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YellowSheets is reporting that Arizona GOP executive director, Brett Mecum, is in hot water again. This time, Mecum is being accused of stalking a woman by accessing her voter information through Voter Vault.
In the YS report,
In the document (viewable under the “documents” section on yellowsheetreport.com), the woman who filed it [...]
Okay, so there isn’t much to talk about at the Capitol these days, so forgive us if we’re all abuzz at the news that Senate President Bob Burns has taken away Senator Ron Gould’s committee chairmanship. According to a “tweet” from Gould, “President Burns just took away my comittee chairmanship [...]
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Senator Jim Waring
This just in…
LD 7 Senator Jim Waring filed an exploratory committee to run as State Treasurer. It’s been reported that Senator Waring will only run for State Treasurer if Dean Martin doesn’t run for reelection.
Knowing the tenacity of Jim Waring, IF Dean does not run, [...]
Well, I guess you had to see this coming...
NEW YORK - The Nielsen Co. is selling some of its most prominent trade journals — including The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard — and shutting down Editor & Publisher, which has chronicled the newspaper business for 108 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2009
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LATEST BEAUCHAMP ENDORSEMENT IN STEP WITH POLL
A new Rasmussen poll, released Tuesday, shows Bradley Beauchamp is the type of candidate that Americans want and the GOP needs. Beauchamp is a popular speaker within the influential [...]
by Clint Bolick
Goldwater Institute
Stroll into a car lot these days and you’re sure to get a warm reception, maybe free popcorn and soft drinks, and definitely plenty of attention. Car dealers are among the businesses hardest-hit by the recession.
So Chandler used-car dealer Tracy Tingue decided he needed to spice [...]
The daily covers the issue and has the news release from the County Attorney’s Office announcing the criminal complaint. Scroll down to read the actual complaint. [...] The “woe is me” wing of the GOP should note those reports of their demise were a tad premature.
Pundits telling us the future is with Democrats based on youth and ethnicity ignore that the young grow up and ethnic minorities, even when artificially compressed into plantation districts by hack leaders, [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2009
PINAL COUNTY SUPERVISOR BRYAN MARTYN ENDORSES DR. PAUL GOSAR FOR CONGRESS
Flagstaff, AZ. Dec. 9, 2009: Dr. Paul Gosar’s congressional campaign efforts continue to gain momentum with Pinal County Supervisor Bryan Martyn’s endorsement of the Republican contender to replace Ann Kirkpatrick in [...]
By Byron Schlomach, Ph.D.
Goldwater Institute
The last two state budgets have been hard on Arizona’s state parks. With a deficit in the billions, state funding to maintain the parks and run the department has been trimmed by 28 percent. In an effort to keep our wonderful parks maintained, [...]
Following the lead from our neighbors to the west, cash-strapped Arizona might do that California IOU thing.
State and university employees could wind up with IOUs in their pay envelopes instead of checks in February if the planned sale of state buildings hits a snag, state Treasurer Dean Martin warned Monday.
And [...]
Political commercials used to be slick. That's because they were expensive to produce and run. Even the most basic commercial had to be filmed, edited, produced and broadcast...that means it had to be somewhat formal and it had to be capable of airing--and remaining fresh--thousands of times. It had to appeal' [...]
Lately, Jason Rose’s name has been popping up everywhere.
He’s deeply involved with gubernatorial candidate and Mayor of Paradise Valley, Vernon Parker. Simultaneously, he’s handled various aspects of Sheriff Joe’s political campaigns.
Most recently, he hosted a fundraising event at his posh Paradise Valley home to benefit [...]
Ask almost any of the tried and faithful precinct committeemen in Legislative District 19 about the impending retirement of Senator Chuck Gray and the decision by House Member Rich Crandall to seek that post and you’ll find plenty of unrest.
Crandall who has been viewed as an educrat Republican with a [...]
Just when I go off on the Governor over her push for a sales tax hike, she has to issue the following press release and make me look like a big mean jerk. So I do have to be fair and give her credit for fighting for Arizonans!
Governor Brewer Seeks [...]
Other Investigations Continue
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced today that the Maricopa County grand jury has indicted Supervisors Donald T. Stapley Jr. and Mary Rose Wilcox. Stapley has been indicted on 2 counts of fraudulent schemes and artifices, 19 counts of theft, and 2 [...]
I'm a sucker for secrets. Dean Martin has a countdown clock on his Vote Dean Martin website. Hmm, it's obviously not an announcement for Governor, because he would have to resign to run. That didn't stop Terry Goddard, but Dean's too smart for that. It's not a countdown [...]
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday morning served Supervisor Don Stapley with a summons to appear in court based on a 27-count grand-jury indictment that was handed down on Monday.
The summons lists felony counts including fraud, perjury, forgery and theft against Stapley.
Sheriff’s investigators also were waiting in the lobby [...]
East Valley Political Heavyweight Backs Vernon Parker for Governor
Queen Creek Mayor Art Sanders Joins a Growing List of Campaign SupportersWow!
Damning comments in the Washington Examiner today regarding the health of the Republican Party here in Arizona. (Byron York wrote the piece which I think is a pretty good assessment of the upcoming 2010 elections.)
According to a nameless Arizona politico,
The Republican Party in the state is a mess,” [...]
by Nick Dranias
Goldwater Institute
Nine months ago, the Goldwater Institute introduced a plan to apply the principles of limited government to the governments closest to home. A New Charter for American Cities advocates the establishment of a “Local Liberty Charter” whereby citizens and local public officials could [...]
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Portland’s
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Phoenix, AZ
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Little Pink House is a first-rate nonfiction drama told by award-winning author Jeff Benedict. Benedict’s work takes readers behind the scenes—showcasing Kelo’s fight to save her home and New London Development Corporation President Claire Gaudiani’s effort to take it away. Little [...] MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF PRESS RELEASE
Officer’s Judgment Right or Wrong; Jail Time Unacceptable
(Maricopa County, Arizona) An examination of Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe’s record over the past 18 months shows that defendants who have committed crimes such as child abuse, drug possession, and aggravated assault, often walk away without [...]
Exposing the hypocrisy. 
