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Corrective Action Plan (CAP) for Arizona (AZ) Governance Gaps

Overview

Purpose

The purpose of this website is to inform the Arizona citizens of governance gaps at the county level and ask for your support to resolve these weaknesses with changes to the Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.).

Objective

Present a bill to the Arizona Legislature that will change the A.R.S. (Arizona Law) by December 2026. Create a new statute or revise an old statute to hold Arizona counties accountable to a process that allows citizens to file complaints, which will be addressed or resolved by a Compliance Review and Corrective Action Framework. This bill promotes transparency, accountability, consistency, and continuous improvement while strengthening public confidence in local/county/state government.

Vision

Arizona Counties are benchmarked by other counties in other states to understand how citizens can be utilized to improve county operations.

Methodology

An outline of the steps taken and to be taken to obtain Legislative support to change the A.R.S. are as follows:

1. Observations of Poor Governance
2. Comparison of Observations to a Standard
3. Identification of Deviations from the Standard
4. Develop a Case for Action from the Deviations
5. Propose a Bill for Consideration by the Arizona Legislature

About Me

This project was created by Jamie Weinhauer Martin, a retired Corrective Action Plan (CAP) professional with extensive experience investigating performance anomalies and driving systemic improvement in regulated industries. After observing recurring governance gaps in Maricopa County, Jamie applied the same disciplined CAP approach used in the private sector to public administration.

I began this journey with somewhat of a partisan perspective. I didn't seek to change election outcomes. I wanted to know what actions Maricopa County had taken to address the numerous election-related anomalies reported in 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025 elections. This is consistent with my CAP experience. My focus shifted towards the lack of an effective method to file complaints with Maricopa County. My scope grew to all Arizona counties when my peers in other Arizona counties echoed by concerns about the less than adequate responsiveness to citizen's concerns.

This became a bipartisan issue when I realized the tendency for counties to stonewall it citizens is widespread and most complaints do not have partisan origins. I am seeking bipartisan support for this bill for the benefit of all Arizona citizens. Citizens only have a voice if the County gives thoughtful consideration to their concerns.

About Us

In November 2025, Neil Thibodaux joined my earlier efforts to determine how MC was going to prevent recurrence of these repetitive election-related anomalies. He had extensive experience with CAP, but in a different industry than my experience. Our belief in CAP united us in the pursuit of improvements. Neil also had experience with organizational effectiveness reviews, which was helpful when my emphasis shifted from addressing election-related anomalies to addressing an even bigger problem with MC governance gaps. He had been trained in using the Management Oversight and Risk Tree analysis process to find the organizational causes to significant events, with emphasis on preventing a recurrence of the same and similar events.

We would like to bring other volunteers into this initiative. Please contact me [Jamie needs a separate email account for CAPAZ] if you think you can help. We need to people to perform research, review content, and maintain this website. After reading this website, you may see a need we haven't even thought about. Please consider joining our team.

About CAPAZ

Corrective Action Plan Arizona (CAPAZ) is an independent citizen-base, public-interest project that applies proven CAP methodology. This is a volunteer effort. We do not receive funds from any outside entity. Please contact me [Jamie needs a separate email account for CAPAZ] if you like what you see and want to join this team for positive change.

CAP is not new to government, considering the following:

• US Government Departments and Agencies routinely require some nongovernmental companies to implement CAP, which is then used by the government as an oversight tool
• US Government requires government entities to implement CAP if receiving entity receives funds in accordance with 2 CFR 200.511 (c), which is illustrated the Arizona Government Accounting Office's CAP.
• US Government Accountability Office's Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government has requirements for federal executive branch agencies to establish a process that management must implement to properly assess and improve internal control, which includes CAP-like attributes in Principle 17 - Evaluate Issues and Remediate Deficiencies.

About You

Your voice is important. Abraham Lincoln made these remarks in this Gettysburg Address:

"...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

You may be able to help me with a case for action. I need justification to gain legislative support for a new Arizona law that will establish a process to review citizen complaints for governance gaps and implement corrective actions when appropriate. The problem becomes more significant with more examples. How can you help?

Send me details about a frustrating encounter with your county government. With your consent, I would use your unpleasant experience as data in support of a case for action. Your help will be needed to ensure your governance gap is a deviation from a standard. If you dive into this website, you will gain knowledge of the standards for good governance. 

You can help keep this idea in front of your Arizona Senator and Representatives. How can you help?

Following the November 2026 election, send your Senator and Representatives a message. Tell them you want to hold County government accountable to its Citizens. Ask them to support the proposed Bill.

The effort to get the bill approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor is being delayed until after the November 2026 election to allow you to vote for the candidates that you feel will support this effort. The delay will give us some time to draft the bill. The sense of urgency begins after the elections because the Legislature begins their annual review of Legislative initiatives in January 2027.

Our Video

Click here to watch our video.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rNILRNN4phE?si=xnAo2gfv_80ZfJyf

Our Prayer

I hope you can join me in an effort to find the right words, said at the right time, to allow others to see how the proposed bill serves citizens and government. It is a desire to promote positive outcomes from a freedom to exchange ideas.

Lord, we believe the County leaders and employees can be fair and just if guided towards a process that seeks to understand before judgments are made. We have felt injustice from County and believe others have had similar experiences.

We are trying to be faithful to your desire for each of us to love you and love our neighbors.

We seek a process that facilitates cooperation between the State, Counties and their citizens.

Please grant us the knowledge and wisdom to advance this idea with faith and humbleness. Lord, please let us choose the right words for each opportunity to share our vision with others. We pray that our goal serves you. Amen.

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