Comments for Liberty's Apothecary

Comment on I Left My Brain, in San Francisco by chiefluh

chiefluh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:22:48 +0000

Believe you me, many of us in Mesa, AZ will not miss this man.

Comment on Goldwater Institute issues report slanted against County Attorney in attempt to be fair by Where has our Barry Gone?

Where has our Barry Gone? — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:03:17 +0000

Darcy,

You have run the GI into the ground and away from the conservative bastion it could and should be. Instead of a meeting ground, philosophically and geographically, it’s just a place where your pet projects and “pick and choose” conservatives come to trade kisses on the pimpled behind of soulless libertarianism, at best.

Comment on Brenda Burns for the Commission by Gene pizzato

Gene pizzato — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:53 +0000

Brenda, Several of the people I’ve asked to sign your petition
ask me your stand on alternative fuels. Please let me know
your position and any other info of importance.

Comment on Dogs That Don’t Hunt by John Locke

John Locke — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:01:22 +0000

So much for the open, honest, and transparent government we were all promised by the Obama Administration.

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=344363

Comment on Goldwater Institute issues report slanted against County Attorney in attempt to be fair by Nick Dranias

Nick Dranias — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:48:20 +0000

Your criticism is misplaced. There is no evidence that self-promotion by law enforcement officials or any other public official achieves any impact aside from promoting name recognition–i.e. back door electioneering. Criminals should fear the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, not Arpaio–because what will happen when, as is inevitable, Arpaio loses an election or steps down? In the long run, it is better for criminals to fear the strength of a law enforcement institution, than any particular individual who happens to occupy a position within it. And creating a cult of personality around a particular public official–even an effective one–only guarantees a void of respect for the office will exist when that personality is gone. The bottom line is that Attorney Thomas, like numerous other state officials both republican and democrat, spent a lot of public dollars promoting his name and likeness in ways that are unnecessary to performing his job. While Thomas’ self-promotion is not as over-the-top as Napolitano’s “home cooking” billboard or Goddard’s gavel pencils, it remains true that his self-reported spending involved by far the most public money on self-promotional materials. We would have to close our eyes to the evidence if he were not discussed in the report. Moreover, even if Thomas is, in a sense, a victim of his own transparency and willingness to make full disclosure, the principle in question still applies whether the amount in question is $1 or $2 million: Public dollars should not be spent by public officials on self-promotion. Thomas could have fulfilled all of his informational obligations without branding them with his name and image. But we also recognize that many politicians may spend public dollars on self-promotion out of fear that their future opponents have done so and will continue to do so. It is unreasonable to expect elected officials in competition with other elected officials to “unilaterally disarm” when it comes to spending public dollars on self-promotion. To work, reform requires a universal prohibition, not merely abstinance. And it is not too late for Thomas to retake the high ground by supporting reform efforts to prohibit self-promotion by public officials with public resources across the board.

Comment on Goldwater Institute issues report slanted against County Attorney in attempt to be fair by Darcy Olsen

Darcy Olsen — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:17:31 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with educating the public–in fact, transparency is a pillar of good government–but it can and should be done without featuring elected officials in a way that does an end run around campaign finance rules.

Comment on Goldwater Institute issues report slanted against County Attorney in attempt to be fair by Tina

Tina — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:05:49 +0000

I for one, like to know that these brochures are available, especially when it comes to seniors and fraud. Don’t all AG offices do this nationwide? If not, they should. And since when has the GI been a bastion of fairness? So what if someone scores high or low with them.

Comment on Goldwater Institute issues report slanted against County Attorney in attempt to be fair by David Smith

David Smith — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:46:08 +0000

What evidence do you have to support your thesis that Sheriff Joe’s self-promotional strategy deters criminal activity?

Comment on Goldwater Institute issues report slanted against County Attorney in attempt to be fair by Larry O.

Larry O. — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:17:22 +0000

Others maybe worse than Thomas, such as Napolitano having her name and face of the homepage of the Clean Elections website, but that doesn’t make Thomas’ self promotion alright by comparison. The public interest needs to be put before that of any office holder. I say print the booklets, but put the office holder’s name in an 8pt font on the last page.

Comment on Goldwater Institute issues report slanted against County Attorney in attempt to be fair by Sam Fitch

Sam Fitch — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:10:47 +0000

Well. If you bothered to read the report like I just did; you would see that Thomas accounted for well over half of all the shameless self promoting that went on and Goddard account for less than 5%. Seems pretty open and shut.