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Capitol Quotes: April 26, 2013
This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances from Arizona's political world.
Arizona officials bring case for immigration reform to Washington
A delegation of Arizona state and local officials came to Washington Wednesday to press for comprehensive immigration reform, saying the time for action is now while the nation is paying attention.
Opponents say higher contribution limits violate Clean Elections, Voter Protection Act
A provision in the 1998 ballot measure that created Arizona’s Clean Elections system may hold the key to whether the state’s new campaign contribution limits will go into effect for 2014.
Supreme Court deals potentially fatal setback to Arizona medical marijuana lawsuit
The Arizona Supreme Court today denied a request to have the state’s preeminent medical marijuana lawsuit skip an appellate court review and move directly to the state’s high court, leading advocates of the system to declare victory in the more-than-two-year legal struggle over the voter-approved law’s legitimacy.
AZ Supreme Court to consider appeal on medical marijuana law
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to consider whether to accelerate consideration of an appeal of a judge's ruling that the state's medical marijuana law is constitutional.
Montgomery: I’m not targeting immigrants
Maricopa County's top attorney says an aggressive prosecution tool that can leave illegal immigrants stranded in jail for months before the cases go to trial has helped reduce Arizona's record identity theft issues.
Montgomery says Horne traffic case not politically motivated
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said the decision to refer Attorney General Tom Horne’s pending traffic case to Phoenix prosecutors was not politically motivated.
Bennett sought legislation to deal with AG issues
As the FBI ramped up its investigation into Tom Horne last year, Secretary of State Ken Bennett scrambled to get legislation passed that would allow him to bypass the Attorney General’s Office and seek outside legal counsel.
Bill would ban basic compounds behind synthetic drugs like bath salts, spice
It’s become a pattern as state lawmakers try to address synthetic drugs such as bath salts or spice: Almost as soon as one recipe is outlawed, manufacturers simply change to a mix that isn’t banned.
Failed top-two primary measure had most support among independent voters
Had voters passed the Open Elections/Open Government measure, proponents argued that the result would have been less-radical ideologues being elected and a looser grip by political parties on elected offices.
Arizona court to consider hold on medical marijuana ruling
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is asking an appeals court to temporarily suspend a judge's ruling on the legality of Arizona's medical marijuana program.
Judge throws out ex-Thomas aide Rachel Alexander’s appeal
A judge dismissed an appeal of a decision that suspends a former Maricopa County prosecutor's law license for her role in an unsuccessful racketeering lawsuit against county officials on behalf of then-County Attorney Andrew Thomas.
