Subject: Andrew Thomas

• Maricopa County Supervisors Slam County Attorney Aide Over Andrew Thomas No-Show; Arpaio's Inmate Segregation at Issue

  Call it an unexcused absence. Maricopa County Andrew Thomas skipped a county Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday despite having been pointedly -- and publicly -- asked to show up and give advice on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's plan to segregate illegal immigrant jail inmates. The diss of the supervisors by Thomas served only to ramp up the public feud between the five-member panel and the county's chief prosecutor. Still, it's hard to see how Thomas could

  February 9, 2009

• County Supervisors Want Input From Andrew Thomas on Sheriff Arpaio's Segregation of Undocumented Inmates

  First, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors strips County Attorney Andrew Thomas of the right to handle civil litigation for the county, causing Thomas to sue the board. Now, the five-member board wants to bring Thomas in to a special meeting on Monday to get his advice on -- you guessed it -- potential civil litigation. The issue at hand is the possible risk of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's latest publicity stunt -- the segregation of illegal immigrant jail inmates. Max Wilson,

  February 6, 2009

• UPDATE: County Attorney Andrew Thomas Says Final Exit Network "Assisted Suicide" Case on Front Burner

  County Attorney Andrew Thomas didn't answer many questions at his press conference a few hours ago about Phoenix's "assisted suicide" case, the story we broke in an August 2007 piece entitled "Death Wish." What he did tell those assembled in the crowded conference room of his eighth-floor suite was that investigators from his office had assisted other agencies in the arrest -- on still-unspecified charges--of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Larry Egbert, medical director of the Fina

  February 25, 2009

• Judge Orders Thomas to Show Conflicts in Case Vs. County Supervisors; Kicks Arpaio Off Lawsuit

  The lawsuit filed against the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors by County Attorney Andrew Thomas can proceed, a judge has ruled, but Thomas must disclose any potential conflicts of interest in the case. Retired Superior Court Judge Donald Daughton also kicked Sheriff Joe Arpaio off the lawsuit, which Thomas and Arpaio filed after the five-member Board of Supervisors stripped Thomas of the ability to handle the county's civil lawsuits. If you'll recall, the firing of Thomas by the board came

  February 27, 2009

• Goddard Says Criminal Speeders Caught on Camera Can Be Prosecuted; Disputes Andrew Thomas' Legal Analysis

  Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is dead wrong about the state's inability to prosecute criminal speeders using photo enforcement evidence, says State Attorney General Terry Goddard. In an official memo to Roger Vanderpool, director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Goddard explains that "Mr. Thomas' conclusions do not appear to be supportable as a matter of law." Thomas believes that since the statewide speed camera system was restricted from being used to apply penalt

  February 27, 2009

• Feb 27 In Blogs: Andrew Thomas, Rachel Ray, Corner Bakery Cafe and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Judge Orders Thomas to Show Conflicts in Case Vs. County Supervisors; Kicks Arpaio Off Lawsuit Goddard Says Criminal Speeders Caught on Camera Can Be Prosecuted; Disputes Andrew Thomas' Legal Analysis Feathered Bastard: The Anti-Arpaio Protest Video, by -- Who Else? --

  February 27, 2009

• Thomas and Arpaio Sue Board of Supervisors Over "Raid" of Funds

  The Maricopa County Attorney's and Sheriff's offices have filed a lawsuit against the county Board of Supervisors in a bid to block the use of $11 million allegedly designated only for law enforcement purposes.The source of the latest squabble is simple to sum up: Money. According to the news release just sent out by County Attorney Andrew Thomas' office, county supervisors are tapping a pool of cash set up by state lawmakers that was generated from "fees, fines and penalties and not from taxes.

