An Election Recap: Lies, Lies and More Lies

It seemed a little apropos that an article called "Eight Words That Most Liars Use" was posted on Yahoo today.

Keep a few of these words in the back of your mind.

"Never" The big thing to look out for is when he says "never" when "no" will do. It's a sign he's overcompensating.

"That"  Like never, it depends on how he uses it. If he puts "that" in front of a noun, like "that woman" or "that money," it's a subconscious attempt for him to distance himself from the word. This is a common trick of manipulators.  (Bill Clinton used this when he said, "that woman...Monica Lewinsky")

"By the way…" Liars use phrases like this to try to minimize what they say next-but usually it's what's most important to the story. Pay extra attention to what he says afterward.

"But" Liars usually try to downplay what they say with this word, so pay attention when he says something like, "I know this is going to sound strange, but…" or "I know you think I'm lying, but…"



Remember when those who pushed for the recall of Russell Pearce admitted that they focused their efforts on Mormon Republicans?

'The strategy that we’re using is we believe that in order to have a fully effective recall Russell Pearce effort, the change is going to have to come from within,' Blasé said. 'And that’s from within the Mormon community in Mesa...Key to that is having Mormons convince other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.' 

Once the recall election was over, Jerry Lewis' campaign manager openly admitted their strategy.
 

As the final results of the Nov. 8 recall election became clear, Tyler Montague, an integral campaign insider for Lewis, revealed how vital early support was among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“Yes. I can finally say it. From the beginning, we went to stake presidents and bishops to get their support,” Montague said of high-ranking Mormon members.
“I heard someone call it the ‘Mormon Fall,’ and I think that totally fits,” he said,

comparing the recall election to the mass protests in North Africa

and the Middle East known as the “Arab Spring.”

Their approach: Offer a simple choice to the most influential Mormons in Mesa.

We said, ‘Here’s what the Mormon Church says about immigration, and here’s what Russell Pearce says about it. Where do you come down?’” Montague said.

Fast forward to the primary election last week.  Bob Worsley's campaign manager, Ryan Anderson, admitted :

Anderson attributes part of the trend to the politically active, close-knit Mormon community in Mesa. Once a candidate has been chosen by community leaders, Anderson said, that decision ripples through the church and social networks.

Bob Worsley spoke at the Red Mountain TEA Party on the eve of the primary election.  One of the questions he was asked was whether he had ever met the leftist agitator, Randy Parraz.

Worsley, with rehearsed confidence, looked the moderator in the eyes and said,

"I have NEVER met Randy Parraz.....I don't associate with those radicals. 

I'm a Conservative."

 

The follow-up question should have been, "Has anyone from your CAMPAIGN ever met or spoken with Randy Parraz?" 


We know that the Lewis camp was involved with Parraz.

(Parraz seen with Mike Wright who donated $200 to Worsley's campaign and donated to Jerry Lewis.  He was also in strategy meetings with Parraz during the recall effort.)

Lewis:  "First, let me thank the Wright family for their generous support and for allowing us to host this event here."

(Anson Clarkson was Jerry Lewis' campaign manager. 

His mom can be seen in the video above at Parraz's headquarters)

Another question posed to Worsley at the TEA Party meeting was about his ad which painted Russell Pearce as a "One Note" candidate.  Worsley was asked that given Pearce's REAL record on a variety of issues, did he stand by the accusation.  Worsley responded,

 

I did not say Russell Pearce is a 'one note candidate'.  The commercial is literally a person playing the piano with an overabundance of focus on immigration....I know that Russell Pearce's campaign has said that I was insinuating that, but I do believe that we have spent too much time focusing at the state level on enforcement only when that is NOT a solution that will work.

It seemed odd that Worsley was so quick to focus on the words "one note" from the ad and deny that he ever implied that Pearce was a "one note candidate", especially when his own campaign site on Youtube shows the ad's title as  "One Note/ Bob Worsley: strong on all the issues."  He even Tweeted:

Bob Worsley‏@bob_worsley

New campaign commercial. Is Mesa ready to move on from "One Note" politics?http://tinyurl.com/cg74f38

We know who gave Worsley's campaign the idea for his ad.


Randy Parraz.

May 18, 2012

" 'It seems they haven't heard the political message', said Randy Parraz, an organizer of a recall effort that led to Pearce's ouster from the Legislature in November, adding that rank-and-file Arizonans are more concerned about jobs and education than illegal immigration.

'They are still playing that one note.' "

Worsley's ad was posted two months later in July.


