The state legislation has been branded by Democrats, some Republicans, and many in the media as a thinly veiled punishment for Maricopa County’s Board of Supervisors.
A Republican-led bill to cut Maricopa County into quarters has been quietly dropped in the state legislature, but the push to add more Maricopa County supervisors continues. In a statement released to Phoenix New Times, Representative John Kavanagh said the county-splitting House Bill 2787 “appears to have stalled due to a lack of support,” and that an “alternative solution is coming over from the Senate that may be more viable.”…