Tom Horne

Bisbee's Proposed Civil-Union Ordinance for Same-Sex Couples Draws Threat From Tom Horne, State AG

State Attorney General Tom Horne says he'll file a federal action to halt a Bisbee ordinance legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples if the City Council approves it tonight. The proposed ordinance, (see full text below), would grant same-sex couples who enter into an official civil union the s ... More >>

Would Arizona's Newest Proposal for Guns in Schools Ever Stop a Shooter?

Attorney General Tom Horne's suggested response to the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren has been proposed at the state Legislature.Republican Representative David Stevens' House Bill 2656 allows a school's "principal or another designee" access to a gun on school grounds, in case of a ... More >>

Tom Horne: Not Having Guns in Schools Is "Inexcusable"

Now that Attorney General Tom Horne's suggested response to the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren has been proposed at the state Legislature, he's trying to defend his idea again.House Bill 2656 allows a school's "principal or another designee" access to a gun on school grounds, in cas ... More >>

Lock and Load, Lunch Lady: Bill for Gun Access in Schools Applies to Any Employee

Shortly after the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren, Attorney General Tom Horne proposed his idea of allowing a school's "principal or another designee" access to a gun on school grounds, in case of an emergency.Now that the bill's been submitted at the Legislature by Republican Repres ... More >>

Tom Horne: Woman Free After Being Held by FLDS in Colorado City for More Than 10 Years

A woman who was married at the age of 14 thanks to convicted child-rapist Warren Jeffs is now free -- at the age of 26.Attorney General Tom Horne set up the press conference yesterday with the woman, Ruby Jessop, as Horne's chalking up her escape to his office's payment to the Mohave County Sheriff' ... More >>

Tom Horne's Investigator Meg Hinchey Sues Horne for Retaliation, Defamation

Making good on her June 7, notice of claim for $10 million against Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, veteran AG investigator Meg Hinchey filed suit Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court, alleging that Horne and his underlings are engaged in an ongoing campaign to ruin Hinchey's law enforceme ... More >>

Tom Horne, Arizona AG, Wants Gun Access for One Trained Official at Each School; Says Could Avert "Another Newtown"

Tom Horne, Arizona's Attorney General, is pushing for a new law that would allow one trained official at each Arizona school to have access to a gun. The firearm would be "locked in a secure place" until needed, the AG's office says. Lot of good it'll do there.

Tom Horne May Triumph in Court, but Don't Count on a Win on Election Day

Terry Goddard Wants to Be AG Again? Puh-lease

For Terry Goddard, it must be tough going from Mayor of Phoenix to state Attorney General to gubernatorial candidate to, um, Central Arizona Water Conservation District board member. To be accurate, Terry Goddard has run for governor three times, hoping to emulate his pop Sam Pearson Goddard, Jr., ... More >>

Tom Horne's Hearings Rescheduled: Will the AG Beat the Rap?

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's corruption is blatant, in your face, unrepentant. Yet, given the machinations of Horne's lawyers, who are battling both Horne's misdemeanor fender-bender charge with the City of Phoenix, and the civil, campaign finance law complaint brought by Maricopa County A ... More >>

Top Ten Tom Horne Trucker Hat Slogans

See also: -Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid So Arizona Attorney General Tom "Hit-and-Run" Horne's got a Cuban cougar on the taxpayer's payroll with whom he can enjoy a little afternoon delight, if he so desires. He rocks a gold Jag, and allegedly breaks campaign finan ... More >>

Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid

FBI Agents Uncover Details of Love Affair!? General Petraeus and Arizona AG Tom Horne Share Same Doghouse

Americans have been learning in the last few days of how FBI agents uncovered evidence of an extramarital affair of a top official. The official, of course, is former CIA Director and U.S. Army rock star General David Petraeus, who announced on Friday he would resign his post after news of the affa ... More >>

Tom Horne Pleads "Not Guilty" on Fender-Bender, Avoids Friday Hearing

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has entered a plea of "not guilty" in Phoenix Municipal Court for his March fender-bender at the love nest of his state-financed mistress Carmen Chenal. That's the accident witnessed by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who had been dogging Horne over ... More >>