  March 2, 2009

• County Attorney Thomas Says County Request to Investigate Employee is "Hypocrisy"

  Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas says it's hypocritical that "county management" complains about the attempted prosecution of Don Stapley, yet wanted a county employee investigated for alleged bribery charges. Kathleen Graf, a former supervisor at the county's air quality department, had been accused of failing to hire the right engineers to review air quality permits, according to a news release (full text below) from Thomas' office. Prosecutors took a close look at the situation and

  March 3, 2009

• Andrew Thomas Fights to Keep RICO Funds Despite Flagrant Spending Abuses

    So yesterday Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas sued his client, the Board of Supervisors, again. Taxpayers of this county should be getting to used to this sideshow: By our count, Thomas has now sued the Supes three times during his scant five years in office. And Thomas wonders why they're trying to fire him as their legal adviser! All this is annoying and costly -- but yesterday's suit was especially appalling. Arizona is facing an unprecedented budget crunch.

  March 3, 2009

• County Agrees to Delay Raiding $24 Million in Special Funds Until Courts Give Green Light

  The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors agreed today to delay the taking of more than $24 million from special funds to help balance the county's budget until a judge decides if the transfer is legal. The action was the first in a new lawsuit brought against the county by County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a bid to stop the raid of $11 million in funds set aside for law enforcement purposes. In a news release just put out by Thomas' office, Thomas says t

  March 4, 2009

• State Bar of Arizona Dismisses Complaints Against County Attorney Andrew Thomas

  Two State Bar complaints against Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas have been dismissed. Whether these are the last two complaints against Thomas, or how other complaints against any of his staff members may be doing -- well, we're just not sure. But it seems like Thomas may be off the hook.We called the Bar just before 5 p.m. on Friday afternoon after receiving a tip that the Bar's investigation of Thomas had been completed. The state agency in charge of regulating Arizona's legal professi

  March 6, 2009

• Andrew Thomas is Free At Last -- Final Bar Complaints, Including One About New Times Case, Dismissed

  This just in: It's okay to arrest newspaper owners under the cover of night. And it's perfectly ethical for the county attorney to appoint the sheriff's lawyer as a special "independent" prosecutor in a case where the sheriff is the "victim." And if that "independent" prosecutor's conflicts are so glaring that he quickly gets out of control, well, that's not the county attorney's fault! You can do all this in Arizona, in fact, and face no consequences. In other words: Maricopa Cou

  March 9, 2009

• Andrew Thomas: Taxpayers on the Hook for $573K Defense

    So Andrew Thomas fought the Bar, and Andrew Thomas won. But it looks the real losers here aren't only those good government types who'd hoped to hold the erstwhile county attorney accountable for his overzealous prosecutions. No, the real losers include us, the taxpayers. According to a recent story in the East Valley Tribune, Thomas claims that defending himself against Bar complaints has cost taxpayers a whopping $573,000. The claim apparently comes from a press release from Thomas' ow

  March 10, 2009

• County Creates New Civil Litigation Department With Money Taken From County Attorney Andrew Thomas

  The Maricopa County Board Supervisors today sealed the deal on their transfer of power over civil litigation matters out of the office of County Attorney Andrew Thomas (pictured). With a vote in their informal meeting this morning, the supervisors created a new department to handle civil lawsuits and funded it with $528,000 taken from Thomas' office. The meeting agenda claims the move will cause litigation costs to "decline over time." Here's the agenda item in full bureaucratese: &nbs

  March 16, 2009

• County's New Civil Litigation Department Approved by Court; Andrew Thomas Thwarted

    Just got word that the cease-and-desist motion filed by Maricopa County Andrew Thomas to stop the county from taking over civil litigation matters has failed. Superior Court Judge Donald Daughton rejected the motion. As we were the first to report on Monday, the county Board of Supervisors voted to take $528,000 from the county attorney's office and use it to help fund the creation of a new department to deal with civil lawsuits. The move by the supervisors could be perceived as retaliat

  March 19, 2009

• Andrew Thomas Spanked By Appeals Court

    That was fast. Two days ago, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas fired off a Hail Mary to the Court of Appeals, complaining that superior court judges are biased against him and asking the higher court to intervene. Today a three-justice appellate panel dismissed Thomas' petition for special action -- without even asking for a response from the other side, much less holding a hearing. The two-page opinion, signed by Division One Appellate Justices Phillip Hall, Maurice Portl

