Who Is Senate Candidate Bob Worsley?

Have you heard the name Bob Worsley or Robert Worsley or Robert M. Worsley, Robert Merrill Worsley before his announcement to run against Senator Russell Pearce in the newly created legislative district 25 in Mesa Arizona. I hadn't so I thought I would do a little research of my own on him. There is a lot of information on Mr. Worsley if you know where to look.

First off, I have no reason to question Mr. Worsley devotion to his family, friends and religion but I do have reason to question everything else.

Mr. Worsley is best known for founding SkyMall, its is a very interesting story with a very shaky beginning. The company almost didn't make it and one of his first partner Allen Ashton after investing 25 million refused to give him any more money. The company was founded in 1989 and incorporated in Delaware, 1996 the company was reincorporated in Nevada. We can only guess why. At the end of 1996 the company offered an IPO and raise about 14 million. In 1998 Worsley acquire a controlling interest in the company when he purchased Karen and Allen Ashton and Bert A. Getz shares. Worsely left Skymall in 2003.

After Leaving SkyMall, and probably before that (2002), he purchase New Mexico and Arizona Land Company, LLC. The company was renamed NZ Legacy, LLC and has since created a joint venture called HNZ Holdings, LLC after bring on Hunt Oil out of Texas. Theses companies that hold mineral patents and water rights in several Western States.

Mr. Worsley has also tried his hand at renewable energy, creating a 24 megawatt biomass plant in the Snowflake area through a company called Rengy Inc., control by Mr. Worsley. From the outset this biomass plant had problems and eventually file for Chapter 11 in 2010 in an attempt to prevent SRP from cancelling contracts with them. This entire time it appears that Mr. Worsley has continued to hold an interest in this company and in 2009 received tax credits for investing in the company. (Sound kind of familiar SOLYNDRA). This entire thing is kind of shady when you begin to look into it. Someone should really dig into the ownership of all these companies.

As for Mr Worsley politics they seem to be along the lines of I will cross the party lines when it fits me. He has donated to the establishment, probably because of political favors for his companies, he seems for have donated from all of them. He has even donated to Democrat Harry Reid in Nevada. That one really make you wonder.

Stay tuned for more, this work is in process.