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• Maricopa County Manager tries to silence local bloggers.

  —Exurban League

  Freedom of speech? Such a quaint concept. Maricopa County would rather that you just shut up: Maricopa County Manager David Smith has filed a State Bar of Arizona complaint against County Attorney Andrew Thomas and three of his employees.
  
  In recent weeks, Smith and the Board of Supervisors have stepped up [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:12pm EST
  

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• County Manager files complaint on Thomas, 3 others

  —IC Arizona

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  Some excerpts -Maricopa County Manager David Smith has filed a State Bar of Arizona complaint against County Attorney Andrew Thomas and three of his employees.In recent weeks, Smith and the Board of Supervisors have stepped up their offensive against the County Attorney's Office, including the bar complaint, a motion to [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:55am EST
  by IC Arizona

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• Supervisors Sue County Attorney to Block Criminal Investigations

  —IC Arizona

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  Taxpayer-Funded Lawyer Seeks to Destroy Sanctity of Grand JuryThe Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has filed a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office seeking to halt any potential criminal investigations and prosecutions of themselves and county employees, for any possible crimes, by the Maricopa County grand jury.The suit, filed [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:05am EST
  by IC Arizona

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• Supervisors Sue County Attorney to Block Criminal Investigations

  —The Sonoran Alliance

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  The suit by the supervisors is arguably their most dramatic attempt to impede criminal investigations and potential prosecutions of themselves.

  Taxpayer-Funded Lawyer Seeks to Destroy Sanctity of Grand Jury

  The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has filed a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office seeking to halt any [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:49pm EST
  by Hugh Nuze

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• Stapley video and special prosecutors

  —IC Arizona

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  An attorney for the board of supervisors is withholding surveillance video taken in a county parking garage showing the arrest of Supervisor Donald Stapley. The attorney is threatening to release a video of a minor fender bender involving prosecutor Barnett Lotstein if the demand for the Stapley video is not [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:29am EST
  by IC Arizona

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• Supervisors refuse to release surveillance video of Stapley arrest

  —The Sonoran Alliance

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  An attorney for the board of supervisors is withholding surveillance video taken in a county parking garage showing the arrest of Supervisor Donald Stapley. The attorney is threatening to release a video of a minor fender bender involving prosecutor Barnett Lotstein if the demand for the Stapley video is not [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  by Hugh Nuze

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• County Attorney's Barnett Lotstein corrects newspaper about Arpaio

  —IC Arizona

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  Paper misfired in labeling ArpaioSunday's editorial ("Elected officials allowed costly fight to rage on") and E.J. Montini's column ("Thomas vs. the supervisors: The dog, the hydrant and us") both hit and missed the mark.The editorial accurately described the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors' attempt to stymie the appointment of special' [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:53am EST
  by IC Arizona

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• Judge smacks down Cap'n Al's unconstitutional abuse of power

  —Blog For Arizona

  Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

  Earlier this year, our comic "hero" (sic) Cap'n Al Melvin (R-LD 26) sponsored legislation to expand the Pinal County Board of Supervisors from three members to five members, years before this will happen anyway in 2012 after the 2010 census, because "Republicans shouldn't have to wait that long" [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:39am EDT
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• Hope and Change 4 2010

  —The Sonoran Alliance

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  Take a moment, and restore your faith … 2010 will be here sooner than you think!  From Congress to the Maricopa Board of Supervisors, a new day is dawning come November 2010 and it begins with you! [...]

  Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:00am EDT
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• Gila County’s Big “D” With Anne Kirkpatrick

  —Gila Courier

  Tuesday, October 27, the Gila County Board of Supervisors voted to enter the “Copper Communities Alliance”. This newly formed organization is a committee formed by Gila County, Pinal County, and participating cities and towns for the purpose of promoting the passage of a congressional land exchange bill needed for the [...]

  Posted: October 28, 2009, 12:36am EDT
  by Rural Watch

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• Supervisors' Attempts to Stonewall Probe of County Officials Based on Bogus Claims

  —IC Arizona

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  PRESS RELEASEAfter objecting to County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ prosecution of Supervisor Donald Stapley, the Board of Supervisors and County Manager now are blocking Thomas’ attempt to appoint special prosecutors to handle the investigations—and are doing so based on bogus legal reasoning written by their own employees.The County Attorney’s Office today [...]

  Posted: October 26, 2009, 3:20pm EDT
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• Board of Supervisors stalling Stapley prosecution

  —IC Arizona

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  Some excerpts from the East Valley Tribune article - The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has refused to ratify the appointment of special prosecutors to work on a criminal case against Supervisor Don Stapley. Barnett Lotstein, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, said the board's action is reminiscent [...]

  Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:03am EDT
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• County In-fighting continues

  —Mesa Issues

  The Maricopa County Attorney's office wants to prosecute Supervisor Don Stapley so badly that they are trying to break procurement rules. As a result, the Board of Supervisors is not willing to approve the special prosecutors.
  
  Needless to say, the action was not taken lightly by the' [...]

  Posted: October 20, 2009, 4:46pm EDT
  

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• Interesting Agenda Update - Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

  —Random Musings

  In a post earlier this week about the schedule of political activity, I opined that the most interesting item on the agenda for Wednesday's meeting of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors would be the one where they approved the hiring of private lawyers to serve as Andrew Thomas'' [...]

  Posted: October 20, 2009, 1:25pm EDT
  

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