By Brian Wright | Maricopa Monitor
Pinal County attorney Lando Voyles made sweeping changes to his department shortly after taking office in late December, and it appears more changes are on the way.
Voyles, a Republican, was sworn in as county attorney Dec. 29, and just days later, he fired nearly a dozen attorneys – amounting to approximately 25 percent of the total workforce – from the County Attorney’s Office.
On Thursday, the County Attorney’s Office announced in a statement its intent to pursue the transfer of the child support division to control of the state. Those functions can be carried out by the Attorney General’s Office through the Department of Economic Security, according to the statement.
The release states Pinal County is one of the last four counties in Arizona that hasn’t transferred its child support division to the state.
“Approximately 2.7 million dollars in state, federal and county funding is utilized annually to perform this service,” the Attorney’s Office statement says. “This will save the Pinal County taxpayers from having to contribute their portion out of the County’s general fund.”
Voyles was unavailable for comment on Thursday.
