Arizona Congressman Renzi Indicted

Arizona US Representative Rick Renzi was indicted on 35 criminal counts of various offenses on Friday 22 February. Renzi is the seventh sitting US Congressman to either be indicted or face criminal charges this decade, a disgrace and shame for Americans, and another in a long list of Arizona politicians to be identified as criminally malfeasant over the years. Renzi, 49, has been in the House since 2002, representing the 1st Congressional District in Arizona, an area in northern and eastern Arizona largely made up of Indian reservations, public land, and sparsely populated rural areas and small towns. Renzi very well may resign his seat in the coming weeks to spare Arizona of yet another sitting accused criminal sitting in public office. Renzi's voting record has been strongly conservative and exclusively supportive of corporations and big money interests at the expense of his constituency, Arizonans, and other lower and middle class American citizens throughtout the nation. He will be arraigned in Tucson on Thursday 6 March. If Renzi resigns before 4 May, a special election will be held to fill out the remainder of his term. If he resigns after 4 May, the seat would be vacated until after the general election in November and the subsequent installing of a new congressman in January '09.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/77720.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Renzi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona%27s_1st_congressional_district

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rick_Renzi

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