The Dirty on Nik Richie, Post-it Note Ninjas, and SCA-Gate — All Within This Owl’s Talons

Recently, it was confirmed through this canary's colleague Sarah Fenske that Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer's office had found "reasonable cause" to believe the Arizona Republican Party broke the law by accepting the $105,000 contribution.

It's a class 6 felony to "knowingly" accept such a contribution on behalf of another. So this could mean that Pullen may have to take one for the team, depending on whatever Goddard discovers in his probe.

Courtesy of Scottsdale Police Department

The Dirty's Hooman Karamian, a.k.a. Nik Richie, in his DUI mug shot from earlier this year.

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Republican Party executive director Sean McCaffrey put his best spin on the situation, telling New Times that the complaint to Brewer's office, which originated with the Arizona Democratic Party, was "essentially dismissed in its entirety." Pardon this parakeet, but, huh? You do know the line about denial and Egypt, don'tcha, Sean?

McCaffrey contends that the state GOP complied with the law and returned the money when the names of SCA donors weren't forthcoming.

"While we did everything we could to follow both the letter and spirit of the law," explained McCaffrey in an e-mail, "SCA still has much explaining to do and will presumably get their chance."

Maybe, assuming Goddard has a set of huevos the size of Jan Brewer's. After all, Brewer did the right thing here in kicking this over to the AG's office. And doing the right thing, when it's better for oneself to play Greek dodgeball with an item that's against the interests of one's own party, is not a common occurrence in Arizona — by a damn sight.

In other states, attorneys general make their names on public corruption cases involving individuals such as Arpaio and Pullen. Goddard should be looking at Arpaio's office and the state GOP the way a tiger looks at a limping antelope. And as in the wild, if Goddard (a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful) doesn't go for the kill, we'll have to assume he ain't the predator he should be.