s Office will send appropriate recognition to Arizona residents. These occasions include important events such as:
   1. Wedding (send your request after the event)
   2. Baby's Birth (must be born during Governor Brewer’s Administration; send request only after baby's birth)
   3. Eagle Scout Award
   4. Girl Scout Gold Award
   5. Bar/Bat Mitzvah or equivalent occasion
   6. Academic Achievements
   7. Heroic Actions
   8. Military Retirement
   9. Police and Fire Retirement
   10. State Retirement
   11. Corporate Retirement
6. Required Information. Please include the following in your request:
   1. Name and home address of honoree(s)
   2. Form of address (Mr., Ms., Mrs., Dr., Miss, etc.)
   3. Exact date of occasion (month, day, year)
   4. Age(birthdays) or number of years of marriage
   5. Your (the requestor's) name and daytime phone number
   6. Wedding (Include couple's married names and current or new address)
   7. Baby's Birth (Include baby's date of birth and full names and address of baby and parents)
7. When to Expect Your Greeting. In most cases, greetings will be mailed from the Governor’s Office approximately five (5) days prior to the event.

Please mail requests to:

Constituent Services
Office of Governor Jan Brewer
1700 West Washington-101A
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Fax: (602) 542-1381

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Harper's right, we should raise governor's pay

It's time to quit talking about wagging fingers and get back to thinking about Arizona's future. Thus, I come today in praise of Jack Harper.

No really, I do.

Harper is the self-interested state legislator who wants to raise the pay of top elected officials in Arizona, never mind that he's exploring a run for one of those spots.

Nothing like using your voter-provided job to boost the salary of your next potential voter-provided job – not to mention the wondrous prospects for your voter-provided pension.

Still, in my zeal to point out Harper's obvious ulterior motive, I may have been a bit hasty in dismissing his suggestion that we provide pay raises for our sorely underfunded leaders.

Or at least, for our governor.

Let's face it, folks. Arizona's governor hasn't had a raise in 13 years and you get what you pay for. So I'm warming to Harper's suggestion of a modest 77 percent raise for the next governor, boosting the salary to $160,000.

But with a twist.

What if we paid the governor like we pay our college football coaches? Oh not nearly as much, of course – there is the relative value of each to consider -- but in much the same way.

Coaches are paid based upon the success they bring to their team. So what if we tied the governor's salary to the success of the state?

Think of it. We give the next governor a $100,000 base salary plus bonuses, provided that he or she meets certain goals set out by voters.

No, not the number of times you can get yourself on Greta Van Susteren or the number of high fives from the party faithful for dissing presidents and such. But things that can actually help this state.

Think of the possibilities if we tied the governor's salary to:

--Job Creation. There are 2.4 million jobs in Arizona, with the number expected to grow by 2.5 percent a year over next few years.

Bonus opportunity: $5,000 for every percentage point above that 2.5 percent growth mark, giving the governor an incentive to figure out how to attract jobs to the state -- $10,000 if the jobs pay a decent wage with benefits that'll keep people off if AHCCCS (and the hospitals' charity caseloads).

Extra bonus opportunity: $2,500 for every one percentage point drop in Arizona's unemployment rate.

--Public education. Intel's Craig Barrett famously said last year that Arizona wouldn't even make his top 10 if he were looking for a place to locate his company today. "Quality education is extremely important to a place like Intel," he said. "(The) education cutbacks don't bode well for that."

His comments came as Gov. Jan Brewer was proposing to slash K-12 schools and universities.

To get good jobs, we need an educated workforce. Roughly 27 percent of Arizonans age 25 and older have a bachelor's degree, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, putting us in the middle of the pack. In No. 1 rated Massachusetts, it's 38 percent while in Colorado, it's 36 percent.

Bonus opportunity: $5,000 for every percentage point you can increase the graduation rates at Arizona's universities, with multipliers for graduates in engineering, science and mathematics.

Meanwhile, $2,500 for every one percent rise in the high school graduation rate.

--Child welfare: Arizona ranks 37th in the nation on 10 indicators of child wellbeing, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual “Kids Count” report. More than one in five children is living in poverty, affecting their own futures and ours.

Bonus opportunity: $5,000 for every move up in national rank

Additional bonuses could be offered for reworking the state's tax code to offer some stability in bad times and for fixing the state's mental health care system before it explodes into a major controversy. Heck we could even offer a bonus for what we used to call bipartisan work and we now call conspiring with the devil. Now there's one bonus we'd never have to pay.

The point is for Arizona – not its leaders – to set our goals and to tie their pocketbooks to our prosperity.

It may not sell a single book on Amazon. But just think how much better off we all might be.