If Kari Lake is elected, expect more attacks on public education

From the website of the FEC - 

If the name "Youssef Khalaf" seems familiar, it should - he's the treasurer for Lake.

From the website of the Arizona Secretary of State -

He was also the head of, and treasurer of, an anti-Rusty Bowers PAC.

He, and a member of his family, have been heavily involved in the Lake campaign and other (allegedly) shady activities.

From The Gila Herald, dated 7/24/2022 -

Cannabis cultivation at NatureSweet site to be decided by voters

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Dark money from the referendum group?  

The approval from the BOS prompted a group called “Respect The Will Of The People: Graham County Voters & The Arizona Public Integrity Alliance Encourages A No Vote On Massive Marijuana Expansion In Our Area,” to seek signatures for a referendum on a decision by the Graham County Board of Supervisors (BOS) to rezone greenhouses at the NatureSweet site in Bonita to allow for the cultivation of cannabis. The group beat an Aug. 5, 2021, deadline and turned in 2,288 signatures, according to Graham County Elections Director, Hannah Duderstadt.

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The Chairman of the PAC leading the referendum effort, George Khalaf, who is Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s campaign consultant, has recently been named in investigations regarding dark campaign money. Two PACs, “Put Arizona First” and “Securing Arizona” reported receiving their funding from two California companies. However, an investigation by the Arizona Republic’s Richard Ruelas found that the California companies not only had never donated the vast sums of money reported – more than $2 million in the “Put Arizona First” PAC – they had never even heard of the candidates (including governor candidate Kari Lake) they were supposed to be supporting.   

Khalaf has been linked with the “Securing Arizona” PAC, which spends most of its money at his consulting firm The Resolute Group. While the $2 million from the “Put Arizona First” PAC was spent at the firm 1Ten, owned by Rep. Jake Hoffman, of Queen Creek, who was one of Arizona’s “fake electors” who claimed a victory for Donald Trump in the state, according to reports. 

Additionally, Khalaf’s father, Youssef Khalaf, who served as treasurer for the Graham County referendum effort, also serves as treasurer for the “Put Arizona First” PAC and as treasurer for Kari Lake’s candidacy for governor. The true sources of the two PACs’ contributions have yet to come to light.

Khalaf's anti-Bowers PAC lists its primary donor, Yellow Dog Sales, as having a Las Vegas address, however, no entity by that name is registered in Nevada...or Arizona.  I did find an entity by that exact name registered in Delaware, but due to the opacity of Delaware's corporate filings, I couldn't verify that it was the same organization.

Khalaf's new PAC lists a Mesa address -

Surprisingly (or not), that address goes to a charter school organization.

From the website of the American Leadership Academy -

The PAC *is* registered with the AZ SOS -

While I couldn't find any evidence of contributions directly from this PAC to relevant candidates, the head of the PAC, Glenn Way, has made some contributions personally.

Apparently, hedging one's bets is in the curriculum at ALA.

He's also donated to the likes of Andy Biggs, Debbie Lesko, David Schweikert, Donald Trump, Kirk Adams, Matt Salmon, and more.