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Former Arizona prosecutor and State Treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny's call for shining a spotlight on out-of-control spending at all levels of government "rankled" the politicians and bureaucrats gathered at the annual meeting of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, according to the Arizona Republic.
Cherny Lays Out Plan to Attack Government Waste
(8/27/2010)
We’ll use the Treasurer’s audit power to go after waste, shine a light on the darkest parts of the government, and eliminate the perks and special deals at taxpayer expense.
Cherny is the first Democrat on a federal or statewide level that Kolbe has endorsed.
Cherny Challenges Ducey to Debates
(8/25/2010)
Former Arizona prosecutor and State Treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny today challenged opponent Douglas Ducey to a series of four or more debates preceding the general election.
Here's what we know so far about Douglas Ducey: He failed to pay the taxes on his Paradise Valley mansion until the day after he kicked off his campaign for Treasurer. He did not show up to vote 80% of the time including never voting in a Republican primary for Treasurer or any other state office. He has refused to reveal his own investments even as every other Treasurer candidate in both parties has done so. He drove his business into the ditch and his franchisees into bankruptcy and despair.
“I see my role as treasurer as being the tax payer's bulldog and going into state government and looking at where we are putting our state investments and what is happening on Wall Street using the treasurer's audit power that hasn't been used to go after the state bureaucracy.”
Douglas Ducey has been running for Treasurer for six months, and according to his campaign finance filings with the Secretary of State, has managed to receive only 22 contributions from Arizonans outside of Maricopa County.
Cherny's Capitol news conference came a day after The Arizona Republic reported that Ducey had a lien placed on his Paradise Valley home after failing to pay taxes for two years.
"At the end of the day, it's my responsibility," said Ducey, 46, the former CEO of Cold Stone Creamery.
Community leaders joined former Arizona prosecutor and State Treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny on Monday to condemn Douglas Ducey's failure to pay his property taxes on time in three of the last four years.
I believe that’s the job of the Treasurer and that’s why this latest revelation about Douglas
Ducey is so disturbing.
On Monday, August 9 at 1:30 p.m. on the State Capitol lawn, former Arizona prosecutor and State Treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny will be joined by local school board members and neighborhood leaders to condemn Douglas Ducey's failure to pay his taxes.
Former Arizona prosecutor and State Treasurer candidate today called on state leaders to cancel the planned special session on union voting procedures and instead call a special session to pass an economic recovery plan.
State Treasurer Candidate and Former Assistant Attorney General Andrei Cherny paid a visit to Arizona City on Tuesday, July 20 at the AC Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon, which was held at Country Pride at the Travel Centers of America on Toltec Road.
Andrei Cherny, a Democrat running for state treasurer, was a guest speaker during the weekly Benson Rotary luncheon, held recently at Butterfield RV Park.
It's been three weeks today since State Treasurer candidate Douglas Ducey's deadline to reveal his personal investments passed.
“We don’t know which stocks and corporate bonds “we the people” of Arizona own,” said Cherny. “This is our money – not the government’s money – not the State Treasurer’s money – and we have a right to know how it’s being spent.”
As a prosecutor, I know that sunlight is the best way to guard against corruption in state government, transparency leads to reform, and information gives citizens the tools to hold their public officials accountable.
The idea at the center of the historic Wall Street reform passed by Congress today and headed for President Obama's signature was partially brought to life here in Arizona.
Cherny Announces Top Campaign Staff
(7/13/2010)
State Treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny today announced the appointment of Bill Scheel as campaign manager.
Cherny Invites Republican Treasurer Candidates to Join HIm at Transparency Press Conference
(7/12/2010)
Continues Demand that State Treasurer Dean Martin Immediately Release the Full List of Stocks and Bonds Bought with Education Endowment and Other Funds
Invitation to State Treasurer candidates
(7/11/2010)
This is the people’s money – not the government's money – and citizens have a right to know.
Respected State Senator Barbara Leff makes the case in televised debate for why millionaire Treasurer candidate needs to come clean on his personal finances
This Week at Rotary - Gila Bend Sun
(7/2/2010)
Andrei Cherny was guest speaker at Monday’s Rotary meeting.
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State Treasurer candidate again leads the fundraising pack of statewide candidates with massive grassroots support
Andrei Cherny, left, former White House economic advisor and current Democratic candidate for State Treasurer talks to Don Berry (from right) as "Dutch" Luchtel and Dwight Snyder listen in at Tuesday's White Montain Rotary Club meeting in Show Low.
Clock is Ticking for Ducey to Come Clean
(6/25/2010)
Money deadline for millionaire State Treasurer candidate to reveal his investments is rapidly approaching
Andrei Cherny, the Democratic candidate for Arizona State Treasurer, wants to be much more than the state’s investment broker. He wants to reshape Arizona’s economic future by drafting an economic strategy and working with the legislature to adopt it.
Time for Douglas Ducey to Disclose his Dollars
(6/23/2010)
In the wake of misleading financial disclosure, Cherny calls on Ducey to reveal his assets and holdings by Monday.
The public is invited June 22 when State Treasurer Candidate Andrei Cherny meets with the White Mountain Rotary club to discuss the challenges facing the Arizona economy. Cherny will be speaking at 7 a.m. at Mateo's Mexican Grill , 4817 S. White Mountain Rd, Show Low.
