Thousands of private messages Cyber Ninjas’ CEO sent during the Arizona “audit” show deceit and infighting plagued the work. We (finally) obtained many, but not all of the records through a lawsuit (thread) azcentral.com/story/news/pol… A few weeks after Doug Logan and Gene Kern confided they didn’t know state election laws and didn’t like reading them, their reluctance to learn things came back to bite them. They stocked the “audit” with blue pens, in violation of state election recount rules. Doh!

Cochise Supervisor Peggy Judd voted to delay certifying election. Said she needed more info on machines. Then she told NYT that was just pretext to not certify. She now faces 2 civil suits and possible criminal charges and I don't guess those NYT comments are going to help her. Judd just said in a public meeting her preferred lawyer is not answering her calls today. Supervisors are meeting to sort out who will represent them.

Good morning from Arizona where the usually mundane county canvasses of elections have become filled with the kind of drama voters just told candidates they were tired of azcentral.com/story/news/pol… At the moment, a man in Mohave County is asking supervisors who delayed their canvass whether that county can force the entire state to have the election "redone" and how elections work.

Right now in southern Arizona, Cochise County supervisors are hearing from constituents who don't want them to certify '22 election results because, they say, the tabulators were not properly certified. GOP Supervisor Tom Crosby motioned to bring the item up for a vote but said he has more comments for later. Meanwhile, there's enough people lined up for public comment to keep us here through the weekend, according to Supervisor Ann English, who I hope was being facetious

Last year, I got a tip an AZ company was selling marijuana loaded with pesticides to medical patients. So with my editors’ OK, I bought two strains of @growsciences flower from @localjointaz. Would have bought more but that’s all I could find that day. 🧵 @growsciences @localjointaz Grow Sciences is premier stuff. They charge about 2x the price of low-end flower in AZ. They sell out fast. If you recognize the name, it’s probably because they’ve been taking out cover ads on your favorite alt weekly as of late.

Court hearing for Cyber Ninjas this morning and Doug Logan has two out of state lawyers repping him since his AZ lawyer wants off the case because he says he hasn't been paid. New lawyers are Jonathan Miller of Georgia and Mike Smith of Michigan. AZ lawyer says Doug Logan is now the "former" CEO of Cyber Ninjas.

Today is my shift at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the Maricopa County election audit. Media was supposed to get in at 8 a.m. but wasn’t allowed in until after 9. #azauditpool In the middle of the room are five laptops and five printers. But they don’t seem to be printing anything at the moment #azauditpool

In 1999, a developer near Phoenix opened a sewer plant without approval from @ArizonaDEQ, but the state didn’t stop him because, you know, development. Customers will pay millions for the things that subsequently went wrong. We’re talking rate hikes through 2038. Thread/ The developer, George Johnson, then built sewer lines against gravity that would persistently spill raw sewage in the street. 78 times in one 8-year stretch.

I'll be tweeting from the @CorpCommAZ meeting today where they will debate the request to repeal the '17 @APSfyi rate hike, @EPCORUSA management of Johnson Utilities and more. All votes will be tomorrow. (thread) Small bombshell just ahead of the meeting: @Andy_Tobin proposes that because the public still has so little faith in the state's utility regulators, they drop the loophole-filled code of ethics they gave themselves and instead adopt the stricter state Judicial Code of Conduct.