The Arizona Illustrated Political Roundtable on AZPM Channel 6 for August 10 was a forum hosted by Moderator Jim Nintzel between District 1 Pima County Supervisor candidates Mike Hellon and Stuart McDaniel. The other two candidates Ally Miller and LD 26 Rep. Vic Williams declined to participate in this forum. This is an open seat on the Board as Supervisor Ann Day is retiring.

Click here for the video online.

Candidate info & websites for this race:

–Mike Hellon, businessman, former State Chair of Republican Party, www.hellon2012.com, unsuccessful candidate for CD 8 House in 2006
–Stuart McDaniel, mortgage banker, political newcomer, www.mcdanielforsupervisor.com
–Ally Miller, businesswoman, political newcomer, www.allyforsupervisor.com
–Vic Williams, 2 term LD 26 House Rep., property investor, www.vote4vic.com

These four candidates did debate previously on April 17 at Sun City Vistoso Republican Club, and on July 26 at a debate hosted by the Pima County Tea Party Patriots.

Vote wisely on or before the August 28 primary. The winner of this primary will face off with Democrat Nancy Young Wright, former LD 26 House Rep.

Mike Hellon Honored for Service to Courts

Mike Hellon with Chief Justice Berch

Rebecca White Berch, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, last week presented the Chief Justice’s Distinguished Service Award to Mike Hellon for “Outstanding Contributions to the Arizona Judiciary.”

The top award presented annually by the Chief Justice, is given to an individual who has made an “Outstanding Contribution to the Arizona Courts.” Hellon’s award cited his service in “preserving the dignity of the judiciary and for your many years of dedicated service in improving the legal profession.” Hellon is not a lawyer.

In her remarks to the Judicial Conference, Chief Justice Berch cited Hellon’s service of twenty-two years as a small claims hearing officer for the Pima County Justice Court; his service on the Judicial Performance Review Commission, where is the current Chairman; his membership on the Arizona Judicial Council, which is the “board of directors of the court system;” and his service as the only non-lawyer on the faculty of the Judicial College of Arizona.

Hellon is running for District 1 Pima County Board of Supervisors in the upcoming August 28 Primary against three other Republicans including LD 26 Rep. Vic Williams and two newcomers to politics, Ally Miller and Stuart McDaniel. Mike is also divorced from former LD 26 State Senator Toni Hellon.

Here is my previous article about Mike’s candidacy (click here).

I personally know Mike having served over 7 years — also as a part-time Hearing Officer in the Small Claims Division of the Pima County Consolidated Justice Courts, where Mike is one of our trainers. And Mike as a non-lawyer does seem to know more about the law than I do, despite my law degree and several years of practicing.

Congratulations Mike for this award!

Filing deadline for signature petitions was yesterday at 5 p.m. and here’s the list of candidates for Pima County in 2012. The Primary Election is on August 28 and the General Election is on November 6.

Pima County Assessor
Bill Staples (D), incumbent

Pima County Attorney
Claudia Ellquist (G)
Barbara LaWall (D), incumbent

Pima County Sheriff
Dave Croteau (G)
Clarence Dupnik (D), incumbent
Terry Frederick (R)
Vinson Holck (R)
Chester Manning (R)
Mark Napier (R)
Walter Setzer (R)

Pima County Recorder
Bill Beard (R)
F.Ann Rodriguez (D), incumbent

Pima County Treasurer
Beth Ford (R), incumbent
Elaine Richardson (D)

Pima County School Superintendent
Linda Arzoumanian (R), incumbent
Mace Bravin (R)

Pima County Supervisor District 1 (open seat)
Mike Hellon (R)
Ally Miller (R)
Stuart McDaniel (R)
Vic Williams (R)
Nancy Young Wright (D)

Pima County Supervisor District 2
James Kelley (R)
Ramon Valadez (D), incumbent

Pima County Supervisor District 3
Tanner Bell (R)
Sharon Bronson (D), incumbent

Pima County Supervisor District 4
Ray Carroll (R), incumbent
Sean Collins (R)

Pima County Supervisor District 5
Richard Elias (D), incumbent
Fernando Gonzales (R)

So the primaries to watch are for Pima County Sheriff (5 Republicans) and Pima County Supervisor District 1 (4 Republicans).

For other Pima County races (Justices of the Peace, Constables), go to Blog for AZ (click here).

For more information about the candidates go to:
Pima County Democratic Party
Pima County Republican Party