Archive for Spending

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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Wil Cardon: Congressman Jeff Flake Continues to Waste Money for Travel

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off by

Phoenix, Arizona – A recent study by CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, found that Congressman Jeff Flake has no shame when it comes to the amount of government money he is willing to waste. Phoenix’s KPHO-TV highlighted the study’s findings in which Congressman Flake has reimbursed himself $20,000 for travel, meals and other expenses. [...]

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Michael Monti: Mark Mitchell’s Pet Project Would Waste Millions of Taxpayer Dollars

Mar 26, 2012 Comments Off

Michael Monti says taxpayers would be left holding the bag for Mark Mitchell’s boondoggle (Tempe, Arizona) Mark Mitchell has recently been touting his ‘plan’ for a Tempe Conference Center, but he has failed to say who will pay for it. That’s because it’s the Tempe taxpayers who would be on the hook for millions. Businessman [...]

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Athens burns as Greece struggles to implement spartan budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off

Athens, reputed to be the origin of democracy, is in the 21st century a pariah of the worst extremes of what government by the welfare state can do for an economy.  Civilization has ground to a halt as as the irate, impoverished population spasms in …

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Heritage Foundation: Jeff Flake Most Conservative Elected Official in Arizona; Fourth Most Conservative in America

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off

In a recent post, I suggest that Rep. Jeff Flake is the second coming of conservative icon Barry Goldwater. Luckily, the Heritage Action’s new legislative scorecard goes a long way to substantiate that claim. Flake is the most conservative elected official in Arizona …

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

Feb 13, 2012 Comments Off

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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Wil Cardon Statement on President Obama’s FY2013 Budget

Feb 13, 2012 Comments Off

For Immediate Release: February 13, 2012 Contact: Katie Martin Phoenix, Arizona – Wil Cardon, Mesa businessman and candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after President Obama released his FY2013 budget: “President Obama’s budget promotes more government spending, higher taxes to fund that wasteful spending and more government debt for future generations. Regardless if [...]

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Rep. David Schweikert: Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice

Feb 13, 2012 Comments Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2012 CONTACT: Rachel Semmel Washington, D.C. – Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ) released the following statement Monday after President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2013 Budget request which calls for unprecedented levels of spending and debt increases and tax hikes: “President Obama’s fourth go-around at a budget is not much better [...]

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Rep. Quayle Responds to Obama’s Latest Budget Bust

Feb 13, 2012 Comments Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2012 CONTACT: Zach Howell WASHINGTON (DC) – Congressman Ben Quayle released the following statement regarding the release of President Obama’s proposed FY 2012 budget: “President Obama has already added trillions to the national debt, but he’s not done drowning us in red ink yet. Far from keeping his promise to [...]

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