Bob Lord

Bob has mostly wound down his 39-year career as a tax and business lawyer (with a 1-year interruption to run for Congress in 2008 (CD3), when he tried to unseat John Shadegg. Bob now serves as the senior advisor on tax policy for the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy Americans who believe the light taxation of America's rich is destabilizing our democracy, and as an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. Bob has been writing for Blog For Arizona since late 2011, concentrating mostly on federal issues, with an occasional foray into Arizona state politics.

An Epidemic of Wrongful Convictions

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Posted by Bob Lord A few weeks ago, I posted on the Debra Milke case. Her murder conviction, based almost exclusively on the testimony of a dishonest cop, was thrown out. The prosecution had concealed exculpatory evidence.  Today, I read in the Phoenix New Times how a 77 year-old man, wrongly convicted of murder in … Read more

Crazy Talk

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Posted by Bob Lord

Thsi is what happens when your efforts to appear "centrist" are over the top.

From Kyrsten Sinema, per Arizona Eagletarian:

A government shutdown is an abandonment of Congress' basic duty, and that’s shameful. Arizonans are angry and I don't blame them. I am angry. Time has run out and both parties are responsible. Every single effort by the House and Senate must be a step towards finding common sense and middle ground.

Both parties? Really?

Profession For Nice People Only?

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Posted by Bob Lord We all have met our share of arrogant doctors. And lawyers with overbearing personalities are the rule, not the exception. We've all had the teacher from hell at some point in our grade school years. There are college professors who get their jollies flunking half the students, not realizing what a … Read more

Phoenix CD8: Questions For Our Civil Rights Leader and Member of the Clergy

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Posted by Bob Lord

[Disclosure: I have contributed to and support Kate Gallego in the CD8 Phoenix City Council Race]

On Wednesday, I posted on the campaign waged on behalf of Warren Stewart in Phoenix's CD8. Several hours after posting, I became aware of an email in which Warren Stewart had characterized as despicable a mailer sent out, by an unidentified person or group, likening Kate Gallego to Paula Deen. Accordingly, I updated my post to give Stewart credit for having sent the email. 

Turns out, I may have been too kind. You see, the email, which was all about how Stewart was going to win this race the "right way," together with a subsequent comment to my post, raises a host of questions.

Phoenix CD4: When Honesty Is Not The Best Policy

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Posted by Bob Lord Honesty generally reflects favorably on a candidate. Except of course when it unmasks a worldview that by itself is a disqualifier. On that front, this statement reportedly made by Justin Johnson in the Phoenix CD4 race is a doozy: Q: Starting with Justin, which City Council and mayoral candidates have you financially supported? … Read more