Former AZ Board of Governors member Jack Levine responds to biased article in The Arizona Republic about the bill to end the mandatory bar

The article he is referring to is here.

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Subject: Your column on HB 2221, State Bar of Arizona, Andrew Thomas and Deputies

Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 17:17:15 -0400

From: Jack Levine

To: Ed Montini

Are you kidding me, Montini?. The entire Andrew Thomas affair was nothing but a political hatchet job designed to distract the public from believing that there really is corruption by public officeholders. The disciplinary action taken against Thomas, Aubuchon and Alexander will have a chilling effect in the future whenever one of our public prosecutors gets wind of corruption in high places. After what happened to Thomas and his two deputies, who uncovered enough evidence to investigate correct practices involving the construction of the new Criminal Courts building, no one would ever dare go after the bad guys again.

Jack Levine,

Past Member of the State Bar Board of Governors