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	Fife Symington III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Fife Symington III (born August 12, 1945 in New York City) was the Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1991 until his resignation in 1997.
		Symington comes from a distinguished Maryland family; he is a great-grandson of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick and his father was U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago 1969-1971.
		Symington ran for governor of Arizona in 1990, taking 44% of the vote in the Republican primary in a field of four candidates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fife_Symington (678 words)

	Fife Symington - TheBestLinks.com - Fife III Symington, Arizona, Bill Clinton, Impeachment, ...
		Fife Symington was the Republican governor of Arizona from 1991 to his impeachment in 1997.
		Symington was convicted of bank fraud (to the tune of several million dollars during the savings and loan scandals, and involved with the Keating 5) and resigned from office in 1997.
		Symington's wife is owner of the Ritz Carlton Hotel at the high-scale Biltmore Fashion Square area of Phoenix.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Fife_III_Symington.html (229 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Fife Symington III
		Symington was convicted of bank fraud regarding financial statements and union pension funds, and resigned from office in 1997.
		Symington's convictions were reversed on appeal due to the improper excusal of a juror during deliberations.
		Symington's wife is owner of the Ritz Carlton Hotel at the upscale Biltmore Fashion Square area of Phoenix.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Fife_Symington_III (227 words)

	JOHN FIFE SYMINGTON, III
		Governor Symington, the scion of 19th-century robber baron Henry Frick, is a crook.
		Symington never took step one to organize fund-raising dinners so that he might pay back the two most important women in his life, women who were unstintingly generous to him when he was desperate for their help.
		Fife Symington III steps into the 10th-floor elevator at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, joining three reporters who are covering his civil fraud trial.
	www.apfn.org /apfn/fife.htm (9053 words)

	PLWeb Document Display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		PHOENIX - Gov. Fife Symington was not entitled to the debt relief he demanded from union pension funds, federal prosecutors argued yesterday.
		Symington allegedly told them that if they pressed him for repayment he would ``not be as influential in the future'' in ensuring that ASU would continue to lease space.
		Symington 's attorney also wants Strand to toss out the charge that the governor lied last year in U.S. Bankruptcy Court when he testified that financial statements he gave to lenders in prior years were correct.
	www.azstarnet.com /public/packages/symington/nov/nov5.html (460 words)

	Smith: Timely Demise (April 11 - April 17, 1996)
		Fife Symington III and the members of his executive team--past, present and future--should be framed within the rigid and infallible structure of formal logical reasoning.
		Thus, John Yeoman is to J. Fife Symington III as Vincent Foster is to Bill Clinton.
		Symington is bankrupt and under court scrutiny for discrepancies in that area; he's under investigation by a federal grand jury; he's implicated in the upcoming fraud trial of Leckie and the late Mr.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/04-11-96/smith.htm (679 words)

	phoenixnewtimes.com \| News \| I Could Just Slap Him (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Symington's timing for a second political debut was serendipitous: That very month, attorney Michael Manning was in court trying to recover the millions of dollars Symington swindled from local pension funds in 1990, part of a larger pattern of financial fraud that led to the governor's indictment in 1996.
		This is a critical point: Symington told the press his troubles preceded his two terms in office and that as governor he was an exemplar of conservative reforms.
		In fact, Fife Symington's history of fraud is a monument to rapacious greed that soaked investors, bankers, relatives, friends and the citizens of Arizona.
	www.phoenixnewtimes.com /Issues/2005-02-17/news/lacey.html (962 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: J. Symington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Fife Symington, IV and Kevin M. Luebbers were identified and recommended as director nominees to the Board by the Compensation and Nominating Committee, in order to fill the newly created directorship positions.
		Fife Symington, IV and Kevin M. Luebbers were appointed to the Board as Class I and Class II directors, respectively.
		Symington holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Symington_J._48332542.htm (1009 words)

	TAP: Vol 7, Iss. 24. How Low Can You Go?. Paul Starr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Fife Symington III, the Republican governor of Arizona, is so conservative that he has sought to abolish the state's Depart ment of Education.
		And Symington is doing it in a way that demonstrates personal responsibility by protecting home and family.
		His home is in his wife's name, and her fortune is beyond the reach of creditors, who also cannot touch Symington's family trust funds (he is a direct descendant of Henry Clay Frick).
	www.prospect.org /print/V7/24/starr-p-how.html (624 words)

	The Real Story about Arizona Governor Fife Symington
		Symington was "expected to release a statement this morning (May 5) that will say he will not rule out a future run for public office." He said that after giving the race "tremendous thought over the last few months," he chose to focus his attention on his consulting firm, the Symington Group.
		"Symington said his thoughts to oppose Napolitano when she seeks re-election next year galvanized just six weeks ago when he was invited to Napolitano's State of the State speech.
		According to Symington, he and current Gov. Janet Napolitano would be 'complete opposites.' Indeed, Napolitano ran for office in considerable part by condemning the fiscal policies of the 1990s, mostly the handiwork of Symington.
	www.fifesymington.com (549 words)

