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	Impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham
		B. On or about April 1, 1987, Evan Mecham, while serving as Governor of the State of Arizona, signed and caused to be filed with the Secretary of State's office the Amended December 5 Statement of Contributions and Expenditures which related to the December 5, 1986 Statement.
		The loan to Mecham Pontiac] Corporation was without lawful authority and was a knowing unauthorized use, for an unauthorized term, of property of another, which property had been entrusted to the Office of the Governor or placed in the possession of the Office of the Governor for a limited authorized use.
		Evans, that the House adopt and approve the Articles of Impeachment as submitted by the House Managers in the matter of impeachment of the Honorable Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona.
	jeff.scott.tripod.com /impeach.html (908 words)

	Evan Mecham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Evan Mecham (pronounced [ɛvɑn ˈmikɑm]) (born May 12, 1924) is a former American politician and the 19th governor of Arizona.
		Evan Mecham was born to Mormon parents in Duchesne, Utah.
		On 4 April 1988, the Senate convicted Mecham for obstruction of justice by a vote of 21 to 9, and for misusing government funds by a vote of 26 to 4.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evan_Mecham (4472 words)

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		Mecham was intelligent, not the wacko portrayed in the news media.
		In April 1988, Mecham was convicted by the Senate of obstructing justice and misusing $80,000 in state funds.
		Mecham, who was acquitted of all related criminal charges, became the first U.S. governor to be impeached and removed from office in 59 years.
	www.tucsoncitizen.com /print/local/102504a4_garcia (724 words)

	News & Opinion: The Mecham Principle (Tucson Weekly . 10-12-98)
		In 1988, Gov. Evan Mecham was removed from office for the biggest single reason we now consider for removal of President Clinton--social unacceptability.
		The fact that Mecham would be replaced by one of their own party, Secretary of State Rose Mofford, clearly had some impact on their collective decision.
		The Democrats were joined by the country club/weenie wing of the GOP because Mecham was a tacky, right-wing car dealer--whereas, being a tacky moderate car dealer would've been OK. The Legislature's impeachment vote was dressed up with some trumped-up charges, which were later laughed out of court when Mecham got to a real jury.
	weeklywire.com /ww/10-12-98/tw_curr3.html (859 words)

	Wrongful Impeachment
		Mecham is a Morman, a World War II veteran pilot downed three times and a German POW, and, although his politics fits well within conservative republicanism, an independent politician.
		Mecham quotes author Sammy Jenkins: "The evidence shows that there may be no parallel in history where the media made such a blatant and prolonged attack on a public official, as has been made on Governor Evan Mecham....
		Mecham admits his approval of the position on homosexuality of his religion and his state's laws but, despite widely accepted charges, he never took action or even spoke out against gays.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~insrisg/bookmarks/bk2000/impeachment.html (1302 words)

	San Tan incorporation activist a 'lightning rod'
		Mecham has caught the ire of rural homeowners fiercely opposed to his efforts to create a city south of Queen Creek where roughly 30,000 residents live.
		Mecham, who grew up in Utah, said he played football at the University of Montana in the 1960s and served in Vietnam from 1967-68, before returning to Utah and earning a bachelor's degree in business management from Weber State University at Ogden.
		Mecham's harshest critics claim his work to incorporate San Tan is for his benefit, as it could boost the value of his land.
	azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/mesa/articles/0903GR-Mecham25Z11.html (932 words)

	Jim Kiser: Mecham lesson: Beware of overconfident politicians \| Arizona Daily Star ®
		Even those who wanted to force former Gov. Evan Mecham from office, as I wanted to, can feel sympathy for him and his family now that it has been revealed he is suffering from symptoms of dementia.
		Shortly after the election, the magazine's managing editor and I interviewed Mecham in his temporary offices, where he and his transition team were preparing "a new beginning" for Arizona.
		Mecham's rescission of the King holiday led to his ultimate impeachment in 1988, though the actual charges on which he was thrown out of office dealt with obstruction of justice and misuse of funds.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/44696 (818 words)

	Governor Evan Mecham
		Mecham was impeached for for allegedly concealing a large campaign contribution ($350,000), misuse of funds for a state loan of $80,000 to his Mecham Pontiac dealership, and obstruction of justice by ordering the head of the state police to refuse cooperation to the attorney general in a criminal investigation.
		Mecham had also been indicted criminally for allegedly concealing an illegal campaign contribution of $350,000 from controversial attorney Barry Wolfson, then being investigated by the attorney general along with his partner, Hubert V.
		Mecham is still a force in Arizona conservative politics and is still able to influence conservative voters despite his impeachment.
	jeff.scott.tripod.com /mecham.html (966 words)

