What We Have are Limited Equal Opportunity Programs -Lujan v. Connerly Debate At Goldwater Institute
“…What we have are limited equal-opportunity programs…that help people who are traditionally underrepresented,” said Minority Leader David Lujan during a Goldwater Institute-sponsored forum on Thursday, October 14. “…It (Proposition 107) is simply an attempt by an out-of-state group to amend our Constitution. Every dollar that is being spent on this campaign…comes from out-of-state money. Two years ago they couldn’t even get enough signatures (to place the initiative on the ballot)…”
Representative Lujan also pointed out in his opening remarks that he had worked to solve Arizona’s problems throughout his career and that as a State Legislator and a candidate for statewide office who had traveled across Arizona that not once had he heard from Arizona citizens that equal opportunity programs were a major problem which needed to be solved by a Constitutional Amendment. Lujan emphasized that a state with the problems facing Arizona did not need to waste time on “solutions looking for a problem,” that Arizona needs a diverse, talented workforce to lead us to economic recovery, concluding that everyone should have an equal opportunity to compete and succeed in Arizona. “We’re all in this together,” he said.
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Because everyone should have an equal opportunity to compete and succeed in Arizona.