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www.mobilesyrup.comIf you're like many of us and missed the federal government's generous "Cash for Clunkers" deadline, you may have been hoping someone would steal your dumpy old Chrysler so you can collect a little insurance money. In the past, parking your car in certain Phoe ... More >>
Just because Andrew Thomas resigned as county attorney does not mean we have to stop using our favorite non-mustachioed picture of him.So who thinks they could be a better county attorney than Andrew Thomas, who resigned the post to run for Attorney General? Anyone? Anyone?Okay, that's prob ... More >>
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will choose an interim replacement for departed County Attorney Andrew Thomas in a few days. Here's some predictions about who won't get the gig: 1. SATAN: Left, in photo. 2. JESUS: Right, in photo. 3.. BILL MONTGOMERY: Andy Thomas clone ... More >>
Rick Romley, the old (and now new) county attorney.We called that one.As New Times' Paul Rubin predicted last week, former County Attorney Rick Romley got the nod from the board of supervisors today to replace Andrew Thomas in his old job. Thomas, of course, resigned earlier this month to run for ... More >>
Image: www.montgomery2010.comBill Montgomery, an exploratory candidate for Maricopa County Attorney, reportedly told Supervisor Don Stapley that hanging out with Sheriff Arpaio was like being at a "nursing home." Bill Montgomery, a potential candidate for Maricopa County Attorney backed by Sh ... More >>
Bill Montgomery, candidate for Maricopa County Attorney, was recorded without his knowledge during a meeting with County Supervisor Don Stapley Bill Montgomery, the candidate for Maricopa County Attorney backed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, strongly questions Sheriff Joe Arpaio's mental fi ... More >>
JT Ready & pals try to give Joe Arpaio and Bill Montgomery some Nazi love in Phoenix today As most of you have no-doubt heard, there's strong speculation that Sheriff Joe Arpaio will announce his run for Arizona Governor on Monday. Personally, I hope he does run. He'll have to resign to d ... More >>
Bill Montgomery will be joined by Arpaio at a fundraiser this weekend. Here's a phrase designed to strike fear into the hearts of rational Arizonans of every political stripe: "Meet your law enforcement team." As in, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a new bestie! We've repeatedly argued that the bigg ... More >>
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Padres' Adrian Gonzalez, Mets' Rod Barajas, MLB Players Association Blast Arizona ... More >>
I'm gonna be famous, ma. I'm gonna be on da Internets...The MCSO's highly-paid PR apparatchiks have just sent out an announcement on the one guy who seems to get more publicity than neo-Nazi J.T. Ready these days.I'm talking, of course, about our own geriatric, Mr. Magoo-esque gendarme, Sh ... More >>
Bill Montgomery -- the Republic's Invisible Man?A recent headline in the right-wing blog Sonoran Alliance that claims the Arizona Republic has a "blackout" of coverage for the 2010 race for Maricopa County Attorney seems to be accurate. An archive search shows the state's largest ne ... More >>
Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn ended his campaign for Maricopa County Attorney this morningChandler Mayor Boyd Dunn announced this morning that he's pulling the plug on his campaign to become the next Maricopa County Attorney -- news from the county attorney's race that's apparently Arizona Repub ... More >>
America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" seems a little scared of County Attorney Rick RomleyMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn't up for re-election this year -- or next year. As far as we know he's not planning on running for county attorney, either. But that's not stopping him from runn ... More >>
Romley fights back against Arpaio and Montgomery in this new attack videoAlthough a Maricopa County judge today refused to halt Sheriff Joe Arpaio's attack ads aimed at County Attorney Rick Romley, Romley has an answer for the guy Arpaio's fronting in those ads: Romley's GOP primary rival Bill Montg ... More >>
What happened when a shamelessly ambitious zealot (Andrew Peyton Thomas, a timelessly paranoid publicity-seeker (Joe Arpaio), a meglomaniac with a heart of coal (David Hendershott), and a person whose interpretation of the rule of law differs from ours (Lisa Aubuchon) conspire to violate their oaths ... More >>
The Romley campaign's latest YouTube video dissing MontgomeryU.S. Senator John McCain took some time off from horsewhippin' GOP primary rival J.D. Hayworth to endorse Rick Romley for Maricopa County Attorney over Sheriff Joe Arpaio's boy in that primary race, Bill Montgomery.To call McCain's endorse ... More >>
Soon-to-be County Attorney Bill MontgomeryThe voters of Maricopa County have spoken and it appears another Joe Arpaio lap-dog will be the next county attorney.Former Assistant County Attorney Bill Montgomery pulled out a win against former, and interim, County Attorney Rick Romley.Montgomery has ... More >>
In the stop-the-presses department comes the following comment made during last night's primary election coverage. Oddly, the truth-telling was attributed to our own local Pinocchio, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in regards the decisive victory of Bill Montgomery over interim Maricopa ... More >>
Danny Hellman I first used this illo back in 2008. Sadly, little has changed... Almost immediately after interim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley's devastating loss in the GOP primary to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pick for the position, Bill Montgomery, Democrats and disaffected Republicans ali ... More >>