We know that if anyone was a "one note candidate" it was actually Bob Worsley since immigration is the one issue that he seemed to have a problem with when it came to Russell Pearce.  Even on election night, Worsley still wanted to drive that point home.

....and frankly, it will be easier to solve immigration based on a lot of things he has done because we can now see that a state enforcement only law like SB1070, does NOT work. 

Randy Parraz's strategy was to shift his focus of attacking Pearce over SB1070 which still enjoys a 65% approval rating and instead, pretend that he cared about other issues like education and healthcare. 


At the TEA Party meeting, Worsley went through a list of things that Pearce did that was good for the state, but then admitted that his only reason for challenging him was because he felt that Russell Pearce had been in the legislature too long and we needed a "fresh voice".  (Where have we heard THAT phrase before?) 

Again, it was an attempt to deflect from the real reason why Worsley chose to run.  We know this because if Worsley truly had an issue with the 11 years that Pearce was in the legislature, why is it he didn't have a problem with Stan Turley's 22 years?  Or Jon Kyl's 25 years?  Or John McCain's 29 years and counting?  Or Jeff Flake's 12 years and who is on track to follow the same path as his predecessors should he be elected to the Senate?  After all, Worsley had no problem accepting their endorsements. 


The biggest lie of all?


One of Worsley's campaign mailers stated, "Arizona needs a Conservative."

- Bob Worsley, a deeply Conservative fellow Mormon

- Bob Worsley, a solid Conservative

- Bob Worsley is a solid Conservative (endorsement from Jon Kyl)



It wasn't until AFTER the election that we saw the truth from the media and Worsley's own campaign that he was no Conservative, but rather, a "centrist" or "moderate."

- Worlsey was recruited by more moderate Republicans...Worsley campaigned as a more moderate Republican

- Both Mr. Crandall and Mr. Worsley are seen as moderate conservatives

- Primary Puts Arizona Senate On A More Centrist Path

The Arizona Legislature appears to be continuing its shift away from the "tea party"

Senate that took office following the 2010 election

 

" America will never be destroyed from outside.

If we falter and lose our freedoms,

it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

Abraham Lincoln



Worsley's Resume "Mark-up" Is As Much As An Item In A SkyMall Catalog

Seems we've been fed a
mile-high-pie-in-the-sky lie.  

Just how business savvy IS Mr. Worsley?  Or is this just another case of resume inflation from a wanna-be politician?


Let's first look at his bio which states:

Robert (“Bob”) M. Worsley ... was the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of SkyMall, Inc., which he founded in 1989, until his retirement in 2003. During his tenure at SkyMall, Mr. Worsley was successful in leading the Company through a $16 million IPO in 1996 and a $70 million sale to Newscorp’s Gemstar affiliate in 2001, and growing the business to become the largest in-flight catalog company in the United States with over $85 million in annual revenues.

"Mark up" #1:  $70M sale to Gemstar in 2001?

It seems odd that every article we have found indicates that the sale price was more in the $47 million range.

From AZ Central:

"Online sales helped SkyMall before it sold in 2001 for about $47 million to Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. and Worsley's 30 percent ownership was converted to Gemstar stock."

"Phoenix-based SkyMall was purchased by the Los Angeles-based parent company of TV Guide magazine (NASDAQ: GMST) for nearly $48 million in cash and stock in May 2001."


LA Times:

"Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., the biggest seller of electronic television program guides, said Monday that it will buy airline flight catalog company SkyMall Inc. for about $47.5 million."


"Mark up"#2:  Worsley estimates to have created 1000 jobs through his ventures?

Based on the financial statements filed when SkyMall went public, the highest number of employees at one time was 324.  You'll then notice the following year, the number dropped to pre-1999 levels.

EMPLOYEES   (pg 13)
March 1, 1996, the Company had 180 employees.

EMPLOYEES  (pg 12)                                                                
March 12, 1998, the Company had 190 employees.

EMPLOYEES   (pg 13)                                                                      
March 22, 1999, the Company had 323 employees.

EMPLOYEES   (pg 17)                                                                      
March 27, 2000,  the Company had 324  employees.

EMPLOYEES (pg 8)
March 14, 2001, the Company had 199 employees.


Let's also take a look at the number of employees from his most recent venture, Renegy Energy. 

Oops.  That company found itself in financial trouble less than six months after their $85M biomass plant opened in Snowflake which led to an almost 50% reduction in its workforce.

 By early January, Renegy plans to reduce its workforce to a total of 48 employees, of which seven employees will constitute its corporate staff, representing a 47% reduction in force compared with 90 employees at September 30, 2008.

