Barney Fife

Congressional Candidate Matt Salmon is a Cowboy Now (That He's Running For Office in Arizona)

Yee-haw​Get ready, Arizona: another John McCain-esque "build the danged fence" campaign ad is apparently on the horizon --this time, compliments of Congressional candidate Matt Salmon.GOP sources tell New Times Salmon headed down to the border last week to shoot an ad for his District 6 Congressio ... More >>

Arpaio Ditched Tea Party for "Emergency" Meeting With Rick Perry; Replaced as Speaker by Matt "I Don't Respect Arpaio" Salmon

​The Red Mountain Tea Party bills itself as the largest weekly Tea Party meeting in America, and organizers were proud to get Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to speak tonight.Arpaio blew the teabaggers off, though, because the sheriff had "an emergency that came up in his schedule that he could ... More >>

Kirk Adams Congressional Campaign Now Ben Quayle-Approved. Opponent Matt Salmon Has Nod of Joe Arpaio, Man He Doesn't Respect, Doesn't Like, and Compares to Barney Fife

Kirk Adams' Facebook pageKirk Adams (right) with his honorary campaign chairman, Senator Jon Kyl.​Congressional candidate Kirk Adams got a political tip-of-the-cap from Congressman Ben Quayle yesterday. Meanwhile, his opponent in the GOP primary for the District 6 Congressional seat, former Congre ... More >>

Matt Salmon Picks Up Endorsement From South Dakota Senator John Thune. Still Silent on Joe Arpaio Switcheroo

Matt Salmon: "do I care for Arpaio? Do I like him? No."​Congressional candidate Matt Salmon picked up the endorsement of South Dakota Senator John Thune yesterday, but he still won't explain his recent about-face in regards to how he feels about Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Last month, Arpai ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Talks to New Times About Matt Salmon Endorsement; Salmon Sought Nod of Sheriff He Doesn't Think is "Playing With a Full Deck"

Matt Salmon sought the endorsement of a sheriff he doesn't like, doesn't respect, doesn't think is "playing with a full deck," and he compares to Barney Fife.​Congressional hopeful Matt Salmon didn't just accept the endorsement of a sheriff he doesn't like, he doesn't respect, he doesn't think is ... More >>

Morning Poll: Has Congressional Candidate Matt Salmon Cowered to Arizona Politics -- and Joe Arpaio?

Matt Salmon: "do I care for Arpaio? Do I like him? No."​Since last week, we've been pestering the campaign of Congressional candidate Matt Salmon for an explanation of his recent switcheroo when it comes to how he feels about Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Arpaio recently endorsed Salmon in th ... More >>

Matt Salmon, Question-Dodging Congressional Candidate, Leads District 6 Race, According to Poll

Matt Salmon's Facebook page Matt Salmon: "I don't think [Joe Arpaio's] playing with a full deck."​We think we've figured out why Congressional candidate Matt Salmon refuses to explain his newfound love for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Salmon's leading the polls -- why bother?Salmon's ... More >>

Joe Arpaio-Backed Congressional Candidate Matt Salmon on Arpaio: "Do I Care for Arpaio? Do I Like Him? No." Compares Sheriff to Barney Fife

WikipediaJoe Arpaio-approved Congressional candidate Matt Salmon: "Do I care for Arpaio? Do I like him? No."​Turns out, New Times isn't the only publication to which Joe Arpaio-approved Congressional candidate Matt Salmon expressed how he really feels about America's self-proclaimed "toughest sher ... More >>

Matt Salmon Still Refuses to Explain Joe Arpaio Switcheroo

Matt Salmon compares Joe Arpaio to Barney Fife.​It's now been five days since we first contacted Congressional candidate Matt Salmon's campaign seeking an explanation as to why he would accept an endorsement from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man he once claimed to not only dislike, but al ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Loses Again: Maricopa County Settles for $200K in Mora Racial-Profiling Case

Julio and Julian Mora, who today won big against Sheriff Joe As Sheriff Joe Arpaio plots to humiliate Arizona by deploying a chain gang of illegal immigrants to clean up around Chase Field, where the Major League Baseball All-Star Game is scheduled to take place July 12, there's ample evidence Arpai ... More >>

Do Svidanya, Joe

The vexed vulture swoops down on mean ol' Sheriff Joe, then sides with a nativist (for a change) against the mothers of MADD

Mayor Phil "Goober" Gordon, P-town's Barney Fife.

Hell's Belle

Satan's Angel has taken her flaming tassels out of retirement, to the delight of a new generation of burlesque fans

The Real Deal

Art imitates life for balladeer

The Dead Lawyer Made Him Do It

Finally in jail, courthouse scam king Bob Owens plucks his defense from the grave

School Spirits

Heard spotlights "Our Indian School Days"

Arpaio's Running Scared

The powerful Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona and Senator John McCain want Sheriff Joke gone

Letters

Letters from the week of July 3, 2003

Local Hero

Josh Fiedler likes to think he'll bring violent Valley skinheads a better image

Arpaio, Artists and Assorted Grievances

Letters from the week of November 21, 2002

Flashes 03-23-2000

Tombstone Blues

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

Honky-Tonk Angels

The Valley's longest-twanging C&W/rock outfit charms a third time with a no-nonsense new CD

Flashes

Trainspotting

Nearly three years after Amtrak's Sunset Limited was sabotaged near Buckeye, firefighters who rode to the rescue remain on the FBI's list of suspects

Son of the Shriek

Scream 2's a hoot 'n' holler

Letters

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