JUST IN : Arizona Republican Party Executive Director BRETT MECUM pleads NOT GUILTY !

Several sources have confirmed it: Arizona Republican Party Executive Director Brett "Speed Racer" Mecum has entered a plea of....."NOT GUILTY".

That plea would indicate that he was formally charged with something other than a bad hair day, would it not?

So much for thinking of a way to make Andy Thomas his new BFF. There's always Goldberg & Osborne Brett- those commercials are catchy.


TGIF for Brett Mecum: AZ House Representative Sam Crump went to bat for Mecum yesterday saying he, "......could have a reasonable excuse for driving so fast." If Brett did Rep. Crump, what is it? Check our TOP 10 LIST from yesterday. The answer may be found there. [ Click HERE to see it. ]

Mecum must have been relieved when he found out what judge has been appointed to his case. It's none other that Rep. Sam Crump's anti-photo radar pocket-ace judge-buddy: Arrowhead Justice Court's JOHN KEEGAN. Keegan proudly throws his court's photo radar cases in the circular file. Here's the latest from the Maricopa County Superior Court records.

[ Click HERE to see the Maricopa County Superior Court record. ]
Case Information
Case Number: TR2009-130677 Judge: Keegan, John
File Date: 5/8/2009 Location: Arrowhead Justice Court
Case Type: Criminal Traffic Case Status: 01 - New Case

Party Information
Party Name Relationship Sex Attorney
(1) State Of Arizona Plaintiff N/A To Be Determined
BRETT MATTHEW MECUM Defendant Male
Case Calendar
Date Time Event
6/10/2009 2:00 Arraignment Hearing
Judgments
There are no judgments on file


Politico Mafioso will update this story with more details as they become available.

From today's "Yellow Sheet" -

Source: Pullen could lose Brewer's support if Mecum stays

"It's not known if Pullen will pull the trigger on Mecum over the incident, but one Republican told our reporter he'd be surprised if there wasn't a new executive director by the July 4 holiday."