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Anti-Casino PACs Lose Lawsuit, File Appeal
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…
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Anti-Casino PAC Fined $75k For Campaign Finance Violations
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…
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Note to Larry Brooks: Get Bent
On Saturday, December 6, Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) posted an opinion piece on the NY Post website, a noted bastion of journalistic ethics and snappy headlines. In it, the hockey business Sergeant Schultz of the tri-state area encourages the NJ Devils to throw their season to be in the hunt for a draft pick. He also…
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Immigration Executive Action
POTUS is pushing the envelope with the open threat of an executive order to shield up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. A senior administration official has characterized the 5 million figure as being the upper limit of what the President is considering. A more realistic number is millions less. Despite that and the…
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Note to David Shoalts: Get Bent
Some things never change. One is that the Stanley Cup seems to want to stay in the United States. Another is that David Shoalts will frequently return to the well of guaranteed partisan and enemy clicks with negative Arizona Coyotes stories. Also guaranteed? Actual facts aren’t that important to Shoalts. He’s pushed out a couple editorials in the Toronto Globe…
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Lawyer: My Clients Were Ignorant of the Law
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…