Anna and Ronald Lee are back to take another run at recalling Glendale Councilman Gary Sherwood. They filed for a petition serial number (RC-15-01) earlier today. Despite being well funded by the Gila River Indian Community, their previous multi month effort failed miserably. Despite hiring a professional petition circulating company to gather the necessary signatures, […]
Anti-Casino PACs Lose Lawsuit, File Appeal
December 18, 2014 by
Two political action committees (PACs) in Glendale, AZ filed a lawsuit against the City of Glendale on September 22 (CV2014-011334). The PACs were seeking an order to force the city to accept the giant stacks of expensive petitions the PACs circulated in opposition to two City Council actions regarding the proposed Tohono O’odham (TO) casino. The city had rejected the […]
Anti-Casino PAC Fined $75k For Campaign Finance Violations
December 16, 2014 by
The City of Glendale Arizona’s Attorney’s Office has notified the attorney (click here) representing a Glendale, AZ political action committee (PAC) of a $75,000.00 fine levied against them for violating State of Arizona campaign finance statutes. One Pocket To Another Pocket In The Same Pants Campaign finance laws are intended to protect the public from abuses of the […]
Lawyer: My Clients Were Ignorant of the Law
October 26, 2014 by
The bulk of the fines three political committees in Glendale are liable for (click for original story) are related to Arizona election law statutes that require reporting of large contributions and expenditures within 24 hours. The Glendale City Clerk refers to them as “10k notices”. Two of the committees are pushing referendums to negate two Glendale City […]
