PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has yet to tell taxpayers how much of their money she is spending to defend herself in a “pay-to-play” probe — more than two months after being asked to comply under the state’s Public Records Law, and with less that a week left until the election.
Her office has failed to disclose how much has been paid to the law firm of Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman to convince Attorney General Kris Mayes that Hobbs, in her official capacity as governor, had nothing to do with the decisions to pay more money to Sunshine Residential to house foster children. Sunshine had given $400,000 to her inaugural campaign and the Arizona Democratic Party.
The law firm’s work by Anne Chapman also got Mayes to back off her request that Hobbs answer questions, in person, about what she knew and her dealings with Sunshine and company CEO Simon Kottoor.