	Fife Definition / Fife Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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	Fife Symington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		message = Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.}}Category:NPOV disputes John Fife Symington III (born August 12, 1945 in New York City) was the Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1991 until his resignation in 1997.
		Symington was pardoned by President Clinton, and served no jail time.
		Symington is the cousin of Missouri Senator Stuart Symington.
	fife-symington.search.ipupdater.com (188 words)

	What's good for the goose is good for the ex-Governor: 1/2/98
		Symington the governor built his political career like he was constructing the steps of a gallows.
		If Symington the governor were in a position to judge Symington the criminal, he'd push for the maximum sentence of 10 years behind bars and $30 million in restitution.
		Symington the felon, however, is begging for leniency.
	www.s-t.com /daily/01-98/01-02-98/c05op088.htm (568 words)

	Idaho Mountain Express: McCain's protege alleged to be involved in scandelous web
		Symington, 55, was Arizona’s two-term governor until forced to resign in 1997 after being convicted on multiple federal fraud charges involving a real estate empire built on phony claims of wealth and millions of dollars in loans secured with empty promises to lenders.
		Symington’s lawyer in his criminal trial was Washington attorney John Dowd, also McCain’s lawyer in Senate ethics committee hearings that found McCain guilty of "poor judgment" in dealings with master swindler Charles Keating.
		Symington and McCain are on their second marriages, each to young millionairesses (Cindy McCain’s fortune stems from a beer distributorship; Ann Symington’s from the Olin industrial fortune).
	www.mtexpress.com /2000/03-22-00/3-22murphy.htm (594 words)

	National Governors Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		FIFE SYMINGTON III was born in New York City and raised in Maryland.
		However, after six years in office, Symington was convicted in September 1997 of criminal charges that he defrauded lenders as a real estate developer in the 1980s.
		Symington said he swam out to pull Clinton to shore, an act that prompted much needling from Republicans decades later.) Exonerated, Symington founded his own culinary school and now works as a pastry chef at a restaurant in Phoenix.
	www.nga.org /portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0?vgnextoid=48e6ae3effb81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD (335 words)

	Smith: Lock Him Up! (May 30 - June 5, 1996)
		SIX YEARS AGO J. Fife Symington III was telling the voters of Arizona he intended to bring the skills that had made him a rich real estate developer to bear on the task of governing the State of Arizona.
		Eddie Basha was all the wonderful things Fife Symington had claimed to be, both times he ran for governor: a successful businessman with altruistic motives toward public service.
		We won't soon forget Fife Symington's explanation of how he doubled his claimed assets, and halved his stated liabilities, based his affirmed net worth on best-scenario estimates 10 to 25 years into the future...and then blamed the whole sorry spectacle on the people he lied to, because they accepted his fiction and didn't cross-examine him.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/05-30-96/smith.htm (841 words)

	Symington considers another run
		Symington, who served as governor from 1991 to 1997, resigned from office immediately after being convicted by a federal jury of bank and wire fraud on Sept. 3, 1997.
		Symington, who will make a decision by June, said he started seriously pondering a political comeback after hearing Napolitano's State of the State speech in early January.
		Symington's longtime legal drama ended in late 2001 with an agreement to pay $2 million to union pension funds involved in the financing of his failed Mercado shopping complex.
	www.azcentral.com /12news/news/articles/0204fife04-CP.html (727 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: John Symington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Former Arizona governor John Fife Symington III was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and now he'd like to stick one in ours.
		Symington serves as just an assistant and adviser to the school and will be a mere pastry chef at the cafe.
		After his conviction was overturned on appeal, Symington had to do something while cooling his heels waiting for prosecutors to pursue a new trial.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Symington_John_48332024.htm (377 words)

	February News Articles 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Symington's ideas are forged by who he is, and J. Fife Symington III is nothing if not a patrician.
		Symington's mother, Martha, was a granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick, the 19th-century industrialist remembered as a fierce union buster and a founder of U.S. Steel.
		Symington and other Southwest board members were sued for negligence by the Resolution Trust Corp. The case settled for $12.1 million, though Symington did not admit wrongdoing or pay damages.
	www.asu.edu /copp/morrison/feb05.htm (7987 words)

	Cover Story: Fife's Last Stand? (April 17 - April 23, 1997)
		Fife Symington III Has Conducted A Brutally Unfair Attack Against The Tohono O'odham And Other Impoverished Arizona Tribes, Who Are Trying To Better Their Miserable Lot Through Casino Gambling.
		It was then Symington made his infamously quirky statement that he would not only not negotiate a gaming compact with Salt River, but he would not renew existing compacts with the 16 tribes whoose agreements run out in 2003.
		To hedge the bet, Paula and Alan Sears--who are related to Symington's chief of staff--filed a personal lawsuit to block the Salt River compact, thus forcing the Arizona Supreme Court to bar the state from signing any new agreements until the case is settled.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/04-17-97/cover.htm (2955 words)

