{"id":2335178,"date":"2024-09-01T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-veterans-services-leader-wont-be-nominated-for-senate-confirmation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:16:46","slug":"arizona-veterans-services-leader-wont-be-nominated-for-senate-confirmation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-veterans-services-leader-wont-be-nominated-for-senate-confirmation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Veterans\u2019 Services leader won\u2019t be nominated for Senate confirmation &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-veterans-services-leader-wont-be-nominated-for-senate-confirmation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2335178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200dArizona Department of Veterans Services&#8217; Executive Deputy Director, Dana\u2064 Allmond, will not be nominated for Senate confirmation due to a legal agreement with the Arizona State Senate. Instead, John Scott will be formally nominated to the position. Allmond informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/audit-michigan-may-have-paid-billions-in-fraudulent-jobless-claims-gretchen-whitmer-administration-hit-with-kickback-allegations\/\" title=\"Audit: Michigan May Have Paid Billions in &#039;Fraudulent&#039; Jobless Claims; Gretchen Whitmer Administration Hit with &#039;Kickback&#039; Allegations\">agency employees<\/a> via email that she will continue in her role as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joe-biden-slips-and-refers-to-kamala-harris-as-president-elect-saying-quiet-part-out-loud\/\" title=\"WATCH: Joe Biden Slips and Refers to Kamala Harris as \u2018President-Elect\u2019\u2026 Saying \u2018Quiet Part\u2019 Out Loud\u2019?\">deputy director<\/a>. She emphasized that the decision was part of\u200b a negotiated resolution with current State Senate leadership and stated \u200dthat politics should not interfere with the agency&#8217;s mission. Scott, \u200cwho has been \u2063with the agency for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-foreign-influence-in-2020-election-nevada-secretary-of-state-caught-sending-voter-data-list-to-pakistani-firm-linked-to-isi\/\" title=\"Evidence of Foreign Influence in 2020 Election: Nevada Secretary of State Caught Sending Voter Data List to Pakistani Firm Linked to ISI\">ten years<\/a>, expressed \u2064his gratitude in a LinkedIn post regarding his new appointment as Director.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Arizona Veterans&rsquo; Services leader won&rsquo;t be nominated for Senate confirmation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1742772\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &mdash; Arizona Department of Veterans Services&rsquo; Executive Deputy Director Dana Allmond will not be submitted to the state Senate Committee on Director Nominations as part of a legal agreement with the Arizona State Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an email obtained by The Center Square on Friday, Allmond wrote to agency employees that she will remain as a deputy director but that John Scott will instead go up for a formal nomination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Governor Hobbs and her team have negotiated a resolution on how to move forward with agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizonas-republican-treasurer-says-wont-appoint-new-agency-heads-as-acting-governor\/\" title=\"Arizona&#039;s GOP Treasurer refuses to appoint new agency heads as acting governor.\">director nominations<\/a>. As part of an agreement with current State Senate leadership, my name will not be sent for confirmation this time,&rdquo; Allmond wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not allow politics to distract us from our mission,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Scott hinted at the nomination earlier on Friday in a post to LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is with humility and gratefulness that I announce my new role as Director for the Arizona Department of Veterans&rsquo; Services,&rdquo; Scott stated, as he&rsquo;s been with the agency for a decade. &ldquo;I am honored that Governor Hobbs has entrusted me to lead this amazing team of motivated individuals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican-majority Senate committee is led by Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, a vocal critical of the Hobbs administration. The committee approval comes before a full Senate vote for a director nomination.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the committee rejected numerous picks from the Democratic governor, the administration created the role of &ldquo;Executive Deputy Director&rdquo; as a workaround to the committee they dubbed as hyper-partisan. A subsequent lawsuit led to a Superior Court decision that Hobbs has to give names to the committee and can no longer have the &ldquo;Executive Deputy Directors&rdquo; at the helm without a proper confirmation process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Court declares that, because the agency director positions at issue in this litigation became vacant outside of a legislative session, [state law] mandates that the Governor both nominate directors to those positions and transmit those nominations by the first week of the next regular legislative session,&rdquo; the Superior Court in Maricopa County court documents stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1742772\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742772\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Veterans\u2019 Services Executive Deputy Director Dana Allmond will not be put forward for Senate confirmation due to a legal agreement with the Arizona State Senate. In an email shared with The Center Square, Allmond informed agency staff that she will continue in her role as deputy director, while John Scott will be nominated instead. &#8220;Governor Hobbs and her team have reached a resolution regarding agency director nominations. As part of the agreement with current State Senate leadership, my name will not be submitted for confirmation this time,&#8221; Allmond stated. She emphasized that they would not let politics interfere with their mission. Earlier on Friday, Scott hinted at his nomination in a LinkedIn post, expressing gratitude for being appointed as Director of the Arizona Department of Veterans\u2019 Services after ten years with the agency. The Republican-majority Senate committee is chaired by Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, who has been critical of Governor Hobbs&#8217; administration. The committee&#8217;s approval is necessary before a full Senate vote on any director nomination can take place. Following multiple rejections of candidates from the Democratic governor by the committee, an &#8220;Executive Deputy Director&#8221; position was created as a workaround to what was perceived as hyper-partisanship within the committee. A subsequent lawsuit resulted in a Superior Court ruling stating that Governor Hobbs must submit names to the committee and cannot have &#8220;Executive Deputy Directors&#8221; lead without proper confirmation procedures in place: \u201cThe Court declares that because these agency director positions became vacant outside of legislative sessions, state law requires that the Governor nominate directors and submit those nominations by the first week of the next regular legislative session,\u201d according to court documents from Maricopa County<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2335179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Crime.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4472,5191,5894,39855,39854],"class_list":["post-2335178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona","tag-leadership","tag-politics","tag-senate-confirmation","tag-veterans-services"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Crime.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}