Bill Montgomery

Bill Montgomery Over-Dramatic in Response to Abortion Ruling; Wants Supreme Court Review

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has given his response to a federal appeals court ruling Arizona's 20-week abortion ban, and it's about as dramatic as the programming for the Lifetime TV network."The ruling is disappointing in that it permits the Kermit Gosnells of the country to continue t ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Apartheid Policies Challenged by Puente's Carlos Garcia in Videotaped Confrontation

Monty's head nearly explodes as he's challenged by Carlos Garcia of Puente Kudos to Carlos Garcia and his fellow activists at Puente for again confronting Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on his policy of overcharging undocumented workers so as to make them ineligible for bail, coercing a g ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Screwed Up Tom Horne Complaint, Second Judge Rules

I'm beginning to think Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery should enroll in some remedial law classes. Because now a superior court judge has agreed with an administrative law judge that Montgomery's office messed up the campaign finance case against Attorney General Tom Horne and his outreach ... More >>

Riding High: Arizona's Zero-Tolerance Stance on Pot and Driving

Bill Montgomery's Victims Break: 14 Captured in Sportex Raid Plead Out Under Coercion

Bill Montgomery's victims speak... Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery must feel really proud of himself. After more than three months in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's dirty, dangerous and sometimes deadly jails, 14 of the 23 undocumented workers being prosecuted in the MCSO's February 8 raid of Sporte ... More >>

Bill Montgomery: Victimizer of Undocumented Workers, Turns Victims' Rights Advocate in DC

It's a requirement in Arizona, more than in any other state in the Union, that politicians be shameless hypocrites. And Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is no piker in this regard. See also: -DPS Officer's Pursuit of DREAMer Lands Woman in Stir for Six Months -Bill Montgomery's Deaf Victim ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Victims Rot in Jail, While Arizona Republic Praises His Hypocrisy on Immigration Reform

Now, a news flash from inside the stultifying atmosphere of the Arizona Republic's editorial bubble: Hypocrisy is a good thing. Particularly as practiced by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. See also: -Joe Arpaio, Bill Montgomery Lose Again: Undocumented Worker Found "Not Guilty" -Bill M ... More >>

Joe Arpaio-Henchman Bill Montgomery Milks CIR While Separating Parents from Children

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is gettin' real popular with some in the pro-immigration reform crowd. Never mind that he collaborates with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in prosecuting undocumented workers, while ignoring those who hire them. See also: -Bill Montgomery's Victims Rot in Jail, While A ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Deaf Victim Diana Blanco Honored by Las Cafeteras

Kudos to Puente and Las Cafeteras for this beautiful, moving message to Diana Blanco Only the crassest and cruelest of individuals will be able to watch the video above minus a moist eye. In it Diana Blanco, the young deaf woman, whose mother, grandfather and grandmother were arrested in Sheriff Jo ... More >>

County Attorney Bill Montgomery's Endorsement Rejected by Pastor Warren Stewart in District 8 Phoenix City Council Race

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery apparently either was asked for his endorsement or offered it -- depending on whom you ask -- to Pastor Warren Stewart's District 8 campaign. We asked Stewart's campaign, and we didn't get a straight answer at first, other than getting informed that Stewart ... More >>

Bill Montgomery and the Latino Community: Time for a Divorce

Imagine my surprise, when checking the website of the venerable Valley organization Chicanos por la Causa, to see a photo of a beaming Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on a page advertising the group's 44th anniversary dinner, coming up on April 4. See also: -County Attorney Bill Montgomery ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Loses in Petition to AZ Supreme Court on Medical Marijuana, But Fight Still On

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has been shot down by the Arizona Supreme Court in his attempt to expedite a decision about Arizona's medical-marijuana law. Today's decision by the state's highest court to reject Montgomery's petition represents a lost battle for the conservative lawman's ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Blasted By Hispanic Bar Association over Apartheid Policies

The pressure is building on Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to end his apartheid policies when it comes to the over-charging of undocumented workers, resulting in moms and dads being held nonbondable under Prop 100 and ultimately deported. See also: -Bill Montgomery and ICE, Partners in C ... More >>

Bill Montgomery and ICE, Partners in Crime, To Be Protested in Monday March

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and his partners at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will feel the heat of Latino and pro-immigrant rage this Monday when the Phoenix human rights group Puente spearheads a march demanding an end to the deportations of individuals whose only real "cri ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Victims in New Video and the Indictment of the SANE Plan

Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:14 Watching Dennis Gilman's new video of Wednesday's protest against Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's systemic over-charging of undocumented workers, one is struck not only wi ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Victims Plead Not Guilty En Masse as Their Children Weep

The cattle call began a little after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday for the unfortunates arrested in the MCSO's Sportex Apparel raid in Tempe the first week of February. See also: -Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate -Bill Montgomery Fails to Convict an Innocent Man -S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Un ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Smoking Gun: ICE PowerPoint Shows Monty's Minions How to Deport More Immigrants