Tom Horne's Court Date Set for Friday on Hit-and-Run Charge

I'll say one thing for living in Sand Land, it's never boring. This Friday at 9:30 a.m., in Phoenix Municipal Court, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne could be arraigned on the charge of hit-and-run on an unattended vehicle, a class 3 misdemeanor. I say "could be" because Don Taylor a spokesman fo ... More >>

Tom Horne's Snakepit, Bill Montgomery's Dirty Money, and the Problem with Carmen Chenal

The media's been hot for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's head over allegations that during the 2010 campaign he was improperly involved in supporter-turned-staffer Kathleen Winn's independent expenditure committee Business Leaders for Arizona. See also: -Tom Horne's Alleged Hit-and-Run at an ... More >>

Tom Horne's Alleged Hit-and-Run at an Address Listed for Carmen Chenal

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's big press conference this morning alleged illegal coordination between Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and an independent expenditure committee during his 2010 campaign. See also: -Attorney General Horne Hired Carmen Chenal to a Highly Paid Top Post -- ... More >>

National Labor Relations Board Loses Lawsuit to Block Arizona's "Secret Ballot" Law

Just got word from Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's office that U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Martone today upheld the state's "secret ballot" law. The voter-approved law was intended to block potential national legislation pushed by labor unions that would have allowed unionization in com ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday August 30, 2012

Tom Horne and Bill Montgomery Make Their Move to Nix Arizona's Medical Marijuana Law

See also: Bill Montgomery Declares War on Medical-Marijuana LawSee also: Tom Horne: Arizona Medical Marijuana Act Preempted by Federal Law, in PartSee also: Sheila Polk Misstates AZ U.S. Attorney's Position on Medical MarijuanaSee also: Allan Sobol: Arizona's Medical-Pot Martyr? Arizona's supposed r ... More >>

Tom Horne: Arizona Medical Marijuana Act Preempted by Federal Law, in Part; Cardholders OK, Dispensaries Could be Nixed by Court

See also: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Lottery Coming Tuesday, and Will Be Streamed Live Online Arizona should not authorize medical-marijuana dispensaries as voters intended because they are against state law, says state Attorney General Tom Horne. But the state's 2010 medical-marijuana law isn' ... More >>

Colorado City Now Has Cops That Enforce Arizona Laws Instead of a Child Rapist's Laws

See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in ArizonaSee also: Tom Horne Sending Cash to Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado CitySee also: Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the JointMohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan and his deputies are ... More >>

Tom Horne Ain't Mad About Justice Department Suing Colorado City

Believe it or not, an elected official in Arizona is pleased with something the federal government did.Attorney General Tom Horne handed out his thoughts on the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division suing Colorado City -- the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used t ... More >>

Tom Horne Sending Cash to Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City

The Arizona Legislature didn't really feel the need to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, so Attorney General Tom Horne's pulling out Plan B.The AG's office announced today that it's sending $420,000 to the Sheriff's Office for overtime p ... More >>

Tom Horne's White Flag in Oral Arguments on Tucson's Ethnic Studies Program

This week Attorney General Tom Horne paid a visit to recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's Ban Amnesty Now radio show, where he regaled Pearce's tens of listeners with his heroic legal work of late, despite Pearce's incessant efforts to turn the conversation back to his ridiculous "buy ... More >>

Tom Horne Wants Everyone to Know There's No "Direct Evidence" Against Him

Given the headlines about an FBI investigation into Attorney General Tom Horne, he's requesting the same "media prominence" be given to the fact his accuser said his complaint was not based on "direct evidence."There ya go.The news came Monday from the Arizona Capitol Times that Horne was being inve ... More >>

Do Arizona's Executions Need to Be Carried Out in a "More Timely Manner"?