The "estimated" 1000 jobs is closer to 414 in its prime.  Job losses between the two companies totalled 167 for a net of 247 jobs created (or shall we say, "saved"?).



"Mark up"#3:  Worsley grew SkyMall with annual sales revenue of over $85M.

Revenues/Gross Margins:

1996  Total Revenues  $46M / $19M
1997  Total Revenues  $66M / $25.7M
1998  Total Revenues  $72M / $32.7M
1999  Total Revenues  $79M / $32.5M
2000  Total Revenues  $82M / $34M
2001  Total Revenues (1st quarter prior to sale)  $18M / $7M

Income/Loss:

1996  Income of $2.5M
1997  Income of $2.9M
1998  Income of $3.6M
1999  Loss of $25M
2000  Loss of $16M
2001 (1st quarter prior to sale)  Loss of $2.5M


As you can see, while the 1999 and 2000 revenues may look impressive, SkyMall was actually operating at significant losses of $25M and $16M respectively.  Even leading up to the sale to Gemstar, they were on track to lose another $10M in 2001. 

In an effort to reduce losses, Skymall went through major restructuring in 2000.  They retained the Investor Relations firm Genesis Select to identify potential investors who could leverage SkyMall's distribution and inject additional capital into the flailing company.

"Genesis Select also identified and helped recruit a new President and CEO. The candidate was a well-established operator in retail merchandising, and was also well known with institutional investors. With the critical pieces now in place, Genesis Select introduced SkyMall to Robertson Stephens, who was retained by SkyMall as their investment banker. This relationship led to the purchase of SkyMall by Gemstar –TV Guide in March of 2001 at an attractive valuation in deteriorating market conditions for Internet stocks."

SkyMall consolidated offices in New York and Utah which eliminated at least 53 employees at a cost of $2M.  An additional 70 employees were also laid off in 2000.

More SkyMall controversy.

The stock value of SkyMall (SKYM) wildly fluctuated since it first went public.  Here is a chart that shows the highs and lows per share by quarter:

1998
1Q     4.00 - 5.38
2Q     4.00 - 7.50
3Q     2.25 - 5.64
4Q     1.88 - 4.30

1999
1Q     11.38 - 27.13
2Q     9.00 - 23.13
3Q     5.55 - 12.63
4Q     5.25 - 13.13

2000
1Q     7.00 - 10.19
2Q     2.31 - 6.63
3Q     2.00 - 3.63
4Q     1.06 - 2.50

2001
1Q     1.00 - 2.63

Notice the sudden spike in the stock price between 4Q 1998 and 1Q 1999? 

On Monday, December 28, 1998, SkyMall announced that they expected their internet sales to grow "sevenfold" during the next year.

"Shares of the nation's largest in-flight catalog retailer soared yesterday rising to $48 before closing up 23 at $35.56 after it said Internet sales were expected to jump sevenfold."

You can tell by the 1999 revenue chart above, SkyMall only increased revenue by $7M and after the cost of goods were deducted, the gross margins were actually less than the previous year.  SkyMall also saw a record loss of $24M during 1999.


So, where did SkyMall get the idea that they would be able to forecast a "sevenfold" increase in their internet sales going forward?


Coincidentally, on Thursday, December 31, 1998, an article announced that the SkyMall CEO, Bob Worsley, had sold 675,000 shares of SKYM at $35/share.  He then used that money to buy out two of his partners at a pre-determined share price agreed upon back in October of $6.75 and $7.35/share.  This gave Worsley a 54% stake in the company. 

Needless to say, the circumstances of the sales projection announcement coupled with the massive sell-off of Worsley's shares at an inflated value to buy off his partners at a significantly lower price seemed a bit...shall we say...suspect?

We weren't the only ones who thought so.  SkyMall and Worsley were taken to court over possible SEC violations.  The complaint charged the defendants

"... the complaint alleges on December 28, 1998, SkyMall announced in a press release that the Company’s Internet sales were expected to increase by 600 percent over the previous year. As a result of this announcement, the price per share of SkyMall’s common stock soared from $12 to $48, and closed at $35. That same day, unbeknownst to the investing public, including plaintiff and the members of the class, SkyMall’s President and CEO, took advantage of the anticipated surge in the value of the Company’s stock by selling 675,000 of his shares of SkyMall common stock at an average price of $35 a share. He then used the proceeds from those sales to exercise options which he held to purchase 2.9 million shares of the Company’s stock at an average price of $7.23 a share....Further, the complaint alleges on or around December 30, 1998, when it became publicly known that SkyMall’s President and CEO had taken advantage of the expected dramatic rise in the price of SkyMall’s shares caused by the December 28 press release by selling 675,000 of his shares at inflated prices, and then, by exercising his options, increasing his equity stake in the Company from 2.3 million to almost 4.6 million shares, the price of SkyMall’s shares plummeted to $27 3/4 a shares."


