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   9th woman accuses Rep. Don Shooter of harassment, Arizona Capitol Times   
   says   
   By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services  Nov 14, 2017 Updated 8 hrs ago   
      
   PHOENIX — Another woman has come forward to say she was sexually harassed   
   by state Rep. Don Shooter, the Arizona Capitol Times reports, which brings   
   the number to nine.   
      
   Tara Zika, director of business development at Ashton Tiffany LLC, a   
   Phoenix-based insurance risk-management firm, told the Arizona Capitol   
   Times that Shooter made sexual comments and obscene gestures to her during   
   the August meeting of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns.   
      
   The newspaper reported Monday that Zika said she was standing with some   
   other men when they waved her over to their table.   
      
   She said she left after Shooter, a 65-year-old Yuma Republican, blew her a   
   kiss and made a sexually suggestive comment about her legs.   
      
   Later at the conference, she alleges, Shooter made a comment about wanting   
   to have sex with her. Zika told the paper she rolled her eyes and kept   
   walking. But then, as she turned around to ensure Shooter was not   
   following her to her hotel room, she saw him make a gesture to mimic oral   
   sex on a woman, she said.   
      
   At that point, she told the paper, she confronted him. Zika said he   
   apologized but mocked her when he saw her during the rest of the   
   conference.   
      
   The newspaper quotes her saying the whole thing was “undermining and   
   humiliating.”   
      
   According to the Capitol Times, Zika’s boyfriend and another friend,   
   neither of whom were identified, confirmed she told them about the   
   incident shortly afterwards.   
      
   Shooter declined late Monday to comment about the latest allegations.   
      
   Matt Specht, spokesman for House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, said the   
   investigative team his boss named last week to look into prior allegations   
   against Shooter was unaware of the latest complaint until the newspaper   
   publication.   
      
   “Given her public allegations, investigators will be reaching out to her   
   soon,” Specht said.   
      
   The list of women who have made complaints about Shooter, either to the   
   House or to reporters, also includes three current lawmakers, three   
   lobbyists, the publisher of the Arizona Republic and an intern at the   
   Capitol Times.   
      
   On Friday, Mesnard suspended Shooter from his position as chairman of the   
   House Appropriations Committee as well as from any involvement in   
   preparation of the estimated $10 billion state spending plan for the   
   coming budget year.   
      
   Since the first allegations, Shooter has hired new legal help. He told   
   Capitol Media Services that Daniel Pasternak has a “more specialized”   
   practice than prior attorney Melissa Ho.   
      
   Pasternak said his sole role is to represent Shooter in the House   
   proceedings.   
      
   “We’ve had some communications with people at the Legislature about how   
   that investigation is going to be conducted and making sure that it’s fair   
   for all participants, both accusers and accused,” he said.   
      
   “But beyond that, we’re not really going to comment,” Pasternak said.   
   “We’re going to let the process play itself out.”   
      
   The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which has supported Shooter   
   in prior campaigns, called last week for him to resign, calling the   
   allegations “deeply disturbing.”   
      
      
      
   http://tucson.com/news/local/th-woman-accuses-rep-don-shooter-of-   
   harassment-arizona-capitol/article_c629da19-e179-554b-b295-   
   e7f335a44c6d.html   
      
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