AZ Central leads you
to believe the above TV (also on You Tube is just a hit piece). Not TRUE
everything in the ad is verifiable but the dark money portion, see info below.
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It also blames him for a 31 percent
failure rate among Cold Stone Creamery franchises while he got rich running the
company, says he had 13 traffic citations and failed to appear in court 16
times and that he didn't pay delinquent property taxes in 2008 and 2009.
Ducey acknowledged in 2010, while running for state treasurer, that he was late
paying property taxes on his $1.4 million Paradise Valley home in three of the
previous four years. At the time, he said the person he'd hired to oversee his
taxes had mishandled the bills, though he wouldn't identify that person. His 2006
tax bill was paid in 2007. The 2008 and 2009 bills were paid in 2010, after a
lien was placed on the property.
Cold Stone
Creamery Facts
According to the leading source of
franchise misinformation, Entrepreneur magazine, Cold Stone Creamery is one of
the world’s top 50 franchises.
According to many who
believed the deceptive advertising hype and bought a franchise, Cold Stone
Creamery is one of the worst franchise investments in recent history.
In addition to UnhappyFranchisee.com,
websites like BlueMauMau.org and ColdStoneFacts.org contain
numerous franchise horror stories.We’ve included some of the Cold Stone Creamery franchise
complaints below.
[Read more Cold Stone
Creamery franchise stories]
Allegations include franchise churning, vendor kickbacks and
under-the-table “rebates,” excessive discounting and couponing, lack of
franchise support, and a broken,
Doug Ducey, the former Chairman and CEO of Cold Stone Creamery and
CEO of Kahala-Coldstone, is campaigning for the position of Arizona State
Treasurer.
Angry former Cold Stone Creamery franchise owners,
who claim Ducey knowingly sold a flawed franchise opportunity that cost them
their financial well-being and the government millions, have joined
forces with Ducey’s opponent, Democratic nominee Andrei Cherny, to try to melt
his hopes of ever reaching office.
Doug Ducey calls Cold Stone Creamery “a true Arizona business
success story”
Doug Ducey’s campaign strategy is to cast himself as a proven,
successful business person who built a successful 1400+ unit franchise chain
endowed with a “culture of accountability.”
"In a four-year
period from 2004-2008, Ducey was cited for 13 traffic citations, mostly
speeding tickets. More disturbing, he ignored legal summons to appear in court
16 times, showing his disregard for the Arizona legal system he will swear to
uphold if elected treasurer next week. … Ducey failed to pay his most recent
speeding ticket, issued August 27, 2008, until the City of Scottsdale hired a
collection agency on January 4, 2009."
The forum
News release sent on Oct. 25.
Analysis
Based on public-records searches, the claim is true. Between Nov. 30, 2004, and Sept. 4, 2008, Ducey had 13 traffic offenses. At least seven of them were speed-camera tickets, based on documents from Scottsdale City Court. The court did not have documents for the rest of his cases because they expired.
In that period, Ducey failed to appear at court 16 times.
On Aug. 27, 2008, Ducey received a speeding ticket for driving 12 miles over the speed limit. According to Scottsdale City Court records, a process server attempted to serve a summons and complaint four times at his Scottsdale residence between Oct. 22, 2008, and Nov. 13, 2008. The court notified Ducey that his license could be suspended if he didn’t pay his fine by Dec. 30, 2008, and that the court was ready to send his case to a collection agency.
The court submitted his case to a collection agency on Jan. 4, 2009.
On Jan. 9, 2009, the court sent a notice of appearance to Ducey's attorney Janey Henze for an oral argument on Jan. 30, 2009. On Jan. 12, 2009, Ducey's lawyers filed for an extension of the oral argument to the morning of the same day or another day, because of "prescheduled professional commitments."
It was rescheduled to Feb. 27, 2009, and Ducey testified at the hearing.
In the oral argument, Ducey testified that he, his wife and his children did not receive the summons and complaint. His wife signed an affidavit that she did not see the summons and complaint. He testified that he has two residences, in Scottsdale and Flagstaff.
Henze said the notations in public-records databases "reflect only that he was not properly served with the photo-radar citations" because "when he was served, he appeared as required." Bottom line: Between Nov. 30, 2004, and Sept. 4, 2008, Ducey received 13 traffic citations. He failed to appear in court 16 times, and the Scottsdale City Court sent his most recent speeding ticket case to a collection agency.
Sources Court documents from Scottsdale City Court
Arizona court reports, a list
Arizona court reports, a summary of the cases
The forum
News release sent on Oct. 25.
Analysis
Based on public-records searches, the claim is true. Between Nov. 30, 2004, and Sept. 4, 2008, Ducey had 13 traffic offenses. At least seven of them were speed-camera tickets, based on documents from Scottsdale City Court. The court did not have documents for the rest of his cases because they expired.
In that period, Ducey failed to appear at court 16 times.
On Aug. 27, 2008, Ducey received a speeding ticket for driving 12 miles over the speed limit. According to Scottsdale City Court records, a process server attempted to serve a summons and complaint four times at his Scottsdale residence between Oct. 22, 2008, and Nov. 13, 2008. The court notified Ducey that his license could be suspended if he didn’t pay his fine by Dec. 30, 2008, and that the court was ready to send his case to a collection agency.
The court submitted his case to a collection agency on Jan. 4, 2009.
On Jan. 9, 2009, the court sent a notice of appearance to Ducey's attorney Janey Henze for an oral argument on Jan. 30, 2009. On Jan. 12, 2009, Ducey's lawyers filed for an extension of the oral argument to the morning of the same day or another day, because of "prescheduled professional commitments."
It was rescheduled to Feb. 27, 2009, and Ducey testified at the hearing.
In the oral argument, Ducey testified that he, his wife and his children did not receive the summons and complaint. His wife signed an affidavit that she did not see the summons and complaint. He testified that he has two residences, in Scottsdale and Flagstaff.
Henze said the notations in public-records databases "reflect only that he was not properly served with the photo-radar citations" because "when he was served, he appeared as required." Bottom line: Between Nov. 30, 2004, and Sept. 4, 2008, Ducey received 13 traffic citations. He failed to appear in court 16 times, and the Scottsdale City Court sent his most recent speeding ticket case to a collection agency.
Sources Court documents from Scottsdale City Court
Arizona court reports, a list
Arizona court reports, a summary of the cases
