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Toilet Policeman John Kavanagh Done Trying to Regulate Transgender Bathroom Use (For Now)

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jun. 6 2013 at 2:03 PM

plumbingsupply.com

Shitter Sergeant John Kavanagh's credentials

Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has given up trying to tell transgender people which toilets they can and cannot use, at least this session, according to multiple reports from the state capitol.

Kavanagh tried to regulate transgender toilet usage twice this session, with one proposal making it a crime -- with jail time and all -- to enter a public restroom if the sex on one's birth certificate doesn't match the sign on the door.

See also:
-John Kavanagh Dumps Potty-Cop Bill, Still Wants to Regulate Toilets
-Lawmaker Wants People to Use Birth Certificate to Prove They're in the Right Bathroom

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arizona, bathroom bill, bathroom birther, birther, john kavanagh, phoenix, sb 1045, sb 1432

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John Kavanagh Gets "Shamed" at Committee Hearing for His Toilet-Policing Bill (Video)

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Mar. 29 2013 at 12:10 PM

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Toilet policeman and Representative John Kavanagh

Republican Representative John Kavanagh's newest effort to regulate toilet usage in Arizona, by proposing that businesses can dictate which bathroom transgender people can use, cleared its first hurdle at the Legislature on Wednesday.

With that, the scores of people who spent nearly two hours testifying on Kavanagh's proposal -- all but one of them speaking out against the amendment -- and ended the committee hearing with a chant of "shame" directed at Kavanagh and his Republican colleagues.

See also:
-Bathroom Birther John Kavanagh Dumps Potty-Cop Bill, Still Wants to Regulate Toilets
-Bathroom Birther John Kavanagh Delays His Toilet-Police Bill
-Lawmaker Wants People to Use Birth Certificate to Prove They're in the Right Bathroom

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arizona, bathroom bill, bathroom birther, birther, john kavanagh, phoenix, sb 1045, sb 1432

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Bathroom Birther John Kavanagh Dumps Potty-Cop Bill, Still Wants to Regulate Toilets

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Mar. 26 2013 at 11:54 AM

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plumbingsupply.com

Shitter Sergeant John Kavanagh's toilet police badge.

Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has dumped his "bathroom birther" bill, which would have criminalized the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone's birth certificate doesn't match the sign on the door.

Still, Kavanagh's not giving up -- he's got another proposal to regulate toilet usage in the state of Arizona.

See also:
-Bathroom Birther John Kavanagh Delays His Toilet-Police Bill
-Lawmaker Wants People to Use Birth Certificate to Prove They're in the Right Bathroom

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arizona, bathroom bill, bathroom birther, birther, john kavanagh, phoenix, sb 1045, sb 1432

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Bathroom Birther John Kavanagh Delays His Toilet-Police Bill

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Mar. 21 2013 at 5:00 PM

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plumbingsupply.com

Shitter Sergeant John Kavanagh's toilet police badge.

Republican Representative John Kavanagh delayed a hearing on his proposal on his "bathroom birther" proposal, which would criminalize the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone's birth certificate doesn't match the sign on the door.

It just so happened that as Kavanagh tried to sneak this one in using a "strike everything" amendment, and as people noticed that the bill purposely targets the transgender community, that Kavanagh said the hearing would have to be delayed, because they didn't have the "appropriate paperwork" due to a "communication breakdown."

See also:
-Bathroom Birther: Lawmaker Wants People to Use Birth Certificate to Prove They're in the Right Bathroom

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arizona, bathroom bill, bathroom birther, birther, john kavanagh, phoenix, sb 1432

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Arizona's Other Guns-in-Schools Bill Passes the Senate

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Mar. 19 2013 at 1:26 PM

Categories: Guns, I'm Only a Bill

nydailynews.com

Arizona schools are one step closer to having guns inside them, as the Senate approved a bill that would allow school employees to carry a gun.

And, only in Arizona would we have to tell you which bill calling for guns in schools that we're talking about.

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-Lock and Load, Lunch Lady: Bill for Gun Access in Schools Applies to Any Employee

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arizona, guns, guns in schools, newtown, nra, sandy hook, school shooting, tom horne

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Bathroom Birther: Lawmaker Wants People to Use Birth Certificate to Prove They're in the Right Bathroom

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Mar. 19 2013 at 11:15 AM

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sodahead.com

Republican Representative John Kavanagh apparently thinks people are incapable of selecting which bathroom they should do their business in.

Kavanagh's proposing making it a crime to intentionally enter a public restroom if that restroom has a designated sex, and the person "is not legally classified on the person's birth certificate as a member of that sex."

See also:
-Phoenix City Council Approves LGBT and Disability Anti-Discrimination Measure

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arizona, bathroom bill, bathroom birther, birther, john kavanagh, phoenix, sb 1432

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Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Gets Neutered, Passes House

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Mar. 8 2013 at 12:44 PM

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A neutered version of the bill that would have gotten rid of the corrupt cops in Colorado City passed the House yesterday.

House Bill 2648 was approved by the House with a 52-7 vote, after one of the primary purposes -- disbanding the "Marshal's Office" in the polygamist town of Colorado City -- was removed from the bill.

See also:
-Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Back Again
-Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the Joint

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arizona, colorado city, fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints, mohave county sheriff's office, polygamy, tom horne, tom sheahan, warren jeffs

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Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Back Again

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Feb. 15 2013 at 12:22 PM

Categories: Bad Cops, I'm Only a Bill

A bill that would disband the police force in Colorado City is back again this legislative session.

For whatever reasons, legislators ended up killing almost the same exact bill last session, and the allegedly corrupt "marshals" on the Utah/Arizona border -- whom Attorney General Tom Horne contends are still loyal to child rapist Warren Jeffs and his Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- still have policing power.

See also:
-Woman Free After Being Held by FLDS in Colorado City for a Decade
-Colorado City Now Has Cops That Enforce Arizona Laws Instead of a Child Rapist's
-Tom Horne Sending Cash to Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City
-Tom Horne's Effort to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Killed in Legislature
-New Times Special Report: Polygamy in Arizona

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arizona, colorado city, fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints, mohave county sheriff's office, polygamy, tom horne, tom sheahan, warren jeffs

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Arizona Bill Would Ban Police Use of Drones Without a Warrant

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Feb. 12 2013 at 1:45 PM

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mashable.com

Drone.

A handful of Republican state legislators are proposing a bill that would make it illegal for cops to use drones to gather information without a search warrant.

House Bill 2574, proposed by some of the black-helicopter-phobes at the Leg' -- including Representative Carl Seel and Senator Judy Burges -- actually says cops could only use a drone, in any capacity, if they have a search warrant.

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arizona, black helicopters, carl seel, drones, hb 2573, hb 2574, judy burges, ndaa

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Legislators Have More Education Proposals: Make the Pledge of Allegiance a Requirement

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Jan. 22 2013 at 11:49 AM

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eagnews.org

Maybe there's something to be said about the posts on this blog today -- legislators hoping to make high school students take a loyalty oath to graduation, Arizona leading the nation in high school dropouts, and now, an effort to make reciting the Pledge of Allegiance a "requirement."

Under current Arizona law, there must be time set aside every day for public school students from elementary school to high school to pledge their allegiance to the flag of the United States of America -- "for those students who wish."

See also:
-Arizona's Number One in the United States! (For Highest Rate of High School Dropouts)
-Legislators Propose Forcing High School Students to Swear to Defend Constitution in Order to Graduate

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