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Investigative Report Regarding Representative Daniel Patterson

Apr 02, 2012 Comments Off by

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT REGARDING REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL PATTERSON PREPARED FOR THE ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ETHICS COMMITTEE SUBMITTED MARCH 30, 2012 Preliminary Statement Michael C. Manning, Craig A. Morgan, Sharon W. Ng, and Danelle G. Kelling of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP have been retained to serve as Special Counsel for the House of Representatives Ethics Committee to [...]

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Tom Horne: Facts Dealing With False Allegations Made By Don Dybus

Apr 02, 2012 Comments Off by

1. Applicable Statute The rules are set forth in the definition of “independent expenditure,” in A.R.S. § 16-901(14). The definition of “election” is that it means any “primary, general,…or runoff election.” (Emphasis added). Therefore the primary is a separate election from the general. A.R.S. § 16-901(7) also states “for purposes of § 16-903 and § [...]

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Regulating the internet still a bad idea at the state level

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The panic over federal legislation regulating the Internet is over, but now states are jumping on the bandwagon.  As with many things, Arizona seems to want to be “first”.  A bill has worked its way through both houses of Arizona’s legislature giving the state …

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FBI investigating Tom Horne for campaign violations

Apr 02, 2012 Comments Off

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 Monday, April 2, 2012 Arizona Capitol Times by Jeremy Duda April 2, 2012 Federal authorities are investigating Attorney General [...]

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Time Is Running Out to Improve Arizona’s Digital Learning Options This Session

Apr 02, 2012 Comments Off

By Jonathan Butcher Arizona students are at risk of having fewer digital learning options if lawmakers do not reconsider SB 1259, which provides more options for students to pursue digital learning outside of their school district’s boundaries. We cannot expect all sides to agree with every detail of such a large piece of legislation, but [...]

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Lynne LaMaster: Pass the Online Arizona Public Notices Bill HB 2403

Feb 16, 2012 Comments Off

The following testimony is by Lynne LaMaster, Editor of eNewsAZ regarding the shenanigans being played out by the Arizona Newspaper Association and its allies in opposition to HB 2403. (Sonoran Alliance supports this legislation.) This entire experience has been very enlightening to me. I have learned far more than I ever imagined. One of the [...]

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Save Money, Double Turnout with Consolidated Local Elections

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off

By Lucy Morrow Caldwell Ask any grassroots activist and he’ll tell you that getting out the vote is tough, because the majority of Arizonans have busy lives beyond the ballot-box. Worse still, with elections happening at a variety of times throughout a two-year cycle, many voters don’t know when an election is taking place. This [...]

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Time to pass the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act of Arizona!

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2012 CONTACT: Billy Cody On Thursday, February 16, 2012 the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), a national pro-life organization, will join Arizona pro-life leaders at two press conference outside Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Glendale and Tucson to call for the passage of Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act [...]

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Let’s Open the Door to Compassionate Volunteers

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off

By Diane Cohen As you read this, hundreds of doctors and other health care professionals are ready to come to Arizona to provide free medical care for those in need. They are volunteers from around the country, who pay their own travel, room and board so that they can donate their skills over the course [...]

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Governor Jan Brewer Statement on Arizona’s 100th Birthday

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2012 CONTACT: Dockendorff Wishing Arizona a Happy Centennial “On February 14, 2012, Arizona will celebrate the most historic and significant milestone of its statehood. “It’s hard to believe it has been exactly one century since President Taft’s signature declared Arizona the 48th and last contiguous state in the Union. Many [...]

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