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August 16, 2011
Russell Pearce's Newest Challenger: Libertarian Michael Kielsky
facebook.com/kielskyLibertarian Michael Kielsky wants Pearce's job, too, apparentlyI've not known the local Libertarian crowd to be overly fond of state Senate President Russell Pearce, which makes me wonder why one of their tribe appears to be jumping into the recall campaign in Legislative Distric ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Russell Pearce Operative Matt Tolman's Bag of Dirty Tricks
Christopher Bradley via FacebookPhoto of one of the sleazy, pro-Pearce placards going up in MesaIf you need a sign of state Senate President Russell Pearce's desperation, look no further than above: one of the placards sprouting up around Mesa, smearing the recall effort, Citizens for a Better Arizo ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Russell Pearce Lobbyist Shindig Crashed by Citizens for a Better Arizona
Pearce, keeping a low profile at a fundraising event in his honorFour hundred clams. That's what some lobbyists may have paid to attend a fundraiser held for embattled state Senate President Russell Pearce Wednesday night at Alexi's Grill in Phoenix.By my estimation, there were about 30 or 40 attend ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Russell Pearce's Lame Attempts to Rehabilitate His Image, Part I
Would you buy a used car from this man? Um, so why would you buy anything else he has to say?With the November 8 recall election advancing on him like an out-of-control semi, state Senate President Russell Pearce is attempting to morph himself into an honorable man, a practical politician and rehabi ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Russell Pearce's Challenge to Recall Shot Down by Arizona Supreme Court
Pearce loses yet again...I'm on deadline for my column this week, but I wanted to share this news, fresh from the Arizona Supreme Court.The Supremes just issued the following order, affirming Superior Court Judge Hugh Hegyi's decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the petitions that have forced a ... More >>
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September 17, 2011
Russell Pearce's Supporters in LD 19 Outed as Olivia Cortes Petition Gatherers, while LD 18 Stays Neutral
Dennis GilmanFormer LD 19 chair Pat Oldroyd, Cortes petition-gatherer and supporter of Russell PearceOn Thursday, while state Senate President Russell Pearce was in one part of Mesa, denying that he knows or has ever met Olivia Cortes, the candidate meant to "dilute" the vote in the upcoming Legisla ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Russell Pearce/Olivia Cortes Probe Requested by Ex-LD 18 Candidate
Dennis GilmanWhat did Pearce know about Olivia Cortes' candidacy? And will the Secretary of State's Office heed calls for an investigation?Below is a letter e-mailed today from Democratic precinct committeeman Robert McDonald to Arizona Elections Director Amy Bjelland requesting an investigation int ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Does Russell Pearce Believe in the "Holy Lie"?
Dennis GilmanWhat did Pearce know about Olivia Cortes' candidacy? And will the Secretary of State's Office heed calls for an investigation?Below is a letter e-mailed today from Democratic precinct committeeman Robert McDonald to Arizona Elections Director Amy Bjelland requesting an investigation int ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Fiasco: Complaint Shot Down by SOS, Lawsuit Will Be Filed Soon
Olivia Cortes: You've got to wonder if she expected this level of scrutiny The complaint filed by Democratic precinct committeeman and former candidate for state Senate in Legislative District 18 Robert McDonald in the ever-widening Russell Pearce/Olivia Cortes scandal has just been shot down by the ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Russell Pearce's "Sham" Candidate Olivia Cortes Sued by LD 18 Voter
Mesa resident and vote-diluter Olivia Cortes, now being sued for her candidacy Hot off the presses: A lawsuit brought by elections law attorney Tom Ryan on behalf of Legislative District 18 voter Mary Lou Boettcher, challenging the legitimacy of Olivia Cortes, the so-called "sham" recall candidate p ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
September 23 In Blogs: Olivia Cortes, El Mac, Sister Cities, Cornish Pasty Co., and Michael Surgeon
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:
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September 24, 2011
Russell Pearce's Brother Judge Lester Pearce Campaigns for Russell Despite Ethics Rules
The judge plays defense for Pearce loyalist Pat Oldroyd at a recent LD 19 meetingLester Pearce, brother to state Senate President Russell Pearce and longtime Justice of the Pearce for the North Mesa Justice Court, allegedly has been campaigning on behalf of his embattled sibling, despite a prohibiti ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Lawyer Tom Ryan Attempts a Hail Mary Legal Pass to Boot a Fraudulent Candidate Off the Recall Ballot