	The resurrection of Evan Mecham National Review - Find Articles
		In what could be the greatest comeback since Nixon's, Evan Mecham, one year after his removal from the Arizona governor's office by a State Senate court of impeachment, declared his intention to return to that office in 1990.
		Mecham was born dirt poor and raised on a farm during the Depression.
		For as many as one-fourth of Arizona's voters, Evan Mecham is a catalytic leader who fought the combined evil forces of big government and the hidden power structure, and was then victimized by an anti-democratic lynch mob.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n9_v41/ai_7600921 (848 words)

	Zephyr Magazine - Issue 42
		(Mecham told reporters that he hadn't seen the poll.) Then comes his journey to Central America, where he took it upon himself to meet with the heads of government there to tell them how they should be running their countries if they want support from the United States.
		Mecham supporters point to the estimated cost of $2 million for the new election as reason to stop the recall.
		All that is needed is for Mecham to stop for a moment and listen to the citizens he is SUPPOSED to be serving.
	www.retrobbs.org /zephyr/issue42.html (3641 words)

	Zonie--a definition
		Candidate number 1: Car dealer and perpetual politician Evan Mecham, governor from 1987 to 1988.
		Mecham's comments and actions succeeded in offending such a large segment of the population that a recall election was scheduled.
		In 1988 Evan Mecham was indicted on fraud and perjury charges for allegedly hiding a campaign loan.
	members.cox.net /eddotcom/zonie.htm (1398 words)

	IMPEACHMENT IN OTHER STATES
		Mecham was impeached and removed from office for concealing a large campaign contribution, misusing state funds, and obstructing justice.
		Evan Mecham was elected governor of Arizona in 1986, after four previously unsuccessful attempts.
		On June 16, 1988, Mecham was found not guilty of the criminal charges, which were almost identical to the impeachment charges.
	www.cga.ct.gov /2004/rpt/2004-R-0061.htm (1352 words)

	The Symington verdict (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Evan Mecham says he isn't one to hold a grudge.
		When Mecham faced a state grand jury investigation into his past financial dealings in 1987, a political upstart named J. Fife Symington III was the first key Republican to call for his resignation.
		Mecham was eventually acquitted of charges related to a $350,000 campaign loan but not before the pressure Symington helped create persuaded the state's GOP-led legislature to impeach him.
	www.azstarnet.com /public/packages/symington/verdict/sym09415.htm (232 words)

	KAET: HORIZON: public affairs program: transcripts: October 3, 2001
		Evan Mecham had done it, becoming governor after his fifth try.
		I think there was the assumption on the part of the media, particularly people who had been here for a while everybody new Evan Mecham was kind of off the edge, he had run for statewide office six times, lost every time -- or five times until this time.
		And a lot of the polls I don't think were that accurate because at that time Mecham supporters didn't always state their preference in the polls.
	www.kaet.asu.edu /horizon/transcripts/2001/oct3_2001.htm (3669 words)

	Results in
		In what could be the greatest comeback since Nixon's, Evan Mecham, one year after his removal from the Arizona governor's office by a State Senate court of impeachment, declared his intention to return to that office in 1990.
		Mecham won the election with 40 per cent of the vote.
		Mecham was born dirt poor and raised on a farm during the Depression.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n9_v41/ai_7600921 (477 words)

	2004 Relocation Guide to the Greater Phoenix Area
		Decades after the rest of the nation wrestled with the civil rights movement and almost 19 years after King was assassinated for espousing equality among humankind, Gov. Evan Mecham took a giant step backward.
		Mecham's decision after he took office in 1987 to rescind a paid state holiday for King, compounded by voters rejecting the holiday in 1990, cost Arizona dearly.
		Carolyn Warner, a Phoenix education consultant who lost to Mecham as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 1986 when an independent candidate split the ticket, said the "continuous" nature of shocking public acts is worrisome.
	www.azcentral.com /relocationguide04/valley101/scandals.html (1197 words)