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office and Arizona-based attorneys for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement are engaged in a partnership to ensure the deportation of undocumented aliens who otherwise would benefit from President Obama's proposed comprehensive immigration reform, despite ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Looks the Other Way at 1,761 Possible Felony Crimes

Sounds like forgery is rampant in Tempe. Will Bill Montgomery respond? Are all truly equal before the law? When it comes to forgery in Maricopa County, the answer is a decided, "Hell, no." Yesterday, the Tempe Police Department issued statistics showing that last year they had confiscated "1,761 f ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate

Bill Montgomery's Ghost of Christmas Present: Injustice

If there were a law against keeping parents from their children for no good reason on Christmas, or any other day, then Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, and many of his functionaries, would be guilty as charged. Currently, neither the county attorney's office nor the Maricopa County Sheri ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Fights Arizona Voters on Medical Marijuana Law While President Obama Gives Nod to Legal Pot Use in Two States

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is worried he's being forced to violate federal law by implementing Arizona's voter-approved medical-pot law. Meanwhile, President Obama said today that federal law enforcement officials have better things to do then prosecute adult use of marijuana by anyon ... More >>

S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Undercut by Bill Montgomery's Nativist Panderings

Glendale Medical-Marijuana Dispensary Could be Open as Soon as Friday -- What Will Sheriff Arpaio Do?

A Glendale medical-marijuana dispensary will be inspected by state officials on Thursday, and is poised to be the first such establishment to open in Arizona. If all goes well with the inspection process, which could take two or three inspectors up to six hours, the dispensary could open as soon as ... More >>

Ninth Circuit Court Grants Time to Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall in Monday Hearing on Abortion Law

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court has decided to make Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery happy and grant more time to both sides in a hearing on Monday related to Arizona's ban on late-term abortions. As we blogged last night, Montgomery filed an emergency motion with the appeals court yesterday t ... More >>

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery Gives Warning to Foreign Election Observers

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery put out a press release to tell foreigners to keep their distance from polling places on election day, consistent with state law.That friendly reminder is in response to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sending observers to watch the el ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's "Empty Chair" Rendition: Much More Accurate Than Clint Eastwood's

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has his own version of Clint Eastwood's "empty chair" routine, and although the Montgomery video is kind of creepy, it's a lot more accurate than the Eastwood performance.See, President Obama actually exists, whereas Montgomery's Democratic opponent does not.

Bill Montgomery Entertains "Birther" Over Joe Arpaio's Probe of Obama's Birth Certificate

As evidenced by Secretary of State Ken Bennett's dabbling in the "birther" theories, elected officials around the state have probably received a decent amount of phone calls and emails asking them to help further the embarrassment of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "investigation" into President Obama.One such ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Takes Action Against a Campaign Scandal -- While His Campaign Uses a Consultant From Another Scandal

When it comes to state Attorney General Tom Horne's campaign-finance scandal, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is taking enforcement action. Meanwhile, Montgomery's got his 2012 campaign to run. And one of his campaign consultants is Chris Baker, a key figure in another major campaign-fina ... More >>

Should Voters "Choose Somebody Else" for County Attorney, as Bill Montgomery Suggests?

See also: Bill Montgomery Declares War on Medical-Marijuana LawMaricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's on another one of his righteousness sprees, this time declaring his thought that just about anyone involved in the voter-approved medical marijuana can be prosecuted.That's also his opinion abou ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Declares War on Medical-Marijuana Law; Craves Arrests of Patients, Caregivers and Dispensary Operators

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery understands that voters passed a law legalizing medical marijuana in Arizona, but he still wants to bust patients, caregivers and dispensary operators. Montgomery said this week that his interpretation of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act is that anyone grow ... More >>

Bill Montgomery, County Attorney, Disputes Federal Judge's Stance on County Records

See also: Conley Wolfswinkel, Smeared by Andrew Thomas in Stapley Investigation, Files Notice of Claim with Maricopa County Is Maricopa County responsible when the sheriff's office or county attorney's office fails to release documents to lawyers or the public? A federal judge believes so, but Co ... More >>

Judge Halts State Rule on Medical Marijuana to Help Planned Sun City Dispensary

A county judge has put a halt to a state Department of Health Services rule that is preventing the approval of a would-be medical-marijuana dispensary. White Mountain Health Center wants to open a dispensary in Sun City, but it can't get the county to acknowledge or reject its request for zoning in ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Wants Lawyer for Unborn in Suit Challenging AZ's 20-Week Abortion Ban; Judge Denies His Request

See also: ACLU Trying to Stop 20-Week Abortion Ban; Says "No Court Has Ever Upheld" Such a Law Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, wants a lawyer for the unborn in a lawsuit targeting a state law that bans most late-term abortions. The Republican politician filed a motion in federal court ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Joins the Morality Cops in Hating on Strippers

If you really trust your local politicians (again, we'll pause for laughter), then they're really serious about hating on strippers.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released more local candidates' answers to their questionnaires for this year's elections, including county and city offi ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Blames Obama's 287(g) Move for Attack on Phoenix Cop

Let's be honest, there are a lot of nativists out there who are caressing their hands at the prospect that an Arizona cop might soon be killed by an illegal alien.What better way to attack both the U.S. Supreme Court's recent 5-3 decision tossing three sections of Senate Bill 1070, and the Obama adm ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Rushes to Arpaio's Aid — Just As Disbarred Predecessor Andy Thomas Used to Do

Justice Department to Bill Montgomery: What's Your Relationship With Joe Arpaio and MCSO?

