Well-known
policy advisor Kimberly
Yee has been appointed to replace
former Rep. Doug Quelland.
The
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors made
the selection on Aug. 2.
Yee
was one of three names that precinct
committee persons from Legislative
District 10 earlier submitted to the
board. The other two people nominated were
Francine Romesburg and Henry Grosjean.
Yee
has been in the public affairs arena for
more than a dozen years.
She
has served as director of communications
and government affairs for State Treasurer
Dean Martin
She
was also deputy cabinet secretary to
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a
senior research analyst in the Arizona
Senate and a policy analyst for the State
Board of Education in California Gov. Pete
Wilson’s administration.
In
a news release, Maricopa County Supervisor
Max Wilson said he nominated Yee after
consulting with Gov. Jan Brewer and House
Speaker Kirk Adams.
Yee,
who is also running for the House in a
contested primary, will serve the rest of
Quelland’s term. Quelland was removed from
office, and his seat declared vacant, in
May.
Quelland
fought hard to keep his seat after the
Arizona Citizens Clean Elections
Commission found last year that he
violated campaign finance rules during his
2008 campaign for the House by paying a
consultant to do political work with money
from his business.
The
expenditures, the commission argued,
violated rules for publicly funded
candidates.
Quelland
denied the allegations, arguing that any
political work done by the consultant was
made on a volunteer basis and that he paid
only for work done for his business.
He
also said he was denied due process when
his office was declared vacant.
By
Arizona Capitol Times Staff
Published:
August 2, 2010 at 10:49 am
Supervisors name
replacement for ousted lawmaker
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