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Wednesday, May 02, 2018

What is Mesa Mega-Millionaire + AZ State Senator Bob Worsley Up To Now?

Here's Bob Worsley again in the Spotlight on this blog site - Why? . . . That's a reasonable question for sure.
Looks like he's looking to make a fortune in a personally-enriching life after a short shady shrift in politics. His betting game might be up at the end of one term as LD25 AZ Repub State Senator after coming-out as a major gambler mixing up politics and real estate speculation here in downtown Mesa.
Here's an entire listing of every post featured on this blog site than you can find here

> Loose Threads: The Intersection of Sex, Money, Power & Politics

Whoever said Mesa is boring was trying to sell you an urban myth






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Who’s Mugging Mesa?
Mega-Millionaire Bob Worsley Is Crossing The Line Mixing-Up Elected Public Office and Real Estate Speculation

Your MesaZona blogger is excited and thrilled to feature this investigative reporting from The Arizona Daily Independent.
If you have been faithful readers of this blog now with over 178,000 views, thank you very much for being less stupid than some of the folks who like their news "Spoon-Fed" by corporate mainstream media. . .
Here's some damn good hyper-local reporting - take a look
Who’s Mugging Mesa? Mesa’s ASU Project Needed To Make Good On Worsley’s “Bet”(Featured image Credit:
"At the February 26 meeting of the Mesa City Council, Sen. Bob Worsley made a rare appearance in an effort to promote a proposal to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University. The senator’s appearance surprised many Mesa residents who had never before seen their representative show any interest in the City’s business. . .
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Republican Bob Worsley Candidate -  There are two other candidates running in this race all of whom are Republicans: Russell Bowers and Michelle Udall.
Bob Worsley hasn't received any written endorsements on Crowdpac . . .
Link > https://www.crowdpac.com/candidates/123064/bob-worsley

Bob Worsley is Candidate for State House, 25th District, 2018 Primary Election in Arizona (AZ). Explore his positions, donors, and political history. Then, donate to directly to his campaign
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Elections for the office of Arizona State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent Bob Worsley ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 25 general election.
 

WORSLEY, ROBERT M (BOB) has given $740,475 to 16 different filers spanning 6 years. Created with Highcharts 6.1.0 Party Dollar Amount Giving Trends by party of filer $740,475 $740,475 Total $ by Party Republican $0 $200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 ...
WORSLEY, ROBERT M (BOB) has given $740,475 to 16 different filers spanning 6 years
 
May 29, 2014 - Bob Worsley's first run for elected office might as well have been rigged. As the founder of SkyMall — the catalog tucked into airline passenger-seat pockets — he was wealthy enough to loan nearly $200,000 to his Republican primary campaign. He also had the advantage of an unpopular foe: his ...
 
Feb 17, 2014 - Bob Worsley often claims he is “part of the solution to ensuring a future of sustainable energy for generations to come,” In reality his ventures into “Green Energy” have cost the taxpayers millions of dollars and will continue the cost them tens of millions of dollars each year in government loans and subsidies ...

 
Jan 23, 2015 - When Bob Worsley found out last week that SkyMall's parent company had planned to file for bankruptcy, the state senator said he was very upset
 

https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/141302/bob-worsley
Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988.
 

Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988

 
Mr. Robert M. Worsley, also known as Bob, has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Renegy Holdings, Inc. since October 2007 and serves as its President. Mr. Worsley serves as Manager at Renegy Trucking, LLC and Renegy, LLC. Mr. Worsley is a Founder of NZ Legacy, LLC and serves as its Chi.
 

https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=309039
Info, My name is Bob Worsley, some people know me as the founder

 

Sector, Description, Total Expenditures. Administrative, Accountants, compliance & legal services, $850. Administrative travel & lodging, $329. Contributions, Contributions to state & local candidates, $100. Fundraising, Fundraising fees, $2,285. Unclassifiable, Unclassifiable event expenses, $18,085. Unclassifiable, $500.
 
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I became a CPA with Price Waterhouse after graduating from BYU. I grew unsettled with auditing and yearned to be an entrepreneur which eventually led to founding SkyMall, the inflight shopping catalog when I was 33. It was a wonderful 13 years during which I was awarded the 1999 Retail Entrepreneur of the Year in ...
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Looks like he's leading the legislative push on this:
Story image for mesa arizona from East Valley Tribune
East Valley Tribune-5 hours ago
Bob Worsley of Mesa said gas tax revenues have been siphoned off over the years for the High Patrol, robbing dollars for urban and rural transportation needs ... Arizona motorists face a double whammy in the form of higher registration fees and a surcharge on fines for moving violations despite a disagreement among East ...
 