  March 26, 2009

• Don Stapley Case Bombshell: Andrew Thomas Refers Prosecution to Yavapai County; Offers Olive Branch to County Leaders

  Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is waving the white flag. He's transferring the investigation of Don Stapley and the planned Superior Court building to Yavapai County. And he's offering to resolve through a mediator his legal dispute about the county's civil litigation work. The actions seem to bring this county civil war movie to climax. But careful observers could have guessed this ending: Thomas recently lost a series of important battles. The wanna-be state At

  April 6, 2009

• Don Stapley Conflict Erases Trust, Despite Smarmy Surrender by "Backstabbing" Andy Thomas, Says County

    Maricopa County leaders had little but cyncism for  the surprising announcement by County Attorney Andrew Thomas this morning to hand off the Don Stapley prosecution. Trusting Thomas will be difficult despite his call for peace, says County Manager David Smith, who somehow wound up under criminal investigation during the fight. Smith says the county attorney is only caving now because he's already lost. Thomas "is waving the white flag of surrender because his con

  April 6, 2009

• Corona High School Bomb Threat Suspects Charged With Felonies

  Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is throwing the book at two 18-year-old girls who made bomb threats at their Tempe high school, Corona Del Sol. Laurin Godson (mugshot on the left) and Lauren Tamburrelli (on the right) were charged by Thomas' office late last month for hoaxing a terrorist attack, a class four felony. They were also charged with felony disruption of an educational institution and misdemeanor false reporting to a law enforcement agency.

  April 7, 2009

• April 7 In Blogs: Andrew Thomas, Al Sharpton, Ghostbusters and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: County Attorney Andrew Thomas Smears Judge Timothy Ryan -- Again PUMA Vehicle by GM and Segway: Why It'll Never Be Popular In the Phoenix Metro Area Feathered Bastard: Al Sharpton, Mary Rose Wilcox, ACORN's Bertha Lewis, and Others Blast Joe Arpaio on Media Conference

  April 7, 2009

• MCSO Detectives Question Former State Bar chief counsel Bob Van Wyck, Alleging He “Intimidated” Ernie Calderon, Who Backed Andrew Thomas in a Bar Probe

  March 19, 2009

• Thomas Names Suggested Mediators in Dispute with County Board of Supervisors

  Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas today suggested three lawyers as possible mediators in his legal dispute with the county Board of Supervisors:Timothy Casey, of Schmitt Schneck Smyth & HerrodLee Miller, of Miller La Sota & PetersChristopher Skelly, of Scott & Skelly

  April 14, 2009

• "Wolverine" Bootlegging Nets Charges by Maricopa County Attorney

  Stating cheesily that, "Wolverine wouldn't stand for bootlegged copies of his new movie and neither do we," Maricopa County Andrew Thomas announced several recent digital piracy prosecutions involving the upcoming movie. That's actually the funniest damned thing we've ever read from Thomas, who's usually all prim and proper. He must be trying to reach the youngsters. Thomas' office made the statement this afternoon in a news release (below) relating the prosecutions of nine area residents on

  April 27, 2009

• Maricopa County Supervisor Again Invites County Attorney to Call Him

  Max Wilson Another day, another diss. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors can't seem to communicate with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. In a letter to County Attorney Andrew Thomas (see below), Max Wilson, the chairman of the board, repeats his earlier offer to have Thomas call him to discuss mediation of the lawsuit Thomas filed against the county. Wilson says it's not true, as has been reported, that some legal barrier exists that prevents the county leaders from chatting. Wilson

  April 28, 2009

• County's Lawyer Ordered County Attorney Not to Contact Board of Supervisors Directly

  Barnett LotsteinIt seems there's a good reason for why Maricopa County Andrew Thomas won't return County Supervisor Max Wilson's phone call: Wilson's attorney ordered him not to. As we reported yesterday, Wilson wrote to Thomas yesterday that he was surprised greatly to read an explanation by Barnett Lotstein, one of Thomas' special assistants, for the unreturned calls. Lotstein had told the Board of Supervisors that its attorney had banned direct contact between the parti