The judge plays defense for Pearce loyalist Pat Oldroyd at a recent LD 19 meetingLester Pearce, brother to state Senate President Russell Pearce and longtime Justice of the Pearce for the North Mesa Justice Court, allegedly has been campaigning on behalf of his embattled sibling, despite a prohibiti ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
September 28 In Blogs: Olivia Cortes, Casablance Lounge, The Zombies, Pizza Daux, and Swords
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:
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September 29, 2011
Russell Pearce Skewered by CBA in TV Ad
Russell Pearce gets the stuck pig treatment in this CBA ad.State Senate President Russell Pearce, a wholly owned subsidiary of sleazy fatcat lobbyists, with his hand out, ready to take pricey trips and football tickets for himself and his family, while cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in stat ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
Russell Pearce's Cortes Scandal: Tom Ryan Challenges the Media, Lester Pearce Flips Out
Dennis Gilman's video of Ryan's press conference yesterdayAttorney Tom Ryan was in rare form Thursday afternoon as he faced the media with his client, Mary Lou Boettcher, the plaintiff in the lawsuit against sham candidate Olivia Cortes, and his co-counsel H. Micheal Wright. The scene was Mesa's Wri ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Russell Pearce's "Friends" List Contains Jerry Lewis Supporters, and, Apparently, Dead People
russellpearce.comHelen DeGroff said she wants her deceased husband Lee's name off the FOR list Remember that line from M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, "I see dead people"? Well, if you're familiar with the residents of Mesa, you'll see some deceased individuals on state Senate President Russel ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Russell Pearce's Bane Tom Ryan on Horizon, and Ryan's Co-Counsel Mike Wright's Op-Ed
State Senate President Russell Pearce and his political hatchet-bearer Constantin Querard must have Tom Ryan dolls they push pins into at night. Attorney Ryan, who brought the lawsuit that forced sham candidate Olivia Cortes out of the recall race in Legislative District 18, is coming after Pe ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Cortes-gate Unravels, and All Arizona Needs Is a Prosecutor Willing to Do His Job
State Senate President Russell Pearce and his political hatchet-bearer Constantin Querard must have Tom Ryan dolls they push pins into at night. Attorney Ryan, who brought the lawsuit that forced sham candidate Olivia Cortes out of the recall race in Legislative District 18, is coming after Pe ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Russell Pearce in Trouble with LDS Church, Brahm Resnik Scores
Kudos to Channel 12's Brahm Resnik for this story about state Senate President Russell Pearce landing in scalding H2O with his own Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was at the same recent Republican Legislative District 18 meeting, and when I learned about the footage of it availab ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Best Reader Comment For Photo of Sham Russell Pearce Recall Candidate Olivia Cortes?
Your comment here.Last week, we asked our readers to let us know what they would say to Senate President Russell Pearce's sham "candidate," Olivia Cortes, if they happened to bump into her somewhere and got to tell her to her face what you think of her -- and Pearce's -- sleazy attempt to manip ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Anti-Russell Pearce Group Sends LD 18 Mailer, Fails to Register with Secretary of State
With "friends" like these...In what looks like a less-than-smooth move by Democrats attempting to help Republican Jerry Lewis' challenge of state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 recall, a group incorporated as "Citizens United for Progress" has sent out pro-Lewis, anti ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Russell Pearce Recall: Yellow Sheet Admits Senate President Is On the Ropes
Pearce loyalist Dan Grimm: Did he commit perjury, and if so, will the MCAO hold him accountable? The Arizona Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet costs $250 per month? Crikey, that equals my liquor store tab for September. Well, almost.Which is why I won't be subscribing anytime soon to YS, the dai ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Russell Pearce's Pals Tom Tancredo and Bay Buchanan Pony Up a Measly $424 to Save Russ
TeamAmericaPACGotta wonder what these guys thought of the movie...Did they leave out a zero somewhere?I keep rubbing my eyes and scratching my noggin over this latest campaign finance report filed yesterday by the Committee to Oppose Recall of Russell Pearce, which is run by the Virginia-based ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Russell Pearce's Extremist Pals, Including Neo-Nazis, Donate to Patriots for Pearce
Elton Hall (left) proud neo-Nazi and Pearce supporterTo borrow a line from The Blues Brothers, state Senate President Russell Pearce's got the band back together. But it's a band with more extremists than teeth. So to speak.Take the case of Elton Hall, onetime stormtrooper for American Nazi Par ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Best Reader Caption For Photo of Michele Bachmann, Trent Franks, and Russell Pearce?
