The cafe and shop are just a block-and-a-half from the Van Buren / Central (westbound) and Van Buren / First Avenue (eastbound) light rail platforms. While the bottle shop lives up to its name with a location somewhat hidden inside the lobby of the 111 West Monroe office tower, the cafe is more prominent with a street entrance and a long, shaded patio that stretches nearly to First Avenue. Less common in an age of streaming services and song-by-song disaggregated listening, the idea is still relevant enough that there’s a downtown Phoenix wine and beer store, Hidden Track Bottle Shop, with an adjacent coffee house and wine bar, Hidden Track Cafe, under the same ownership. Ditties like the Beatles’ “ Her Majesty” appeared when records were dominant, and hidden tracks persisted with compact discs. We will not engage in any further divisive rhetoric or political opportunism that this incident has inspired,” the statement said.Aficionados of rock and pop music have long delighted in discovering hidden tracks, secret songs not listed on an album’s packaging. Stahl Hamilton was accused in an ethics complaint of showing a lack of respect for other lawmakers and possibly causing offense to Christians who regard the Bible as a sacred text.Įfforts to reach Stahl Hamilton on Saturday for comment on the committee’s conclusions wasn’t immediately successful.ĭemocratic leaders in the Arizona House told 12 News (KPNX-TV) in a statement that they accept Stahl Hamilton’s apologies.
“I acknowledge that a conversation about the separation of church and state should have began with a conversation, and for that, I apologize,” she said at the time.
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In late April, after footage of Stahl Hamilton hiding the Bibles aired on a TV news report, she acknowledged doing so, saying she didn’t intend to offend anyone and that her actions were a playful commentary. A camera was installed to try to find the person responsible. The committee’s report said Bibles in the lounge were hidden on three occasions in March and April and that video footage showed Stahl Hamilton hiding the books in one instance.
But the station said expulsion was unlikely because it would require a two-thirds majority vote of the House, and Republicans hold a narrow one-vote majority over Democrats in the chamber. The Phoenix radio station KJZZ reported that possible punishments range from a censure to expulsion.
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The full House will decide whether to discipline Stahl Hamilton. The committee’s report said Stahl Hamilton, an ordained Presbyterian minister, said she was sorry for those who were offended by her actions but never explicitly apologized for them. On Friday, the committee ruled the apology she made for doing so wasn’t complete. In an earlier instance that wasn’t captured on video, a Bible was found in a nearby refrigerator.
Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, of Tucson, was caught on video hiding the Bibles under furniture cushions.
PHOENIX (AP) - An ethics committee in the Arizona House has concluded that a Democratic lawmaker engaged in disorderly behavior by hiding Bibles in a lounge for legislators as a comment about the separation of church and state and the weaponization of religion in politics.
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