By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services/East Valley Tribune
The three Republican candidates for Arizona Corporation Commission agreed Tuesday to surrender a total of nearly $29,000 in public funds to settle claims that they misused money given to them for their primary.
In a conciliation agreement with the Citizens Clean Elections Commission, Bob Burns, Susan Bitter Smith and Bob Stump did not admit they did anything wrong in criticizing their Democratic foes in a mailer sent out for a Republican primary. Instead, they said they were agreeing to a settlement to put the issue behind them.