The Court issued a final judgment in December 2002 dismissing the action "with prejudice."  The Plaintiff was reimbursed attorney fees and expenses of over $88,000.


As part of the sales agreement in 2001 between SkyMall and Gemstar, Worsley was required to transfer his SKYM stock over to GMST stock.  Gemstar agreed to pay $2.80/share for SkyMall stock.  At the time of the sale, Worsley had a 30% stake in SkyMall and 4.8M shares. 

Worsley "retired" in 2003. 

Four years later, Worsley began work on his next (failed) project at Renegy, LLC.  When money was quickly drying up, he once again retained the services of Genesis Select to help improve Renegy's exposure to institutional investors. 

You can hear Worsley inflate his role and qualifications as a small business owner on his campaign website here.  In the video, Worsley mentions that he sat in a room across from Rupert Murdoch to personally negotiate the sale of SkyMall.  However, we are unable to either confirm or deny this account because according to the SEC report (pg 36), Mr. Murdoch was not mentioned as being present in the room when discussions took place.  During the same month in 2001, Murdoch was negotiating a $70 BILLION merger attempt with DirecTV .  We aren't sure how critical it would have been for Mr. Murdoch to be a part of the negotiations for a $50M company when News Corp only held a 39% stake in Gemstar.

SkyMall and Gemstar met at the offices of Gemstar in Pasadena, California on March 3, 2001. representatives of Gemstar that attended the meeting included Dr. Yuen, Elsie Leung, Chief Financial Officer and Co-President, Mike Jeffress, Vice President of Business Development, and Jim Gregg and Eric Jue, both of Gemstar's Business Development Group. SkyMall management that participated in the meeting included Mr. Worsley, Mr. Deacon and Ms. Aguilera. A representative from Robertson Stephens, SkyMall's financial advisor, also attended the meeting.

If this is how Worsley does business, just imagine what he might do to a state budget...

More Worsley Post-Election Review

Isn't it interesting that we have to wait until AFTER the election to hear the truth?  It's a little like when Nancy Pelosi said that we have to "pass the bill before we can see what's in it." 

 

Russell Pearce's Ruin Caused in Part by Citizens for a Better Arizona

 

Parraz and his new organization called Moving Mesa Forward personally collected over 200 ballots from people who voted for Worsley over Russell Pearce in the primary election.  They knew exactly which homes to go to in order to collect their ballots because during the recall, they registered over 7000 people throughout Arizona (with a focus on LD18) and made copies of the forms to keep in their office.  (They registered another 8000 leading up to the primary election last month). They also made sure to mark the Perminant Early Voter List (PEVL) box on the voter registration form so that the voter would automatically be mailed a ballot. 

 

"Maybe a ballot's owner had forgotten about his or her ballot, or was not intending to vote. Working off a list of such persons, a volunteer or a paid canvasser makes an appearance at a voter's door, encouraging the individual to fill out the ballot, and offering to deliver it to county elections."

 

 

A majority of the paid canvassers did not even live in Worsley's district.

 

 

Registering voters and collecting their ballots during the recall:

 

<------ LOOK!  It's Carmen Guerrero on the right!  We've seen her before!  

 

 

 



For those who weren't home, a flier was left on their door that looked like this:

 

 Was this what Worsley meant when he claimed he wanted to "elev8" Mesa from extremists?

 

"Parraz and his people have been targeting Independents and Hispanics this time around, urging Dems to register as Indies, and encouraging Indies to request Republican ballots, as they are allowed to do in Arizona primaries.

 

The result of MMF's efforts, brags Parraz, has been an estimated 2,000 votes scored for Pearce's rival in the Legislative District 25 GOP primary for state Senate, where Pearce mounted a doomed comeback."

According to the final vote count, Worsley only beat Pearce by 3600 votes of which 2000 can be attributed to Parraz. 

We've been hearing rumors that Parraz's group wasn't the only one encouraging Democrats to re-register as Independents in order to vote in the Republican Primary and elect a more lewsley Republican.  Especially in districts where a Democrat won't have a chance of winning in the general election.  At least not THIS time around. 

 
 Who is Parraz's next target?

 

 

 "Next we're going to defeat [Sheriff Joe] Arpaio," smiled Parraz,

holding up a handful of ballots bearing Latino surnames.