Last week, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery shipped off a letter to the Justice Department, demanding the department's evidence of botched sex crimes by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.Montgomery wrote that withholding that evidence "may needlessly jeopardize prosecutions," and also ask ... More >>

Is it Really "Reckless" for Justice Department to Say MCSO Is Negatively Impacting County Residents?

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery stepped up for Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday, saying the Justice Department was "reckless" to assert county residents are being negatively affected by the sheriff's office unless Montgomery gets the evidence.Montgomery sent a second request to the Justice Depa ... More >>

Would Bill Montgomery and Company Actually Prosecute Porn Actors for Prostitution?

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery sent out a gentle reminder yesterday that anyone paid to appear in a porno flick "may be guilty" of prostitution.He's not saying the County Attorney's Office is going after the porno industry -- or that it isn't -- but with rumors of California-based porno co ... More >>

Bill Montgomery's Warning to the Porn Industry: Filming Nudie Flicks in Arizona May Be Prostitution (Even Though It's Been Happening Here for Years)

​Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's heard the news that several California porn-production companies may be planning to come out to Arizona, partially due to Los Angeles' new law requiring porn actors to wear condoms.Now, Montgomery's warning that bare-backing it on camera in Arizona may q ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fiasco: Did County Attorney Bill Montgomery Let Valley Politicos Off the Hook?

County Attorney Bill Montgomery won't charge any politicians with crimes in connection with the Fiesta Bowl scandal -- even if they probably deserve it.​Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced yesterday that no criminal charges will be filed against any of the more than two dozen state ... More >>

Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, Asks Feds to Reinstate Immigrant Program in Jail; Skeptical of DOJ Claims Against Sheriff's Office

​Ray SternMaricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is skeptical of the DOJ's report on racial profiling in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.​Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery expressed skepticism today about the claims of racial profiling by the Sheriff's Office, and demanded the ... More >>

Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, Binds Himself to Arpaio/Thomas Scandal Through Lawyer Mark Goldman's Fundraiser

Image: www.youtube.comBill Montgomery still stands with the powerful politician who endorsed him, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, despite an unfolding scandal.​ Ssshhh... Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery seem to be on a secret mission. He's scheduled to appear at a fundraiser tomorrow for himself ... More >>

Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk Probed Whether Prop 203 was Constitutional

Bill Montgomery​ Back in December, medical marijuana foes Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk, county attorneys for Maricopa and Yavapai, respectively, quietly explored whether or not Proposition 203 could be declared unconstitutional. An e-mail sent to the Arizona Department of Health Services o ... More >>

Maricopa County Attorney and Board of Supervisors: Together At Last

Bill Montgomery​The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has agreed to return control of its civil litigation unit to the County Attorney's Office, now that they've got a county attorney they like.The Arizona Republic reports this morning that the new county attorney, Bill Montgomery, and the Supe ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Leads Herd of Prosecutors to Orpheum--Promises Good Things Ahead

Quite a sight yesterday afternoon in downtown Phoenix.   ​The entire workforce of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office--it numbers in the hundreds--took to the streets (Jefferson, to be exact) as one, and trooped north a block or two to the Orpheum Theatre for a big meeting, It w ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, Bill Montgomery and Montgomery's First Day as County Attorney

Bill Montgomery (right) being sworn in by Superior Court Judge Norm DavisAs Bill Montgomery was sworn in yesterday as Maricopa County Attorney, Sheriff Joe Arpaio sat glowering, Nixon-like, from the front row of the Board of Supervisors auditorium.After the ceremony, I asked Arpaio of he was checkin ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Meets With Elected Officials, Forms Transition Team; Likely County Attorney Getting Early Start

Bill Montgomery, the likely next County Attorney, has formed a transition team and is meeting with elected officials.​ Bill Montgomery hasn't been elected Maricopa County Attorney yet, but he's already formed a transition team and has been meeting with elected officials. Can't say we blame hi ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Fined $154K for "In-Kind Contribution" to Bill Montgomery

You mean I gots to pay $154K? Jiminy Crickets! Score one for the white hats ce soir. Sheriff Joe Arpaio's re-election campaign was today fined $153,978 for financing a mailer advocating the defeat of his arch-nemesis, interim County Attorney Rick Romley. That mailer was to the ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wins Our Vote for Most Honest Comment of Primary Night

In the stop-the-presses department comes the following comment made during last night's primary election coverage.   ​Oddly, the truth-telling was attributed to our own local Pinocchio, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in regards the decisive victory of Bill Montgomery over interim Maricopa ... More >>