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He was the prime sponsor of SB 1412 in 2000,<ref>http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=143&Legislature=44&Session_ID=63</ref> a controversial [[alternative fuels]] program that cost the Arizona taxpayers over $100 million.<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/03/20/20090320brewer-altfuels0320.html</ref> As a legislator he tried to take advantage of the program by buying five vehicles at government expense.<ref name="azcentral.com">http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2011/03/10/20110310thur1-10.html</ref>
He was the prime sponsor of SB 1412 in 2000, which was a bill that died in committee. <ref>http://www.azleg.gov//FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/44leg/2r/bills/sb1412o.asp&Session_ID=63</ref>. Bundgaard was later tasked by Governor Jane Hull to lead a committee to dissolve a controversial [[alternative fuels]] program that cost the Arizona taxpayers over $100 million.<ref>http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/44leg/7s/comm_min/senate/1129%20fin.doc.htm</ref> As a legislator who chaired that committee, he personally went through the alt fuels program in an attempt to buy five vehicles to demonstrate the lunacy and ineffectiveness of the program.<ref>http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/44leg/7s/comm_min/senate/1129%20fin.doc.htm</ref>


In 1999, Bundgaard attempted to work with the Department of Environmental Quality to remove an environmental polluter who lived and worked in his legislative district. Bundgaard worked with all parties - neighbors, DEQ, business owners, attorneys - in an attempt to find a solution to remove the polluter without further expense by taxpayers to resolve this. Bundgaard said, "You're right, I intervened. But I'm here to come up with solutions to these problems. And the solution was to find a way to remove a guy who's accused of polluting from this neighborhood that has encroached on his operation."<ref>http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/scott-free-6421356</ref>
In 1999 he was investigated for improper interference with local authorities on behalf of an industrial environmental polluter.<ref>http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-07-08/news/keep-on-truckin/</ref>


He was fined $3,500 by the [[Federal Elections Commission]] for improper campaign finance reporting during the 2002 congressional campaign.<ref>http://www.fec.gov/press/press2004/20040212af.html</ref>
He was fined $3,500 by the [[Federal Elections Commission]] for failure to timely file a campaign finance report during the 2002 congressional campaign.<ref>http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsADR/24092550063.pdf#search=AF%20982</ref>


Scott Bundgaard has a long history of civil<ref name="superiorcourt.maricopa.gov">http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/CivilCourtCases/caseSearchResults.asp?lastName=Bundgaard&FirstName=Scott&bName=</ref> and criminal<ref>http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/JusticeCourtCases/caseSearchResults.asp?lastName=Bundgaard&FirstName=Scott&bName=</ref> litigation. In the 1986 he was convicted of burglary. After he had served his sentence his [[felony]] conviction was "expunged."<ref name="State Sen. Bundgaard involved in domestic violence incident" >[http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/02/26/20110226bundgaard-arrest-violencebrk.html State Sen. Bundgaard involved in domestic violence incident<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2003 he was sued by a client for mishandling funds and subsequently surrendered his securities license.<ref name="azcentral.com"/>
Scott Bundgaard has a long history of civil<ref name="superiorcourt.maricopa.gov">http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/CivilCourtCases/caseSearchResults.asp?lastName=Bundgaard&FirstName=Scott&bName=</ref> litigation that he has initiated. In 1986, he was convicted of third degree burglary. After he had served his sentence, his [[felony]] conviction was "expunged."<ref name="State Sen. Bundgaard involved in domestic violence incident" >[http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/02/26/20110226bundgaard-arrest-violencebrk.html State Sen. Bundgaard involved in domestic violence incident<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


