Tom Horne

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 >>

Bill Montgomery Believes Law He's Enforcing Against Tom Horne Is Unconstitutional

It's not every day that an elected law enforcement official, who has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, confesses that he or she is enforcing an unconstitutional law. See also: -The MCAO Follows ICE's Blueprint for Separating Immigrant Families Yet, that's just what Ma ... More >>

Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Back Again

A bill that would disband the police force in Colorado City is back again this legislative session.For whatever reasons, legislators ended up killing almost the same exact bill last session, and the allegedly corrupt "marshals" on the Utah/Arizona border -- whom Attorney General Tom Horne contends a ... More >>

Arizona's Top Ten News Stories of 2012

All in all, 2012 hasn't been that bad of a year. Some good stuff transpired, and some of it happened because New Times' scribes made it happen. Usually to some very deserving recipients. The great H.L. Mencken said it long ago, and it still holds true today: "Journalism is to politician as dog is t ... More >>

Morning Poll: Sheriff Arpaio Plans to Put Armed Posse Members in Schools

Totally upstaged by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio went ahead late Thursday with an announcement for his own anti-Newtown idea: armed posse members at schools. The posse will "safeguard schools from violent predators," Arpaio claims. He's not asking for perm ... More >>

Tom Horne's Fender-Bender: Photos for the Curious

As I mentioned in a blog item Monday, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's initial court date for the March fender-bender that took place at his presumed mistress Camen Chenal's abode is this Friday morning. The Phoenix Police Department just released its report on the incident, along with these p ... More >>

Arizona Medical-Marijuana Law Debated in Court; Judge Criticizes Wording of 2010 Law

Medical marijuana in Arizona faces an important court decision in a case that local prohibitionists see as a weak link in the voter-approved 2010 pot law. Arizona Republic reporter and rapid-fire Tweeter Yvonne Wingett-Sanchez has been filing live updates from the courtroom this afternoon. The hear ... More >>

Allan Sobol: Arizona's Medical-Pot Martyr?

Tom Horne's Effort to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Killed in Legislature

Attorney General Tom Horne's efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was killed in the state House yesterday, which turned out to be the last day of the legislative session.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the Ut ... More >>

Jim Keppel's Abrupt Departure From AG's Office Sends Shockwaves Through Local Legal Community

Last week's sudden "retirement" of Jim Keppel, who was serving as Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's chief of the criminal division, has sent shockwaves through the state's legal community.Keppel isn't giving the specifics of his departure, but the rumors have been flying around town like fungoes ... More >>

Jim Keppel UPDATE: Arizona Capitol Times Breaks Story On FBI Investigation of Attorney General Tom Horne

Someone just E-mailed us the attached here story by reporter Jeremy Duda of the Arizona Capitol Times. ​The piece seems to provide possible direction for the sudden departure last week of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's chief criminal deputy, Jim Keppel. Good work by Duda, who obvio ... More >>

Carmen Chenal Overwhelmed as Tom Horne Pulls an Andy Thomas on Redistricting

Medical Marijuana Is Under Attack in Arizona Again -- But This Time, Voters and Patients Hold the High Ground

Governor Jan Brewer Says Feds' New Letter on Medical Pot Proves She Took "Proper Course of Action" in Derailing Dispensary Program

Governor Jan Brewer​Governor Jan Brewer believes that a "clarification" by the feds on medical-marijuana programs proves she took the "proper course of action" in halting the voter-approved dispensary program.Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne filed a declaratory judgment in federal ... More >>

Obama Administration Clarifies Medical Marijuana Stance -- Sort Of; Reaffirms Lack of Interest in Prosecuting Patients or Caregivers

​The Obama Administration has little interest in prosecuting medical marijuana patients or their caregivers, states a letter addressed to all 50 state Attorneys General by Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole.The letter appears to be the awaited "clarification" by the Administration promised ea ... More >>

Maricopa Community Colleges Chancellor Calling Board Meeting to Consider Delay of Tuition Hike; Lawyer Says Reversal Might Get Board Arrested; Tom Horne to Get Involved?

Griselda NevarezMaricopa Community Colleges' Board Members are backpedaling on their tuition hike despite General Counsel Lee Combs' fearmongering.​The Maricopa Community Colleges Governing Board is holding a special meeting tomorrow evening, called by Chancellor Rufus Glasper, to discuss delaying ... More >>

Tom Horne, Arizona Attorney General, Worked With Anti-Prop-203 Leader Carolyn Short on Federal Lawsuit Idea

Image: Carolyn Short's Facebook siteCarolyn Short, leader of the "No on 203" movement, admits she's actively trying to defeat the voter-approved medical marijuana law. Tom Horne and Jan Brewer appear to be taking her cues.​ Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne discussed a plan to launc ... More >>

Obama Adminstration Wants Illegal Immigrants to Vote, Says Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne

Tom Horne, Arizona's attorney general, is defending a law that requires proof of citizenship to be presented in order to register to vote.​ President Obama's hoping to secure votes from illegal immigrants by fighting an Arizona law that requires proof of citizenship at the polls, says Arizon ... More >>

