Andrew Kunasek

Wolfswinkel Family to Get $1.4 Million in County Settlement Over Legal Abuses; $5 Million in Total Payouts Thanks to Andrew Thomas and Joe Arpaio

Developer Conley Wolfswinkel, his family and company will received $1.4 million in the largest Maricopa County payout yet to victims of the legal abuses of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas. As the county just confirmed, the Wolfswinkels are getting more in this settlement ... More >>

No Charges for Arpaio: U.S. Closes Criminal Investigation of Maricopa Sheriff and Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas

See also: Investigating Joe Arpaio The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that it has closed its investigation into criminal conduct by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas with no charges against either man. The announcement came after 5 p.m. o ... More >>

Tom Liddy, "Son of Watergate," Back in Spotlight for Sheriff Arpaio's Racial-Profiling Trial

See also: Tom Liddy was Andrew Kunasek's Deep Throat; County Supervisor Describes Tip on Arpaio/Thomas Plot to Overthrow Board See also: Maria Brandon, Fired Maricopa Civil Attorney, Says County Retaliated Against Her for Defending Sheriff Joe Arpaio Tom Liddy, the son of notorious Watergate crim ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Denied Birther Donations, Randy Parraz Blasts Andy Kunasek

Parraz skewers Kunasek like an Easter lambAll I've got to say is, "Wow." Check out this YouTube video from Santiago James Chavez of Citizens for a Better Arizona's Randy Parraz going mano-a-mano today with Maricopa County Supervisor Andrew Kunasek. This, over a proposal to accept donations to pay fo ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Wusses Out of Disbarment Appeal; Judge May Order County to Pay Mary Rose Wilcox; Conley Wolfswinkel Wins Again

Here's a quick rundown on Maricopa County news today:* Andrew Peyton Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, failed politician and author of right-wing books, won't appeal a state Supreme Court Disciplinary Panel's decision to cancel his law license. We've cut-and-pasted his wussyish comments about ... More >>

Officer Lovejoy's Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio Allowed to Proceed; Judge Notes Former County Attorney's Brown-Nosing of Sheriff

Chandler police officer Thomas Lovejoy was arrested and charged after he left his police dog in a hot car following an overtime shift. He's suing Sheriff Joe Arpaio for violating his civil rights. Yesterday, a U.S. district judge allowed Lovejoy's lawsuit to proceed.​ U.S. District Judge Neil ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fiasco: County Attorney Bill Montgomery to Announce Findings of Investigation Into Elected Officials

​Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is holding a press conference this morning to announce the findings of an eight-month investigation into elected officials who received gifts from the allegedly corrupt Fiesta Bowl organization.It's unclear what Montgomery will announce -- the Arizona Repu ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Resignation Sought at Board of Supervisors Meeting Wednesday

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, protector of sexual predators, on blast this Wednesday at the BOSCall it the revenge of Randy Parraz. The man who organized the end of former state Senate President Russell Pearce's Career is returning -- MacArthur-like -- to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors' auditorium, ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fiasco: Former COO Natalie Wisneski Pleads Not Guilty

​Natalie Wisneski, the former chief operating officer for the Fiesta Bowl, was in a Phoenix U.S. District Court this morning where she pleaded not guilty to multiple charges that she was involved in a scam to make illegal campaign contributions to several federal, state, and local political candid ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Scandal: Former COO Natalie Wisneski Indicted

​Natalie Wisneski, the former chief operating officer for the Fiesta Bowl, has been indicted in federal court on charges that she tried to cover up illegal campaign contributions by bowl employees, and that she filed false financial records, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today.Wisneski is t ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fiasco: Arizona Dems Make it Political -- Despite Some of Their Own Having Benefitted From John Junker's (Ahem) Generosity

​By now you probably know about the Fiesta Bowl's decision to ax CEO John Junker following an internal investigation into how he was spending the organization's money, but it's the alleged illegal contributions to the campaigns of Valley politicos that has Arizona Democrats fuming.Junker, the ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fracas: Reimbursement of Campaign Contributions Confirmed, CEO Junker Canned, Questionable Spending Abound -- Including $33,000 Pebble Beach Birthday Party

