Wednesday, November 7th, 2007...8:39 am
Lawyers, No Guns, but Some Money
The first official salvo in next year’s Pima County Attorney race has been fired. A group called Citizens for Justice has been formed and has put together a website detailing what they see as problems with Barbara Lawall’s stewardship of her office. The allegations are well sourced, with all of them being presented as articles already published in local newspapers rather than the voice of the semi-anonymous folks that run the site.
I say “semi-anonymous” because there is no indication on the site itself who is behind it, but folks in the local legal community know it is Joe Machado, who was a former County Attorney himself in Santa Cruz County before hanging his shingle in Tucson. The group will have a coming out party of sorts on November 14th when they host a happy hour at downtown bar Chileverde.
The flyers that have been distributed for the event refer to it as “Margaritas & Politics” and stress that “All Parties Are Invited.” It even features both a donkey and an elephant boxing. Lawall will be hit from both sides next year, with a primary battle with former Pima County Democratic chair Paul Eckerstrom and a general election with Republican Brad Roach. Although Eckerstrom has made a compelling case against Lawall, his fury will be nothing compared to Roach’s, whose head was one of the ones that rolled in the office decimation that followed in the wake of the Dr. Brian Stidham murder case.
2 Comments
November 7th, 2007 at 9:05 am
That is going to be one ugly election. Start the popcorn a-poppin’!
November 7th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
“and a general election with Republican Brad Roach” Come on, Ted. We all know that Barbara won’t make it that far if Eckerstrom runs.
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