"Look at this, and they say [Hispanics] don't vote."

After Arpaio it will be Governor Jan Brewer.  After Brewer, we suspect the next target will be Andy Biggs.  After all, if gullible  Conservative East Mesa could be turned moderate....

Parraz's Citizens For A Better Arizona (CBA) funded Moving Mesa Forward to the tune of $40,000.  Let's not forget that Republicans donated to CBA during the recall. (Don Stapley, Liana Clarkson, Kenneth P. Smith) This money went to hiring 25 people to canvass on Bob Worsley's behalf during the campaign.

 

We have a glimpse into what Worsley will be like in the legislature based on Jerry Lewis' voting record and willingness to pander to Democrats more than Republicans. 

 

Worsley also posted the following on his Facebook page about compromise. 

 

"To avoid bickering....men and women meet together and adjust their differences;  this is compromise.  He who stands unyielding and immovable upon a principle is often a fool, and often bigoted, and usually left standing alone with his principle while other men adjust their differences and go on."

 

 

Aside from Worsley's back-handed slap to the TEA Party (who actually stand FIRM in their beliefs and principles) by painting the them as fools and bigots, where is there any room to compromise with Marxism or Socialism? It is in the spirit of compromise between the elites of BOTH parties that is destroying our Country.  For some reason, the only ones who are expected to "give" are the ACTUAL Conservatives who support the TEA Party's values.

 

So, who IS the greater fool?

Does Bob Worsley Have Something Against Charter Schools?

Someone better inform lewsley Republicans Jerry Lewis who works at Sequoia Charter School and Rich Crandall who has sponsored Charter School legislation, that Worsley doesn't sound like he will be a friend of Charter Schools.  We wonder how many parents who voted for Worsley and have children ATTENDING Charter Schools are aware of Worsley's position?

 

It also sounds like Worsley isn't fond of introducing a lot of legislation.  (Why was he elected to represent his constituents if he isn't planning to do anything for them anyways?)  In fact, at the TEA Party meeting on the night before the primary election, he said he would like to see that legislators only be allowed to introduce one bill per session.  (Which he may soon discover that this idea might make it tough to put together a state budget.  Budget bills alone are 10-20 separate bills.)

 

 

 We can't wait to see what Worsley's one bill will be when the session starts.  Tax credits for wind farms?  Subsidies for green energy?  We're sure that his district in East Mesa will be far more interested in Central Arizona Project water bills that benefit ranchers than say, Charter Schools.

 

Perhaps Worsley's mentor, Stan Turley, forgot to tutor him on the benefits of Charter Schools or mention that Charter Schools dominate the list of highest performing schools in the state? 

Here's a refresher course on the other benefits of Charter Schools:

** Charter schools are public schools that are innovative while still being held accountable for improved student achievement. Charter schools vary in mission and model, serving a wide range of students, many with needs beyond the one-size-fits-all traditional public school.

** Arizona is home to 524 charter schools that enroll 133,890 students in the 2011-12 school year. Fully 25 percent of the state’s public schools are charter schools, and 12 percent of all public-school students are enrolled in charter schools — the highest percentage for any state, and second only to Washington D.C.

** Charter schools were authorized by the Arizona Legislature in 1994, and the first charters opened in 1995. Charter schools were established to give parents academic choices for their children and provide a learning environment to improve student achievement. Charter schools contract with the state or district to provide tuition free educational services.

** While total enrollment in Arizona public schools grew 3.4 percent, from 1,043,298 students in FY2005 to 1,078,939 students in FY2011, enrollment in charter schools grew 44.2 percent during the same period, from 85,683 to 123,633. In FY2012, charter students increased by over 10,000.

** Charter schools receive state funds based on student attendance (same as traditional public schools); however, they do not receive funds from local tax revenue (like the 1 cent sales tax increase). On average, charter students receive about $1,765 less than their district peers.


Charter Schools are NOT the reason budget cuts were made to the Arizona Department of Education.


We would like to take a moment to remind our readers that Russell Pearce fought to preserve school choice and empower parents to decide what is best for their children and their educational needs.

 Expand school choice and increase parental control. I believe a parent should have the right to educate their child in a district school, charter school, private school or home school. We need to provide parents with the proper information on the academic success of each option so that they can make the best choice for their child.

One-Note Worsley's Latest Mark Up

Mr. Worsley seems to put a 100% mark up on just about

every st8ment he makes these days.  Anything for a vote.

Take this one for example.  On his Facebook page he st8ed: 

We conservatives believe that less government or smaller government is one of the basic planks of our Republic. My favorite State Senator Stan Turley has been gracious to spend several hours with me tutoring me on State Government. 

