At a hearing Wednesday, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors waived attorney-client privilege to allow County Attorney Kent Volkmer to publicly refute allegations made against himself and County Recorder Dana Lewis.And supervisors scoffed at one of their colleagues’ threat of legal action against Lewis, the county’s top election official.
The Pinal County supervisor serving Maricopa in District 1 filed a $456,000 claim against the county and calls for the ousting of appointed County Recorder Dana Lewis .Coolidge Republican Kevin Cavanaugh charges Lewis with defamation, claiming an anonymous source in the elections office said Lewis plays “white noise” in her office because she believes Cavanaugh is “tapping” her conversations.Cavanaugh claims Lewis published false and defamatory information suggesting he engaged in a federal crime. What information has been published was not specified in Cavanaugh’s complaint.A candidate for Pinal County sheriff, Cavanaugh seeks damages for “reputational harm and impact to future employment.”Cavanaugh claims Lewis, as the county’s elections director, should be removed because she is biased against him.Lewis is running for her first full term as county recorder and elections director in the Nov. 5 general election.“No reasonable person can believe that Dana Lewis will a
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