Thursday, January 26th, 2006...11:30 pm
Make Sure Not to Slam the Door; Just Hand Your Keys to Slim on the Way Out
It appears that the short and well litigated political career of David Burnell Smith has finally ended. The Arizona Supreme Court has refused to issue a stay of a lower court’s order that he vacate his office for violating the Clean Elections law. He can still appeal, but he will not be able to do so as an office holder.
This is a great victory for the Clean Elections system. It means that the statute actually has teeth.
Smith was a lawmaker of few accomplishments who had a poor attendance record. He won’t be missed. He’ll probably be replaced with an equally faceless Republican functionary. None the less, there is a lot to celebrate with this decision.
Don’t worry about Smith, he’s got that great acting career to fall back on.
I know I am not the only one to notice that several clients of political consultant Constantine Querard have had similar trouble with the Clean Elections law. What’s up with that?
4 Comments
January 27th, 2006 at 12:23 am
Ha! Goodbye, Asshole!
January 27th, 2006 at 8:47 am
What gets me is that Smith is a lawyer.
I wonder if anyone has made a complaint about him to the State Bar on this issue. How can a lawyer continue to practice when he has been found to have broken the law??? Can anyone answer that question for me?
January 27th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Well…I don’t know about a bar complaint…but he can’t be a good lawyer, since he is claiming that he didn’t understand a rather simple contract.
January 27th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Well of course Constantine’s clients didn’t follow the law… the law doesn’t apply to them. They are doing God’s work and no man-made, liberal law is going to get in their way! In fact, no group of unelected judges or commission can kick them out of office… they were elected by the people… oh wait… Clean Elections was passed by the people. Gee - now I’m all confused.
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