Lawmakers give OK to new Capitol coffee shop
“A panel of Arizona lawmakers gave the go-ahead today to open a coffee shop in the Capitol, ending six months of negotiations involving four government agencies.
Several lawmakers on the Legislative Council, which provides administrative services to both chambers of the Legislature, were uneasy with the process for choosing a vendor because it operates under different rules than the typical government bidding system……….. Secretary of State Michele Reagan, who initiated the idea of a coffee shop in the Old Capitol, said she would have preferred a Starbucks, but the coffee chain wasn’t interested and neither was the vendor.”