Arizona pay-to-play government contracts as old as America

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OPINION — The Spoils System, as we called it 250 years ago, is now called pay-to-play government contracts. 

Senator Spoof introduces a reform bill that he knows is going nowhere. Governor Polly Anna responds with an even holier reply. 

And they both win. Nothing changes.

The solution is simple: Every government contract requires an attached disclosure form disclosing the straw men like lobbyists, relatives, trade organizations and political parties. The disclosure form must be updated until the contract ends.

I studied these problems in college back in the 1970s.  Arizona politicians refuse to change.

Happy 250th.

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