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Eddie Farnsworth's Flaccid Rationale For Not Closing Child Prostitution Loophole

Courtesy of the conservative Western Free Press, we finally have state Representative Eddie Farnsworth's lame attempt to justify not allowing a bill that would have cracked down on pimps selling teenage prostitutes to have a hearing in the Judiciary Committee, which Farnsworth chairs. See also: -Ed ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Pet Cockroach Steve Smith Tries to Give Pearce $260K of Your Money, Again

Losers are pathetic enough, but losers who don't know they're losers should be given a pistol with one bullet and locked in a shed until they are duly inspired. Among these: sleaze-maestro Constantin Querard, state Representative Steve Smith, and two-time loser, ex-state Senate President Russell Pe ... More >>

Tempe Wingnut Is the Ideal Man to Run the County GOP -- and Here's Why

After Election Day, AZ's Far Right Now Has a Fight on Its Hands

Arizona Republicans Found Out Barack Obama Won Re-Election, and Things Got Very Awkward

At the Arizona Republican Party's election-viewing party at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix last night, the moment came that precisely none of the scheduled speakers was prepared for -- on a large screen to the right of the stage, Fox News declared that President Obama had won re-election.

Arizona Ballot Propositions: How to Vote Against (or With) Russell Pearce and His Ilk

Here's the thing about the propositions on the ballot for tomorrow's election: for the most part, they're boring, and at the end of the day, you may not really give a damn.Thankfully, people like ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce, Governor Jan Brewer, and the lobbyists from Center for Ari ... More >>

State Representative Jerry Weiers in Trouble With Dems for Moving a Planter at the Capitol

The campaign for Glendale mayor is getting really heated, folks -- candidate Manny Cruz released a video of his opponent, Republican state Representative Jerry Weiers, moving a planter at the state capitol.It's actually a really big planter -- Weiers had to tie it to his truck to move it -- and Cruz ... More >>

Andy Tobin's Meeting With the Black Community Actually Seemed Constructive

See Also:Andy Tobin Calls Black Democrat "Very Ghetto" See also: Andy Tobin and Jarrett Maupin II Make Amends Over "Very Ghetto" Comment Some might view Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin's meeting yesterday with members of Arizona's black community as a politically motivated attempt to make amends f ... More >>

So, Was There Anything Appropriate About Andy Tobin Calling Black Dem "Very Ghetto"?

Well, Arizona Speaker of the House Andy Tobin decided yesterday that Democratic National Committee executive director Patrick Gaspard is a "very ghetto" individual.As we wrote about yesterday, Tobin eventually deleted it, and blamed it on someone else who wrote the "tweet" calling Gaspard very ghett ... More >>

Andy Tobin and "Kid Sharpton" Jarrett Maupin II Make Amends Over "Very Ghetto" Comment

We weren't sure how the meeting would turn out between Reverend Jarrett Maupin II -- once considered the protégé to Al Sharpton -- and state House Speaker Andy Tobin, who called a black Democrat "very ghetto" yesterday.Maupin had invited us to the meeting this morning at Tobin's, while Tobin (poli ... More >>

Andy Tobin Calls Black Democrat "Very Ghetto," an Idea So Great That He Plagiarized it

Here's something Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin will learn today: when you're posting in a public forum on the Internet, everyone can see it.Like this morning, when he called Democratic National Committee executive director Patrick Gaspard "very ghetto."Gaspard drew the ire of many people who were ... More >>

Legislators Met With Lobbyist for Apparently Fake Company in Ben Arredondo Bust

Folks at Tempe City Hall weren't the only ones to meet with representatives of the apparently fake company believed to be set up by the FBI in its bust of state Representative/former Tempe Councilman Ben Arredondo.According to lobbyist filings with the Secretary of State's office, Mike Williams met ... More >>

Was Daniel Patterson "Forced to Resign"?

