Politics – A necessary evil
Many, maybe even MOST, Americans say they have no interest in politics.
After all, it’s a dirty business and we’re all busy living our lives and taking care of business.
Yet, all Americans 18 and over should VOTE, and voting responsibly means getting a little dirty understanding politics and what politicians have in mind for your future and present life.
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Sherwood Recall Effort Fails Miserably in Glendale
Frequent readers of this space know the leading cause of failure for referendums and the like is “not reading the directions”. It happened again, the “Recall Councilman Gary Sherwood” (RCGS) committee has been notified their three month expensive effort to recall Councilman Sherwood has failed in spectacular fashion. City Clerk Notification The Glendale City Clerk,…
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Sherwood Recall Effort Advances Sloppily
Anna Lee, the chairperson of the “Recall Councilman Gary Sherwood Committee” (RCGS), submitted completed petition sheets to the Glendale City Clerk on Friday, December 19. She was presented with a receipt. Kill The Casino The stated purpose of the Sherwood recall is because of accusations of purported open meeting law shenanigans and other things, summarized by the final…
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Signature Requirement Incorrect for Sherwood Recall
Anna Lee, the chairperson of the “Recall Councilman Gary Sherwood Committee” (RCGS), submitted completed petition sheets to the Glendale City Clerk on Friday, December 19. RCGS paid Petition Partners about $1 of Gila River Indian Community funds per signature, depending on the math and the dubious correctness of the campaign finance reports. We’ll feature more wacky math tomorrow. How many signatures…
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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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Casino Referendum Failure In Glendale
Gary Hirsch and Jill Ryan recently teamed up to bring forth two referendum petitions squaring off against recent casino activity from the Glendale City Council. They have apparently hired Petition Partners as paid petition circulators. Click here for that story. This isn’t the first time this team has been rounded up for similar purposes. The first time was a…
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Glendale – Referendum And Irony Capital Of The World
Two referendum applications were filed by two new political committees in Glendale yesterday (8/14). Both are aimed squarely at the actions taken by the Glendale City Council on Tuesday (8/12). The Council passed (with a 4-3 vote) two actions paving the way for the Tohono O’odham Nation to build their resort/casino on reservation land near Westgate in…
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Salt River Pima-Maricopa Members Want Sherwood Recalled
When? A statement of organization for a political committee was filed in Glendale yesterday (August 12, 2014) one minute before close of business. Click here for the document. Why? The name of the committee is “Recall Councilman Gary Sherwood Committee”. While no recall petition has yet been filed, one would imagine there’s something in the works….