Tutoring?  Well, what should we expect from someone who has never even so much as signed up to be a Precinct Committeeman until this year?  And he's getting tutoring help from Stan Turley?  We suspect that many on Worsley's campaign weren't even BORN during Turley's 22 year legislative career.

Were they also aware that Mr. Turley admits he started out as a Democrat before running as a Republican? 

Pg 14:

As a matter of fact, I was a Democrat I guess to start
but I kind of turned Republican.

Yeah I changed. It wasn’t any big deal to change.  Republicans just didn’t run much. You had Democrats running against each other for office but you didn’t have Republicans run so really your election would be in the primary to decide who the Democrat was going to be that ran. So then I changed and I don’t remember exactly when or why. I just changed.

Worsley continues:

Stan told me that he introduced just 15 Bills TOTAL in 22 years at the Capitol (CAP Water Allocation, No Smoking in Restaurants were 2 notable laws of the 15). My opponent has introduced 1,000 Bills in 11 years!! Each bill costs $1K just to introduce... cool $ Million wasted. Last session there were over 1,600 new bills proposed at the Capitol... A RECORD. Where did the smaller government idea get lost in the decade between Stan and my opponent? 

Mr. Turley st8ed about his time in the legislature:

pg 15:

...you had the sixty-three day sessions... you got paid $200 a week for nine weeks and you went home. You didn’t have to mess around with constituents like they do now. You’d have a few things and then you tried to do a few things to help people...but I've always looked at the legislature as an opportunity for public service, that is, should never become a job.  It just should not become a job, a lifetime job that somebody would try to get and just stay there.  Even though I stayed for twenty-two years..."Well gee, I got to...".  Oh I got involved but I didn't really sponsor a lot of stuff.  I'm just kind of a status quo...."

Where to start?

1.  Mr. Turley sponsored a bill that banned smoking in restaurants?  We thought the smoking ban in restaurants didn't happen until 2006 with the passage of Prop 201.  Unless elevators are the same as restaurants? 

According to Mr. Turley, one of the good things he did while in the legislature was the Groundwater Act of '82.  And then he said:  (pg 25)

Well, we did another.  We did outlaw smoking in elevators.  It took us four years...We were laughed off the floor.  It took us four years to outlaw smoking in elevators.  Mr. Pratt and I sponsored that bill....now you're outlawed in the whole town.

(We're not sure that smoking ban laws would be considered conservative or "small government" when you impose regulations on local businesses and tell them what they can and can't do.  Especially when Prop 201 was supported by groups such as NOW and the Sierra Club.  He sounds more like a Progressive.  You have to start out small by banning smoking in elevators knowing eventually it will be "outlawed in the whole town".)

2.  If Mr. Turley feels that public service shouldn't be a lifetime job, why would he endorse Jeff Flake and Kirk Adams?

3.  We also have to wonder why the Worsley and Adams campaign aren't pointing out the public pension that Mr. Turley has enjoyed since his 22 year career in the legislature.  Afterall, they love to criticize Russell Pearce for daring to draw from his MCSO pension. 

4.  We thought it was interesting to read that the reason Mr. Turley "didn't really sponsor a lot of stuff" wasn't because he was being fiscally responsible as the Worsley campaign would like us to believe.  No, in fact, Mr. Turley admits to being "status quo".

He also admits  (pg 42-43)

I think it's too bad when one party is in too long and the Republicans for example in Arizona now have had the House and the legislature for too long.  They had it now since....1967 and they have got it by quite a majority.  I think it would be better if it was either evener,  or in the Senate they have gone back and forth a few times.

When you have a real right wing and a real left wing if you're going to get a solution.... are not going to be in either perimeter.  They are going to be shaken kind of toward the center someway.  If you're going to have a solution, a partial solution, it's usually not going to be an extreme position.  And I see where you have a Republican Senator from Oklahoma just got elected to go to the United States Senate.  And here's a guy that has some very extreme positions. 

 I don't know how he even got elected.

He was referring to Senator Tom Coburn.  Those darn fiscal and social conservatives.

(With views like these, it isn't hard to see why he would endorse Jeff Flake, Kirk Adams and Bob Worsley)

Let's go back to Mr. Worsley's claim:

My opponent has introduced 1,000 Bills in 11 years!! 

Last session there were over 1,600 new bills

proposed at the Capitol...

 A RECORD.