In 2003, the brokerage company he worked for was sued by a client for a loss of funds. The client was upset that he lost money that he had placed into a technology mutual fund. A settlement agreement was reached. Bundgaard sold his book of business several years later and voluntarily left the securities industry.<ref>http://brokercheck.finra.org/Individual/Summary/2934901</ref>
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In 2006 he was married in a [[covenant marriage]] but his wife had to call the police during the honeymoon.<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/121356</ref> She had the union annulled shortly thereafter<ref name="Ethics inquiry vs. Bundgaard on table">[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2011/03/01/20110301xgr-bundgaard0301.html Ethics inquiry vs. Bundgaard on table]</ref> citing threats and [[domestic violence]] as reasons.<ref name="blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com">http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/03/state_senator_scott_bundgaards.php</ref><ref name="blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com"/>


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In 2006, he was married in a [[covenant marriage]] but his wife had to call the police during the honeymoon, because she wanted to return home to her parents.<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/121356</ref> One year later, Bundgaard agreed to annul the covenant marriage <ref name="Ethics inquiry vs. Bundgaard on table">[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2011/03/01/20110301xgr-bundgaard0301.html Ethics inquiry vs. Bundgaard on table]</ref> citing threats and [[domestic violence]] as reasons.<ref name="blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com">http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/03/state_senator_scott_bundgaards.php</ref><ref name="blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com"/>
He used his friendship with a judge in 2010 to get special consideration regarding a traffic citation he received resulting in a reprimand by the Supreme Court for the judge and additional expense to law enforcement.<ref>http://www.kpho.com/story/25245919/valleyjudge-questioned-about-self-promotion</ref>


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In December 2012 Bundgaard filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit against the City of Phoenix alleging that three police officers, the mayor of Phoenix, the chief of police, five civilian witnesses and the victim of his domestic violence attack conspired to defame his character.<ref>{{cite news|title= Bundgaard files lawsuit against Phoenix|url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20121219bundgaard-files-lawsuit-against-phoenix.html?nclick_check=1 |newspaper=Arizona Republic|accessdate=2012-12-22|date=2012-12-20}}</ref> The case was transferred to federal district court.<ref>name="superiorcourt.maricopa.gov"</ref> In March 2014 he requested the lawsuit be dismissed without a judgement, because the parties had agreed to a confidential settlement agreement.<ref>
In September 2011 Mr. Bundgaard filed ethics complaints against members of the Senate Ethics Committee who had voted to investigate him for ethics violations. Interim committee members were appointed and the charges against the original committee members were investigated and dismissed. Shortly thereafter Mr. Bundgaard's attorneys withdrew from his case having not received payment for any billings since Mr. Bundgaard first engaged them. His legal bill for his criminal case is believed to be nearly one hundred thousand dollars.<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2011/09/27/20110927bundgaard-complaint-dismissed-by-biggs.html</ref>
http://www.scottbundgaard.com/post/80087218861/lawsuit-against-ballard-city-of-phoenix-settled</ref>

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In December 2012 Bundgaard filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit against the City of Phoenix alleging that three police officers, the mayor of Phoenix, the chief of police, five civilian witnesses and the victim of his domestic violence attack conspired to defame his character.<ref>{{cite news|title= Bundgaard files lawsuit against Phoenix|url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20121219bundgaard-files-lawsuit-against-phoenix.html?nclick_check=1 |newspaper=Arizona Republic|accessdate=2012-12-22|date=2012-12-20}}</ref> The case was transferred to federal district court.<ref>name="superiorcourt.maricopa.gov"</ref> In March 2014 he requested the lawsuit be dismissed without a judgement.<ref>
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/03/17/arizona-lawmaker-scott-bundgaard-fight-lawsuit/6544505/</ref>


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Scott Bundgaard
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 4th district
In office
January 10, 2011 – January 6, 2012
Succeeded byJudy Burges
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 19th district
In office
January 13, 1997 – January 13, 2003
Preceded byJan Brewer
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 19th district
In office
January 9, 1995 – January 13, 1997
Preceded byNancy Wessel
John Keegan
Succeeded byRoberta Voss
Personal details
Born (1968-01-11) January 11, 1968 (age 56)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Alma materArizona State University

Scott Bundgaard is a Republican politician who served in the Arizona legislature.

