Terry Goddard in 2018 with boxes of petitions for an initiative to ban dark money in politics.
Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is on his third attempt to rid elections of so-called “dark money,” this time by changing state election laws.
In current law, people who directly donate more than $50 to a candidate or initiative campaign must publicly disclose who they are. But there is no such disclosure law for those who donate to third party entities working on behalf of a candidate or initiative.
This new initiative Goddard is trying to put on the Arizona ballot, if passed, would require the public disclosure of the true source of donations of more than $5,000 spent by organizations in support of, or opposing, any candidate or ballot measure. Current law exempts these social welfare organizations from having to list their contributors.
Sedona Red Rock News
Adam Dearmon, aka “Adam ‘Yellowbird’ DeArmon”
Detectives from Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking, a multi-agency task force, arrested Adam Dearmon, 49, of Camp Verde with multiple drug offenses after $30,000 worth of mescaline, a psychedelic drug found in peyote, was discovered inside his home on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
This arrest comes after an intensive investigation conducted in partnership with PANT, YCSO and the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office.
The investigation revealed Dearmon was allegedly running a large-scale illegal drug business out of his home located in the 400 block of West Angus Drive in Camp Verde.
During the search of the residence on Feb. 2, investigators found 8.9 Pounds of mescaline, 427 live peyote cacti, 83 marijuana plants, 29 pounds of dry peyote, 59 pounds of processed marijuana, 5 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, and 7 LSD tabs. There were many other substances found inside the residence and detectives are wor