The first "Meet the Democratic Candidates Day" held June 5 in Solomon delivered a wallop to a crowd of community leaders and curious Graham County voters.
Andrei is a candidate for the office of the State Treasurer of Arizona. He will be speaking in Oracle at the Community Center on Thursday, June 17, as part of the “Third Thursday of the Month Speaker Series.”
Andrei Cherny is on a mission.
So suggests the Democratic candidate for state treasurer, making his first run at elected office in Arizona.
Treasurer hopeful Cherny says state must become solar power leader
Andrei Cherny Makes Ballot For State Treasurer
(5/24/2010)
Former Arizona Assistant Attorney General and economic policy expert Andrei Cherny today filed over 8,200 nominating signatures in order to qualify for the ballot as a candidate for Arizona State Treasurer. Since he is unopposed in the primary, he will be the Democratic nominee in November.
The voters have a right to know where Mr. Ducey stands on this important issue.
What's the Matter with Arizona? -- POLITICO
(4/21/2010)
Arizona is an independent-minded, centrist state with a government bogged down in never-ending partisan trench warfare.
Arizonans have a right to know what government is doing with their money – but that right is being violated every day and its time that changed.
Al Gore enters Arizona's political fray
(4/9/2010)
Cherny has grabbed a lot of attention for a race that usually goes relatively unnoticed by Arizona voters.
If I am elected State Treasurer, the days of Wall Street banks and corporations yanking Arizona's chain will come to an end.
The biggest drag on the state economy is not lack of capital, but lack of leadership in the state Capitol. To grow our economy, Arizona needs to become home to a "new entrepreneurial economy" - one that makes it easier for new businesses to thrive.
Cherny Calls on Attorney General's Office to Investigate Charge Against Treasurer Dean Martin
(3/2/2010)
The billions of dollars managed by the State Treasurer are the people’s money and they have the right to know what is going on.
Cherny said, “I’m especially proud of the fact that the great majority of our contributors gave $100 or less. We are doing what we set out to do: build a grassroots movement for change to turn our economy around.”
Andrei The Giant? -- Arizona Republic
(1/10/2010)
"People are engaged," said Cherny, who hopes to use the Treasurer's Office as a platform to resurrect the Arizona economy. "People are feeling like we can actually do something different in this state."
Cherny pins hopes on solar -- Eloy Enterprise
(8/15/2009)
"We as a state are going to have to decide, are we going to be a state that is competing with all these other states that are moving fast into the future, or are we competing just for the low wage jobs out there? This is the moment where we're going to have to decide, over the next couple of years. With things like solar, we don't get another chance. This race between all these states and countries won't happen for much longer....It's an all-hands-on-deck kind of moment right now."
Mr. Cherny is a former White House advisor who has worked across party lines to put in place ideas that work in the 21st century.
Job creation and education investment are two things that Andrei Cherny believes need to be taken more seriously in Yuma and throughout Arizona.
If Arizona misses its chance to become a leader in solar energy, the state won't get any second chances, according to former state Assistant Attorney General Andrei Cherny.
Cherny launches campaign -- Mohave Daily News
(6/30/2009)
“We don't have the right kind of economic policies in place,” Cherny said. “It's like the gang that can't shoot straight.”
Arizona's deadline for a passed budget has come and gone and Cherny says it's irresponsible that the legislature is on holiday break.
Announcement Speech
(4/16/2009)
I believe Arizonans deserve a better return on their tax returns, that we need new economic policies that invest in our people and in our future, and that we have to revolutionize the way our government works. I believe we need new leadership that will turn Arizona’s economy around and that’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for State Treasurer.
Cherny said that if elected he would invest more of the state's assets in Arizona firms in an effort to fuel job creation over the long term. He criticized state economic policies as ineffective.
"Our state leaders' decisions have put us in the hole economically and it is going to take new leadership to turn our economy around," Cherny said.
Cherny announces bid for treasurer, calls for more solar investment -- Arizona Capitol Times
(4/16/2009)
Cherny said policymakers have miscalculated the importance of diversifying the workforce, which has exacerbated Arizona's economic trouble. He said too many hard-working people have been laid off from their jobs and have lost their homes. "This didn't have to happen," he said. "Our state leaders failed to invest in the jobs of the future."
"Investing in Arizona, investing in industries of the future here in this state that are going to reap a good rate of return for us, but also create new jobs is more responsible than just putting that money on Wall Street," Cherny said during an announcement in front of the state Capitol. "We have lost hundreds of millions over the past year. I don't believe that alone is the prudent way of investing our money."
“We need a Treasurer that’s going to be pushing an economic plan that will bring long-term prosperity to all of our citizens,” Cherny said.
Andrei Cherny, author of the best-selling book, "The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour" will be the featured speaker at the Coconino County Democratic Party's Roosevelt Kennedy dinner...
No one who has taken even a quick look at the fiscal crisis confronting Governor Jan Brewer believes that there are easy answers...
Brewer on Taxes: Take It From a Democrat, This Is Exactly the Wrong Direction -- East Valley Tribune
(3/1/2009)
Our state’s central challenge is that we have a GM era government in a Google age – until we change that we’ll keep on having GM’s bottom line...
