Word: mechamics
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Last April, Evan Mecham became the first U.S. Governor to be impeached in 59 years. Last week it looked as if the impolitic Arizona politician might also be facing a prison term. But after a little more than six hours of deliberation, a jury acquitted Mecham and his brother Willard of charges that they violated election laws by concealing a $350,000 campaign loan...
...governor was also accused of misusing$80,000 from a fund consisting of contributionsraised from Mecham's inaugural...
...prosecution charged that the funds werepublic money set aside for use in promoting thestate and that Mecham took out the loan becausehis dealership was in financial trouble; Mechamclaimed that the money was private, and that heborrowed it only to give the state higher interestthan it was receiving...
...urge you to consider that by allowing[Mecham] to return to office to wreak havoc onceagain upon this state you will have redefined inthe most shameful way what is acceptable conductfor a public official," Eckstein argued...
...where's the beef?" another defenseattorney, Fred Craft, said of the evidence. "Youare being asked to politically assassinateGovernor Mecham, by those who would politicallygain from his demise...