	ARIZONA
		Symington and the Legislature worked together to create a taxpayer funded council to fight federal mandates; the Arizona Supreme Court responded by declaring this Constitutional Defense Council unconstitutional.
		She had become the first woman Speaker of the House in 1989, and in contrast to Symington's CEO style of leadership, Hull was known for her ability to build consensus.
		When Governor Symington first took office in 1991, one of his first efforts was to implement a program to cut the cost of government.
	www.cppa.utah.edu /westernstatesbudgets/WPSA98/Arizona.htm (5648 words)

	South East Arizona Republican Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Fife Symington III bowed out of the 2006 governor's race on Wednesday, the latest in a string of high-profile Republicans to exit rather than challenge Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano.
		Symington, who served as governor from 1991 to 1997, resigned immediately after being convicted by a federal jury of bank and wire fraud on Sept. 3, 1997.
		Earlier this year, Symington took aim at Napolitano, saying she had failed to carry out tax reforms as promised and that she wants to spend too much on all-day kindergarten.
	searclub.com /?page=news-article&id=1730 (785 words)

	AllPolitics - TIME This Week: June 24, 1996
		Last week's federal indictment repeats many of the allegations made earlier by the pension funds' lawyer, Michael Manning, that there were "wild swings" in Symington's declarations of net worth, depending on whether he was trying to procure a loan or escape repaying it.
		At one point in 1991, according to the indictment, Symington listed his net worth at $4 million for one lender; six weeks later, he told another lender he was $4.1 million in debt.
		Symington's lawyer, John Dowd, calls these "unintended errors and omissions.'' To confuse the issue, Symington's wife Ann Olin Pritzlaff Symington has her own inherited wealth.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/time/9606/24/biema.shtml (494 words)

	Welcome to State Press June 24, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Fife Symington III's misguided attempt at UFO humor Thursday, Arizonans have to be asking themselves when his trip to the outer limits of political debauchery is going to end.
		Symington's straight-faced, official demeanor in playing out his joke was good enough to convince News Channel 3 (KTVK-TV) to broadcast his alien revelation live; it was even produced well enough to coax national news mogul CNN to show up.
		Fife's message to the local new bureaus was intended to show that he's not all bad, and the media needs to lighten up.
	studentmedia.vpsa.asu.edu:16080 /webarchives/1997/97sum/sp/sp062497.html (10161 words)

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		In the political definition of the term, we all read the coroner's report nearly eight years ago, when a federal jury convicted J. Fife Symington III of seven counts of fraud.
		Fife Symington III beat the rap; the factual substance of his guilt never was subject to question.
		Except these: If anyone is to deny Janet Napolitano victory in her second gubernatorial election, J. Fife Symington III is the goober for the job.
	www.tucsoncitizen.com /print/opinion/020905b5_smith (774 words)

	Saturday Breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Symington left office in 1997 after being convicted on bank fraud charges.
		Symington is married to Ann Pritzlaff Symington who is an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church.
		Symington also serves the chairman of Hummingbird Defense Systems Inc., which is involved in airport security around the world.
	www.lacasadecristo.com /mens_ministry/breakfasts/2005/10-08-05/10-08-05.htm (359 words)

	The following report identifies some general characteristics that may be found in a profile of those who commit fraud
		Symington, a two-term governor, faced 21 counts of bank fraud, attempted extortion, and perjury.
		Symington’s fraud started in the 1980’s when he easily obtained loans and lines of credit gave rise to numerous projects that later failed along with the real estate market.
		Symington resorted to fraud to cover up his failed business dealings and to maintain his reputation for success, which undoubtedly influenced his election to governor.
	www.bus.lsu.edu /accounting/faculty/lcrumbley/fraudster.html (2485 words)

	April 98 Bulletin-Actions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Symington is president of and designated broker for the Symington Company, a corporation licensed as a real estate broker.
		On June 13, 1996, an indictment was filed against Symington in U.S. District Court, for the District of Arizona, alleging violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014, 1343, 1951, 152, 2(a) and 2(b).
		VIOLATIONS: Symington has been convicted of a felony within the meaning of A.R.S. Symington has been found guilty of conduct which constitutes fraud or dishonest dealings within the meaning of A.R.S. DISPOSITION: The broker's licenses of John Fife Symington, III, and The Symington Company are revoked.
	www.re.state.az.us /apr98bul_actions.html (3659 words)

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	www.wd-guide.com /United.Kingdom/Fife/Entertainment (364 words)

	Tucson Weekly: Flights Of Fancy (June 26 - July 2, 1997)
		Fife Symington III's surreal press conference last week, where he announced--with the same straight face he'd no doubt used with his many lenders--that state troopers had captured the space alien responsible for those mysterious lights that drifted across Arizona skies on March 13.
		When the ET was brought out on stage, it turned out to be Symington aide Jay Heiler in a Halloween costume.
		The hoax made national news and proved to be a public-relations hit for Symington, even if it did upset staffers at the hapless Phoenix TV station which aired the press conference live.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/06-26-97/curr2.htm (756 words)

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