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It’s always a good idea to double check with your State Bar Association to verify an attorney’s credentials.

Citizens for Better Arizona (CBA) (an operation run by the likes of Randy Parraz and Chad Snow) has come under tremendous fire recently from the Carlos Galindo show.  Outside media is unaware of the many Chicanos and Mexican Americans who are not in support of Citizens For Better Arizona operations for their lack of transparency, in fact if you tune into the Carlos Galindo show, you will find him exposing this organization over and over and over again.

This is not the first time, CBA has been under fire.  CBA was under fire for raising money to the last day of their failed Arpaio Recall Effort even though they knew they did not have enough signatures to recall Arpaio.  It became worse when CBA then claimed they shredded the signatures for the failed Arpaio recall and would not be transparent with their operations though they consistently peddled for money.  Recall efforts cost Arizona tax payer dollars and this is touchy situation for Independent voters who are fiscally responsible and do NOT believe in operations that fail before they begin.

In addition, we believe it is disingenuous to be listed as an attorney without first passing the bar exam.  We went to the State Bar of Arizona to find out if Randy Parraz is an attorney, and the Bar does not list him as one.

Parraz is also listed as an attorney under AVVO in Arizona, but the Arizona Bar does not list him as a practicing attorney. That said, the Yellow Pages also lists “Randy Parraz for senate” under the workman’s comp lawyer section tying the address to Carpio and Snow. Parraz is a public figure. It’s high time he get transparent the same way we expect out of every other official. Particularly when dark money operations is involved!

Therefore, why is Parraz being listed as one here and here?

(Image from Frank Mills Miranda FB wall)

What is it with men who try to intimidate women for not being in agreement with their views?  Is there something in the Arizona water?

We were happy to see a Leader of Stonewall Democrats Apologize For Using Sexist Remark Against Chicana / Latina Lawmaker, however, where is Republican Chad Snow’s apology for publicly calling a “Latina” a “B*tch” because she does not agree with his policies?  This seems unbecoming of a lawyer and the public figure for Citizens of Better Arizona.

To my knowledge, I do not believe Snow ever gave that apology to that Latina, and even though I did not agree with that Latina either, this does not mean men should go around degrading women in public either.  Chad Snow prides himself on wanting to moderate politics on his Mormon page, however,  calling a Latina the “B” word in public will not get you there.  I think it is time for RepublicanSnow to be the better person and start apologizing the way Stonewall Democrats apologized.

Here’s more from the conservative Sonoran Alliance:

Protester Chad Snow calls Hispanic woman a “crazy b***”

PROFANE PROTESTER CHAD “YELLOW SNOW” SNOW

At the press conference, attorney Chad Snow, who led the recall against Russell Pearce and spends all day online trolling the Phoenix New Times leaving profanity-laded comments about law enforcement, showed up with a handful of scraggly looking protesters and tried to shout down Thomas. He got into an argument with a conservative Latina supporting Thomas and called her a “crazy b***.” When asked why he called her that, he said “Because she is. Teabaggers don’t believe in free speech.” Sounds more like Chad “Yellow Snow” Snow is the one who doesn’t believe in free speech. Doesn’t he have ethical responsibilities as an attorney to treat people with respect?

It does not stop there … Snow has a history of trying to intimidate women.  See his Cease and Desist email below because his organization gets called out for supporting a politician who has a Domestic Violence record:

Citizens for Better Arizona (CBA) is under fire for ballot stuffing and manipulating elections, and at the forefront of whistle blowing is National Political Radio Show Host Carlos Galindo.

Carlos Galindo believes CBA, Randy Parraz, Chad Snow and Paul Castenada go below the belt with filing a lawsuit against A.J. LaFaro while turning around and asking for more money off the backs of the Latino community.  CBA goes too far with a lawsuit, playing victim role and immediately asking for money.  Galindo has been at the forefront of blowing the whistle on non profits who collect money from crisis situations here in Arizona. CBA has been known to manufacture crisis situations in order to feed off playing the victim card, for instance according to Doug MacEachern of AZ Central, “groups like Parraz’s — the same organizations that had contributed to the backlogs — protested daily against the counting delays as an infringement on voting rights. Banging pots and pans. Shouting through microphones. Marching into the elections offices. Breaking windows. In short, doing everything they could to delay the counting. Crazy days.”

Recently, CBA was essentially bragging about his lawsuit against LaFaro followed by a letter asking for people to donate to their organization after playing the victim.

But this isn’t the first time Citizens For Better Arizona has made threats, below is an email from Chad Snow of CBA saying:

Here is how I responded to Chad Snow:

Chad,

It is my understanding that your group via CBA is supporting Paul Penzone, and it is also my understanding you are affiliated with this organization as President.  Is this still true?