He served as the majority leader of the Arizona State Senate from January 10, 2011 until was he removed as Majority Leader on March 15, 2011 by a vote of the Senate Republican caucus due to a personal scandal.[1]

On January 6, 2012 he abruptly resigned from the Senate just before he was to testify before the Ethics Committee investigating charges of his personal and official misconduct.[2] Bundgaard had previously served in the Arizona State Senate for six years (1997–2003) and Arizona House of Representatives for two years (1995-1997).

In 2000 Bundgaard was a prime sponsor of Senate Bill 1220[3] which created the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority to build taxpayer-funded stadiums for National Football League and major league baseball teams.[4]

While serving in the Senate, Bundgaard worked on matters of fiscal policy by cutting taxes and cutting spending, working to eliminate affirmative action programs,[5] end dependence on foreign fuels by promoting renewable energy,[6] and working to protect the public from unsafe products and financial scams.[7] He also tried to end restrictions by public schools against student-led Bible clubs,[8] and put pressure on home owner's associations who worked to prevent members from flying the American flag[9]

He ran unsuccessfully in 2002 for the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives in Arizona's second congressional district, receiving only 16.1% of the vote.[10] He returned to the state senate in 2011 after winning election to the open District 4 Senate seat.

Controversies

Endangerment

On the evening of February 25, 2011 police responded to a call regarding a man, later identified as Bundgaard, pulling a woman out of a car in Phoenix Arizona.[11] Both Bundgaard and his girlfriend showed marks of a physical altercation.[12] Both were taken into custody but only his girlfriend was arrested because a majority of the Phoenix Poilce officers did not believe they had probable cause to arrest Bundgaard for anything. Bundgaard was named the victim of domestic violence by Phoenix Police officers and was issued a Victim Rights pamphlet that informed Bundgaard of his rights as a crime victim.[13] Over three months later, on June 10, 2011 he was served with a summons[14] and complaint[15] for assault (ARS 13-1203A), endangerment (ARS 13-1201A), and domestic violence (ARS 13-3601A).

At Bundgaard's Initial Appearance in Phoenix City Court, the prosecution asked his attorney if they would agree to meet and discuss a possible plea bargain. On August 16, 2011, after negotiations between both the Senator's attorneys and prosecutors, he pleaded no contest to endangerment (ARS 13-1201A) for pulling over onto the wrong side of the highway and agreed to participate in domestic violence classes for six months. He was ordered to pay his victim $1,336.99 in criminal restitution.[16] A "no contest" plea is treated by the courts like a guilty plea.[17]

Bundgaard later filed a lawsuit [18] against Ballard and the City of Phoenix. [19] The lawsuit by Bundgaard was dropped as a settlement agreement was reached. [20] Bundgaard said, “After two years of litigation, I’ve achieved vindication. I never wavered from my claims of innocence against the false allegations from Aubry Ballard and corrupt city officials. As a result, I recently reached a confidential settlement agreement with Ms. Ballard."[21]

Other Controversies

He was the prime sponsor of SB 1412 in 2000, which was a bill that died in committee. [22]. Bundgaard was later tasked by Governor Jane Hull to lead a committee to dissolve a controversial alternative fuels program that cost the Arizona taxpayers over $100 million.[23] As a legislator who chaired that committee, he personally went through the alt fuels program in an attempt to buy five vehicles to demonstrate the lunacy and ineffectiveness of the program.[24]

In 1999, Bundgaard attempted to work with the Department of Environmental Quality to remove an environmental polluter who lived and worked in his legislative district. Bundgaard worked with all parties - neighbors, DEQ, business owners, attorneys - in an attempt to find a solution to remove the polluter without further expense by taxpayers to resolve this. Bundgaard said, "You're right, I intervened. But I'm here to come up with solutions to these problems. And the solution was to find a way to remove a guy who's accused of polluting from this neighborhood that has encroached on his operation."[25]