James KingYour Caption HereLast week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo we snapped of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, recalled Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, and fagala-fearing Congressman Trent Franks for this week's New ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Russell Pearce's Bro Lester Pearce, Busted
Evidence of Judge Pearce's violation of Arizona's Code of Judicial ConductThis justice, he ain't no good judge of the law. I mean Mesa Justice of the Peace Lester Pearce, brother of embattled state Senate President Russell Pearce, who apparently has abrogated Arizona's judicial code of conduct by ac ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Prediction: State Senator Russell Pearce Will Be Kissing His Political Career Goodbye on November 8
Evidence of Judge Pearce's violation of Arizona's Code of Judicial ConductThis justice, he ain't no good judge of the law. I mean Mesa Justice of the Peace Lester Pearce, brother of embattled state Senate President Russell Pearce, who apparently has abrogated Arizona's judicial code of conduct by ac ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Will Russell Pearce Escape Today's Recall Election With His Job?
Senate President (for now) Russell Pearce and his old pal, notorious hatemonger J.T. Ready.Today's the big day: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce could potentially get a voter-assisted boot from his powerful position in Arizona state government.Pearce has pulled out some of the slimiest sto ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
1070 Author Russell Pearce Gets Voter-Assisted Boot From Arizona Senate; Concedes to Opponent Jerry Lewis. Greg Stanton Wins Phoenix Mayor's Race
Russell Pearce was given the boot by his constituents in the first successful recall of a sitting state Senate president in U.S. history.Russell Pearce can kiss his powerful seat in the Arizona Senate goodbye -- the current Senate president conceded defeat tonight to his opponent, Jerry Lew ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Is Russell Pearce's Political Career Ovah?
Arizona's biggest loser. Buh-bye, Russell Pearce.Soon-to-be-former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce conceded defeat to his opponent, Jerry Lewis, in yesterday's unprecedented recall election to become the first sitting state Senate president to get booted from office in United States histo ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Russell Pearce Recall a Warning to Arizona's GOP?
Russell Pearce -- and his pal, white supremacist J.T. Ready -- apparently are too extreme for Arizona.Soon-to-be-former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce got the boot from office last night, becoming the only sitting state Senate president to lose in a recall election in the history of the ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Russell Pearce's Bile Gone from Public Life for Good
Russell Pearce, dressed for his next job assignment: high school janitorFolks have been asking why I haven't blogged yet on state Senate President Russell Pearce's removal from the body politic last night when he was defeated in the Legislative District 18 recall race, 53-45 percent. A massive win f ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Maricopa County Sheriff Russell Pearce?
www.olfred.orgRussell Pearce may be spending "a little time with [his] god" after getting the boot from his powerful position as state Senate president Tuesday night, but for the less pious, Pearce's ouster means one thing: it's time to speculate about what he'll do next.The predictions have rang ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Russell Pearce: Jerry Lewis "Supports Gays in Boy Scouts" -- and More Whining From Ousted Senate President
Russell Pearce, Arizona's biggest loser, apparently is a little bitter about getting booted from office.Ousted former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce went On the Record With Greta Van Susteren last night to discuss his getting booted from office -- and piss and moan about Jerry Lewis, the ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Attention GOP Lawmakers: Most Arizonans Support Pathway to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
www.thepeoplescube.comAs if the ouster of former Senator Russell Pearce wasn't enough of a signal to border-hawk Arizona politicos that it's time to perhaps reassess their positions on immigration, a poll released yesterday shows that the majority of Arizonans prefer a pathway to citizenship for ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
The Five Songs Russell Pearce is Listening to On Repeat Post-Defeat
At least you still have that sick shirt, Russy. Former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce created his fair share of enemies (fans too, unfortunately) over the last few years. But just three nights ago, the SB 1070 sponsor was ousted out of office by voters, replaced by fellow Republic ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Russell Pearce's Sycophants Try to Score Him Some Free Money from the Taxpayers
