A Northern AZ native, Kirkpatrick grew up in White River, and went to Univ. of AZ. She then served as a prosecutor in Flagstaff, and then had her own legal practice in Flagstaff. She served in the Arizona Legislature for 3 years, then resigned to run for CD-1.
Her top issue is economic development for CD1, saying "we need jobs in rural Arizona." What fuels those jobs are quality education, and good infrastructure, and as a state legislator she worked on those issues. Without a proper infrastructure, employers can't locate in Flagstaff, or Preskitt, or Payson, and yet Rick Renzi believes the magic of the Free Market will make employers sprout up and build businesses where there are no roads, no power and no rail connections.
On Iraq, Kirkpatrick noted that while the surge worked militarily, it failed to deliver on the political front. "The soldiers do their job, but the politicians fail to bring peace to the region." And that is the essence of the trouble - the sacrifices of the American soldier are squandered by the Iraqi tribal leaders, all jockeying to grab the reins of power. Iraq managed their own affairs for 5000 years, and George W ChuckleNuts has destabilized the place so totally, they can't even provide security anywhere.
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I know that Kirkpatrick has great qualifications, but is anyone else concerned that she resigned mid-term in the legislature to run for a higher political office? To me that seems a lot like politics as usual-- so many politicians are more concerned with personal advancement than serving their constituents. I'll probably still vote for her, but I'd like to hear other people comment on this topic.
she resigned after the budget passed so that someone could take renzi's seat. cd1 has had TERRIBLE representation up until now, I'm glad she resigned to run.
is anyone else concerned that she resigned mid-term in the legislature to run for a higher political office?
What??? First off, it is the law in AZ that she must resign to run, so what she did was required by law. As for the crass political nature of wanting to move up the ladder? Of course state legislators want to move up to the US House, House Representitives want to be Senators, and Senators want to be President.
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