Doug Ducey’s Record At Cold Stone Could End Up His Albatross

Phoenix New Times:

My head’s been so buried in statistics for an upcoming feature that I missed a news conference last week for former Clinton advisor and Democratic contender for Arizona State Treasurer Andrei Cherny.

In it, the Cherny camp offered up several ex-Cold Stone Creamery franchisees whose tales of bankruptcy and woe belied former Cold Stone CEO Doug Ducey’s claims of being some sort of uber-businessman.

Ducey is the GOP trotter in the treasurer’s race, but the main qualification he touts as making him deserving of office — his supposed success in expanding Cold Stone’s franchise base — is now becoming a liability for him. Read on…