A chicken (activist Chris Fleischman) is interrogated by plainclothes po-po.According to witnesses and a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, four members of Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability, an activist group critical of the BOS and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, were arrested this morning while sitting quietly in a lobby outside where a BOS executive meeting was taking place.Apparently it took some 15 deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to arrest the fo
photo by Dennis Gilman
Arizona ACORN Head Organizer Monica Sandschafer, ecstatic after Friday's win
To cop a line from Scarface's Tony Montana, every canine has its day. Every kitty cat, too. I've been busier than blue tick hound with a briar patch full of brer rabbits, so I didn't get to blog about this last week when it happened, but ACORN's doggies and kitties scored a victory on Friday, May 8. That's when municipal court justice Armando Gandarilla dismissed bogus trespassing charges a
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas didn't suceed at first, so he's trying again -- this time threatening the county Board of Supervisors with legal action unless they consider appointing special prosecutors to conduct an "investigation" of those same Supervisors.
In a letter sent to the Supervisors last night, Thomas demands the Supervisors put the question of hiring the three prosecutors -- two of whom are from Washington D.C. -- on the Board's November 4 agenda. The Sup
www.yfred.comThe Maricopa County Board of Supervisors thinks it may have solved its photo-radar problem. Sorry, they're not getting rid of the damn things, they're just going to charge you more if you ignore the ticket, as many often do.After a brief hearing this morning, the board voted to approve an additional $20 court fee for those who ignore citations and have to go to court.Supervisors Max Wilson, Mary Rose Wilcox, and Fulton Brock approved the measure, while Supervisor Stapley re
