Comments on: Dems for county attorney: The politician vs. the professional

By: Concerned Citizen

Concerned Citizen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:09:37 +0000

I find this strange also — comment from above: *I reluctantly linked here to the official Web site of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office because Thomas apparently hasn’t yet established a campaign Web site. That’s seems a little strange in 2008.”

Thomas would rather have the taxpayers pay for his campaign through the County Attorney’s office rather then foot the bill himself. i.e. “crime prevention pamphlets”, billboards, internet “special reports”, PR to the national media on “illegal immigration” this year’s election trump card and on and on.

By: Concerned Citizen

Concerned Citizen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:04:30 +0000

We need a true professional in the County Attorney’s office who wants to make this a career not with his agenda toward another higher office. The Maricopa County Attorney’s office needs real house cleaning.

We’ve had enough politics at the expense of the taxpayers and loss of citizens’ rights and the ongoing witch-hunts for Thomas personal agenda and vendettas.

We will vote for Gerald Richard for County Attorney — and Dan Saban for Sheriff. Tim Nelson may be a good lawyer, but he needs to remain in the law firm fighting cases and making a difference for his clients. We need good lawyers since there is a grave shortage of good lawyers in the state of Arizona and Maricopa County.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:35:37 +0000

I go along with Larry B’s view of Gerald Richard. Gerald Richard has the experience needed for the tough urban city Phoenix has become — it’s getting worse not better. We don’t need another white collar lawyer used to sitting on the highest floors of the law offices of Arizona. Haven’t we had enough with elitist Thomas and his single point Harvard view. What can he possibly know about diversity except that he wants none. Thomas belongs back on the 19th century. NY Gov. Spitzer and his white collar crime witch-hunts got him where? Haven’t we had enough of that also? Tim Nelson would be more of the same.

GERALD RICHARD FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS OUR VOTE

By: LarryB

LarryB — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:41:20 +0000

Nelson’s campaign mantra that Ricard does not offer specifics is getting tiresome. It is typical consultant garbage of talking points offered regularly enough seeming to be the truth. Nelson only specific is he has raised a lot of money. Thomas will destroy Nelson by pointing out his ACLU ties and rightfully pointing out that the very things that Nelson complains about Thomas doing have been done by Napalitano. In a debate Richard would clean the floor with Thomas. His negatives are nonexistent.

By: BarryGoldwater2008

BarryGoldwater2008 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:58:32 +0000

I am an Independent with little to no faith in 2008 partisan politics. I also believe that Andrew Thomas is an embarrassment to Arizona and Maricopa County … similar to past Arizona politicians like Evan Mecham and Fife Symington. His disregard for individual liberties is more than troublesome. We need to get him out now and Tim Nelson offers the best opportunity. As for the Horizon debate, I thought Tim Nelson did far better than Richards. Nelson offered specifics while Richards offered conclusions. Maybe I saw a different debate. Richards looked uncomfortable.

By: LarryB

LarryB — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:15:39 +0000

Andrew Thomas has never tried a felony jury trial so I fail to see that as an advantage against Richard. Nelson’s campaign is very good at spin which is what would be expected of a professional campaign by a professional politician Pluto 5469 and the other Nelson treat Richard as a good speaker to expain away their bosses anemic performance in any joint forum. Gerald Richard is the professional who can bring professionalism back to the County Attorney not merely replace one political hack with a different political hack.

By: progressivo

progressivo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:01:10 +0000

It should be labeled the man vs. the little boy. The Horizon debate showed Nelson as a whiny high pitched weakling who seems to think because Janet’s friends and his big law firm buddies gave him money he should be county attorney. Richard came across as someone who understood the issues and is not simply going to use the county attorney’s office as a stepping stone. Thomas will crush him with the ACLU matters and Nelson can not successfully attack Thomas on giving legal work to his friends when Nelson and Janet gave legal work to his wife’s firm. He also will have a harder time going after Thomas on billboards when he was Janet’s attorney and she had her pictures on all the tourism billboards.

By: conservativo

conservativo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:30:14 +0000

Well, if you are dumb enough to accuse other people of pretending to be a candidate, and dumb enough to edit your own Wikipedia page, then yes, you are dumb enough to be posting while at work on the taxpayers dime.

I grow tired of defending myself to you. If you actually think people believe you when you accuse citizens of being a candidate then you are hopelessly out of touch with reality. By the way, fell free to check my posting history WHICH GOES BACK FOUR YEARS if you think I just comment on this race. But I’m pretty sure you’re not going to do that. You’ll just mindlessly accuse anybody who doesn’t agree with you of actually being the candidate. Poor guy…

By: azbooster

azbooster — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:14:07 +0000

Andrew Thomas as many advantages over his wanabee opponents including the fact that Tim Nelson has never tried a criminal case and Gerald Richard tried his last criminal case 20 years ago when gas was still affordable.

By: Acer

Acer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:32:14 +0000

Jerry Waldorf, you are funny!! Andrew Thomas spends his days looking in the mirror at his pretty self while he doles out county legal work to friends and family.

I don’t think he’s incompetent (after all he’s a Haarvard man) though I’ve heard he has yet to argue a criminal trial. Maybe he likes to rest and daydream about how he will look on his next tv commercial and billboard. And well, who doesn’t enjoy those!!

Let’s see….how many employers have been arrested under Arizona’s Employer Sanctions law now? -0- He’s tough on crime? -ha ha-

So, Jerry, you can quip all you want about your handsome man friend Andy, he’ll need your support, cause he’s about to lose his job to TIM NELSON!!