As someone who has lived in Arizona for almost 30 years, this makes me happy....and angry.
Happy that we have an Attorney General who pursued this case and is holding these frauds accountable for their actions, and sad that it had to come to this.
Conservatives wax poetic about the "good old days," and whine about "participation trophies" handed out to kids. "Goddammit when I was a kid and the other team won, you went out into the middle of the field, lined up, gave them a hi-five, said 'good game' and went back to the locker room."
It was an important life lesson. "You did your best, but the other team was just better today."
These fucksticks not only didn't learn that lesson, but they're teaching their kids that you have a god-given right to win every time, and if you have to cheat a little to get that victory, you're justified.
I hope Mayes doesn't let them off with plea deals.