Russell Pearce Fundraiser Uses New Times Photo, Sans J.T. Ready

Shucks, seems I’m doing my bit to help state Senate President Russell Pearce beat back the recall, too. Albeit, inadvertently.See, the anti-recall committee “Patriots for Pearce,” chaired by Jesse Hernandez, a staffer for Republican Arizona Congressman David Schweikert, has been circulating a new e-mail that pimps an August 17 fundraiser for…

Tom Horne and His Office’s Possible Conflict in Redistricting Probe

In this week’s column, I addressed the claims of Arizona Tea Party members, and some Republicans, concerning the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. One of these claims is that the AIRC may have violated Arizona’s open meetings law, as well as state procurement procedures in the pick of the commission’s mapping consultant…

Russell Pearce Recall Committee Formed by “Outside Interests”

Ah, sweet irony.State Senate President Russell Pearce’s supporters love to prevaricate about Citizens for a Better Arizona, the committee that’s collected enough signatures in Legislative District 18 to force a recall of Pearce, alleging that the recall has been organized by unnamed “outside interests.”Which is total bull, as I’ve pointed…

Tea Party Calls for Redistricting Chair’s Head: Republican and Democratic Commissioners Support Her (w/Addendum)

Despite calls from Tea Party activists and some Republicans for the resignation of Colleen Mathis, chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, both Republican commissioner Scott Freeman and Democratic commissioner Jose Herrera expressed support for the embattled Mathis Thursday night.After a nearly-three hour public hearing at Phoenix’s South Mountain Community…

Russell Pearce’s Lawyer Is Full of Bunk

I understand that lawyers need to make a buck, and usually I wouldn’t worry about one latching onto Republican state Senate President and recall boy Russell Pearce like a lamprey sucking the blood out of an alligator, but even so, Phoenix attorney Lisa Hauser is a joke. And not a…

Russell Pearce Files Lame Court Challenge to Recall Petitions (w/Update)

State Senator Russell Pearce’s lawyer Lisa Hauser filed one of the lamest legal challenges in this history of civil actions today. This, to the so-far successful recall effort against Pearce, which has resulted in Governor Jan Brewer ordering a recall election in Legislative District 18.It’s not only lame, it’s laughable…

Jan Brewer Shills for Russell Pearce, and More in the Pearce Recall

Governor Jan Brewer is helping raise money for the man many have called the de facto governor of Arizona: state Senate President Russell Pearce.In an e-mail blast sent out today, Brewer asks recipients to donate to Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall, and links to the organization’s Web site, protectanamericanpatriot.com.Needless…

Russell Pearce Foe Andrew Sherwood Opts Out of LD18 Donnybrook

Andrew Sherwood, the Mesa Democrat who unsuccessfully took on Republican state Senator Russell Pearce in 2010 (before Pearce was Senate president), just called to let me know that he will not be throwing his derby in the ring for the November 8 recall election.Sherwood came in second in a three-way…

Russell Pearce Recall Election Headed for November Ballot

I’m cooking up some barbecued black bird for all of my colleagues in the local press who pooh-poohed the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce. First slice goes to lifelong hack Howie Fischer. The rest of the crow flesh is for all of the members of Horizon’s clown table, that circle…