Governor Brewer Can't Stop Medical Marijuana Under State Law; Qualified Patients Can Legally Possess Drug Without State Approval

Governor Jan Brewer hopes to derail Arizona's voter-approved medical marijuana law, but qualified patients can legally possess weed with or without state approval. ​ The effort by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne to steamroll voters in their attempte ... More >>

Tucson Unified School District's Tuesday Night Debacle

From Tuesday's demonstration, outside TUSD...Police in full riot gear, some tech-ed out SWAT-style with pepper-spray guns. A cop chopper overhead. Protesters locking arms to prevent police vehicles from moving. A 69 year-old activist on crutches arrested and cited, along with six others. Cops flingi ... More >>

Blast by Colt 45, Made by Pabst Brewing, Called Excessively Strong by Tom Horne and Other State Attorneys General

Blast by Colt 45, made by Pabst Brewing Company, is like a "binge in a can," according to Tom Horne and other state attorneys general.​ Arizona's official state gun is the Colt .45, but a trendy alcoholic drink that shares the name shouldn't be on shelves in its current form, says state A ... More >>

AZ Attorney General Tom Horne "Blasts" New Malt Beverage From Pabst Brewing

Blast By Colt 45, a drink 17 attorney generals consider tantamount to binge-drinking in a can. ​Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is down to party so long as binge-drinking isn't involved. Along with 16 more attorney generals from around the country, Mr. Horne made this message clear today ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Should be Taxed, Says AZ Attorney General Tom Horne

Tom Horne​ Republicans are anti-marijuana and anti-tax. Unless there's a buck to be made. Tom Horne, the state's new Attorney General, just came out in favor of taxing the medical marijuana soon to be sold in Arizona. True, a small tax on the product isn't such a bad idea. The pot shops will ... More >>

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne Throws AG's Office into Crusade Against Obama-Care

James KingAttorney General Tom Horne has a few problems with President Obama's health care plan.​Newly sworn in Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that he's planning to do something his predecessor, Terry Goddard, refused to do: throw the Arizona Attorney General's Office into the ... More >>

Nov. 3 In Blogs: Tom Horne, No Shave November, Club Trinity, Wine, and Medical Marijuana

​​​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:

That Andy Thomas Won't Win Election Today is Reason to Rejoice

It's depressing out there, no doubt. ​ President Barack Obama's "honeymoon" never happened, partly his fault, partly not. The collective memory of the "American public" is about as long as that of a rather slow 2-year-old. Joe F-ing Arpaio, a paragon of everything that can be bad about l ... More >>

Jon Hulburd's a Turncoat, and Terry Goddard's Weak. So Who Are This Year's Democratic Role Models?

Tom Horne Suit Against Child-Porn Attack Ad Fails, Secretary of State Refers Matter To AG's Office

The anti-Horne ad causing all the hubbub, currently in heavy rotation On Wednesday, a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge denied Republican state attorney general candidate Tom Horne's request for a restraining order against a controversial attack ad now running against him. The ad, which is paid f ... More >>

Tom Horne Slimed as Pro-Statutory Rape in New Attack Ad

Tom Horne has an A-bomb dropped on him in this latest TV hit pieceIn the annals of negative campaign advertising, this new anti-Tom Horne ad from the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for Justice and Fairness could win a gold medal in the below-the-belt category.In it, Horne, Republican candidate for ... More >>

Conflicting Poll Numbers For AG's Race Prompt "Thank You" to Republicans From Arizona Dems

www.vote-az.orgDemocratic candidate for attorney general, Felecia Rotellini​As always, we take all polls with a grain of salt. And two polls -- one released by the Arizona Republican Party, and one released by the Republican candidate for Attorney General, Tom Horne -- are part of the reason why.T ... More >>

Montgomery Is Arpaio's Tool, Thomas Kisses the Mat, and More in This Primary Roundup

Andrew Thomas Concedes in AG's Race -- Finally

Have to admit, we're gonna miss using photos of that 'stache.​It's been fairly clear the past few days that former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas was gonna lose the Republican primary for attorney general to Tom Horne. But he refused to concede.Can't blame the guy for not throwin' in the t ... More >>

Tom Horne Leads Andrew Thomas by 887 Votes, with 900 Votes Left To Count

electtomhorne.com Horne: Smilin' all the way to victory Just to keep you updated, as of 5:54 p.m. Monday, state Schools Superintendent Tom Horne had a comfortable 887 vote lead over ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas in the GOP primary for state Attorney General. Accordi ... More >>

Tom Horne Declares "It's Over," Leads Andrew Thomas by 853 with Around 4,500 Ballots Left

electtomhorne.com"It's an absolute certainty now," said Horne of his unofficial win.State Schools Superintendent Tom Horne declared victory Saturday night over former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, his rival in the GOP primary for state Attorney General. This, after today's count left Horne ... More >>

Morning Poll: Will Tom Horne Pull Out a Victory?

