PAC contributions, by sector Republican Committees $190,370 Democratic Committees $18,786 Health $145,405 Utilities $95,735 Business $90,410 Building/development $84,405 Fire $75,900 Mining $74,585 Banking $64,590 Lobbying firms $60,075 Alcohol $58,011 Education $53,325 Agriculture $52,035 Police $49,890 Labor: $41,950 Real estate $40,110 HiTech/Defense $35,830 Housing $30,390 Social issues $30,225 Transportation $29,335 Financial…
Their PACS: Salt River Valley Water Users Association Political Involvement Committee: — Raised $115,417 through biweekly payroll deductions, ranging from $1 to $60 per employee per pay period, from 325 employees. — Spent $111,329 including contributions to dozens of local, state and federal candidates including: $3,790 to Governor Jane Hull…
Top Political Action Committees (PACs) Del Webb Employees’ Fund for Better Government $43,540 AZ PAC (Arizona Education Association) $39,730 Ophthalmologists PAC $37,725 Bank One Arizona Political Action Committee $36,850 Realtors of AZ PAC (RAPAC) $34,200 Salt River Valley Water Users Association Political Involvement Committee (SRP) $31,180 AZ Medical PAC (ARPA)…
Amount of cash raised by candidates for state offices in 1998: $11.5 million Amount of cash contributed to candidates by retirees: $713,000 Amount of cash to candidates from out-of-state contributors: $850,000 Amount of cash from California contributed to Arizona candidates: $240,000 Amount of cash collected by Senate President Brenda Burns:…
Power Players Arizona’s two big electric companies are also big political players. Executives, employees and political committees affiliated with Salt River Project and Arizona Public Service Company contribute significant dollars not only to state candidates but to national political figures as well. The utilities’ interests go beyond deregulation and power…
Governor Jane Hull (R) AZ Republican Party $79,929 Republican National State Committee $70,000 Del Webb Employees PAC $10,000 Western Growers PAC $10,000 Bank One Arizona PAC $9,310 Edward Robson and family $5,320 Phil and Patricia Dion $5,250 Bank of America PAC $5,000 Campaign America $5,000 Phelps Dodge PAC $4,440 Attorney…
Candidate Race Amount Jane Hull (R) Governor $2,101,935 Paul Johnson (D) Governor $1,418,140 Tom McGovern (R) Attorney General $836,132 Janet Napolitano (D) Attorney General $729,681 John Kaites (R) Attorney General $382,089 Betsey Bayless (R) Secretary of State $274,516 D.L. Culiver (R) Treasurer $271,531 James Howl (R) Governor $242,407 Tony West…
How does a bill become a law? It’s not the way you learned it in school. The 44th session of the Arizona Legislature won’t officially convene until next week, but the lawmakers are already huddling at the Capitol, planning their agenda, writing bills, lining up sponsors, strategizing votes. No, we’re…
The Secret Files of BOMEX The Arizona State Board of Medical Examiners (BOMEX) voted last month to cut off public access to thousands of complaints filed against doctors. Until now, citizens could call BOMEX and find out how many complaints had been filed against a doctor, what the complaints were…
Finally, the ultimate sport utility vehicle, the kind of ride that says, “I’m from Scottsdale.” The Humvee limo. Thirty-five feet of sleek seats of black leather, glowing neon strips and an overhead array of pinhole stars in a body that looks like a troop carrier. Two bars, one at each…
Candidates for justice of the peace like to say their courtrooms are truly “the people’s courts” in Arizona. But even Judge Judy might be appalled at the judicial shenanigans in Maricopa County as the September 8 primary election nears. In Scottsdale, one candidate has dumped more than $140,000 of his…
For years, Phoenix firefighters have been contracting tuberculosis at an unusually rapid rate. Since 1992, about 250 city firefighters–roughly 20 percent of the force–have tested positive for TB. Or have they? Now, fire officials are wondering if those swelling skin tests might really be an indicator of something else: bird…
Cindy Stewart was killed in a car wreck on state Highway 89 near Prescott on a hot and rainy August day in 1994. Never mind that she was the mother of four, including 7-year-old twins, on her way to pick up a 14-year-old daughter from band camp at Mingus Mountain…
For nearly a century, fiercely traditional Hopi Indians in the village of Hotevilla have struggled against the U.S. government and their own tribe in an effort to preserve their ancient culture and protect their religious beliefs. When Hotevilla was established as a haven for traditionalists in 1906, the dispute centered…
Hoot Gibson was spending a few days at his vacation condo near San Diego when he got the call that changed his life–and ignited a controversy that still smolders between the Phoenix Fire Department and City Hall. For 36 years, ever since he was 24 years old, Robert “Hoot” Gibson…
