Hobbs now willing to consider broader financial disclosure laws after veto

[mountaineer]

This investigation has been ongoing for at least a year, yet Katie persists in being a corrupt sleaze. More in second post below.

Hobbs now willing to consider broader financial disclosure laws after veto
    Howard Fischer
 Nov 14, 2025 Updated Nov 17, 2025
AZ Daily Star

Gov. Katie Hobbs says she is “looking at proposals’’ to enact state law to ensure disclosure when companies seeking government contracts give political gifts to her and future governors.

The move comes six months after she vetoed legislation crafted by Sen. T.J. Shope designed to do exactly that. Senate Bill 1612 would have required anyone submitting a bid to also disclose anything of value that the company and its officers or directors donated in the past five years to the governor or any of the governor’s funds, for elections or other purposes.

Explaining her veto at the time, Hobbs said Shope’s proposal was “a political stunt, nothing more.’’

But Shope said Thursday his bill was in direct response to reporting that Sunshine Residential Homes, which operates group homes for foster children, was granted an unusual rate increase after the company gave $100,000 to an inaugural fund set up by Hobbs. The company separately also gave $300,000 to the Arizona Democratic Party. ...

[mountaineer]

A Man Of Memes
@RickyDoggin
🚨 Oh man… the Katie Hobbs scandal just went DEFCON-1.
This is WAY uglier than anyone thought — and Arizona’s Democrat governor is now staring down a full-blown racketeering investigation.
Here are the receipts:

A foster-care group home operator — Sunshine Residential Homes — quietly pumped $400,000 into:
🔹 Hobbs’ campaign
🔹 Her inauguration fund
🔹 The Arizona Democratic Party
And right after the cash hit?

🔥 Hobbs’ administration approved a massive 60% rate hike for Sunshine — the ONLY provider to get such a deal.
Payments jumped from $195 → $234 per child, per day, unlocking millions in taxpayer dollars for one politically connected company.
They even expanded Sunshine’s contract from 280 kids to 322 kids.

The timeline is devastating:
• Sunshine drops $200K during Hobbs’ campaign
• State denies their rate hike
• Sunshine then donates $100K to Hobbs’ inauguration
• Suddenly Hobbs approves the rate hike
• Sunshine sends another $100K
• The Arizona Republic blows the whole thing open
Lawmakers say it’s exactly what it looks like:  A pay-to-play scheme.
Bribery.
Fraud.
Conflicts of interest.
And because of the repeated donations → state favors pattern?
Potential RICO violations.
If this were any other state, people would already be in cuffs.
Arizona deserves answers — and this scandal is nowhere near over.
6:49 PM · Nov 17, 2025

[rustynail]

Katie say hello to, "hubris meets nemesis".

[Cyber Liberty]

I've said this before and I'll say it again:  If this is investigated by the office of Arizona Attorney General Chris Mayes, there will be no charges.  Mayes is as crooked as Hobbs!

[Bigun]

I've said this before and I'll say it again:  If this is investigated by the office of Arizona Attorney General Chris Mayes, there will be no charges.  Mayes is as crooked as Hobbs!

Which is exactly according to the Washington D.C. model!

[Fishrrman]

Nothing's going to happen to her.

She's a faithful apparatchik to The Party's cause...

[Cyber Liberty]

Nothing's going to happen to her.

She's a faithful apparatchik to The Party's cause...