First of all, Senator Pearce wasn't there in the last session.  Therefore, the "1600 new bills" proposed have absolutely NOTHING to do with Mr. Pearce.  (Perhaps more tutoring on what constitutes a "session" might be in order?  Also, by our count, there were actually 1450 bills introduced not counting resolutions.  900 in the House and 550 in the Senate.) 

Now let's take a look at the ACTUAL number of bills that Russell Pearce introduced as a Prime Sponsor (P*) during his 11 years in the legislature.  (As we have learned from our research trying to find the infamous Adams budget and pension bills, the person listed as the Prime Prime Sponsor indicated by P* is the one responsible for introducing the bill.  Again, maybe more tutoring on the bill making process might be in order?)

Total number of bills Pearce introduced:  339

Of those bills, 69 were "technical corrections"

Another 26 were in reference to budget bills 

(see, when you actually AUTHOR a budget, your name appears as a Prime Sponsor)

In the first session of 2011, there were a total of 1400 bills introduced in both the House and the Senate, not including the various resolutions. Russell Pearce was the Prime Sponsor (P*) on 14 of them and nine of those were "technical corrections". On the list of bills where Pearce is listed as a Prime Sponsor (P), 14 are HOUSE bills.  Another 13 of the (P) bills listed are budget reconciliation bills.  Because, remember, contrary to what Mr. Adams claims, the budget bills in 2011 came from the SENATE.  Does Mr. Worsley have a problem with the six death resolution bills Mr. Pearce was a (P) sponsor for the victims of the tragic shooting in Tucson involving Gabby Giffords?  


The reality is that Mr. Pearce was one of the legislators who introduced the LEAST number of bills in the first session of 2011.

Throughout his 11 years in the legislature, Senator Pearce introduced multiple pieces of legislation concerning concealed carry, strengthening school choice, military family relief, taxpayer bill of rights, multiple abortion bills (partial birth abortion bans and parental consent), protecting the secret ballot and protecting marriage.  Just to name a few.

 

The only sour note we hear is coming from the Worsley campaign when they attempt to saddle Mr. Pearce with only introducing illegal immigration bills.

As one can see from the other bills listed above, Mr. Pearce was far from a "one note" legislator but rather, he was "instrumental" in showing true leadership and strength when it came to the best interests of the state.

Arizona Accountability Project

On September 10th, an independent expenditure group registered under the name the Arizona Accountability Project.

The Chairman of the group is Linda Somo and the Treasurer listed is Joseph Losada.

Losada is the CPA for the illegal immigrant sympathizer organization Valle del Sol   who is part of another lawsuit against SB1070.  The group claims that they might be discriminated against simply because of their name. 

One of the Senior management members for Valle del Sol is Luz Sarmina. Sarmina is also a member of "The Real Arizona Coalition" which includes groups such as Chicanos por la Causa, proponents of the Arizona Accord, Todd Landfried from the Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform, Friendly House, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, etc. Many of whom are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.


Linda Somo is the President of the Arizona Education Association-Retired organization.

Linda Somo also hosted a meet and greet with Bob Worsley during the primary campaign sponsored by the Mesa Education Association.  When it was discovered that the Mesa Education Association was an affiliate of the Saul Alinsky Industrial Areas Foundation, the meet and greet invite information was scrubbed from Worsley's Facebook page.



Mesa Education Association (May 9, 2012)

Join friends and neighbors to meet the candidate Bob Worsley...Republican candidate for AZ State Senate in new LD25. Monday, May 14 6:30 PM 4240 E. Hope St. Mesa, AZ 85205 RSVP to Linda Somo at Lsomo@cox.net. Refreshments provided.

The Arizona Accountability Project has received $300,000 from another IE called Revive Arizona Now.  Joseph Losada is listed as the treasurer for both funds. 

Revive Arizona Now received funding from:

Great Schools Now - $50k
NEA - $266k
UFCW - $90k
Building Arizona's Future $20k
Arizona LIST PAC - $5k
Mi Familia Vota - $50k
Southwest Regional Carpenters $100k


The Arizona Accountability Project has since donated to either advocate the election or defeat of candidates in the upcoming general election.  Such as:

Advocating election of Tom Chabin - Democrat District 6 running against Republican Chester Crandell   $146k

Advocating defeat of Joe Ortiz - Republican District 8 running against Democrat Barbara McGuire $116k

Advocating defeat of Jerry Lewis - Republican District 26 running against Democrat Ed Ableser  $75k

Advocating defeat of John McComish - Republican District 18 running against Democrat Jane Hydrick  $97k

Advocating defeat of Frank Antenori - Republican District 10 running against Democrat David Bradley  $40k


We couldn't understand why Mr. Lewis would choose to mingle with radical leftists during the recall election.  It didn't make sense why Mr. Worlsey would chose to pander to a group of leftists during the primary election.  Linda Somo donated $50 to his campaign.  We also couldn't figure out why those on Worsley's campaign upon learning about Ms. Somo, chose to push the narrative that she was just a "harmless grandma having a few neighbors over for cookies." 