If true, allow me to revert your attention to the Glendale Police Report in which Susan B. Penzone states she was shoved into the doorway by Paul Penzone.  Susan had a reported injury on her forehead and a photo was taken of the contusion.  The police report can be read here in it’s entirety. Although there were reported injuries from both sides, nobody was taken to jail despite the Arizona mandatory arrest law.  Rest assured, Mr. Snow, had this involved persons of Mexican descent – we more than likely would have been taken to jail.  It is highly probable to believe that Penzone was given “preferential treatment” and we have made public records request inquiries to get to the bottom of this with regard to the assaults that occurred that night. It is also important for the public to know if this incident affected Paul Penzone’s promotion since the highest rank he made was only that of a sergeant.

Do you believe Susan B. Penzone was lying to the Glendale Police Department and do you believe she created the head contusion injury on her own?  Why would you claim that I am not being accurate when it was Susan B. Penzone’s own words that told the story of Mr. Paul Penzone shoving her into the doorway?

In my view, when a husband shoves his wife into the doorway (leading to reported physical injuries) – this qualifies him to be an alleged wife beater.  Do you not agree?

For the record, Susan told the police she dialed 9-1-1.  While YOU might side with the man’s side of the story, I will continue to side with the ex-wife’s side of the story, until I know whether or not Susan B. Penzone was lying or telling the truth.

As you might already know, Mr. Snow, the National Tequila Party Movement is a woman-led counter movement to the Tea Party where we have traveled across the nation working with college universities and Latino immigration activists in getting out the Latino vote.  In other words, we do not just handle business here in Arizona – we are registering Latinos in many other states.  It is typical misogynist behavior for men to minimize and marginalize the work women do.   Why is it okay for you and your cohorts to make false accusations against me and my organization?  Is it because I am a Mexican-American woman? It is bad enough to have to deal with chauvinism in the Caucasian culture, but then to also have to deal with “machismo or machoism” in my own community is highly unfortunate.  [I have already addressed who I perceive to be your chauvinistic supporters here.]

With regard to your ‘unprofessional’ concerns, it is you who has resorted to name-calling and pulling the “stupid card” and other unnecessary adjectives you utilized.  It is unfortunate you allowed your emotions to get to the better of you and I believe you are upset because we are protesting your candidate Paul Penzone for the alleged wife abuse according to Susan B. Penzone’s account.  We will continue to call Mr. Penzone an alleged wife beater because his own ex-wife stated he shoved her into the doorway leading to reported injuries.

It is also my understanding you have been involved in press conferences making public statements.  One could easily accuse you of making defamatory statements with regard to independent candidate, Mike Stauffer, when your cohorts wanted him to drop out of the race because he is an independent registered voter and candidate.  Independents make up the 2^nd largest Party in the State of Arizona.  In fact, your Democratic candidate via Penzone may have trouble in 2012 since the Democratic Party lost 52,000 registered voters in the State of Arizona while Independent voters continue to surge.  Independent voters can vote in the primary elections and we will, and it is not smart for Democrats and Republicans to exclude the independent key voters in our state.

I am supporting your most ardent enemy via Mike Stauffer.  Your emotionally driven letter to me confirms this.

Since when is an activist not allowed an opinion?

In my view, your cease and desist letter is an attempt to intimidate me from utilizing my Freedom of Speech.

Here is what I need clarification on:

1. Do you support Paul Penzone for Maricopa County Sheriff?
2. How do you know Susan B. Penzone was not telling the truth to the Glendale Police Department when she said Paul Penzone shoved her into the doorway (incident led to injuries)?
3. Are you still affiliated with CBA?
4. Do you not believe you are a public figure?  (It is my understanding you have been involved with press conferences giving public statements).

I look forward to hearing from you.  If you would like to set up a conference call to clear any misunderstandings up, please feel free to let me know.   Thanks.

Best regards,

I asked Chad above numerous questions with regard to Paul Penzone’s DV history.  He wasn’t going to hear nothing of it and stated the below:

Recently, the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) launched a dirty trick in time for Halloween that comes with no treat for Libertarian voters.  The ADP strategy could have worked a couple of cycles ago, but maybe not this time – particularly when Libertarian Mike Shipley filed recall papers against her last year.  Though the Secretary of State spokesman  said he would not order a recall election in Sinema’s case because the congresswoman is not bound by the state’s recall law, the Libertarian group still wants to invalidate her seat.  In light of the controversial mail out by the ADP, Shipley said: “Don’t underestimate Libertarians because we are here to stay.”

