http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/22/1462814/-Militia-backing-AZ-lawmaker-who-says-Earth-is-6-000-years-old-now-leads-state-senate-education-panel
"Tea party stalwart Sylvia Allen, who first became a state senator in Arizona (and a national embarrassment) in 2008, has been made chairwoman of the Senate committee handling education legislation. The Phoenix New Times calls her a “professional fruitcake.” Allen is known for a string of bizarre and racist remarks as well as an attachment to conspiracy theories."