Robert Moorman, who sat on Arizona's death row for nearly three decades, was executed yesterday for chopping up his adoptive mother.Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne responded by saying there was "no rational reason" for it to take that long."We have been working hard to help reform a system in whi ... More >>

Tom Horne: "There Is No Rational Reason" For Taking So Long to Execute Robert Moorman

​Attorney General Tom Horne acknowledges "[j]ustice was carried out" today against Brian Moorman, who was executed this morning for chopping up his adoptive mother.He's also wondering why exactly it took until 2012 to execute a guy who hacked up mom in 1984.As we've previously noted, Arizona spent ... More >>

Tom Horne's Office Farmed Ethnic Studies Legal Work to Contributors

As reported in a previous blog, Administrative Law Judge Lewis Kowal recently upheld Arizona Schools' Superintendent John Huppenthal's finding that Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies program violates the state's anti-ethnic studies statute, one drafted and passed with the expr ... More >>

Tom Horne to Argue Tucson Government Case at Glendale's Thunderbird School Tomorrow

Image: Court videoTom Horne argued a case personally before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this summer. Tomorrow, he'll appear before the Arizona Supreme Court on another case.​As an elected official, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne could make himself as relatively unseen as, well, Gov ... More >>

Arizona Kids Have 15-Percent Success Rate When Buying Cigarettes Without ID. AG Tom Horne Pissed

​Arizona kids have about a 15-percent success rate when trying to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products from retail outlets across the state -- and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is pissed."For every 20 minors that walk into a store in Arizona to buy cigarettes, three of them -- without f ... More >>

Tom Horne's Redistricting Investigation Blasted by ex-AG Terry Goddard

I missed ex-Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's recent appearance on Horizon, wherein he criticized current AG Tom Horne's investigation of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, particularly Horne's grandstanding statements to the media about the probe. Oddly, I caught it as I ... More >>

Federal Judge Changes Mind, Let's AG Tom Horne File Long Response in Marijuana Lawsuit

Tom Horne, Arizona Attorney General​ U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton let Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne file his extra-long response in Governor Jan Brewer's federal marijuana lawsuit after all.So much for Horne's quip that the response, made to refute the defendants' motion to dism ... More >>

Tom Horne Denied Extra-Long Court Filing in Federal Medical Marijuana Lawsuit

Tom Horne, Arizona Attorney General, says if Arizona US Attorney Dennis Burke wants to give comfort to state workers adminstering the medical marijuana program, he should put it in writing.​ Give me the short version, a federal judge told Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today in a ruling on ... More >>

Tom Horne, State Attorney General, Asks Court to Shut Down Cannabis Clubs; Says He's Taking "Softer Approach" by Not Ordering Arrests

Tom Horne, state Attorney General, has asked a court to rule on the legality of medical marijuana compassion clubs.​ Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne asked a court today to shut down cannabis clubs, claiming they're "blatantly illegal" under Arizona's medical marijuana law.The motion, filed ... More >>

Tom Horne Announces Probe of Redistricting Commission as Wingnuts Plot To Axe It

Nothing less than a freakin' Teabagger dictatorship will please these peopleI'm more than a little concerned by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's announcement today of a "probe" into the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, which will be holding a public meeting today at 6 p.m. at South ... More >>

Attorney General Horne Hired Carmen Chenal to a Highly Paid Top Post -- 'Cause She's His Goomba

Arizona Cashes in On $40.8 Million Settlement With Drug Companies

biojobblog.com According several attroneys general, GlaxoSmithKline's faulty pharmaceuticals put millions at risk​Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today agreed to a hefty $40.8 million settlement agreement with GlaxoSmithKline LLC  and PB Pharmco -- companies accused of distribu ... More >>

Marijuana-Dispensary Hopefuls Sue State Over Governor Brewer's Attack on Voter-Approved Law

​ Would-be marijuana dispensary owners and their lawyers filed lawsuits today in an attempt to reverse Governor Jan Brewer's attack on a voter-approved law. Last month, Brewer directed state Attorney General Tom Horne to file a federal lawsuit against the new law, which voters narrow ... More >>

