Alright, here's the Andrew Thomas story i've been talking about for a while. The reason it has taken me so long to write is that i had a job. Now that that's out of the way, i have time to write this story.

Full disclosure: My dad and uncles are part owners of Ajo Al's Mexican Cafe. Without going into too much detail, they're essentially stock holders. They invest and have zero to do with the day to day operations of the restaurant. Moving on.

Andrew Thomas is the Maricopa County Attorney and has recently made news because he has issued charges against the owner of Ajo Al's, Pat Daines, as well as the investors because of "health violations." This is not only unprecedented but what he alleges is entirely unproven by scientific evidence. I'll let this article explain the rest of the details. By the way, this article was in the Arizona Republic and is re-posted on the blog of a lawyer who specializes in Shigella cases. You can't even call him an ambulance chaser, because there's rarely an ambulance involved in food poisoning. Ass.

So since Andy decided to make up laws and ways to prosecute them, i thought i'd take a look at some of his other wise decisions while acting as prosecutor to our fine county.

Andy approves lucarative contracts to his old law firm.

Andy and Joe Arpaio get into bed together.

Andy charges illegal immigrants with smuggling themselves. (And then a judge rightfully dismisses the charges.)

Andy refuses to uphold law or do his job.

Andy loves kickbacks.

In the end, the restaurant has defended itself and appears to be surviving. But still, the owners have had warrants out for their arrests, have turned themselves in and have been fingerprinted and had mugshots taken...This is the equivalent of owning stock in the P.F. Changs Corporation and being arrested when one restaurant has a violation. In other words, it's retarded.