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Judge again rules against watchdog group on Stump texts
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled today that a watchdog group seeking a utility regulator’s texts will not get another crack at inspecting the regulator’s phone.
Judge won’t release Stump’s text messages
Utility regulator Bob Stump’s text messages won’t be released because they’re personal or attorney-client privileged, a judge ruled today.
Some of Stump’s texts are public records, AG says
Some of what was found on Bob Stump's cell phone is a public record, the attorney general's office said Tuesday.
Watchdog group doubles down on public records case against Stump
A lawsuit against the Arizona Corporation Commission indicates how a shift in technology could allow public officials to skirt public records laws, an attorney argued in Maricopa County Superior Court today.
Judge rules public can’t see Stump’s text messages
The public is not entitled to see any of the text messages recovered from the state-owned cell phone used by Bob Stump.
Stump’s lawyers argue he has legislative privilege
Attorneys for Bob Stump and the Arizona Corporation Commission are trying to convince a retired judge that some of the text messages on the utility regulator’s cell phone should never see the light of day.
Bitter cold: Untimely exit ushers in a winter of discontent at Corp Comm
A wintry chill has come to the Arizona Corporation Commission, both literally and figuratively, and nowhere is that frigid air more pronounced than the untimely exit of Susan Bitter Smith, the agency’s chairwoman.
Stump accuses critics of acting like ‘mafia’
Commissioner Bob Stump is accusing SolarCity and Checks and Balances Project, a critic of Arizona’s regulatory agency, of acting like a “mafia” following the disclosure that the two have financial ties.
Judge orders review of Stump’s text messages
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has taken the first steps in what should result in the public finally getting a look at text messages Bob Stump sent and received during last year's election.
Advanced forensics equipment examining Stump’s phone texts, AG’s spokesman says
State investigators are working to recover text messages that utility regulator Bob Stump sent and received during last year's Republican primary, Capitol Media Services has learned.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Media (Ironically Speaking)
Irony,” says literary critic Harold Bloom, “demands a certain attention span, and the ability to sustain antithetical ideas, even when they collide with one another.”
Watchdog group sues to get Corporation Commissioner’s texts
After months of threatening a lawsuit, the Checks and Balances Project today sued the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Corporation Commission to get immediate access to a commissioner’s text messages.
