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...avert damage to the state economy, Arizona Governor Rose Mofford is suggesting that the legislature consider approving a King holiday. Backers are trying to organize another referendum; opponents vow they will start recall drives against legislators who vote pro-holiday. Meanwhile former Governor Evan Mecham, the man who rescinded the King holiday three years ago, has begun a boisterous fund-raising drive to keep the state calendar King-free...
Before the surprise announcement in January by platinum-haired Democratic Governor Rose Mofford that she would not seek re-election, it looked as if the Grand Canyon State would have a calm 1990 gubernatorial election. As the secretary of state who inherited the Governor's mansion in April 1988, Mofford, 67, was Arizona's Jerry Ford, healing the wounds inflicted by Mecham's impeachment for financial improprieties. She was ahead in the polls before she decided, "I want to start living for Rosie...
...earlier upheld the provision, federal district Judge Paul Rosenblatt concluded that the law violated First Amendment guarantees. He ruled that the law forced government officials and employees "to curtail their free-speech rights" by impermissibly tying their tongues in their dealings with non-English-speaking constituents. Arizona Governor Rose Mofford, who criticized the law as "flawed from the beginning," promised not to appeal...
...mailboxes stuffed full of ordinary Christmas greetings, one card is sure to stand out: the Yuletide message sent by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford to celebrate her first year in office. Mailed to friends, journalists and fellow government officials across the country, Mofford's missive is a caricature of herself as a toga-clad Goddess of Liberty perched atop the state capitol dome. In recent years the beehive-coiffed Governor, 66, has sent out similar cards showing herself as Uncle Sam, Santa Claus and even Mae West. If the practice catches on among Governors, next Christmas may bring portraits of George...
Corbin said earlier that the recall election would be scheduled whether Mecham were in office or not, and that the governor in office at the time--Mofford--would have to run in the election to remain in office...