Political dirty tricks happen within both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, but the ADP has sunken to an all new low this time.  It appears ADP’s arrogance with regard to Congressional District 9 underscores their belief that CD9 voters are politically under educated.

According to AZ Central:

“Obviously we prefer Kyrsten Sinema,” said Quinlan. But “our calculation is there are probably a lot of conservative voters who realize (Gammill) is a far more consistent conservative than Wendy Rogers. … We’re pretty much taking (Gammill’s) positions directly from his website and sharing them.”

We implore key swing independent voters of Arizona (now largest voting bloc) to teach Rep. Kyrsten Sinema a lesson specifically in Congressional District 9.  We also implore Sinema’s Latino and Chicano Democratic voting constituents to vote anyone but Sinema and recall to their memory her flip flop on immigration Carlos Galindo exposes repeatedly on his national political talk radio program.  Galindo is a former liberal now registered independent voter of Arizona.

Galindo wrote:

It appears Andiola’s recent departure from Sinema’s employ may have been a forced departure, based on pressure that was placed on Sinema and her congressional office for hiring a staffer who is supportive of an Immigration “advocate” who spews anti-USA rhetoric. Just as important, according to sources, Andiola was a $50,000 a year congressional office staffer allegedly mooching for money to take a trip to Washington with her mom. See screenshot below.

ADP’s DJ Quinlan is banking on his perception of naïve Republicans believing Powell Gammill is more “conservative” than Wendy Rogers when in fact, Libertarian candidate Powell Gammill is for open borders.  It is also well known how Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema flip flopped on the immigration issue; where she gets tough on immigration on one day — while reversing her view on another day.  Unfortunately and the problem we have with Sinema is voters will not know what they will get with her in light of her many reversals and stances to include criticism with regard to her  exploiting veterans and Latinos.

Make no mistake, our group to include independent registered women, Chicanos, and Latinos want legal immigration reform.  We do not want to be used as political footballs, and while the ADP gave Sinema a free pass to the SB1225 regard, our informed community will not give her one nor will we allow her to forget it.

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Caution To Republican Lawmakers Using Constantin Querard / Discessio, LLC Downplaying Importance of Arizona Independent Voters

By DeeDee Garcia Blase, Co-founder SOMOS INDEPENDENTS

Constantin Querard is an extreme far right wing Republican who made a grave mistake in downplaying Arizona independent voters recently.  Arizona independent voters are the largest voting bloc in Arizona who have been organizing for a few years in light of the extremism we have had to deal with in this state and much of that has to do with Querard.  Unfortunately, Querard is a perfect example of why long life Republicans like me left the Republican Party to become independent voters.

That said, I urge Republican politicians to reconsider using Constantin as a political consultant for reasons shown below:

As you can see, Mr. Querard is well aware of my leaving the Republican Party (even though I am still pro life), and I can only presume he considers my “making trouble” for telling Republican moderate voters (who do not vote straight ticket) to reconsider Michele Reagan in light of Reagan’s endorsement of extremist Kris Kobach who has been deemed as one of the worst Republicans in history. In fact, according to FOX LATINO NEWS, extremism from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has dug a deep hole for the Republican National Committee.

Mr. Querard is in charge of Discessio, LLC, and on his website he claims he is pro family and pro life and for less taxes.

• Where was Mr. Querard at on pro family issues when he knows damn well self deportation laws implemented by the Republican Party forces and tears immigrant families apart that affects the fast growing Mexican American population? Indeed, his own client Russell Pearce believes Operation Wetback was a great operation.
• Where was Mr. Querard at on pro life views when he knows the ousted Republican Russell Pearce supported attacks the birthright citizenship — a law that could have fueled immigrant women to abort their children?
• And it looks like Querard’s views on the tax issue front is hypocritical considering taxpayers are held hostage by private prisons.   Querard’s client base consists of the ousted Russell Pearce who was all for using our taxes to support prisons who hold immigrants who are detained for working in fast food restaurants, hotels, car washes, construction companies and more.  It is no secret the United States is housing immigrants for working here and who do not represent a real criminal element. I am for putting away real criminals but I believe it is a waste of taxpayer dollars to house immigrants caught for working in agricultural fields, hotels and fast food restaurants.

The problem I have with Mr. Querard is how he uses Latino tokens to fulfill an agenda against my people.  For instance, Querard represented Republican Rep. Steve Montenegro — a man born from El Salvador and who’s family sought refugee in our Nation.  I believe Querard uses the politician from El Salvador as a “Hispanic / Latino” token to fulfill his agenda that has been disastrous to Mexican American families as their nanas and tatas get deported.  Yet, let the record reflect how Mexican Americans and Chicanos have stepped up for the children fom El Salvador, Honduras and other Central American regions.

