The editors of the Arizona Daily Star today endorsed Democrat Felecia Rotellini for Attorney General, to succeed the poster boy for political corruption in Arizona, Tom “banned for life by the SEC” Horne. Rotellini is going to have her work cut out for her to restore the Attorney General’s office to what it was before Tom Horne darkened its hallways.Endorsement: Rotellini for attorney general:
The attorney general serves as Arizona’s chief legal officer and oversees the largest “law office” in the state with more than 300 attorneys among 1,080 employees.
Our current attorney general has made headlines, and not the kind that inspire confidence. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission found Tom Horne used state employee time and office rent valued at more than $300,000 in his unsuccessful bid to get re-elected. He’s been the subject of an FBI investigation and brought in the Christian-based Alliance Defending Freedom to defend the state’s ban on gay marriage.
The office is in dire need of a credibility makeover.
The Star believes Democrat Felecia Rotellini is the candidate to bring integrity back to the Attorney General’s Office and ensure it is representing state agencies, going after money laundering and drug cartels and protecting residents from consumer fraud.