  April 29, 2009

• Thomas Drops Court Demand for Injunction to Stop County From Running Civil Lawsuit Department

  Maricopa County leadership is claiming another win in its fight against a lawsuit filed by County Attorney Andrew Thomas. According to the Board of Supervisors, Thomas is no longer asking the courts for an injunction to stop the county immediately from setting up its own civil lawsuit department, which the county has pretty much finished doing by now, anyway.It's telling that since Thomas' offer to let mediators settle the dispute, no mediation has happened. Instead, Thomas' case seems to be sl

  May 11, 2009

• Politicians Burn Taxpayer Cash on "Shameless Self Promotion," Says Goldwater Institute

  www.goldwaterinstitute.orgPoliticians waste millions of your tax dollars pumping up their own names for illegitimate purposes, says a new report by the Goldwater Institute.The author of "Shameless Self-Promotion, How Politicians Use Your Money to Get Re-Elected," is Shawnna Bolick, wife of the Goldwater's director of litigation, Clint Bolick. (The institute does a lot of litigation). Supported by abundant evidence, Shawnna Bolick takes on political heavyweights from Janet Napolitano to Maricopa

  May 14, 2009

• Thomas Reverses Stance on Charging "Super-Speeders;" Republican Party Director Among First to be Reamed

    Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas (right) has decided it's okay to prosecute "super-speeders" caught by freeway speed cameras, reversing a decision he made in March.  And leadfoot state Republican Party director Brett Mecum (see police mugshot below) is one of the first to be charged. Thomas stated two months ago tha he believed the law didn't support charging people when the only evidence was photo enforcement data. Despite his opinion, the state Department

  May 27, 2009

• Arpaio's Public Records Requests are Cloverfield Monster Size

    Andrew ThomasThis is one Titanic fishing expedition. The requests made of county offices by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and Sheriff's Office have received a lot of attention because they're so broad, but details about them in the press have been scarce. We figured that folks who are interested in the ongoing dispute between county officials might want to see them, so we put in a public records request for the requests: First up -- the requests by

  June 8, 2009

• Thomas Loses Case on Spanish-Language DUI Courts; Ninth Circuit Says He has No Standing to Sue

  Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Spanish-language DUI courts was rejected today by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.Thomas already lost this one once at the U.S. District Court level, though he once vowed to take it to the Supreme Court, if necessary. Thomas believes the "race-based courts" result in better treatment for people sentenced in them. Whether he's right or not, the Ninth Circuit Court basically says Thomas has no standing to sue

  July 15, 2009

• Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Waterworld Worker in Employer Sanctions Case

  New Times writer Paul Rubin's detailed analysis earlier this month of the 2008 bust at Waterworld Safari (now Wet & Wild) demonstrates just how tough it'll be to get a conviction against one of the company's managers. To make this employer-sanctions case stick, prosecutors working for Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will have to prove manager Lessie Serrano had knowingly hired illegal immigrants like herself. Whether Thomas can do that, thus sealing in the state's first prosecution of

  July 22, 2009

• Andrew Thomas Plans "Major Announcement" in 45 Days, Says Spinmeister Jason Rose

  ​ We can't tell you much more than what's in the headline. Local PR whiz Jason Rose put an interesting, though cryptic, tweet on his Twitter account yesterday about one of his clients, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas: Major announcement from maricopa county andrew thomas quite possible in next 45 days. After he posted that, another tweeter noted that just about anything is possible in the next 45 days, which is five days longer than most major events of the Bible. But we surmise

  July 28, 2009

• County Attorney Wants Second Liberian Boy Charged as Adult in Rape of Little Girl

  County Attorney Andrew Thomas​The Maricopa County Attorney's Office wants to charge a second teen attacker as an adult in the sexual assault of an 8-year-old Liberian girl.Last month, police say the 8-year-old was sexually assaulted by four Liberian boys -- ages 9, 10, 13, and 14. After the assault, the girl was said to be shunned by her parents for being attacked.The 14-year-old boy, Steven Tuopeh, was charged as an adult and is awaiting further legal action. County Attorney Andrew

