Here and Now: Stapley Case, 1,000 Recordings to Hear
Okay, where to begin? First, Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley is arrested last December after a grand jury handed up an 118 count indictment alleging Stapley failed to file proper financial disclosure forms related to his real estate business. Reporters Dennis Welch and Mark Flatten joined us for a show to try to make sense of what was going on then. You can listen to it HERE.
Last month, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed 51 of the 117 remaining criminal counts against Stapley (one had been dismissed in May). We had on the East Valley Tribune's Gary Grado to update us on the case. You'll find that interview HERE (it's at the end of the show)
Then last week, Friday, September 18, the special prosecutor in the case filed a motion to dismiss the remaining charges against Stapley while he pursued an appeal of the dismissal of the previous charges. The goal here was to get a ruling one way or the other from the high court. If it restored the 51 charges that had been dropped, the prosecutor would refile the remaining 66 charges.
Monday morning, sheriff's deputies arrested Stapley after he pulled into the county parking garage downtown. The sheriff's office accuses the county supervisor of 100 counts of fraud, theft and conflict of interest unrelated to the first case.
But, the sheriff's office failed to notify prosecutors. So now, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and the Yavapai County Attorney's Office (which is handling the first case) have been in contact and, according to the East Valley Tribune, poring over the case.
Nick Martin from City Heat and Ray Stern of the Phoenix New Times will attempt to make sense of what is going on.
I got this thick interesting book sent to me last year called 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. In it is a list of music I'm familiar with and some I'm not so familiar with. It's author, Tom Moon, is in town this weekend, so I invited him to drop by the studio with Steve to discuss his book. We'll also play a couple cuts from his recommendations. Should be interesting.
Not sure if we'll take questions for the first discussion. But, I'm sure Tom Moon would love to hear from you about the recordings. Here's the link to his website.
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Here and Now - Stolen Native Artifacts
It's something straight out of a Tony Hillerman novel, only Navajo Tribal Police detective Jim Chee and Lt. Joe Leaphorn never saw this magnitude of looting of archeological sites.
Federal authorities indicted two dozen people after a 2 1/2-year investigation of Native American artifacts taken from public and tribal land and illegally sold to traders and collectors. Already, two suspects in the case committed suicide and authorities have recovered items from all four corner states. We'll talk to a couple reporters covering the investigation.
We'll also learn more about the federal laws designed to protect Native American cultural items -- human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony.
Joining us will be former Arizona U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton who has prosecuted similar cases and helped enforce the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Joining Charlton will be Sherry Hutt, a former assistant U.S. Attorney, judge and currently the program manager that oversees NAGPRA.
This is a topic few people know much about, so please let us know what questions or comments you have.
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Here and Now - Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas
Marciopa County Andrew Thomas will join us for about 20 minutes Wednesday. Won't have much time for Q & A, but we'll do our best to take web and phone questions.
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Here and Now: Driving in Arizona
What's one thing most people complain about in Arizona? Okay, besides the heat. It's driving. Mostly the way everyone else drives. And let's face it, Arizona isn't exactly the safest place to be behind the wheel. Inattentive drivers, distracted drivers, drunk drivers, not to mention snowbirds--cause a number of accidents and deaths on our roads. Should the state ban text messaging while driving? Should it also ban cell phones unless a headset is used? What about the new DUI laws? Will the number of people killed by drunk drivers decrease with ignition interlock devices and mandatory jail time for repeat and extreme DUI offenders? Post your comment or question for the show below. The shorter it is, the mroe likely it will be used on air.
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