There's Actually a "World Elder Abuse Day" -- and AG Tom Horne is a Big Fan

www.stupidfunnytshirtgifts.com​"World Elder Abuse Day" actually exists, but is a bit misleading -- it's not a day designated for beating the crap out of old people, it's to raise awareness of people beating the crap out of old people.Wednesday is the official day to not beat up old people, and Ari ... More >>

Help Arizona Wildfire Victims Right Here (Just Don't Tell AG Tom Horne)

www.wn.comIt's for a good cause.​If you're looking to help the victims of the wildfires currently raging in eastern Arizona, please send a personal check made out to the "Phoenix New Times editorial staff" to the New Times building at 1201 East Jefferson Street in Phoenix, 85034. Every little bit ... More >>

Border Agents Killed by Train Were Tracking "Drug Traffickers," According to AG Tom Horne -- Which is News to Border Patrol Authorities

James KingTom Horne apparently knows something Border Patrol doesn't. That or he's making things up.​Two Border Patrol agents were killed this morning when their unmarked SUV was hit by a train near Gila Bend, and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is already implicating illegal drug traffickers i ... More >>

Border Agents Killed in Train Wreck Identified. Drugs Found on Group Sought by Agents -- AG Tom Horne Apparently Did Know Something Border Patrol Didn't

Border Patrol Agents Eduardo Rojas and Hector Clark​The identities of the two Border Patrol agents killed this morning when their SUV collided with a train have been released. In addition to the release of the agents' identities, it turns out Attorney General Tom Horne was right -- members o ... More >>

Morning Poll: Should Arizona AG Tom Horne Turn Over Entire Fiesta Bowl Investigation Over to Another Agency

James KingArizona Attorney General Tom Horne​Yesterday, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne turned over some of the investigation into the Fiesta Bowl corruption fiasco to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office citing a conflict of interest that exists because many of the people being investigated a ... More >>

Arizona AG Tom Horne Turns Part of Fiesta Bowl Investigation Over to Maricopa County Attorney's Office; Admits Some Conflict of Interest

James King If you contributed to Attorney General Tom Horne's campaign, he has no problem prosecuting you if you break the law -- he says.​Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that he's turning over some of the investigation into the Fiesta Bowl fiasco to the Maricopa Cou ... More >>

Jan Brewer and Tom Horne's Silly Rebuttal To the Ninth Circuit

Horne, born in Canada to Nazi-fleeing parents, knows better...or shouldGovernor Jan Brewer and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne have issued a joint press release denouncing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision today upholding District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton's injunction of four ke ... More >>

Morning Poll: Is State AG Tom Horne the Latest to Cower to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

James KingAnything for you, Joe.​Last week, the much-anticipated SCA investigative report was released to the public (New Times staffers had a blast thumbing through some of the findings, which may or may not involve seducing a "live sheep." Check it out here and here).The case involves the lies, ... More >>

Morning Poll -- What's More Obnoxious: "Thuggish Mob" of Raza Studies Supporters, or Tom Horne Smiling While Being Called a Racist?

Everyone in this photo is being obnoxious on one level or another.​State Attorney General Tom Horne issued a press release yesterday in which he links to a video that shows a "thuggish mob" of Raza studies supporters heckle him from the steps of the state Capitol all the way to his gold Jaguar sed ... More >>

Tom Horne Promotes Video by Raza Studies Supporter, Decries "Thuggish Behavior" of Crowd

Tom Horne grins as ethnic studies supporters yell at him in a new YouTube video.​ A news release this morning from state Attorney General Tom Horne states that his office released a video of Raza studies supporters this morning. That statement's not correct. And that's just the first weird asp ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Bogus SB 1070 "Counterclaim"on a Road to Nowhere

photosbyjosemunoz.comGee, if we're being "invaded," Jan, why not declare a state of emergency?Add one part delusion to three parts grandstanding, mixed with a healthy glob of nativism, and what do you get?Governor Jan Brewer's SB 1070 "counterclaim" against the federal government for not protecting ... More >>