Entries Tagged as 'Arizona Corporation Commission'
Monday, September 1st, 2008
What We Have Here…
I just saw a commercial for the “Solar Team” for Corporation Commission. Something struck me. When they read the disclaimer, they say “Paid for by George, Kennedy and Paul Newman.” I wondered why Newman’s first name is used when the first names of the others aren’t.
Then it struck me: George Kennedy and Paul Newman!
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
R-Cubed Sells Out!
You no doubt have noticed the Kara Kelty ads now on the blog. The folks over at Click to Blue, who do my advertising, called me and asked me if I was willing to run the ads. I said yes because I support Kelty in the primary.
I also support Paul Newman, who I have known [...]
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Kelty, McClure On the Ballot
The challenge to the petitions of Kara Kelty and Marian McClure was dropped today. Kelty’s people had pointed out that among the people who were supposedly invalid signers included state legislators and judges.
The guys didn’t bother to show up, and the case seemed shaky in the first place. It makes me wonder if the idea [...]
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Kelty’s, McClure’s Petitions Challenged
There are already some shenanigans in the Corporation Commission race. Of course, with Sam George née Vagenas involved, how long did you expect there to be no shenanigans?
There is a challenge to the petitions of Kara Kelty and Marian McClure. The funny thing is, despite these two running in separate primaries, they seem to be [...]
Monday, April 28th, 2008
By George, Who Knew?
Sam George, one of our Corporation Commission candidates, made the rounds at the State Democratic Party meeting Saturday. I neglected to ask him if he was the same Sam George who started ten games for the New England Revolution in 1997 and scored one goal before being traded to the Tampa Bay Mutiny for Ivan McKinley (or [...]
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Hello, Newman…
We will soon be blessed with another candidate for Corporation Commission, Cochise County Supervisor Paul Newman. Yes, check your calendars, it is not 1998.
Some of you may remember that the then-State House member from Bisbee narrowly lost a race for the Corporation Commission to State Treasurer Tony West. As it turned out, West was ineligible [...]
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
Victory for Clean Elections
In another victory for the Clean Elections system, an administrative law judge said that the Clean Elections Commission was right to remove Rep. David Burnell Smith from office for violating the terms of his Clean Elections contract.
The commission unanamously concluded a few months ago that Smith exceeded the limits set forth in the Clean Elections [...]
