A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Arizona Republic editorializes against corrupt Supervisors Stapley and Wilcox
Supervisors put on so much fake weeping during Bar prosecution of Andrew Thomas wanting their million dollar lawsuits against county taxpayers that even liberal Republic wasn’t fooled
Reprinted from SeeingRedAZ.com
“Must even sober, somber hearings convened by the Arizona Supreme Court dissolve into weepy productions from the Oprah Winfrey Network?….Stapley and Wilcox are using these proceedings to maximize their cases for winning damages from the county. Their testimony is a distraction from the specific accusation that Thomas abused his license to practice law.”
High drama in the high court
September 22, 2011
It’s a rare day when we agree – even in part – with an editorial in the Morning Endeavor.
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
More improper behavior exposed in a case involving AG Tom Horne Maricopa County Crime Examiner
by Linda Bentley
PHOENIX – Thursday, June 30 was Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe’s last day on the bench.
In his May 5, 2011 letter of resignation to Gov. Jan Brewer, he quoted Seneca: “You must know for which harbor you are headed if you are to catch the right wind to take you there.”
He then wrote, “For over 21 years, my harbor has been the Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County. I have felt a fresh wind at my back pushing me in a new direction …”
Some say he’s leaving due to too many forces breathing down the back of his neck, including Dr. James Houston, a former Northern Arizona University instructor, whose case against Attorney General Tom Horne, in his former capacities as Arizona State Superintendent of Schools and member of the Arizona Board of Education, was pending in Donahoe’s court.
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Republic: [Dropping the charges] was not vindication [of Stapley]
Columnist E.J. Montini: Prosecutor ought to pursue charges vs. Stapley
When the Arizona Republic and its most liberal columnist, E.J. Montini, who usually writes columns attacking Sheriff Arpaio, agree with us that someone is corrupt, then there is no doubt something is really, really wrong. Even the liberals at the Republic cannot sit back and ignore all the evidence piled up against Stapley. The Republic and Montini both wrote columns yesterday expressing disappointment that the criminal charges against County Supervisor Don Stapley were dismissed by Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores. Flores alleges that she had to drop the charges because the prosecution was botched, but Montini is having nothing of it. Why doesn’t Flores fix the problems and prosecute him herself? It’s pretty obvious to everyone observing that Stapley’s powerful connections are helping him skate.
Here are some excerpts from the articles:
Montini: “Prosecutor ought to pursue charges vs. Stapley”
This is not how the justice system is supposed to work, unless you live in Arizona.
Here, it’s normal.
It must be, because no one seems to be complaining.
The prosecutor looking into accusations against Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley says that he is probably a criminal but that she’s not going to prosecute him.
Stapley then declared his “long nightmare is over,” said he is “relieved and grateful” and, oh yeah, wants the county (that’s us) to give him $10 million.
Why not? It’s Arizona.
For more than two years, Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores has been reviewing an investigation of Stapley by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (under former head Andrew Thomas).
County effort fails to secure loophole to OK ’09 purchase
A quiet effort by certain Maricopa County officials to make peace with Sheriff Joe Arpaio by retroactively authorizing the potentially illegal purchase of a $456,000 bus appears to have backfired.
The custom-made bus, purchased by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in 2009 to transport jail inmates, sits unused in a parking lot, where it was damaged during fall hailstorms.
For most of the past two years, county officials and the Sheriff’s Office have argued over whether it was legally obtained.
Faced with poor public relations and costly political battles, at least some county officials recently tried to insert a provision into a state budget bill to retroactively authorize the purchase. That provision would have absolved Arpaio’s office of any violations in buying the bus with jail-enhancement funds and without following state procurement rules.
A version of the bill approved Friday by the Legislature and sent to Gov. Jan Brewer for signature did not include the language authorizing the bus purchase. However, it was later discovered that the bill had not been properly amended, so lawmakers on Tuesday asked Brewer to return the bill to clarify.
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Other counties including Sheriff Paul Babeu having similar problems with their power-hungry Supervisors
Supervisors spending your money like crazy on high-priced lobbyists to defeat SB 1411
The Maricopa County Supervisors’ reign of terror will soon be over. The state legislature is considering a bill, SB 1411, that will limit their budget authority over other county agencies. Be sure to contact your legislator and make sure they are supporting this important bill. The Supervisors are spending thousands of dollars of your money on lobbyists to convince legislators not to support it. But this bill urgently needs to be passed; officials in other counties like Sheriff Paul Babeu are having the same problems with their County Supervisors.
