February
18,2014
Hair on Fire 4 P.M.- AZ Time. 6 P.M. EST
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Host:
Barbara Espinosa: Publisher of American Freedom by Barbara
Co-Host:
Randy Pullen when
available
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Guest: Mark
Brnovich
To understand Mark Brnovich you have to
go back to how his family came to the United States. Markʼs mother, who legally
immigrated from the former Yugoslavia in the 1950ʼs to escape communism, taught
him at an early age the importance of freedom and limited government. The family
moved to Arizona in the 1960ʼs and Mark grew up in Phoenix and attended public
schools from 1st grade through High School.
Mark went on to graduate from Arizona
State University (BS, political science, cum laude). Like many Arizonans, he was
drawn to San Diego, where he graduated from law School (University of San Diego
1991) but returned to his roots in Arizona after graduation. He met his wife
Susan while they both worked as prosecutors for the Maricopa County Attorney’s
Office.
Mark has also served as the Director of
the Goldwater Institute’s Center for Constitutional Government, and authored
numerous studies, articles, and briefs advocating for free markets and
individual liberty. Mark worked in the Gang/Repeater Unit in the Maricopa County
Attorney’s Office and prosecuted many difficult and high profile cases
(1992-1998) while also joining the Army National Guard (1997-2004). Always
interested in new challenges, he went to work at the Attorney General’s Office
(1998-2003) and represented the Arizona Department of Gaming, where he developed
an expertise in gambling law, as well as gaining an increased appreciation for
Native American culture. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney where
he prosecuted public integrity crimes, as well as crimes occurring throughout
Indian Reservations. He left the U.S. Attorney’s office to serve the people of
Arizona as the Director of the Arizona Department of Gaming (2009-2013), a law
enforcement agency that investigates illegal gambling activity, as well as
working with tribal regulators to ensure the integrity of tribal
gaming.
During his four-year tenure, the
Department seized hundreds of illegal gambling devices for the first time in the
agency’s history, as well as investigating and assisting in the prosecution of
illegal gambling operations. In his final fiscal year as Director, the
Department returned more than $250,000 of his agency’s budget appropriation to
the state’s educational improvement fund.
In 2010, Mark was selected by his peers
as Chairman of the Commission on Privatization and Efficiency (COPE), a private
and public partnership committee dedicated to streamlining state government
operations through the input of citizens and the private
sector.
Mark and Susan have two children, who
attend charter schools. Having his kids’ future in mind, Mark looked at the
Attorney General’s office and was not happy with what he saw. With the support
of his family and the encouragement of Arizona conservative leaders Mark stepped
down as Director of the Department of Gambling and entered the race for Attorney
General.
Mark is a lifelong Republican and
member of the NRA.