State Representative Daniel Patterson resigned from the House yesterday, before a vote on his expulsion could take place.The House Ethics Committee unanimously voted earlier yesterday to boot Patterson, which was apparently enough of an indication for Patterson to just take off early."I have been ... More >>

Daniel Patterson Calls it Quits, Resigns From House

State Representative Daniel Patterson resigned from the House today, before a vote on his expulsion could take place.The House Ethics Committee unanimously voted this morning to boot Patterson, which was apparently enough of an indication for Patterson to just take off early."I have been forced to r ... More >>

Daniel Patterson Rejects Accusations, Fellow Legislators Say It's Like Trayvon Martin Case

Democratic-turned-Independent state Representative Daniel Patterson released his 19-page response to the investigation done on behalf of the House Ethics Committee that was just about full to the brim with allegations against the legislator.Patterson rejected most of the accusations point-by-point i ... More >>

Should Daniel Patterson Be Expelled From the House Now?

The report from an ethics investigation into state Representative Daniel Patterson was released Monday, as team of lawyers selected by House Speaker Andy Tobin found quite a few reasons as to why they believe Patterson should be expelled from the House.Among several other things in the report, inves ... More >>

Ethics Investigators: Daniel Patterson Is Rude, Has Tried to Trade Favors for Votes, Violated Court Orders, and Has Got to Go

The video above (language probably not safe for work) seems to be very similar to what was released today in a report on Democratic state Representative Daniel Patterson.What everyone assumed was a ethics complaint filed over domestic-violence allegations against Patterson has turned out to be much, ... More >>

Latest Reason Nation is Laughing at Arizona: Bill That Aims to Take Half of State From Feds

​The Arizona Legislature is moving ahead with a bill that aims to take the state's federal lands and give them to the people of Arizona, despite exactly zero chance such a plan could work.If the nation isn't laughing at Arizona, state lawmakers obviously wouldn't be happy.Not content to be the but ... More >>

Channel 12 Reporter Booted from State House Floor

GOPer and State House Speaker Andy Tobin's turning into a regular Russell Pearce clone these days.Earlier in the year, there was his support of new restrictions on freedom of speech at the Arizona Capitol, and today, according to Channel 12 reporter Melissa Blasius, Tobin's officious flack Rey Torre ... More >>

Jan Brewer BODY-SLAMMED by Arizona Supreme Court on Redistricting, Again

Man, this drama is getting moldier than a rerun of 21 Jump Street.  This afternoon, the Arizona Supreme Court -- for the second time -- handed Governor Jan Brewer a big fat loss on her attempt to remove Colleen Mathis, chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, the panel ch ... More >>

Mitt Romney Now Jeff Flake-Approved

www.burningplatform.comGOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, it appears, will likely take the Mormon vote -- including Congressman Jeff Flake.​Congressman Jeff Flake has picked his horse in the GOP presidential primary -- and it's not Michele Bachman.Former Massachusettes Governor Mitt Romney an ... More >>

Victor Riches, Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin's Top Aide, had Cocaine in Car During DUI Bust Last Year

Image: www.blacktie-arizona.comVictor Riches, chief of staff to Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin, was busted last year for extreme DUI. He also had two vials of cocaine in the car.​ Victor Riches, the chief of staff to Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin, had two vials of cocaine in his leased ca ... More >>

Representative Andy Tobin New Speaker of Arizona House of Representatives

Arizona's new Speaker of the House of Representatives Andy Tobin​State Representative Andy Tobin has been pegged to serve as the new speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives following former Speaker Kirk Adams' announcement that he was leaving the Legislature.As New Times pointed out on Tue ... More >>

Kirk Adams Stepping Down as State House Speaker on Thursday; Run for Congress Likely

  ​Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams (left) will step down from his post on Thursday as a likely step toward running for Representative Jeff Flake's seat in Congress. Flake's planning a run for U.S. Senator Jon Kyl's soon-to-be-vacant seat, and Adams has been among the possible candi ... More >>

Mark Spencer's PLEA Backstabs Own Members

Mark Spencer, betraying PLEA members one endorsement at a timeWhat would you call law enforcement union leaders who claim to battle for their members' public benefits during tough economic times, while handing out endorsements to lawmakers hell-bent on wiping out those benefits for good?Hypocrites? ... More >>

Arizona Republic Looks to Legislators for Legitimacy

​ Who reads the AZ Republic? Apparently, the paper isn't so sure anymore. Which is why the Republic invited a group of Arizona lawmakers to a "test group" two weeks ago hoping to learn whether the paper's still relevant. According to one of the participating politicians (who would not go ... More >>

Update: Kirk Adams is New House Speaker, Replaces Jim Weiers