Archive for County Government

Laurie Roberts: Wilcox should not accept $975,000 from taxpayers

May 15, 2012 Comments Off by

A m e r i c a n  P o s t – G a z e t t e Distributed by C O M M O N  S E N S E , in Arizona Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Former County Manager David Smith gave away large settlement amounts of taxpayers’ money out of [...]

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Wilcox finally gets $975,000 for “stress” by hiring former presiding judge as her attorney and getting anti-Arpaio judge

May 13, 2012 Comments Off by

A m e r i c a n  P o s t – G a z e t t e Distributed by C O M M O N  S E N S E , in Arizona Sunday, May 13, 2012 Three other county supervisors, Bill Montgomery, and Hos Hoskins refused to sign off on $975,000 [...]

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State Rep. Terri Proud: Where’s the Money Huck?

Feb 13, 2012 Comments Off by

What did you get for 1.5 billion dollars? The Arizona legislature is considering a bill, HB2565, which will protect the citizens of Pima County from the bait-and-switch bond tactics which have been perpetrated for years by County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry and the 3-vote majority on the Board of Supervisors. Pima County alone has almost $1.5 [...]

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Take Action to Control Powerful Government Unions!

Feb 02, 2012 Comments Off

Dear Arizona Taxpayer, Today in the Senate Government Reform Committee, the majority members voted in favor of four important bills that would reform powerful government-worker unions: SB 1484 — Paycheck Protection for Government Employees — Prohibits government employers from taking money from employee’s paychecks for union activities without express annual authorization. SB 1485 — Prohibition [...]

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Arpaio Campaign: Democrat Candidate Penzone Misses the Mark

Jan 24, 2012 Comments Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2012 CONTACT: Chad Willems PHOENIX, AZ – The Re-Elect Joe Arpaio 2012 campaign committee released the following statement today: “The first Democrat to file and announce his campaign for Maricopa County Sheriff, Paul Penzone, stumbled out of the gates this morning with an announcement that is riddled with errors about [...]

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Arpaio Officially Announces Campaign for Maricopa County Sheriff

Jan 05, 2012 Comments Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2012 CONTACT: Chad Willems $6,000,000 Raised for Re-Election Campaign PHOENIX, AZ – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio formally announced his campaign today for another term as Sheriff of Maricopa County. Through December 31st of last year, the campaign has raised a record $6 million for a sixth four-year term as [...]

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Charges Against Rachel Alexander Are Bogus & Embarrass Arizona Legal Community

Sep 26, 2011 Comments Off

By David Roney (originally posted on Lighthouse Blog) Former Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Alexander faces disciplinary action for following orders from her boss, former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Whether or not you agree or disagree with Thomas’ office’s allegations against some of the county supervisors is irrelevant. The issue here is what appears [...]

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