Wingnut Down

Russell Pearce's Bro Lester Pearce Faces Ethics Charges

By Stephen Lemons
Sep 27, 2012

I've rarely read a legal document so delightful. The one I've just received from the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct indicates that Lester Pearce, former Justice of the Peace and brother of recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, now faces various charges of ethical violations, in part, because he stumped...
Terri Proud, Tea Party Princess, Chickens Out of LD 9 Run

By Stephen Lemons
Apr 20, 2012

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better than screw-loose GOP state Senator Sylvia Allen suddenly finding the Navajo County Board of Supervisors a more attractive sphere of influence than the lege's upper house, along comes this beautiful news from a recent edition of the Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet.Dam...
Sylvia Allen, Uber-Wingnut, Chickens Out of LD 6 Run

By Stephen Lemons
Apr 16, 2012

Score a triumph for redistricting a little more than a half-year ahead of the November elections. The Payson Roundup reports that Republican state Senator Sylvia Allen has turned yellower than an egg-sucking cur at the prospect of running in the newly formed Legislative District 6, where a recent poll showed...