Arizona business lobbyist scumbags contributing $250 apiece to Russell Pearce

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From Phoenix New Times reporter Stephen Lemons:

To cop a line from the Notorious B.I.G., "Gimme the loot! Gimme the loot!"

That's what Republican state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce might as well be saying with a recent e-mail announcing a fundraiser on January 7, 2011, just three days before Arizona's legislative session begins. Suggested donation: $250 a pop.

It's the so-called "host committee" for the party that is eye-opening. It includes the names of more than 70 individuals, almost every one of them a lobbyist who will no doubt be pimping legislation in the 2011 session.

You can check out the names and their affiliations below. There are some familiar ones: Corrections Corporation of America shill and Governor Jan Brewer's Svengali Chuck Coughlin; Mark Spencer, President of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association; Bas Aja of the Arizona Cattlemen's Association; Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu; and former Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon, of the Washington, D.C.-based Upstream Consulting.

The business community here in AZ sat on their hands during the SB1070 debate and after it passed whined incessantly about how everyone was picking on poor little Arizona. And now they're licking bigot Russell Pearce's taint. Fucking assholes.

Edited to add link: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2010/12/russell_pearce_shakes_down_sco.php

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