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		He refused to disavow a textbook edited by his mentor, W. Cleon Skousen, which called fl children "pickaninnies." Evan said he thought the derogatory remark was a term of affection.
		Then Evan sent out a letter asking conservatives in other states to move to Arizona so they could support him.
		Evan's finances were also messy, which got him in more trouble.
	home.earthlink.net /~zkkatz/page66.html (550 words)

	What did Evan Mecham ask the Pope? (the jokes that impeached a governor) - Washington Monthly - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the end, his most enduring enemy may have been the countless Mecham jokes that swept the state, fueled the recall drive, and helped bring down the governor.
		After Mecham began defending his use of the word pickaninny to describe fl children, Arizonans turned it back on him: Pickaninny: What we did for Governor.
		Or when he denied being a bigot by arguing that he hires fls "because they are the best people who applied for the cotton-picking job." Or when he scolded a reporter by telling him never to ask "for a true statement again!"
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:6676339&... (337 words)

	ABC15.com: Phoenix and Arizona News, Live Weather, Web Cams and More (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PHOENIX (AP) -- Evan Mecham, the former Arizona governor impeached in the late 1980s, is suffering from symptoms of dementia, his family said Wednesday.
		Mecham, a fighter pilot in World War II, is being treated at a Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix.
		Mecham was acquitted during a criminal trial of charges that he violated campaign finance laws.
	www.knxv.com /news/index.asp?did=13643 (535 words)

	CNC NEWS - PRESS RELEASES
		I, Evan Mecham, spent my service time in the European theater as a P-51 Fighter Pilot, was shot down, and served time as a POW.
		Evan Mecham, Chairman of the Constitutionists' Networking Center, has approved the following premises as the basis for CNC's position on issues and its goal and objectives.
		The CNC is chaired by Evan Mecham, a former governor of Arizona.
	www.idir.net /~cnc/press_release.htm (2123 words)

	OpinionJournal - Extra
		In 1987, Arizona's newly elected governor, Evan Mecham, created a national firestorm when he rescinded his predecessor's executive order declaring Martin Luther King Day a state holiday.
		Mecham decreed the third Sunday of every January would be Civil Rights Day.
		Mecham 17 months into his term for misusing state funds and obstructing justice--the kind of charges that, as we learned a few years ago, a more popular politician can survive.
	www.opinionjournal.com /extra?id=95001754 (1055 words)

	Trivia Arizona
		After four unsuccessful trys for the governor's office, car dealer Evan Mecham (1924-) won in a three way race in 1986.
		Although Mecham was indicted on felony charges of violating campaign laws, he was found not guilty after he was no longer in office.
		Evan Mecham's first act as governor was rescind the MLK holiday, saying that MLK did not deserve the holiday.
	www.doney.net /aroundaz/trivia.htm (1749 words)

	mecham
		Learn about Mecham the man and former Arizona governor and get to know one of the great American’s of our time.
		Mecham sounds the alarm in this book about the dangers of big government and doing what we must do to remain a free people putting aside false notions of government and rebuilding on the solid bedrock of the Constitution.
		The author details the events that preceded the Mecham impeachment which stretch the imagination of "Freedom of the Press".
	www.atps.com /shlc/shlc60.htm (253 words)

	Salt Lake City Weekly - Utah Gothic
		It seemed as though the longtime Arizona House majority leader, the Republican iconoclast who disappointed the party elite when he lost the gubernatorial primary to Evan Mecham, was going to somehow get them.
		In 1986, ultraconservative Evan Mecham won the Arizona governorship after five failed attempts.
		Mecham was facing a recall election after barely a year in office, and impeachment on charges that he had hidden a big campaign contribution, as well as allegations that he misused state funds and he obstructed justice when he told the head of the state police not to cooperate with the attorney general’s criminal investigation.
	www.slweekly.com /editorial/2002/feat_2002-05-23.cfm (2683 words)

	Chester's Blog
		The experience that explicitly changed my opinion of the news media was when I managed to somehow finagle an interview with then Arizona governor Evan Mecham who was quite unpopular in the late 80's due to his cancellation of the Martin Luther King state holiday there.
		As soon as my advisor found out that I had obtained an interview with the governor she changed the parameters of the interview so that it would just be another attack of Governor Evan Mecham which was the popular "in" thing to do at that time.
		This, with other later experiences with the news media, has shown me that the news is truly not interested in finding the true or airing all sides of the story even if such view or version would be unpopular with the audience.
	www.efn.org /~chester/blogs/2004/04/regarding-news-media-when-i-was (816 words)

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