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Has Commissioner Bob Stump Lied About His Phones?

2015-09-23

New evidence about Commissioner Bob Stump’s phones provided by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) demonstrates that he may have lied about his phones. We’ve gone from the silly (his claim that it took 46 text messages with Scott Mussi of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club to arrange a “double-date to the symphony”), to the questionable… Read more »

Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump’s Top Aide Goes to APS

2015-09-3

Bob Stump’s Policy Advisor Amanda Ho has resigned from the Arizona Corporation Commission and is going to work for Arizona Public Service (APS). Wonder how that came about? We thought she didn’t know anyone over there. On March 11, 2015, we sent our first records request to Commissioner Stump, and asked to see “public records that… Read more »

Checks and Balances Project Launches Investigation of Nevada PUC Commissioner David Noble

2015-08-25

My colleague Evlondo Cooper and I just returned from a six-day fact-finding visit to Nevada, where we met with reporters and editors, civic leaders, and others. Our trip to Carson City, Reno, and Las Vegas was designed to give us a better understanding of the dynamic between the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the… Read more »

Why Was Barrett Marson Hired as Spokesman for the Arizona Corporation Commission?

2015-08-11

No competitive bid process, no conflict vetting, association with checkered efforts – all at considerable expense to Arizona Taxpayers On June 19, the day that our attorney, Dan Barr, sent a letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) demanding access to former Chairman Bob Stump’s cell phone, ACC Executive Director Jodi Jerich fired long-time Commission… Read more »

Arizona Attorney General Brnovich’s Investigators Seize Bob Stump’s Phone

2015-07-22

Will It Be a Cover Up? Or a Genuine Attempt to Find Out the Truth? Late yesterday, we learned that investigators from the Arizona Attorney General’s office had taken Bob Stump’s iPhone 5 out of the Arizona Corporation Commission’s safe and removed it as part of a probe into a whistleblower’s allegations of improper… Read more »

2015-07-20

In a study released last week, energy expert Dr. William Shobe of the University of Virginia dismantles the key, state-sanctioned analysis of how Virginia should meet the requirements of the federal Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions. That analysis, produced last fall by a team led by Dr. Michael Karmis, director of the Center… Read more »

How Long Will the Commission Stall Before Downloading Bob Stump’s Cell Phone?

2015-07-15

It’s been one month since we learned that Bob Stump, former chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), “routinely deleted” text messages on his government-funded cell phone “not long after he received them.” Through our public records counsel, Dan Barr, we informed the Commission that despite the deletions, Stump’s text messages could probably still be… Read more »

The Only Way for Stump to Clear His Name: Produce the Text Messages

2015-07-10

Commissioner Bob Stump must be praying that today’s examination of his state-owned iPhone 5 produces his text messages. Checks and Balances Project has presented powerful circumstantial evidence of coordination. The only way that Stump can clear his name is to produce the actual texts that prove he was not coordinating the August 2014 GOP primary… Read more »

Reader’s Tip Further Decreases Commissioner Bob Stump’s Credibility

2015-07-8

Newly uncovered information based on a tip from a reader shows that not only was former Chairman Bob Stump of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) texting with four key players in the dark money electoral scheme prior to the August 26, 2014, primary election, he was also in contact with Alan Heywood – the campaign manager… Read more »

Can Chairman Stump Have it Both Ways? Only the Records Will Tell

2015-07-1

In several news stories, The Arizona Daily Star on May 21, The Arizona Republic on May 22, Greentech Media on May 26, and Utility Drive on May 27, former Chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), Bob Stump, complained that excerpts from text message logs his agency provided were “cherry picked” to suggest he was… Read more »

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