Subject: RE: dailies 4.27.16
From: "Kasnetz, Joel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:14:05 -0700

I was going to reply with an “It’s Happening” gif but thought better of it.

From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:09 PM
To: Kasnetz, Joel
Subject: dailies 4.27.16

Here’s Ducey, not doing Walker. Hold for now and we’ll see if we have time for Corker/Fiorina

DOUG DUCEY

Prop 123

Doug Ducey’s 2014 Gubernatorial Opponent, Fred DuVal, Wrote An Op-Ed In Support Of Prop 123. [Arizona Repubilc, 4/26/16<http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2016/04/26/duval-proposition-123-good-compromise/83522328/>]

Doug Ducey: “Our Public Schools Need More Funding So They Can Be The BEST. @Yesprop123 Will Give Them More Resources To Succeed.” [@dougducey, Twitter, 4/27/16<https://twitter.com/dougducey/status/725356666284302336>]

Doug Ducey: “We’re Prioritizing Public K-12 Education In Our Budget, For The Future Of Our Students And Our Economy. #Azbalanced.” [@dougducey, Twitter, 4/26/16<https://twitter.com/dougducey/status/725095797046448128>]

Doug Ducey: “Thanks @Coxcomm For Hosting Me! Glad I Could Answer Questions About @Yesprop123 & The Stability It Will Give Schools.” [@dougducey, Twitter, 4/26/16<https://twitter.com/dougducey/status/725050878009417728>]

Doug Ducey: “Voting YES On ‪#‎Prop123 Will Put More Money In The Classroom To Help Teachers Teach And Students Learn, So Every School Across Arizona Can Be The Best.” “These parents are right — our schools need to be the BEST. Voting YES on ‪#‎Prop123 will put more money in the classroom to help teachers teach and students learn, so every school across Arizona can be the best.” [Governor Doug Ducey, Facebook, 4/27/16<https://www.facebook.com/dougducey/posts/894822780639628>]

Arizona Freeway Shooting

HEADLINE: “Former Gov. Jan Brewer: Doug Ducey Needs To Get To Bottom Of I-10 Shooter Mess.” [KTAR, 4/26/16<http://ktar.com/story/1039176/former-gov-jan-brewer-doug-ducey-needs-to-get-to-bottom-of-i-10-shooter-mess/>]

Jan Brewer On Doug Ducey’s Tweet Immediately Following The Arrest Of A Suspect In Arizona’s Freeway Shooting: “Someone Needs To Find Out What The Bottom Problem Was With All Of This…Was It Just That They Needed Somebody?” “Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday that someone — even Gov. Doug Ducey himself — needs to get to the bottom of the mess that is the I-10 shooter case in Arizona. ‘Someone needs to find out what the bottom problem was with all of this,’ she told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Mac & Gaydos. ‘Was it just that they needed somebody?’ The charges against the suspected I-10 shooter, Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., were dropped this week. One of Merritt’s attorneys, Ulises Ferragut, said earlier this week the investigation into Merritt was botched and that DPS altered a log to frame Merritt as the shooter. While Brewer was not overly critical of anyone involved in the investigation, she did admit she was taken aback when Ducey sent a tweet announcing Merritt’s arrest. ‘I was shocked that he did it,’ she said. ‘He did it so quick.’” [KTAR, 4/26/16<http://ktar.com/story/1039176/former-gov-jan-brewer-doug-ducey-needs-to-get-to-bottom-of-i-10-shooter-mess/>]

Jan Brewer On Doug Ducey’s Tweet Immediately Following The Arrest Of A Suspect In Arizona’s Freeway Shooting: “I Was Shocked That He Did It…He Did It So Quick.” “Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday that someone — even Gov. Doug Ducey himself — needs to get to the bottom of the mess that is the I-10 shooter case in Arizona. ‘Someone needs to find out what the bottom problem was with all of this,’ she told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Mac & Gaydos. ‘Was it just that they needed somebody?’ The charges against the suspected I-10 shooter, Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., were dropped this week. One of Merritt’s attorneys, Ulises Ferragut, said earlier this week the investigation into Merritt was botched and that DPS altered a log to frame Merritt as the shooter. While Brewer was not overly critical of anyone involved in the investigation, she did admit she was taken aback when Ducey sent a tweet announcing Merritt’s arrest. ‘I was shocked that he did it,’ she said. ‘He did it so quick.’ She said the tweet was likely premature. ‘No one has the right to be judge, jury and executioner until you have due process and that didn’t happen.’” [KTAR, 4/26/16<http://ktar.com/story/1039176/former-gov-jan-brewer-doug-ducey-needs-to-get-to-bottom-of-i-10-shooter-mess/>]