​Here's something that was expected from the Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma beating Connecticut by 28 points. Here's something unexpected from the Fiesta Bowl: Their employees have allegedly been running a scheme to reimburse illegal campaign contributions (among other accounts of contemptuous courtship w ... More >>

Should Sheriff Joe Arpaio Get a Pass When the Indictments Come Down? Hell, No

Don Stapley Awaits AZ Court of Appeals Decision in First Criminal Case; County Supervisor Files Amended Claim Vs. County

Don Stapley​ Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley filed an amended claim against the county for wrongful prosecution last week while waiting for a decision by the state Court of Appeals on his 2008 criminal prosecution. Oral arguments in what's known as Stapley One (on account of there bein ... More >>

Andrew Kunasek Allegation Denied by County; Sheriff's Office Smear on County Supervisor Came Without Details

County Supervisor Andrew Kunasek is the subject of an investigation -- or just a vicious, political smear -- by the Sheriff's Office.​County officials say they aren't sure what the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is talking about when it comes to yesterday's serious, but vague, allegation ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Office: Evidence of Crimes By County Officials Must Be Reviewed Before Claims are Paid; Supervisor Andrew Kunasek Faces Criminal Probe

Andrew Kunasek is third of five County Supervisors to come under criminal investigation by the Sheriff's Office​ The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is demanding that county risk managers review "evidence" of criminal acts by county officials before settling any claims by those officials. The ... More >>

The Nooses Must Be Cut Down

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk provided the blade. Now it's up to AG Goddard and President Obama to use it

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League Lawyer, is President Barack Obama Hard Enough to Confront the Evil Personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

Thomas and Arpaio Talk Tough on County "Corruption," Deflect Questions About Their Own Credibility

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio vowed on Tuesday to get to the bottom of what they call a serious corruption problem among county leaders and judges. Their afternoon news conference followed the announcement earlier today that County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Ros ... More >>

Serving Up Stapley: Why’s the Don Stapley Prosecution a Big Joke? Because the Accusers Are Far Shadier Than the Accused

County Supervisors Approve $20 Photo-Radar Fee For Ignored Tickets; However, They Still Have to Find You First

www.yfred.com​The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors thinks it may have solved its photo-radar problem. Sorry, they're not getting rid of the damn things, they're just going to charge you more if you ignore the ticket, as many often do.After a brief hearing this morning, the board voted to ... More >>

Thomas Trying Again to Get County Supervisors to Approve Special Prosecutors -- Whose Job Will be to Investigate Supervisors

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas didn't suceed at first, so he's trying again -- this time threatening the county Board of Supervisors with legal action unless they consider appointing special prosecutors to conduct an "investigation" of those same Supervisors. In a letter sent ... More >>

Sheriff Joe’s Got Arizona ACORN in his Crosshairs, Plus a Black Cowboy from Tucson’s Got a Rap for Our Loony Lawman

Joe Arpaio, Andy Thomas Lose Again: Arizona ACORN Protesters Beat the Rap on Bogus MCSO Trespassing Charges

photo by Dennis Gilman Arizona ACORN Head Organizer Monica Sandschafer, ecstatic after Friday's win To cop a line from Scarface's Tony Montana, every canine has its day. Every kitty cat, too. I've been busier than blue tick hound with a briar patch full of brer rabbits, so I didn't get to blo ... More >>

Four MCSA Demonstrators Arrested Outside County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Dressed as Pets

A chicken (activist Chris Fleischman) is interrogated by plainclothes po-po.According to witnesses and a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, four members of Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability, an activist group critical of the BOS and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, were arre ... More >>

Day of Outrage: The Supes' Lockdown, MCSA's Walkout, and Guadalupe's Shame

Set to Boil: Board of Supervisors backs Sheriff Joe Arpaio; citizens vent rage, frustration at do-nothing Supes.

Et tu, Eddie? Faux Dem Eddie Basha donates to Joe Arpaio, along with other Joe suckups.

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