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Federal judge ramps it up on Sheriff Arpaio

Dec 24, 2011 Comments Off by

In an absurd ruling issued yesterday, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow has expanded the scope of a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to include every Hispanic driver and passenger who has been stopped, detained, questioned or searched by MCSO deputies since January 2007, according to a report in the daily.   Regardless of [...]

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AZ AG Horne: Quartzsite council violated open meeting law

Dec 13, 2011 Comments Off by

Numerous violations cited Attorney General Tom Horne has found evidence that the Quartzsite Town Council has violated Arizona’s Open Meeting Laws (A.R.S. §§ 38-431 et. seq.) in connection with the conduct of Town Council meetings and dealings with a member of the public. In this letter to Quartzsite Town Attorney Martin Brannan, Horne notes that on June [...]

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High drama in the high court

Sep 22, 2011 Comments Off by

It’s a rare day when we agree — even in part — with an editorial in the Morning Endeavor. But today the editorialist gets it right in declaring that with the “weepy”courtroom testimonies of Maricopa County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox, the “political circus has come to town.” Stapley has filed a $15 [...]

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The most watched legal show in town

Sep 21, 2011 Comments Off

No, it’s not televised reruns of Law and Order or Boston Legal. It’s the spellbinding daily live time hearing videos via the Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge with Streaming Media and Archived videos. Click it on and you’re there.
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Philly Gordon eyes AZ U.S. Attorney post?

Sep 09, 2011 Comments Off

Who better for the liberal Obama administration to pick as a Dennis Burke replacement? Outgoing Phoenix Mayor Philly Gordon is term-limited and seeking gainful employment. And he has the requisite credentials of being a FOJ — Friend of Janet (Napolitano). In Arizona, during the Obama administration, having a link to the radically liberal Napolitano can [...]

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Dennis Burke, AZ US Attorney forced to resign amid scandal, cover-up

Aug 30, 2011 Comments Off

Within days of testifying before a Congressional committee about his office’s role in the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms gun-smuggling operation known as “Fast and Furious,” U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke has submitted his letter of resignation — effective immediately. His resignation comes amid fallout of his knowledge of the ill-conceived and [...]

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AZ AG Tom Horne subject of leftist lies, distortions

Aug 29, 2011 Comments Off

 Olbermann, Gallardo serve as stooges for one another Last Thursday Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne took the bold step of suing the federal government in reference to the constitutionality of a portion of the Voting Rights Act requiring Arizona to pre-clear all voting changes with the Justice Department.  The 16-page Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and [...]

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