He was fined $3,500 by the Federal Elections Commission for failure to timely file a campaign finance report during the 2002 congressional campaign.[26]

Scott Bundgaard has a long history of civil[27] litigation that he has initiated. In 1986, he was convicted of third degree burglary. After he had served his sentence, his felony conviction was "expunged."[28]

In 2003, the brokerage company he worked for was sued by a client for a loss of funds. The client was upset that he lost money that he had placed into a technology mutual fund. A settlement agreement was reached. Bundgaard sold his book of business several years later and voluntarily left the securities industry.[29]

In 2006, he was married in a covenant marriage but his wife had to call the police during the honeymoon, because she wanted to return home to her parents.[30] One year later, Bundgaard agreed to annul the covenant marriage [31] citing threats and domestic violence as reasons.[32][32]

In December 2012 Bundgaard filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit against the City of Phoenix alleging that three police officers, the mayor of Phoenix, the chief of police, five civilian witnesses and the victim of his domestic violence attack conspired to defame his character.[33] The case was transferred to federal district court.[34] In March 2014 he requested the lawsuit be dismissed without a judgement, because the parties had agreed to a confidential settlement agreement.[35]

References

  1. ^ http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/southwest/view/20110315ariz_senate_republicans_oust__scott_bundgaard_as_leader/srvc=home&position=recent
  2. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2012/01/06/20120106bundgaard-ethics-hearing-testimony-continues.html
  3. ^ Bill status Overview
  4. ^ History Behind AZSTA
  5. ^ Michelle Malkin » McCain finally endorses campaign to end racial preferences…or does he?
  6. ^ Solar News
  7. ^ http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/azrepublic-11092002.htm[unreliable source?]
  8. ^ Education Week: News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
  9. ^ Politicians call for change of rules![unreliable source?]
  10. ^ http://www.azsos.gov/election/2002/Primary/Canvass2002PE.pdf
  11. ^ Phoenix News – Arizona Local News Headlines
  12. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/02/26/20110226bundgaard-arrest-violencebrk.html
  13. ^ http://www.scottbundgaard.com/post/36676773001/bundgaardvictim
  14. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/arizona-senator-bundgaard-summons.pdf
  15. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/arizona-senator-bundgaard-complaint.pdf
  16. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/20130329top-judges-goals-communication-fairness.html
  17. ^ http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1331
  18. ^ http://sonoranalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bundgaard_Claim_062912.pdf
  19. ^ http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/state/ex-ariz-legislator-scott-bundgaard-files-lawsuit-against-phoenix
  20. ^ http://www.scottbundgaard.com/post/80087218861/lawsuit-against-ballard-city-of-phoenix-settled
  21. ^ http://www.scottbundgaard.com/post/80087218861/lawsuit-against-ballard-city-of-phoenix-settled
  22. ^ http://www.azleg.gov//FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/44leg/2r/bills/sb1412o.asp&Session_ID=63
  23. ^ http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/44leg/7s/comm_min/senate/1129%20fin.doc.htm
  24. ^ http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/44leg/7s/comm_min/senate/1129%20fin.doc.htm
  25. ^ http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/scott-free-6421356
  26. ^ http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsADR/24092550063.pdf#search=AF%20982
  27. ^ http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/CivilCourtCases/caseSearchResults.asp?lastName=Bundgaard&FirstName=Scott&bName=
  28. ^ State Sen. Bundgaard involved in domestic violence incident
  29. ^ http://brokercheck.finra.org/Individual/Summary/2934901
  30. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/121356
  31. ^ Ethics inquiry vs. Bundgaard on table
  32. ^ a b http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/03/state_senator_scott_bundgaards.php
  33. ^ "Bundgaard files lawsuit against Phoenix". Arizona Republic. December 20, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  34. ^ name="superiorcourt.maricopa.gov"
  35. ^ http://www.scottbundgaard.com/post/80087218861/lawsuit-against-ballard-city-of-phoenix-settled
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