Leadership here

There are many strengths to being able to work for an institution as established as the Arizona Senate. One of these being that there is such an order and structure to every single process. It’s all so methodical and this seemingly complex legislative process is beautifully streamlined in a functioning way  that allows such cohesion between the various actors involved, that there seems to be seamless transition between the many hands that legislation is passed through.

The current leadership, while officially is Senate President Andy Biggs, actually mostly falls on the shoulders of Majority Chief of Staff, Wendy Baldo. Ms. Baldo is in charge of hiring of all of the staff in the senate, and reserves the right to dismiss any if the time comes that they no longer fit what the senate needs. I personally believe that under Wendy’s leadership the Senate has prospered (and even got new carpeting last year, which is cool), and I know it will continue to function effectively in the future.

If I were to be in charge, the only leadership change that I would implement is that I believe many of the staff members are underpaid for how much work and hours they put in to making this chamber function into what it does today. While the pages are simply college students trying to get by with an impacting learning experience, the senate staffers put in tireless efforts on behalf of millions of Arizonans who have no idea that they even exist. In my book, that deserves a little pay raise at the very least.