  August 5, 2009

• Board of Supes Being Investigated by DOJ Over Failure to Provide Language Services

  Andrew Thomas​ The first thing we thought upon reading the August 11 letter from Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas to the Department of Justice about his enemies, the Board of Supervisors, was this: Thomas actually cares about this issue? Sure, we get the infantile messing-with-the-county part. That's been going on between these foes for months. But we don't really see Thomas losing sleep over the Supes' alleged harassment of Spanish speakers and failure to provide

  August 12, 2009

• Thomas Takes Credit for Drop in Crime; Repeat Offenders Locked Up at Higher Rate

    ​ Do the "tough-on-crime" policies of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas work to reduce crime? Thomas thinks so. The prim politician, now in his second term, campaigned in 2004 on a platform of stopping illegal immigration and throwing the book at criminals. Now, if you believe him, those policies have reduced crime in the Valley even as the population has grown. This is one of those chicken-or-the-egg studies that's difficult for the layperson to judge. You can be d

  August 12, 2009

• Thomas Ticked That Stapley Benefits in Criminal Case From Law He Failed to Properly Pass

  ​ It was a given that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas was going to be miffed by the recent ruling on Don Stapley's case by Superior Court Judge Kenneth Fields. Thomas has been saying for months that Fields is biased against him and he tried to get the judge kicked off the case. Fields was brought out of retirement for the Stapley case by Presiding Judge Barbara Mundell, who the sheriff's office claims is under criminal investigation, (though under investigation for what, Sheriff Jo

  August 25, 2009

• Note to Andrew Thomas: You are STILL Not Dennis Wilenchik (Sorry!)

  ​We were amused by Andrew Thomas's pissy little press release last night, in which the Maricopa County Attorney threw a pity party over the fact that nearly half the charges against Supervisor Don Stapley have been thrown out.Thomas, of course, runs the agency that originally indicted Stapley on 118 criminal counts; when it became clear that not only was the case falling apart, but that he was dogged by accusations of conflict, Thomas kicked the case off to Yavapai County for prosecution.B

  August 26, 2009

• Thomas Loses Lawsuit Vs. County; Power Play Legal Because Thomas "Has Not Complied" With Obligations, Judge Says

  ​ Just looked at the minute entry for a major ruling in one of the bigger lawsuits between Maricopa County leadership and the county attorney -- and boy-howdy, what an ass-whuppin' on Andrew Thomas. The suit was filed by Thomas after the Board of Supervisors took away his ability to handle civil lawsuits and set up a new department to handle the cases. Judge Donald Daughton, who wouldn't allow Thomas block the new department's funding in March, ruled that Thomas "

  August 27, 2009

• SCA Scandal: Elections Department and Recorder's Office Find "Reasonable Cause" That Campaign Laws Were Broken

  Steve Ellman, one of the SCA contributors​ The Maricopa County Elections Department and Recorder's Office announced this morning it had found "reasonable cause to believe that a number of individuals and entities" have violated the state's campaign finance laws. According to the announcement: The finding was hand delivered to the Office of County Attorney Andrew Thomas this morning. "The Elections Department received a complaint and we have followed through with our statutory dutie

  September 2, 2009

• Presiding County Judge Fires Two Commissioners, Including Husband of Top Aide to County Attorney Andy Thomas

  Barbara Mundell, Maricopa County's presiding judge, recently fired two of her court commissioners, Wes Peterson and David Anderson. Unlike Superior Court judges, commissioners, who have similar responsibilities, are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge -- and can be fired with or without a good reason. ​In this instance, Mundell (pictured) and her minions are keeping tight-lipped, according to court spokeswoman Karen Arra. "The court is not commenting," she t

  September 10, 2009

• Andrew Thomas Appeals to State Supreme Court Over Strip of Power

  ​ Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is making what may be his final stand against his enemies in county management with an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. In a 37-page brief filed today, Thomas tells the Court he wants it to strike down as illegal the County Supervisors' takeover of civil litigation work, and rule that the county attorney "is the legal advisor to the Board in all matters" with some exceptions. We know, we know -- these many lawsuits in this ongoing county f

  September 11, 2009

• Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Bid by Andrew Thomas; Strip of County Attorney's Power OK'd by High Court

  ​ That was quick. The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' appeal of his failed lawsuit over the power to handle the county's civil lawsuits. Click here for the short, to-the-point ruling.  

