By Ben Giles
The on-again, off-again negotiations between pro-medical marijuana veterans and Sen. Kimberly Yee are off, again, after Yee’s attorney suggested one of the veterans’ requests may constitute a bribe of a public official.
The head of the Arizona Veterans Assistance Committee, which filed a petition to recall the Phoenix Republican in April, said Monday that he’s through negotiating with the senator after her attorney suggested the committee may be guilty violating the state statute’s outlawing bribery of Arizona lawmakers.
Ricardo Pereyda, chairman of the committee, said Yee’s attorney balked when he put in writing everything the two parties had been working to negotiate.
“We didn’t want to put words in her mouth or have any misunderstandings,” Pereyda said. “We just said, ‘Are we to understand that this is an accurate description of the discussions we are having?’ And if it is, let’s move forward.”