Tom Horne​It's still officially unofficial. The GOP primary for attorney general is still undecided and will likely remain so until at least tomorrow.As of last night, Tom Horne has a 419-vote lead over Andrew Thomas in the race with about 100,000 votes left uncounted.The majority of the uncounted ... More >>

At Least 119,000 Votes Uncounted in AZ as of Today (at About 2:15 p.m.), Officials say

Election officials tell us that at least 116,000 119,000 ballots remain uncounted in Arizona.That's more than enough to flip the close race for state Attorney General again - maybe even a couple more times. The nail-biter of a Republican primary had Andrew Thomas in the lead for most of the night,&n ... More >>

Tom Tancredo Flip-Flops on Support for Tom Horne's AG Bid; Former Congressman Now Supports Andrew Thomas

Image: WikipediaTom Tancredo supports Tom Horne, or maybe Andrew Thomas, for Arizona Attorney General. ​ Former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo pulled his endorsement of Tom Horne for Arizona Attorney General today, saying he now supports Andrew Thomas. The anti-illegal-immigrant (or just an ... More >>

Tom Horne, Andy Thomas Bloody Each Other in Horizon Debate

If you missed the "Clean Elections" Republican state Attorney General debate last night on Horizon between state schools superintendent Tom Horne and former Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas, it was a real cage fight. I'm surprised blood didn't spatter the TV screen. Fortunately, if yo ... More >>

Tom Horne Failed to Disclose Bankruptcy on Official Form a Month After 2002 Arizona Republic Story About It

Photo: www.electtomhorne.com​ Sunday's Arizona Republic story about Tom Horne wasn't the first time the candidate for Attorney General has been asked about a decades-old bankuptcy and government sanction. As Horne reminded us today, Republic reporter Pat Kossan wrote an article in 2002 ... More >>

Superintendent Tom Horne Says Terrorism in Israel No Longer a "Major Problem" Thanks to Construction of Wall

State attorney general candidate Tom Horne​Tom Horne, Arizona's superintendent of schools and candidate for state attorney general, is standing by his comments that terrorism is no longer a problem in Israel after they built -- in the words of Senator John McCain -- "the danged fence."At a Tea Par ... More >>

Tom Horne Pledges to Raise $400K in Post-Matching Funds Race for AG

Tom Horne​We checked in yesterday with Tom Horne, the Superintendent of Schools running in the Republican primary for Arizona Attorney General against former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas.As we pointed out in this blog post, Horne is surely one of the big winners in yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court ... More >>

Tom Horne Struggles in CNN Debate on Latino Studies With Georgetown Prof Michael Dyson

www.cnn.comTom Horne and Michael Dyson duked it out on CNN last night. TKO goes to Dyson​ Was it just us, or did Tom Horne seem out of his league last night on CNN during a debate with Georgetown Professor Michael Dyson about Arizona's new ban on public school classes that teach "ethnic ... More >>

Tom Horne Protested by Tucson Students Over Ethnic Studies Ban

Horne: He's against, like, overthrowing the government, and stuffHundreds of demonstrators protested Arizona Schools Superintendent Tom Horne in Tucson today over his backing of Sand Land's new ethnic studies ban. The new law forbids classes that teach "ethnic solidarity," promote the overthrow of t ... More >>

Tom Horne Says Maricopa County Was "Oppressive Environment" Under Andrew Thomas' Reign as County Attorney

Arizona schools chief Tom Horne had some choice words for Andrew Thomas on KTAR last night. ​Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is wasting no time in attacking his GOP primary opponent for attorney general, Maricopa County's former brown-bashing county attorney, Andrew Thomas.Thomas qu ... More >>

Hot Links: ASU Suicide, Jarron Collins, and Phoenix Coyotes

​Arizona Superintendent of Schools Tom Horne says the state faces teacher layoffs on a large-scale next year because of the state's budget woes. Horne said the situation is "much grimmer" than Arizona residents realize...The male graduate student who committed suicide in a professor's office at AS ... More >>

Despite Last Week's Comments, Tom Horne Liked Obama Speech

Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne​Arizona schools chief Tom Horne had some tough words for President Obama, and the White House last week, in regard to Obama's address to students this morning.After hearing the speech, guess what; Horney loved it!"I think we can all agree with the message of t ... More >>

Hot Links: Horne's Tickets, Frommer's Snub, and DNA Samples

​State school superintendent Tom Horne has received half a dozen speeding tickets in the past 18 months, including one for speeding in a school zone. Horne says he's paid all the tickets he's aware of, and said he is interested in running for attorney general next year...Chandler has barred the Vi ... More >>

Life in the Fast Lane: Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne Busted for Speeding Six Times in Last 18 Months

www.calculateme.com​We know Sammy Hagar "can't drive 55," and it seems as though Arizona Department of Education Superintendent Tom Horne suffers from the same affliction.In the last 18 months, Horne has been ticketed for speeding six times "that he is aware of," including once while zipping ... More >>

Ethnic "Solidarity" Class Prohibition Bill Faces Vote by Lawmakers; Intent is to Ban "Raza Studies" in Tucson High Schools

  The State Senate is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would prohibit Arizona schools from offering classes that encourage "ethnic solidarity." The bill also bans classes "designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group." Pushed by state schools chief To ... More >>

Goofball Shockumentary

Not even Hollywood would bite on this one: Loose Change tells what, heh, really happened on 9/11