  September 14, 2009

• Andrew Thomas to Re-File County Case in Court of Appeals; Attempt to "Expedite" Case in Supreme Court Shot Down

  ​ Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will try another venue to appeal his lost lawsuit against the county after being turned down by the state Supreme Court. Barnett Lotstein, a top aide to Thomas, tells New Times that the case -- which involves the county's strip of Thomas' power to handle civil lawsuits -- will be re-filed this afternoon with the state Court of Appeals. Lotstein says the decision to launch the appeal directly to the Supreme Court was made in

  September 14, 2009

• Andrew Thomas "Hasn't Decided" What to Do About SCA

  The indecisive Andrew Thomas ...​Maricopa County Elections Department Director Karen Osborne referred the SCA case to his office earlier this month -- saying she'd found reasonable cause to believe that "a number of individuals and entities acted alone and in concert" to violate state campaign finance law.But Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas hasn't decided whether to forward the case for prosecution, the Arizona Capitol Times reported earlier this week.This guy can't even decide how to h

  September 16, 2009

• Thomas: Crackdown on Illegals is Reducing Crime

  County Attorney Andrew Thomas​Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is crediting a recent reduction in the county's crime statistics to a crackdown on illegal immigrants.Of course! Because U.S. citizens never break the law.According to Thomas, the percentage of illegal immigrants sentenced for felonies dropped by 18.5 percent this year, not because they stopped breaking the law but because he and his pals in the Sheriff's office are doing a better job of rounding them up and getting them out

  October 12, 2009

• Selective Prosecution: Andrew Thomas Sits on Case Involving Sheriff While Demanding High-Paid Prosecutors for Stapley Case

  Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell​ It's been 50 days since the Maricopa County Elections and Recorders departments sent County Attorney Andrew Thomas notice of possible crimes by top officials at the Sheriff's Office.The two county agencies believe several laws have probably been broken by the contributors to the infamous SCA fund, many of whom hold the highest positions in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's command staff. After making the finding, Recorder Helen Purcell and the elections d

  October 21, 2009

• County Attorney's Office Flubs Response to County on Special Prosecutors Sought in Stapley Case

  Image: www.thomasforagexploratory.com Andrew Thomas​ You don't have to be a lawyer to see that the Maricopa County Attorney's Office messed up part of its response to county management over the issue of hiring special prosecutors in the case against Don Stapley. The technical flub, which we'll detail below, seems especially embarrassing for County Attorney Andrew Thomas because of the cocky rhetoric he and his staff used to insult county barristers. First, some background: La

  October 26, 2009

• Blogging Data and E-Mails From County Attorney Sought by County Manager in Latest Flap

  Maricopa County Manager David Smith wants to know whether certain employees at the County Attorney's Office are writing anonymous blog posts and comments. Smith sent a letter today to County Attorney Andrew Thomas and several of his employees, demanding the information on blogs. He also wants those staff members' e-mails to and from news media members and 36 county staff members under criminal investigation. ​ He's not making a public records request, min

  October 27, 2009

• 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 to the Supervisors last night, Thomas demands the Supervisors put the question of hiring the three prosecutors -- two of whom are from Washington D.C. -- on the Board's November 4 agenda. The Sup

  October 28, 2009

• Andy Thomas Says He'll Take Back Stapley Case or Sue if He Can't Pick Special Prosectuors

  ​Stymied by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, County Attorney Andrew Thomas now threatens to conduct the investigation and possible prosecution of Don Stapley in his own office. Again.Remember, the first case against Stapley traveled from Thomas' office to the Yavapai County Attorney's Office. Then came the new case, examined briefly by Yavapai before making a brief stop in the hands of a couple of sharpshooting lawyers from Washington D.C.With the Supervisors refusing to even

  November 4, 2009