Email Author Dave Walker

1993 Stories by Dave Walker

• AN I-NET LOSS FOR PHOENIXCITY FORGIVES DIMENSION CABLE'S OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE A DATA-TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

  published December 15, 1993

  Here's something to consider while you wonder whether your house lies in the path of the information highway: Earlier this year, Phoenix quietly... More >>

• BUY ME OUT FOR THE BALLPARK

  published December 8, 1993

  Jerry Colangelo's plan to build a glorious, open-air baseball stadium in downtown Phoenix has Norman King sitting somewhere in the... More >>

• SPINNING WHEELS EX-JOURNALISTS TURNED PR FLACKS REDEFINE THE TERM "COVERING THE STORY"

  published December 1, 1993

  Our jaws dropped when news of Linda Turley's new gig broke. She's leaving an anchor job at Channel 5 to become head information wonk for Maricopa... More >>

• LIGHTS! CAMERA! INACTION!BEHIND-THE -SCENES BACKBITING THREATENS ARIZONA'S CHANCES OF FILMMAKING STARDOM

  published December 1, 1993

  It's tempting to cast the Bill MacCallum career bio in cinematic terms. There is conflict here. Elements of black comedy, too, and some... More >>

• A HAWKER IN EX-AISLEBANNED BY THE FIREBIRDS, THE RED LICORICE MAN AWAITS THE CALL TO THE BIGS

  published November 17, 1993

  Unexplored so far in the domed Major League Baseball stadium debate: the vendor angle. "I think it's great for the Valley," says the Red... More >>

• ELVIS IS BACK, AND HE'S TERROR IN THE PAINT

  published November 10, 1993

  "There's only one Elvis," Suns coach Paul Westphal has said, "and there's only one Charles Barkley." Maybe so. But has anybody considered the... More >>

• DAVE IS PHOENIX FAVECAN WE GET THE TOP 10 HOME OFFICE BACK NOW?

  published November 3, 1993

  Think you understand this TV market, vidkids? It's a place where Matlock reigns supreme, right? A metroplex full of folks who still honor the... More >>

• ARIZONA, HOME OF THE OK QUARREL

  published November 3, 1993

  when Bill Clinton recently brokered the historic handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat--the Kodak Moment that punctuated the accord... More >>

• KIDNEY PINCHTALES OF AN ORGAN-THEFT RING ARE THE STUFF OF URBAN LEGEND, POLICE SAY

  published October 20, 1993

  On first hearing, the tale sounds like a standard-issue urban legend. Guy goes to Vegas. Guy meets hooker. Guy gets fleeced. But there are... More >>

• CABLE'S NEW TUBE STAKETHE BIG TV WINDFALL CONGRESS PROMISED MAY END UP COSTING YOU

  published October 6, 1993

  Have you looked at your latest cable bill? Thanks to Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and your local cable-television company,... More >>

• TOWARD BETTOR JOURNALISMPHOENIX IS THE NEW NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE DAILY RACING FORM, WHERE EVERYONE COVERS THE HOOF BEAT

  published September 29, 1993

  These two old guys are at the track, standing near the finish line. It's the first race. The field comes around the last turn, passes the men and... More >>

• THERE WAS SOMETHING FUNNY ABPIT "UNCLE MILTIE"AFTER 42 YEARS, MILTON BERLE AND HIS SECRET LOVE CHILD-SCOTTSDALE'S BOB WILLIAMS-TELL THEIR STORY

  published September 1, 1993

  Junior Standish met Milton Berle in 1947 at the Riviera nightclub in New York City, where she was a showgirl. Berle, headlining at the Roxy... More >>

• WAY OFF ABBEY'S ROAD

  published August 4, 1993

  Chuck Bowden, the lizard king of Arizona authors, is shedding some skin this summer. A Tucson-based essayist, bird watcher and former... More >>

• WIN CHILL FACTOR

  published July 28, 1993

  The Lady Kings won a game a couple of Saturdays ago, and for the first time in team history, Phoenix's all-female hockey club was not in last... More >>

• CLOSING IN ON PRATTIN FM RADIO'S NEW VALLEY ORDER, KUPD'S KING ROCK JOCK MUST RUN WITH THE PACK

  published June 23, 1993

  There is nothing this newspaper would like more than to celebrate the downfall of Dave Pratt. Over the years, New Times has feuded gloriously... More >>

• BIG BROTHER IS LISTENING-TO YOUR LEAKY FM SIGNAL

  published June 23, 1993

  Look into a radio executive's heart and you'll find Arbitron scars. The national ratings service, which counts radio's unseen audience by... More >>

• THE HEMP IRE STRIKES BACK

  published June 9, 1993

  Arlin Troutt, the Apache Junction-based front man for the Willie Nelson Hemp Collection--a line of apparel made of marijuana-derived fabric and... More >>

• RUSH'S QUIET DIET TRIBEHAVE DINERS HAD THEIR FILL OF LIMBAUGH?

  published May 26, 1993

  Good news for liberal chow hounds! The Valley's five official Rush Rooms appear to be flops. Though some restaurant managers claim success for... More >>

• ARIZONA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IS READY FOR REFORM SCHOOL

  published May 12, 1993

  This is an article about education reform in Arizona. It contains opinions on complex issues, profound sociological theories, colorful political... More >>

• ARIZONA'S BETTOR SITES

  published April 21, 1993

  You want action, baby? Arizona's got it. From Prescott to Tucson, suckers are throwing their money away on slots, cards and high-stakes bingo.... More >>

• POISON THE 'HOOD

  published March 31, 1993

  Vernon Bauldry has a neighbor problem. The same goes for Alan Goff. When they eye each other from across the street, they see the enemy. The... More >>

• CONSTITUTIONAL COUP 101

  published March 24, 1993

  Except for the 100 or so people directly involved with Arizona State University's student government, Associated Students of ASU has not... More >>

• OUR FAVORITE SAGUAROS... AND WHY

  published March 3, 1993

  One thing you should know, but probably don't, about the mighty saguaro cactus--universal symbol for desert life--is that its scientific name is... More >>

• ALIVE AND WELLTHANKS TO BAD SCIENCE, RUMORS OF THE SAGUARO'S DEMISE HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED

  published March 3, 1993

  Despite what you might have heard or read, the giant saguaro cactus is not dying off. There are plenty of genuinely endangered environmental... More >>

• WHEN CACTUS AND CIVILIZATION COLLIDETRIFLING WITH SAGUAROS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO ONE'S HEALTH

  published March 3, 1993

  It is not difficult, during the time of day normally categorized as "Happy Hour," to view a stand of saguaros silhouetted by the setting sun and... More >>