 
 
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Bob Worsley
Arizona’s addictive subsidies game Robert Robb I don’t really like the phrase “crony capitalism,” even though I’ve used it from…




Worsley, Business Partner Behind Alleged Revenge Porn In Montenegro Texting Case A press conference held by attorney Tom Ryan, regarding…

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Loose Threads: The Intersection of Sex, Money, Power & Politics

Whoever said Mesa is boring was trying to sell you an urban myth.
Perhaps politics used to be boring, but it sure ain't no more. It's a potentially combustible combination producing all kinds of reactions and consequences - some that blow-up big time, some that fizzle-out and fade-away, and some that might cause people to pay attention.
Let's focus on two: CD 18 in Pennsylvania and CD8 here in Arizona
PENNSYLVANIA:
Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District
March 14, 2018, 11:11 AM ET
"The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early Wednesday — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that Donald J. Trump won by nearly 20 percentage points. Read more here.
In 2016, Mr. Trump won the district by double digits, but the race between Conor Lamb, a moderate Democrat, and Rick Saccone, a Republican, had become unexpectedly competitive.
Whoever wins will have to decide soon which district to run in this year. The State Supreme Court threw out Pennsylvania’s current congressional map and recently issued a new map with redrawn boundaries. Tim Murphy, a Republican, resigned from the seat last year after reports that he encouraged a woman, with whom he had an affair, to have an abortion. . . " 
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/13
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ARIZONA: Here in Arizona it was the primary election in CD8 that got some attention last week when AZ State Senator Bob Worsley's cultivated squeaky-clean-conservative-and-religious family-man image got tarnished in the media when - Worst Case Scenario or is it? - public-elected office-holder Worsley and his political campaign manager Kent Lyons (who's his business partner in a for-profit risky real estate speculation here in downtown Mesa, the $130-Million-Dollar Habit Metro development) got caught in an alleged Montenegro Revenge Porn Sex/TXT . . . more details in related content below  
Before 'getting a call' from a close cohort of friends in 2012 to rescue the State Congressional seat lost by fellow conservative-religious good friend Jerry Lewis, Mesa Mega-Millionaire Bob Worsley who lives in a 5900+ Sq. Ft. McMansion on Presidio Circle in The Groves in northeast Mesa, Worsley managed to amass a personal fortune. . . once in office he became a proponent of personal corporate welfare for himself and his friends.
Reports go back for years (see below).      
A stranger to most people here in Mesa, Worsley came out publicly last week as a State Senator to promote his own self-reportedly $20 million-gamble in real estate speculation for private profit in a swarm of low-ball sell-offs and buy-ins on more than ten downtown Mesa properties. . .
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This story has a LOT going on 12news.com/article/news/l…

 

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OK that's just one way to do a story - there's so much more when you look into the closet of what else State Senator has done while in public office. No doubt some of it is good, but there's also no doubt that some other things for this public servant deserve the public's attention for things that might be conflicts-of-interest.  
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Some related content on Worsley's other deals:
2 shuttered Snowflake power plants purchased by Senator Worsley

By Bob Christie Associated Press July 30, 2013 , 3:38 pm
Two shuttered power plants near the small eastern Arizona town of Snowflake have been purchased by a company controlled by Arizona state Sen. Bob Worsley, . . .
The connected 80-megawatt coal-fired plant will either be converted to natural gas or get new low-emission technology before restarting.
Blogger Note: See below for Worsley's actions to get tax credits for conversion to renewables - the bill establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for investments of at least $300 million in a three-year period, . . .credit is $1 million per year for five years for each renewable energy facility, and the maximum credit allowed per taxpayer per year is $5 million.
“It will not be restarted in its current configuration,” Worsley said.
Worsley’s Nova Power LLC also bought 7,000 acres around the plants that include a landfill for plant ashes.
He and local investors put up $12 million to restart the plants.
Worsley developed the biomass plant 10 miles west of Snowflake in 2008 and sold it in 2010. . .  
Worsley, a Republican who founded the advertising magazine SkyMall, said he has 10-year agreements to sell power to Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project.
That revenue stream will help the plants turn a profit.

Source: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/30 
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Here's State Senator Bob Worsley pushing a bill in the AZ State House that could directly benefit him personally:
Committee adopts renewable energy tax incentives, adds nuclear to renewables
Posted by   /  February 19, 2014 
By Phil Riske, managing editor | Rose Law Group Reporter
STATE CAPITOLIts sponsor saying renewable energy is the best source of economic development in Arizona, a bill providing tax incentives for renewable energy facilities was unanimously adopted Wednesday by the Senate Commerce, Energy & Military Committee on a 5-0 vote.
SB 1484 establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for investments of at least $300 million in a three-year period in new renewable energy facilities that produce energy for self-consumption using renewable energy resources if the power would be used primarily for manufacturing.
Sen. Bob Worsley
Sen. Bob Worsley
“These industries are most potent” in driving state’s economy,” said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Bob Worsley, R-Mesa. “This is a way to attract a different breed of clientele.”
The credit is $1 million per year for five years for each renewable energy facility, and the maximum credit allowed per taxpayer per year is $5 million.
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