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Convicted Ex-Sheriff Rehired
• KPHO TV5A former Apache County sheriff who pleaded guilty to a felony charge in
2007 and resigned from office has now been hired as an investigator for
the county prosecutor.
Brian Hounshell pleaded guilty to a charge of soliciting the misuse of public funds
and 10 other public corruption charges were dropped. He was placed on
three years probation and ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution and
perform 1,000 hours community service.
He was hired this week by
Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting, who told the Arizona Republic
that he was the best man for the job.
Whiting also has hired former deputy Hugh Lynch, who was convicted of perjury in the same case.
Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest
• APAbout a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday - the latest incident in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president.
Gun-rights advocates say they're exercising their constitutional right to bear arms and protest, while those who argue for more gun control say it could be a disaster waiting to happen.
Obama visits Phoenix: Who cares?
• Daniel HellerObama tainted our beautiful state once again today with his presence and another one of his endless campaign speeches. (Yes, “campaign.” Considering his lack of real governmental experience, the man really doesn’t know how to stop.) This time it he was trying to appeal to veterans by doing what all good socialists and hack salesmen do: promise everything plus the moon...for free! He spoke late this morning in downtown Phoenix at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention at the Convention Center. Nothing new here (aside from his being in Phoenix). Big deal. Hope and change. Yada yada.
Downtown Phoenix, AZ some citizens decide to exercise their 2nd Amendment
• AZ Central.comArticle here is not the main focus (blah, blah, blah) during Obama's visit to Phoenix to address the VFW, but the picture is worth so much more than a thousand words...WAY TO GO
Sheriff Joe Arpaio Deputies raid county building to take control of computers
• AzCentral.com
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday stormed into a county building, seized control of a computer system and threatened to arrest county employees if they tried to stop them, according to county officials.
County management responded by asking a Maricopa County Superior Court judge for a temporary restraining order against the Sheriff's Office.
The system, which provides access to law-enforcement databases, is the subject of a lawsuit between the Sheriff's Office and the Board of Supervisors.
Sheriff's Office explains why it took over county computers
• Arizona RepublicThe Sheriff's Office took control of the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System
from county employees on Wednesday. The system links the county's
criminal-justice agencies to state and national databases that hold
criminal records, court dates, probation and personal information, and
other records.
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick walking out of her town hall (VIDEO)
• YoutubeCongresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ 1) walking out of her town hall in Holbrook, Arizona. August 6, 2009.
$76,000,000 for new Chandler City Hall
• East Valley TribuneCan you feel the plunder? $315 taken from 240,595 Chandler men, woman, and children to be spent on monument to government. BONUS ROUND: City has $21.5 million budget deficit.
Redflex: Crooked Company, Crooked Signs
• CameraFRAUDDear Redflex, While we know that your “sexy-mama” employees like to drink on the job, forge documents, and, well… go to federal prison, we have higher standards for you. Seriously. Stop making our job so easy, as you did today by posting this sign on the Loop 101 westbound just past Scottsdale Road:
Morpheus on 3 TV regarding William Kostric and bringing a gun to a presidential Town Hall
Thomas CostanzoPhoenix 3TV tracks me down from the givemeliberty.org and wethepeople.org sites and wants to interview me about the incident surrounding William Kostric, who was openly carrying a gun, where the so-called President Obama, who was scheduled to speak. The Media is in an uproar over this man exerci
UPDATED: Steven Anderson's Dismissal Hearing
Powell GammillSteven Anderson was arrested for refusing to cooperate with Border Patrol officers at an internal roadblock 60 miles inside the USA. He had a hearing to dismiss all charges. [UPDATED]
Arizona Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures Skyrocket
• AZCentral.comMore than 2,000 commercial properties in Maricopa County have received 90-day foreclosure notices since Jan. 1, representing $6.3 billion in real-estate loans on which the borrowers have failed to make payments. That number is staggering when placed in contrast with the average commercial foreclosure rate over the past decade, which has been practically zero. The problem, sparked by property-value declines and a paucity of refinancing options, has produced a steady flow of distressed commercial properties onto the market, with a heavy emphasis on small and midsize office and retail centers.
Gorman resigns as Ariz. Senate's majority whip (Won't be a party to raising taxes)
• AzFamily.com
An Arizona state senator resigned from her leadership post Tuesday, citing philosophical differences with other Republican leaders on taxes and spending.
In an e-mail announcing her resignation as Senate majority whip, Republican Sen. Pamela Gorman of Anthem says she finds raising taxes during a recession is the wrong thing to do.
Gorman, who is retaining her position as a state senator, is an opponent of Gov. Jan Brewer's proposal for a sales tax increase. Gorman says the tax issue is tearing apart the Republican caucus.
The Arizona Legislature returned Tuesday afternoon to its special session focusing on closing a state budget deficit estimated at more than $3 billion.
Redflex Camera Attacked on AZ-51
• CameraFRAUDAn automated ticketing machine was rendered inoperable over the weekend, CameraFRAUD has learned. The Redflex device, located on the AZ-51, appears to have been covered with black spray paint ("freedom mist?") Arizona’s beleaguered “photo enforcement” cameras have been rendered inoperable with post-it notes, silly string, sledgehammers, pick-axes, spray paint, large rocks, spare tires, as well as two acts of God .