The Supervisors have done everything they can to take out officials like Sheriff Arpaio and former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas because they disagreed with their efforts combating illegal immigration. But Arpaio and Thomas are being vindicated. Just today the Republic ran a story on how there has been a 40% drop in illegal immigrants in county jails. At the same time, the rest of the country saw increases in deportations! This is astounding, and proof that Arpaio’s and Thomas’s efforts worked. The taxpayers of Arizona will reap the benefits.
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Judge refuses Wilcox’s motion to quash subpoena of her and her husband Earl
Wilcoxes subject of racketeering lawsuit by professional boxing trainer
“On July 15, 2005, Earl Wilcox and Mckinn, with Esqueda waiting in the hall, entered the chambers of Judge Carlos Mendoza who was presiding over the case.
Records indicate Earl Wilcox introduced himself to Mendoza as the Special Assistant of Governor Janet Napolitano and the husband of Mary Rose Wilcox, a member of the board of supervisors, which sets the judicial budget, and demanded the charges against McKinn be dismissed….Mendoza reported he felt intimidated and believed there was an attempt to bribe him, as he was offered a position as a medical director with a salary of $110,000 the very next day.” (from original story at http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-phoenix/supervisor-wilcox-focus-of-43-million-claim-boxing-check-dispute?render=print)
Boxing promoter fraud case hits new snag at sentencing
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Wilcoxes’ motion to quash subpoenas denied
Sonoran News
Feeling a little closer to justice being served, Joe Diaz is pictured inside his Top Level Boxing Gym in downtown Phoenix holding up a T-shirt made for him using the Arizona Capitol Times front-page story about his 7-year ordeal. Photo by Linda Bentley
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
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Tuesday, February 16, 2011
Andrew Thomas not only one uncovering unethical acts by Judge Donahoe
Donahoe unethically had attorney arrested in probate court for refusing to disclose attorney-client privileged information
Hat Tip: Sonoran Alliance
NEW NAME, OLD OWNERS, SAME STORY
The saga of reforming the probate courts in Arizona is focusing on Maricopa County lately. The anger families and victims of the court ordered abuse are feeling has reached a fever pitch and came to an interesting point earlier this week. This is from a website dedicated to Arizona Judicial Reform: ”The Hits Just Keep On Coming…OR…How to Legally Abuse, Extort, and Violate the Law While Making a Fortune!“ The current practices are anything but our finest hour and do not resemble “justice for all”. It is worth reading.
House of Representatives
HB 2164
county treasurer’s management fund
Sponsor: Representative Kavanagh
Overview
HB 2164 allows for the creation of a County Treasurer’s Management Fund consisting of monies received by the county treasurer from management fees.
History
Elected to a four year term, a county treasurer is a custodian of public monies and is required to keep public monies in his possession until they are disbursed according to law. The county treasurer’s office receives all revenues, handles credit accounts, pays school and county warrants and invests county and school funds under the direction of the Board of Supervisors (Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S) § 11-491 & 35-323).
The county Board of Supervisors determines the budgets of all elected and appointed county officers, including the county treasurer (A.R.S § 11-201).
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Supervisors ignore Tea Parties like they do the Constitution
Use high-priced taxpayer-funded lobbyists to stall legislature from passing HB 2164
Yesterday [2/8/11] the House Committee on Government at the State Legislature held a meeting on HB 2164, County Treasurer’s Management Fund. This bill would provide more transparency on what the County Supervisors are spending our money on.
The Tea Parties showed up en masse at the legislature yesterday to support the bill. Legislators looked out over a sea of people wearing yellow Tea Party buttons in the hearing room. But outrageously, after taking their own personal time to make sure their voices we heard, political maneuvering by the Supervisors caused the bill to be delayed. Maricopa County Supervisors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on pricey lobbyists to defy the will of “we the people.” Everyone had to go home!
The Chairman, Representative Judy Burges, says enough is enough and the bill WILL be heard next Tuesday February 15th at 2:00 pm.
