Steve Montenegro

training.Who is behind this ballot measure, and is there any organized opposition?

So Speaker, um, Steve Montenegro, a Republican, pushed forward this, this ballot measure, um, and his Republican colleagues were behind him, um, as well.

It passed along party lines, no Democratic support, and it is being challenged by the Worker Power Pact, which is a progressive political action committee.

How likely is this measure to succeed? You know, what are you seeing in the political spending data and things like that?

Proposition 317 would require the state to declare all drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

What's the pitch here, and how would it impact Arizona if it passed?

This is another measure that was supported by, uh, House Speaker Steve Montenegro, Republican, and it would specifically designate terrorist organizations as defined as a formal or informal group of people engaged in human smuggling, drug trafficking, or any act of terrorism as terrorist organizations.

Um, and it also requires that Arizona put the resources needed to combat those organizations.

Lo siento.

Yeah, you know, and to me, you know, it was also kinda like my thought when I first saw, uh, the, the Stacey story on, um, uh, Speaker Montenegro sending-

Mm-hmm

... asking the DOJ to investigate-

[laughs]

I mean, you know, the fact is that if there's an investigation into Katie Hobbs, great, I get a story.

If there's an investigation into Steve Montenegro-

Mm