We are well aware of the political far right wing operatives like Querard who try to benefit from the “Latino and Hispanic” label even though the majority of that population are Americans of Mexican descent.  If Querard thinks that the tail will continue to wag the dog and ride on the gravy train that consists of mostly Mexican American Chicanos — he is sadly mistaken. Chicano / Latin Politics 101 says influence comes from numbers. He may have found a token via Steve Montenegro in the short term, but in the long term Querard’s strategy will be found out by all and it will eventually run out here in the southwestern part of the United States.

Last but not least, if you are a Republican with political aspirations to run for office, I implore you to stay away from Constantine Querard and his political consulting because he is on our radar in light of being “political-sleaze maestro,” a “vision of Republican darkness,“ and his sleazy dark politics.

by Frenkie :-{> 10/24/2014 2:18 MST

CRNLive Update: (Arizona) After finally apologizing for the use of the Vile (C-word) is it a little too late?

Arizona – This issue reminds me of the disingenuous actions of public figures when they to use inappropriate language, their advisers immediately check them in to tolerance classes to somehow appear to erase the wrong, in most cases it doesn’t. When my children were young I used to tease them that a bombardment of sorrys didn’t  erase their actions and that at some point they would have to own it. To get them to understand I would in a playing fashion flick their ears while passing by, when they would complain I would tell them , “That’s OK I was gonna say sorry!” and it helped to curtail the sorrys for when it really meant something.

Earlier today Robert Rowley apologized to Catherine Miranda for the use of the (C-word) while describing an issue where he didn’t agree with her decision for an endorsement. I don’t know Robert Rowley personally so I don’t know if his apology was politically motivated or if his heart is truly engulfed with hate. Whatever the case may be I still disagree with his idea of attempting to recall Catherine Miranda based on a endorsement. Although, the CBA says they have no intentions of going along with the recall there are people within the group that have confirmed fake starts while filings are done.

Although, Arizona politics has their own way of doing business (Backwards) let’s see what else props up this year. Maybe most of the Arizona politicians will be sent to tolerance classes before it’s all over. Tolerance by definition is just dealing with it, so I think that’s wrong too, learning to genuinely respect each other is what everyone needs a little sprinkle of. Until the next jab….Frenkie :-{>

Citizens for Better Arizona (CBA) (an operation run by the likes of Randy Parraz and Chad Snow) has come under tremendous fire recently from the Carlos Galindo show who has played audio clips from a young lady under the age of 18 years of age that was misled with regard to Arizona politics.

This is not the first time this has happened.  CBA was under fire for raising money to the last day of their failed Arpaio Recall Effort even though they knew they did not have enough signatures to recall Arpaio.  It became worse when CBA then claimed they shredded the signatures for the failed Arpaio recall and would not be transparent with their operations though they consistently peddled for money.  Recall efforts cost Arizona tax payer dollars and this is touchy situation for Independent voters who are fiscally responsible and do NOT believe in operations that are not calculated risks.  Independent voters in Arizona are now the largest voting bloc and we are organizing and broadening our Coalition against folks and non profit organizations who manufacture a crisis situation in order to line their pockets with finances.

In addition to holding CBA and Randy Parraz accountable, Carlos Galindo and the independent coalition will continue to uphold the integrity of elections.  We are committed.  We do not turn a blind eye because you have an (R) or a (D) beside your name.

Carlos Galindo was the first radio talking head to come against Randy Parraz and CBA, and it is no surprise Citizens For Better Arizona has been under fire from The Blaze.

According to The Blaze (conservative media):

The Maricopa County GOP chairman provided the Arizona Daily Independent with the following account of what happened during the Aug. 26 primary election cycle:

Guy: “What’s your problem?”

LaFaro: “I don’t have a problem.”

Guy: “Stop watching me. You’re annoying me.”

LaFaro: “One of your ballots isn’t sealed.”

Guy: “It’s none of your business. What’s your name?”

LaFaro: “I’m the chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Party. What’s yours?”

Guy: “Go f*** yourself. I don’t have to tell you who I am.”

 

This is not the first time a person identifying with Citizens For Better Arizona has told someone to “F*** Off.”

Chad Snow, a leader of Citizens For Better Arizona wrote co-founder of Somos Independents and stated:

“You f*cked up. Admit it, apologize, and we can all move on. And in the future, just keep our names out of your mouth and off your little blog and we can all forget about this.

Chad”

There you have it folks.

Randy Parraz and Citizens For Better Arizona are becoming as controversial as ACORN now, and it began with their Arpaio debacle.   I implore the reader to not to give CBA any money, NOR should you trust them with your ballots!