It appears that the "harmless grandma" has contributed over $36k to defeat Worsley's pal, Jerry Lewis, in spite of the fact that these groups (Valle del Sol, Chicanos por la Causa, Todd Landfried, etc) helped Lewis win the recall election. 

Oops.


The sweet grandma also gave another $30k to defeat Lewis' other Buddie, John McComish. 

Rich Crandall, John McComish, Bob Worsley, Jerry Lewis, Adam Driggs on Primary Election night.

Partnering with ignorant and willful "Republicans",  just another way the left is turning Arizona blue.


Up next.....the Republican Victory Fund

Kirk Adams Wants To Keep Playing The Lying Game.

Here we go again. 


Matt Salmon's wife, Nancy, sent out a statement the other day refuting the false and deceptive claims from Kirk Adams and his surrogates.

Today, because Adams doesn't ever have an original thought of his own, Adams' wife sent out a rebuttal.

Once again, they are the same tired, desperate, over-used lies.  How many times does a CEO of the company they are claiming Salmon lobbied on behalf of, have to come out and say that Salmon did NOT lobby for them?

We won't even give them the satisfaction of yet another response to those false accusations.


We will, however, point out a few interesting statements made by Adams' wife, JaNae.

1.  Gilbert Watch's "tone and tenor....would make many blush if they read some of its mean spirited claims". 

And then she claims that blogs such as the politcomafioso is "objective and researched"?  Just take a look at who the politicomafioso endorses and it is pretty clear how "objective and researched" he is.

We think it is interesting to point out that someone else likes to use the words "tone and tenor" a lot.  His name is Jeff Flake.

Did JaNae think it was funny when her husband's campaign manager, Chad Heywood, said "DUDE, you have no clue how many older ladies just mailed Kirk Adams their panties ... mail box was full today," 


How about when an Adams/Flake/Worsley supporter (who incidentally, attempted to run for a Vice-Chair position in the Arizona Republican Party this last year) thought it was appropriate to write rude and juvenile comments on his ballot before posting it on Facebook? (In the same Facebook group where the campaign manager made the rude comment above).


What was that about "tone and tenor" again?


2.  "The site also claims SkyMall Founder Bob Worsley is owned by the left". 

What would you call it when radical leftist, Randy Parraz, spends $22,000 on Worsley's behalf which is more than what Worsley has raised for his campaign outside of his personal $50,000 loan?

So, yes, famed "I-ran-SkyMall-into-the-ground" founder Bob Worsley IS owned by the left.


3.  "former LDS leader Jerry Lewis is a liberal."

Certainly Ms. Adams isn't using the LDS church in a political campaign?  Implying that Lewis is a "former LDS leader" in a political statement is not only inappropriate but it is irresponsible.  Of course, we heard throughout the recall that it was Russell Pearce who used the LDS church (although we never once saw any evidence to prove that claim).  We do know that Jerry Lewis and his supporters DID.  We also know that Bob Worsley and his surrogates have been using the LDS church during the campaign as well.

Like here.

Here.

Here.

If/when we see Jerry Lewis

A-  campaign on behalf of a fellow "Republican" (and not a "lewsley" Republican)
B-  decides not to have liberal Democrats on his "endorsements" list
C-  stops showing up at the bottom of the Republican list for his voting record

MAYBE we'll change our mind about the "former LDS leader" being a liberal.













4.  "Jeff Flake is a fake conservative."

-Jeff Flake may be fiscally conservative, but then again, so was Bill Clinton and 52 Democrats in the House.
-Jeff Flake conveniently missed the vote on "Cap and Trade" and then responded by offering his own "Cap and Trade" bill. 
-Jeff Flake's Libertarian view of open borders results in his working with Democrats and Leftist think-tanks on Comprehensive Immigration legislation. 
-Jeff Flake first ran on the platform that he would term limit himself to three terms yet is still running 12 years later.  


That would mean that he is a fake Conservative. 


We can keep playing this game if you would like Mr. Adams.  In the meantime, the voters STILL don't know anything about you other than the fact that you are endorsed by the establishment, take credit for things you didn't do and like to play lame Jr. High games.

Not exactly the qualities of what we need in Washington.