ARIZONA REWARDS CORRUPTION...
Maricopa to settle claims for $2 million taxpayer dollars...

Mary  Wilcox and Don Stapley waltz away, whistling all the way to the bank...

The arrogant County Manager, David Smith suddenly decides to retire on a

"Nice County Pension" and settles the lawsuit to avoid litigation! He "REWARDS" Them!

Maybe litigation would have stopped such a "Golden Payout" ! No wonder Wilcox was all smiles, she had plenty to be happy about...She just cost the tax payers $975,000. along with $500,000 to Stapley! Where is the justice here? This is an OUTRAGE... Is the Bar Association saying Wilcox and Stapley are without sin? Why don't they disbar David Smith? He's a lawyer according to past news articles...what kind of authority did he use to settle instead of letting it go to litigation...was he thinking of the Tax Payers? Taxpayers need some honest answers to these questions! 

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Corrupt Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox to be awarded $975,000 from taxpayers for "stress" Supervisor Don Stapley's secretary awarded $500,000 for "stress". 

Corrupt Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox Emboldened by the verdict against Andrew Thomas disbarring him, the Maricopa County Supervisors are going on a spending spree of our taxpayer dollars awarding themselves and their cronies millions of dollars. Arpaio and Thomas had tried to prosecute county supervisors and judges, but the defendants cleverly turned the prosecution around on Thomas by filing bar complaints against him, knowing the liberal State Bar would punish him. Now the Supervisors are handing out millions of dollars to themselves and their cronies like it's candy. Even county employees who were not prosecuted by Arpaio and Thomas are getting in on the gravy train. Don Stapley's secretary, who was not prosecuted, filed a lawsuit against the county demanding $1.5 million. The Supervisors' hatchet man David Smith said today that she will be awarded $500,000. You have to wonder if this was a payoff to her for keeping her mouth shut about Stapley's wrongdoing? Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox will receive $975,000 and retired judge Barbara Mundell will receive $500,000. The Supervisors have already awarded millions of dollars to other cronies for similar claims. Wilcox, a Democrat, has a long sordid history of breaking the law and using her powerful political position to avoid punishment, some of which was reported by reporter Linda Bentley last year. A Grand Jury indicted Wilcox on 36 criminal counts over some of her recent misdoings. Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores thought Thomas's prosecution of Wilcox had enough merit to initiate a review. Although she eventually dismissed the charges, no doubt due to political pressure, she did not initially express any problem taking over the prosecutions from Thomas, and spent 10 months going over 10,000 documents in the case. Flores concluded that Wilcox had indeed failed to properly report financial information. Smith says that he would rather settle the lawsuits now instead of fully litigate them in order to save the county money. The truth is that these people have no valid claims, so Smith is helping them skate around the judicial process. This is not right, these claims need to be properly litigated so it can be determined whether they have any merit or not. Have the county coffers become a revolving door now? Anyone that threatens to sue the county we just give them money? Who is next? Quick, file a claim against the county claiming that Arpaio and Thomas stressed you out, and you too can get in on the county gravy train. Hurry though, Smith is resigning this month, and Supervisors Stapley and Brock will not be running for reelection. The free taxpayer handouts will probably end come election time. The Tea Parties have championed cleaning up the County Supervisors office, and they will continue standing up to this kind of abuse. This is outrageous that not only did defendants like Wilcox get away with crimes, but now they are profiting off the taxpayers and calling themselves victims. Get involved with your local Tea Party and let's stop this now. Related Article Settlement Document Arizona Republic article re: settlements.