Jan Brewer On Doug Ducey’s Tweet Immediately Following The Arrest Of A Suspect In Arizona’s Freeway Shooting: “No One Has The Right To Be Judge, Jury And Executioner Until You Have Due Process And That Didn’t Happen.” “Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday that someone — even Gov. Doug Ducey himself — needs to get to the bottom of the mess that is the I-10 shooter case in Arizona. ‘Someone needs to find out what the bottom problem was with all of this,’ she told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Mac & Gaydos. ‘Was it just that they needed somebody?’ The charges against the suspected I-10 shooter, Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., were dropped this week. One of Merritt’s attorneys, Ulises Ferragut, said earlier this week the investigation into Merritt was botched and that DPS altered a log to frame Merritt as the shooter. While Brewer was not overly critical of anyone involved in the investigation, she did admit she was taken aback when Ducey sent a tweet announcing Merritt’s arrest. ‘I was shocked that he did it,’ she said. ‘He did it so quick.’ She said the tweet was likely premature. ‘No one has the right to be judge, jury and executioner until you have due process and that didn’t happen.’” [KTAR, 4/26/16<http://ktar.com/story/1039176/former-gov-jan-brewer-doug-ducey-needs-to-get-to-bottom-of-i-10-shooter-mess/>]

Koch Bros

HEADLINE: “Ducey, Arizona Legislators Want Millions For Academic Allies” [Arizona Republic, 4/27/16<http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2016/04/26/arizona-budget-universities-freedom-schools/83561568/>]

A Budget Deal Worked Out Between Doug Ducey And The Legislature Included A Koch-Brothers Backed Education Earmark That Arizona Universities Did Not Support. “The Arizona Legislature, which has slashed university funding in recent years, could soon vote on a budget that would give the state's higher-education system an additional $32 million. But $5 million of it would come with strings attached. The budget would earmark that amount for so-called freedom schools aimed at advancing free-enterprise ideals at Arizona State University and University of Arizona. The Arizona Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s university system, has not advocated for that earmark. A spokeswoman said the regents are prioritizing funding that is not tied to specific programs so it can be used to mitigate tuition costs for in-state students. The billionaire Koch brothers, whose network of ‘dark money’ supported Doug Ducey’s 2014 campaign for governor, have provided funding for the freedom centers. ASU has two and UA has one.” [Arizona Republic, 4/27/16<http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2016/04/26/arizona-budget-universities-freedom-schools/83561568/>]

Arizona Republic: Doug Ducey Supported A Koch-Brothers Backed $5 Million Education Earmark Because He Believed “It’s Important That Students In Our University System Are Exposed To A Broad Range Of Viewpoints And Academic Views On A Number Of Issues, Including Economics.” “$5 million of it would come with strings attached. The budget would earmark that amount for so-called freedom schools aimed at advancing free-enterprise ideals at Arizona State University and University of Arizona…The billionaire Koch brothers, whose network of ‘dark money’ supported Doug Ducey’s 2014 campaign for governor, have provided funding for the freedom centers. ASU has two and UA has one…Ducey supports the earmark, his spokesman said, because it promotes specialized and innovative programs that shape students' viewpoints long after college. ‘The governor ... believes it’s important that students in our university system are exposed to a broad range of viewpoints and academic views on a number of issues, including economics,’ spokesman Daniel Scarpinato said. ‘So this fits in with that priority.’” [Arizona Republic, 4/27/16<http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2016/04/26/arizona-budget-universities-freedom-schools/83561568/>]

Arizona Democratic Minority Leader On Doug Ducey’s Koch-Backed Earmark: “These Freedom Schools Advocate For Things That Will Help To Abolish Public Education As We Know It…We Have All These Needs, And They’re Talking About $5 Million For A Think Tank That Spews Out Propaganda.” “Democratic Minority Leader Eric Meyer of Paradise Valley ripped the earmark for the schools, saying even Republicans are questioning why it has been added to the budget deal agreed upon by GOP leaders and Ducey. ‘These freedom schools advocate for things that will help to abolish public education as we know it,’ Meyer said. ‘We have all these needs, and they’re talking about $5 million for a think tank that spews out propaganda.’” [Arizona Republic, 4/27/16<http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2016/04/26/arizona-budget-universities-freedom-schools/83561568/>]

Prop 124

Arizona Republic Editorial: “Our View: Voting 'Yes' On Prop. 124 Is A No-Brainer.” [Editorial, Arizona Republic, 4/27/16<http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2016/04/27/proposition-124-arizona-pension-reform/83565396/>]