Welfare for Russ? Only if Harper and Howie get their way...Uncle Russ needs him some free gub'mint cheese. He ain't got a job no more because of them dang liberals, and that cheese will only cost y'all taxpayers $230,000. Plus, the Constitution promises it to him.Such are the pathetic trial balloons ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Activist Randy Parraz Led an Army of Non-Partisan Warriors to Take Down Russell Pearce
Welfare for Russ? Only if Harper and Howie get their way...Uncle Russ needs him some free gub'mint cheese. He ain't got a job no more because of them dang liberals, and that cheese will only cost y'all taxpayers $230,000. Plus, the Constitution promises it to him.Such are the pathetic trial balloons ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Welfare for Russ? Only if Harper and Howie get their way...Uncle Russ needs him some free gub'mint cheese. He ain't got a job no more because of them dang liberals, and that cheese will only cost y'all taxpayers $230,000. Plus, the Constitution promises it to him.Such are the pathetic trial balloons ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Russell Pearce's Nemesis Jerry Lewis Sworn In as Arizona State Senator
Chief Justice Berch (left) and Lewis, just following the swearing-inChristmas came early this year, I thought to myself, as Jerry Lewis, the man who played David to ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's Goliath in the Legislative District 18 recall, was sworn in this afternoon on the Senate flo ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Russell Pearce, Crybaby Loser, Can't Yet "Forgive" Jerry Lewis For Whuppin' Him
Pearce: Still not man enough to call Lewis and formally concede after a 12 point lossIn a grotesque mix of Freudian projection, denial, all-out hubris and crass hypocrisy, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce has told the Arizona Capitol Times that he's trying to "forgive" Jerry Lewis, the man w ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Fiesta Bowl Scandal: Valley Politicos Won't Face Charges; County Attorney Says Arizona Law "Doesn't Meet Public's Expectations"
No politicians will be charged with crimes for accepting gifts from the scandal-plagued Fiesta Bowl organization under the leadership of former CEO John Junker -- but that doesn't necessarily mean they didn't do anything wrong (just look at ousted former state Senate President ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Russell Pearce, Wanna-Be First Vice Chair of the State GOP?
Neo-Nazi-hugger Russell Pearce (here, with ex-protege J.T. Ready) is now vying for a top post in the state GOPFile this one under, "Something wicked this way comes." The non-crazy GOP blog Politico Mafioso is reporting that disgraced nativist standard bearer, recalled ex-state Senate President Russe ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
Russell Pearce-Worship, and Corrupt Proxy Voting at the County GOP
12-point loser Russell Pearce remains popular with screw-loose Rs...Why are non-loony Republicans always on the outs in the county and state GOP, with the insaniac Mexican-haters firmly in control?In her blog on Sunday, moderate Republican Paula Pennypacker described one of the main tactics of GOP c ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Russell Pearce Scores Paying Gig as "President" of Ban Amnesty Now
BanAmnestyNowPearce, the Prince of Prevarication, lands on the AM dial where he belongs I've been staying up late nights worrying about disgraced former state Senate President Russell Pearce.I mean, what's a washed-up nativist hatemonger to do for cash? Sure, he's been busy running for First Vice Ch ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Russell Pearce Scores GOP Chairman Tom Morrissey's Endorsement for First Vice Chair
PoliticoMafiosoPearce and Cortes, as envisioned by the wags at PM... Unless you frequent right wing blogs such as Sonoran Alliance or SeeingRedAZ, you may have missed the tidbit that disgraced ex-state Senator Russell Pearce has won the endorsement of Arizona GOP Chair Tom Morrissey for the unpaid ... More >>
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January 29, 2012
Russell Pearce Nabs First Vice Chair, Ron Paul Dominates Straw Poll at State GOP Meeting
Pearce, now 1st Vice Chair of the AZ GOPEx-state Senate President Russell Pearce began slithering back into relevancy this Saturday during the Arizona GOP's winter meeting, held at Phoenix's Church for the Nations, where he was elected to the party's First Vice Chair position.Despite an embarrassing ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Russell Pearce Wants to Run Again, No Surprise There
Pearce's sleazy career as a pol will dog him all his days The news that former state Senate President Russell Pearce is positioning himself to run again for the state Senate should surprise no one.To be clear, Pearce hasn't yet announced his intention to seek that office. He's merely filed paperwork ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Russell Pearce Preaches Hate on Ban Amnesty Now Radio Show
The high-priest of Hispanic-hatin', now flapping his lips on the AM dial... Xenophobia, self-adulation and delusion are just some of the repulsive dishes offered at ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's radio cafeteria of hate, which airs Tuesdays and Mondays at 7 p.m. on Phoenix's KFNX 1100 AM ... More >>
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