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| Image from the governor's Twitter account twitter.com/dougducey |
"The governor’s office never announced that Bill Montgomery, the former JAG and Maricopa County Attorney, would be sworn in Friday, and only confirmed the swearing in after the fact, when Gov. Doug Ducey tweeted out a photo of the swearing in ceremony congratulating Montgomery and calling him “one of the finest County Attorneys (sic) our state has known
The swearing in was brought to the attention of the media by Hank Stephenson, a veteran journalist who edits the political insider tipsheet Yellow Sheet Report. He reported on Twitter Friday morning that sources had told him that Montgomery would be sworn in privately and the ceremony would be attended only by family and friends"
Looks like Governor Ducey likes to feed the public 'dog-food' on his Twitter account - stone cold silent and after the secret swearing-in when reporters with the Arizona Mirror, Arizona Capitol Times, The Arizona Republic and 12 News all attempted to get access to the swearing in, but were told that it was a private ceremony.
Bill Montgomery sworn in during private ceremony
< Here's the opening image and this caption:"Bill Montgomery, after being sworn in as a supreme court justice, walks past reporters in the basement of the Executive Tower. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror."
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". . . Montgomery served as Maricopa county attorney since 2010, and faced stiff opposition and criticism on his way to the highest court in the state.
Montgomery was escorted out of the Executive Tower by the basement, flanked by family and security as he walked briskly by the press.
As he left the building’s underground parking garage, Montgomery peeled out and sped past reporters waiting to get a photo.
