Friday, July 30, 2010

Doug Ducey -
worse than we even thought

First, there is well documented evidence that Doug Ducey left a trail of devastation and bankruptcies for those who invested in his business escapades. One of the causes for this sorry outcome is the fact that franchisees were required purchase 100% of their product from one vendor and if they didn't they were in breech of contract. With Ducey's reputation for being a great businessman, people wondered why this vendor's prices were the highest in the marketplace. An in-depth investigation uncovered the fact that Ducey's sole vendor was required to remit to corporate (Ducey) a percentage of the gross cost of everything the franchisee ordered. This looks and functions similar to schemes called "kickbacks".

Then we were amazed when his financial disclosure forms listed fewer resources than the homeless under the Seventh Avenue bridge. NO investments, NO stocks, NO bonds, NO holdings, nothing but a family trust. In addition, Ducey is listed as Chairman of the Board of IMemories, yet he shows NO debtors, NO creditors and NO property for the company. This is especially troubling for a candidate who would be investing billions of taxpayer dollars if he should be successful. How would anyone know if the investments were beneficial to "the family trust?"

Next his contributors are dominated by the McCain Amnesty crowd - The Hensley gang (Yonko, Delgado, Delgado, and Chiocca), Andrew McCain, Mac Magruder and spouse, Don Budinger, and the LeVecke gang (Carl, Neisha and Margaret). Does anyone know of any candidate supported by the McCain/amnesty group who was not politically beholden to follow the dictates of the group?

With those revelations as a background, we were still surprised that Ducey has only voted in the Primary Elections one time in the last decade. He is now asking Republican Primary voters to vote for him in this Primary Election when he almost totally refused to participate in that same system himself.

To recap - horrible business track record, unable or unwilling to complete candidate financial disclosure forms with transparency, financed by the McCain Amnesty cabal, and a personal slackard in his voting history.

Thayer Verschoor is the only true conservative running for State Treasurer; a conservative who voted for the largest tax cuts in the history of the state; a Reagan Republican who is one of only six legislators to ever be awarded the prestigious "Spirit of '76" honor by the Pachyderm Coalition; a fiscal watchdog who received the coveted "Champion of the Taxpayer" award from Americans for Prosperity on multiple occasions; a patriot endorsed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Senator Russell Pearce; and a leader endorsed by 25 of his fellow legislators - men and women who worked with him on a daily basis. That is a track record to be valued and supported. A record few, if any, can match.
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Vote for integrity.
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Vote for transparency.

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