The Pearce/Cortes scam in graphic form

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings

While the recall election directly affects only LD18 (west Mesa), Russell Pearce and his misdeeds as president of the Arizona Senate affect the entire state, so I'm putting it up at BfA.

I can't take credit for putting this together (but wish I could! 🙂 ), but here is a great graphical summary of some of the ties between recalled state senator Russell Pearce and his supporters and the "campaign" of Olivia Cortes, one of the other two candidates on the ballot in November's recall election (the other being Jerry Lewis).

Note: for those who prefer words to pictures, Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times has been doing a great job of covering the Pearce camp's dirty tactics.  His latest:  Lester Pearce, Russell's brother, has been campaigning for Russell.  Which wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact that Lester is a sitting Justice of the Peace and is barred from engaging in such activities by the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct.