Democracy Costs. Republican form of government free. More woes for Quartzsite.
Not only do you have to pay big bucks to city governments, you gotta pay big bucks to be in city government. If you are unpopular, anyway. Apparently, DEMOCRACY in Arizona means the one with the biggest bucks, not the will of the people. At least in a Republican form of government, when you get elected, you get to take office. The Republican form of government is the one guaranteed by Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States of America, by the way.
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This morning, something happened in the La Paz County Superior Court that few expected. Mayor Elect
Jose’ Lizarraga was determined to be “unqualified” if he failed to obtain and file a bond prior to taking office, as required by Quartzsite Town Code.This was only one of several allegations made against him by third place mayoral candidate Jennifer Jones, who contested Lizarraga’s eligibility for office.
Lizarraga had not filed the required response to the contest of the August 30th mayoral election, and did not show up to court today. Contestant Jones motioned for a default judgment, but Judge Michael Burke stated the law allowed for the hearing to proceed “ex parte”.
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