Landmark Arizona Self-Defense Harold Fish Case Gets New Life
Thomas CostanzoThe Arizona Court of Appeals has thrown out the conviction of Harold Fish and chastised the judge who tried the case. Mr. Fish has been released from custody into his family's joyfully waiting arms, while he awaits final resolution of his case. Fish was the retired school teacher who shot a man who charged at him swinging his arms and yelling threats in a forest outside of Payson. Fish was convicted of second degree murder in 2006, in a trial many thought was grossly unfair, and has spent the intervening three years in an Arizona state prison. He had no prior criminal record of any kind. The Appeals Court ruled, among other things, that Fish should have been allowed to introduce evidence of his homeless attacker's violent past and the vicious histories of the man's dogs which triggered the event. The case was tried under an old abusive standard, quietly slipped into law without review in 1996 by state prosecutors. This forced a self-defense c
Arizona May Sell State Capitol Building To Balance Budget
• Michael Shedlock / Mish"We've mortgaged the legislative halls," said an exasperated state Rep. Steve Yarbrough, a Chandler Republican. "That just tells you how extraordinary the times are.
Desperate state may sell Capitol buildings, others
• AZ Central
Call it a sign of desperate times: Legislators are considering selling the House and Senate buildings where they've conducted state business for more than 50 years.
Dozens of other state properties also may be sold as the state government faces its worst financial crisis in a generation, if not ever.
As sales-tax plan gathers support, questions linger
• AZ CentralGov. Brewer says money from the tax would ease a $3.4 billion deficit.
Lawmakers say an economic downturn is the wrong time to raise taxes,
although there were indications their resistance is
softening. [as expected]
Redflex: Under Investigation
• CameraFRAUDThe lunatics at Redflex are in charge of the insane asylum of photo enforcement as DPS backs away from a public relations nightmare. Over 3,600 people were inexplicably set for the same court date in Phoenix, prompting an angry response from those who actually appeared and mounting frustration from court administrators. Judge Rachel Carrillo told ABC15: “The clerks are completly overworked, very stressed. We have people very angry at our counters, some theatening. We are trying to get Redflex to work with us and not do what they did today.”
3,500 Out of 3,600 Can’t Be Wrong
• CameraFRAUDThe automated ticketing scheme ran by Redflex mailed out over 3,600 “notices” to individuals demanding that they appear for court this morning and CameraFRAUD estimates that less than 100 people actually showed up. (If thousands of “tickets” are mailed out in the desert, and no one responds, does the State’s cash register still make a sound?)
Event: Operation COURTROOM CHAOS
• CameraFRAUD3,600 Photo Radar Tickets have been set for court... on the SAME DAY at the SAME PLACE. Please consider showing up to hand out the Constitution, wave some signs, collect signatures... ANYTHING! Source email sent out to county workers: "This email is to notify you that West McDowell Justice Court at the Downtown Justice Court Building at 620 West Jackson is anticipating up to 3,600 individuals to appear Monday morning (July 27, 2009) in response to Photo Radar tickets. Court Security will have additional security staff on site to assist with getting individuals in the building and through security as quickly as possible as well as trying to keep the crowds under control. If the building reaches a capacity issue, individuals will be directed to wait outside in a uniform fashion or return closer to the court time."
AZ State Treasurer deemed potential terrorist by Homeland Security
• Daniel HellerOn July 16th, Arizona State Treasurer Dean Martin discovered he was on Department of Homeland Security’s “No-Fly” list when he was “pulled aside by agents from the Transportation Security Administration,” according to azfamily.com.
Stimulus Money to Fund Diamondbacks New Spring Training Site?
• AZCentral.comThe community will try to tap into $2 billion in federal stimulus funds set aside for Indian communities to help fund the baseball complex, Salt River community President Diane Enos said...
4 Ariz. boys accused of raping 8-year-old girl- WTF x 2!!
• APOfficers responding to hysterical screams found an 8-year-old girl partially clothed and 4 boys, barely in their teens, running from an empty shed...."The father told the case worker and an officer in her presence that he didn't want her back. He said 'Take her, I don't want her,' " Hill said.
No quorum? No big deal, lawmakers say
• Capitol News Services
When the state House convened Monday, only 26 lawmakers were present. That is less than half of the 60 people who are elected to serve.
More to the point, it is less than the 31 required for a quorum.
That didn’t stop House Speaker Kirk Adams from gaveling the body into session and voting on a procedural motion. So how did he get away with it?
Government bureaucrats waste $700,000 to visit Phoenix
• Daniel HellerLast week 700 “executives” (that is, bureaucrats) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) flew in from Washington to relax at your expense at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.
EIGHT GUN BILLS SIGNED BY AZ GOVERNOR
Thomas CostanzoAll anti-rights bills defeated, some pro-rights bills
died All anti-rights bills defeated, some pro-rights bills died
Basically, the state of Arizona did very well if you're a rights
supporter.
by Alan Korwin, Author The Arizona Gun Owner's Guide, Gun Laws of America
Waiting until the last possible moment, Arizona governor
Jan Brewer on July 13 signed all eight gun-related bills enacted by the state
legislature in 2009. Two crucial bills, Constitutional Carry and penalty
reduction for discreet carry without a permit, failed passage at the last
minute and didn't make it to her desk. The eight bills signed into law, which
will become effective on Sep. 30, 2009 (except SB 1242, effective immediately),
At least 14 gun-related bills were introduced this year,
with the few anti-rights bills repudiated early in the session and defeated.
One other pro-rights bill died at the end, the effort to reduce required
classes to three or four hours f
Phoenix: Luxury high-rise faces threat of condo foreclosures
• AZCentral.comThe lender for the Summit at Copper Square has taken the first step toward foreclosing on 74 unsold units in the downtown Phoenix luxury high-rise.
Dog barking could put woman in jail (video)
• TV videoYou have got to see these dogs. Unbelievable! Apparently she has been convicted and will be sentenced today.
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