Today is the birthday of former Attorney General, Governor and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt.
Babbitt was elected Attorney General of Arizona in 1974, the last Democrat elected to that office until Janet Napolitano won in 1998. He served as governor of Arizona from the death in 1978 of Governor Wesley Bolin until 1987 when he made […]
Thanks to TucsonMark, we have a link to this morning’s Wall Street Journal article detailing the allegations against Rick Renzi. Apparently, it involves an alfalfa field near Sierra Vista. What, no buckwheat?
Renzi tried to get Resolution Copper Company, who wanted to sink a new underground mine near Superior, to buy the field in exchange for arranging the […]
Assistant Attorney General Paul Eckerstrom is being talked up as a candidate to run against Barbara Lawall for County Attorney. Eckerstrom had been talked about before, but the talk seems to be a bit more serious now.
Eckerstrom has worked both sides of the courtroom, as a public defender and as a prosecutor. He currently works […]
Over at Espresso Pundit, Greg Patterson has been responding to the Arizona Republic’s scathing endorsement of Harry Mitchell. He takes issue with the characterization of J. D. Hayworth as a “bully.” The gist of what he is saying seems to be that Hayworth is being attacked for his ideology and stance on illegal immigration.
Come on! […]
Governor Janet Napolitano should sit in her office all day and anonymously sign paperwork.
So says former State Senator John Greene, who this week filed a complaint about Napolitano’s activities with the office of Attorney General Terry Goddard. No word on Goddard’s reaction when it crossed his desk, but I’m guessing it was somewhere between indifference […]
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