Mecham Vows to Show All His Papers on Loan

PHOENIX — Gov. Evan Mecham promised Thursday to produce “every piece of paper” to show that he properly reported to the state a $350,000-campaign loan that is being probed by a grand jury.

The governor, appearing on a radio call-in show, said also that if enough petition signatures are validated to force him to face a recall vote, “then we’re going to go ahead and perhaps it will be a good cleansing situation for Arizona to have another election.” Mecham Recall Committee founder Ed Buck responded: “We are going to cleanse ourselves of Evan Mecham.”