By Gary Grado | Arizona Capitol Times
The Arizona Attorney General is investigating allegations the Maricopa County Flood Control District altered public documents to cover up an open meetings law violation and get more fees from private businesses, according to a search warrant affidavit.
Investigators raided the district’s office June 4, looking for documents and metadata – embedded electronic trails that show the date, time and manner a document was created – related to a Glendale gravel mining company. The company, ABC Rock and Sand Company, alleges in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix that the district retaliated against it after the company’s president criticized new rules for permitting in 2011.
