“I took my boots off, went in, got her kidney, came back, put my boots on and went back to work.”— Lobbyist Stan Barnes, on receiving a life-saving kidney donation from his sister four years ago

 “Every legislator’s term ends in failure. You either walk out or you get drug out — feet first. If you like money, don’t run for office, but if you like spending other people’s money, do it.” — Former Rep. Ted Downing in an Oct. 12 interview. The Democrat
represented District 28 from 2003 until 2006 before mounting an unsuccessful bid for the Senate last year.
“I was like, this is amazing. Here I am, I told the bank person that answered my call. I am a state senator in
Arizona and I have been trying to introduce a bill to freeze consumer reports. Isn’t this ironic that I’m a victim of identity theft≠”— Sen. Amanda Aguirre, D-24, who cancelled her credit card after someone made online
purchases using her personal information. 
A Chandler firm that disposes of hazardous chemicals agreed to pay an $80,000 penalty for a variety of hazardous waste violations discovered during an April 2006 inspection. At that time, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality inspectors discovered Safety-Kleen officials had failed to submit 176 signed generator and transporter hazardous waste manifests. The company had previously been cited by ADEQ for similar violations in a 2005 inspection.
Safety-Kleen treats and stores waste solvents, cleaners, antifreeze, paint wastes, photo-developing wastes and dry-cleaning wastes collected off-site.