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Allister Adel died

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She has time now to undertake the hard work of recovery and in that, I wish her well. But clearly, it wasn't something she could not do while serving as county attorney.

She leaves in her wake investigations by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the State Bar Association and the Attorney General’s Office, which on Friday demanded a report about those 180 botched cases.

She leaves in her wake an agency in disarray and a community in dismay, one that wonders whether we can trust prosecutors to do their jobs fairly, equitably and competently.

She leaves with just two weeks left before the April 4 filing period for candidates who want to run for the job in November. (Politicians are reportedly already lining up.)

Don't appoint someone who can get elected
Meanwhile, it’ll be up to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to name an interim replacement. These are the same people who selected Adel, who at the time of her appointment worked as an adviser to nonprofits but was seen as someone who could win the vote in 2020.

This time, may I suggest that the supervisors focus less on a candidate’s ability to win an election this fall and more on his or her ability to lead the state’s largest prosecutorial agency? Someone already in the office, perhaps a career prosecutor who already knows the ropes and can get a quick start.