A local legislator and publisher has his wages garnished

From the Republic:

State Rep. Cloves Campbell Jr.’s paycheck from his $24,000 annual legislative salary is a lot smaller these days because a judge has ordered automatic payroll deductions to pay for a reception a non-profit group claims it had arranged for him three years ago.

Campbell for two years ignored a lawsuit from an organization called the Leadership Consortium, which said it had spent $15,000 on a D.C. reception for him. The paper says the group gives out minority scholarships.

Campbell denied to the Republic the event had been held for him. As for missing all those court appearances?

“Actually, every time (the court) sent something, I was out of town,” said Campbell, adding that he “can’t recall exactly” the details of those trips.

Campbell is the son of Cloves Campbell Sr., one of the founders of the Arizona Informant, a local black newspaper. Its web site is here.

I couldn’t find his title on the site proper, but local news reports have identified him as “co-publisher” of the paper.