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Legislative Issues

September 1, 2010

Primary elections results

The primary elections on August 24th were good for tourism. From the list below you will see the highlighted candidates who won who we considered “Friends of Tourism” were significant in number. So we have a great base to work from moving forward into the general election.

But as Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”  We are engaging additional candidates in interviews who either did not have primaries or were unavailable to meet during the summer. In addition, and this is critical, we hope that Alliance members participate in events, fundraisers and campaign activities to make certain that we have the same success in the general that we did in the primary.

State Senator - District No. 2 Democratic JACKSON JACK C.

State Senator - District No. 4 Republican BOUIE TONY

State Senator - District No. 4 Republican BUNDGAARD SCOTT

State Senator - District No. 5 Republican KONOPNICKI BILL

State Senator - District No. 6 Republican BRASWELL DAVID

State Senator - District No. 6 Republican KLEIN LORI

State Senator - District No. 7 Republican BARTO NANCY

State Senator - District No. 11 Republican DRIGGS ADAM

State Senator - District No. 12 Republican NELSON JOHN

State Senator - District No. 12 Republican SILVER CLARK

State Senator - District No. 16 Democratic LANDRUM LEAH

State Senator - District No. 19 Republican CRANDALL RICH

State Senator - District No. 23 Republican SMITH STEVE

State Senator - District No. 30 Republican ANTENORI FRANK

State Senator - District No. 30 Republican MCCLURE MARIAN ANN

State Representative - District No. 1 Republican FANN KAREN

State Representative - District No. 1 Republican TOBIN ANDY

State Representative - District No. 2 Democratic CHABIN TOM

State Representative - District No. 3 Republican GOODALE DORIS

State Representative - District No. 3 Republican MCLAIN NANCY

State Representative - District No. 5 Republican BARTON BRENDA

State Representative - District No. 5 Republican CRANDELL CHESTER

State Representative - District No. 6 Republican KOWALSKI JOHN ADAM

State Representative - District No. 6 Republican REEVE AMANDA

State Representative - District No. 7 Republican BURROUGHS KRISTEN

State Representative - District No. 7 Republican CARTER HEATHER

State Representative - District No. 7 Republican COSKUN MICHAEL

State Representative - District No. 8 Republican BLAIRE MICHAEL

State Representative - District No. 8 Republican KAVANAGH JOHN

State Representative - District No. 8 Republican MAHOUBI RAY

State Representative - District No. 8 Republican PENNYPACKER PAULA

State Representative - District No. 8 Republican ULIS ERIC

State Representative - District No. 9 Republican DOUGLAS DIANE M.

State Representative - District No. 9 Republican GRAY RICK

State Representative - District No. 10 Republican ADAMS BILL

State Representative - District No. 10 Republican YEE KIMBERLY

State Representative - District No. 11 Republican BOLICK SHAWNNA

State Representative - District No. 11 Republican BROPHY MCGEE KATE

State Representative - District No. 13 Democratic MIRANDA RICHARD

State Representative - District No. 13 Democratic TOVAR ANNA

State Representative - District No. 15 Democratic ALSTON LELA

State Representative - District No. 15 Democratic CLARK KEN

State Representative - District No. 15 Democratic HOBBS KATIE

State Representative - District No. 17 Republican MAY STEVE

State Representative - District No. 19 Republican ADAMS KIRK

State Representative - District No. 19 Republican PERKINSON SCOTT

State Representative - District No. 20 Republican DIAL JEFF

State Representative - District No. 20 Republican ROBSON BOB

State Representative - District No. 21 Republican FORESE TOM

State Representative - District No. 21 Republican MESNARD J.D.

State Representative - District No. 21 Republican WHITENER VENESSA

State Representative - District No. 22 Republican HENDRIX LAURIN

State Representative - District No. 22 Republican URIE STEVE

State Representative - District No. 23 Democratic MCGUIRE BARBARA

State Representative - District No. 25 Democratic ORTEGA RUBEN

State Representative - District No. 26 Republican PROUD TERRI

State Representative - District No. 26 Republican WILLIAMS VIC

State Representative - District No. 27 Democratic COX DUSTIN

State Representative - District No. 27 Democratic GILBY BOB

State Representative - District No. 27 Democratic HAMED SAMI

State Representative - District No. 28 Democratic FARLEY STEVE

State Representative - District No. 28 Democratic PREZELSKI TED

State Representative - District No. 30 Republican GOWAN DAVID

State Representative - District No. 30 Republican SCHNEIDER PARRALEE

State Representative - District No. 30 Republican SPOSITO DOUG

State Representative - District No. 30 Republican VOGT TED

(There may be some candidates who are supportive of the Tourism industry who are not listed above. This may be because they were unwilling or unable to meet with us for an interview. If any members know such candidates please let us know so we can add them to the subsequent list. This list reflects interviews conducted through July 30, 2010.)

Other news

The Alliance has been engaged in building coalitions with other business organizations to support the policy initiatives of the Alliance and the tourism industry in general.

Already this summer the Greater Phoenix Chamber Economic Development Committee adopted changes to its Guiding Principles, “SUPPORT INITIATIVES TO RECRUIT LEISURE AND BUSINESS TRAVEL TO ARIZONA AND IN PARTICULAR,THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN REGION. “ 

They also included new language in their Priority Policies supporting, “LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT PROPER UTILIZATION OF DEDICATED TOURISM FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF ARIZONA LEISURE AND BUSINESS TRAVEL LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY.”

On September 16th we will be advocating the same proposal to the Tucson Chamber’s Economic Development Committee and initial conversations suggest that Tucson Chamber staff will be recommending that the committee adopt our language.

But we have not stopped there and that’s where Alliance members can be of help. Alliance members who are active members of committees or boards of local Chambers need to let us know of their participation so that we can present our proposals to their organizations.

Also we have continued our dialogue with legislative leadership towards restoring formula funding for AOT and removing the diversion of Prop 302 funds from Maricopa County CVB’s.

August 3, 2010

Over the last few months, Laura Tessier, some industry members, and I have been conducting candidate interviews. These interviews provide the opportunity to discuss issues that affect our industry and find out if the candidates running for the state legislatures are inclined towards support of the Tourism industry and our public policy initiatives. We have determined their relative support by how they addressed the following questions:

• Do they have general understanding of the Tourism industry and its contribution to the states economy, jobs and employment, and contribution to tax revenue?
• Would they be supportive of restoring formula funding to the Arizona Office of Tourism?
• Would they support Prop 302 funds being returned in full to their intended use, to promote tourism in Maricopa County?
• Would they support re-enacting the “Media Production Jobs Act,” also known as the Motion Picture Tax Credit?

While the candidates differed in articulating their position, the following is a list of candidates who were interviewed and have a primary race that have shown support for the Tourism industry. We will continue to conduct these interviews and will provide an updated list shortly after Labor Day for the general election.

(There may be some candidates who are supportive of the Tourism industry who are not listed above. This may be because they were unwilling or unable to meet with us for an interview. If any members know such candidates please let us know so we can add them to the subsequent list. This list reflects interviews conducted through July 30, 2010.)

If you would like further information regarding these legislative items please email Barry Aarons.

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