Candidate vows to put public safety first

Candidate vows to put public safety first: "Tim Nelson is dialing for dollars.

On a hot afternoon he sits at the desk in his north-central Phoenix home office. The button-down, sandy-haired attorney picks up the phone, punches in the digits and gives the pitch for money.

As a Democratic candidate for Maricopa County attorney, the top prosecutor job, he's going to need a lot of it - more than the $206,000-plus he has already raised from a massive donor base that crosses traditional party lines and leanings, according to a review of the most-recent financial disclosure forms filed with the county."