Danny Hellman I first used this illo back in 2008. Sadly, little has changed... Almost immediately after interim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley's devastating loss in the GOP primary to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pick for the position, Bill Montgomery, Democrats and disaffected Republicans ali ... More >>
You mean I gots to pay $154K? Jiminy Crickets! Score one for the white hats ce soir. Sheriff Joe Arpaio's re-election campaign was today fined $153,978 for financing a mailer advocating the defeat of his arch-nemesis, interim County Attorney Rick Romley. That mailer was to the ... More >>
Bill Montgomery: The half-million dollar man, and then some According to records provided to special counsel Jeffrey Messing by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's political guru Chad Willems of Summit Consulting Group, Arpaio's re-election campaign committee spent more than $500,000 in media buys for TV ads ... More >>
Bill Montgomery, the likely next County Attorney, has formed a transition team and is meeting with elected officials. Bill Montgomery hasn't been elected Maricopa County Attorney yet, but he's already formed a transition team and has been meeting with elected officials. Can't say we blame hi ... More >>
Bill Montgomery, the likely next County Attorney, has formed a transition team and is meeting with elected officials. Bill Montgomery hasn't been elected Maricopa County Attorney yet, but he's already formed a transition team and has been meeting with elected officials. Can't say we blame hi ... More >>
Bill Montgomery (right) being sworn in by Superior Court Judge Norm DavisAs Bill Montgomery was sworn in yesterday as Maricopa County Attorney, Sheriff Joe Arpaio sat glowering, Nixon-like, from the front row of the Board of Supervisors auditorium.After the ceremony, I asked Arpaio of he was checkin ... More >>
Quite a sight yesterday afternoon in downtown Phoenix. The entire workforce of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office--it numbers in the hundreds--took to the streets (Jefferson, to be exact) as one, and trooped north a block or two to the Orpheum Theatre for a big meeting, It w ... More >>
Former MCSO detention officer Kevin Gerster.The Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced today that Kevin Gerster, the former Maricopa County detention officer seen on security video punching two restrained inmates, has been charged with several crimes for his alleged misdoings while a member ... More >>
Bill MontgomeryThe Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has agreed to return control of its civil litigation unit to the County Attorney's Office, now that they've got a county attorney they like.The Arizona Republic reports this morning that the new county attorney, Bill Montgomery, and the Supe ... More >>
Bill Montgomery Back in December, medical marijuana foes Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk, county attorneys for Maricopa and Yavapai, respectively, quietly explored whether or not Proposition 203 could be declared unconstitutional. An e-mail sent to the Arizona Department of Health Services o ... More >>
Bill Montgomery Back in December, medical marijuana foes Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk, county attorneys for Maricopa and Yavapai, respectively, quietly explored whether or not Proposition 203 could be declared unconstitutional. An e-mail sent to the Arizona Department of Health Services o ... More >>
Bill Montgomery -- a "good, ethical man" who won't bite the hand that feeds him.With the enemies of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on the defensive, responsibility for the county's civil lawsuits has been returned to the County Attorney's Office.The Supes had essentially fired for ... More >>
Nothing like an Arpaio pinata to make a kid's dayThe Psalms advise us that a gentle answer turneth away wrath. Apparently it has the effect of disarming Tea Baggers as well.That proverb was put to the test last Sunday at Phoenix's Margaret T. Hance Park where a couple of hundred people gathered to c ... More >>
Image: www.youtube.comBill Montgomery still stands with the powerful politician who endorsed him, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, despite an unfolding scandal. Ssshhh... Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery seem to be on a secret mission. He's scheduled to appear at a fundraiser tomorrow for himself ... More >>
Another apparent black eye for Joe Arpaio and the MCSO.Our sources, it appears, were correct.The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office just confirmed that three sheriff's deputies have been arrested in connection with a drug and human smuggling operation.Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County A ... More >>
What's a great way to divert attention from the fact that Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office? Announcing the arrest of an infamous criminal who's been able to evade capture for 17 years certainly doesn't hurt. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County A ... More >>
What's a great way to divert attention from the fact that Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office? Announcing the arrest of an infamous criminal who's been able to evade capture for 17 years certainly doesn't hurt. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County A ... More >>
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has decided to charge a Mesa 16-year-old as an adult for the murder of the boy's girlfriend's mother.Maricopa County Attorney's Office spokesman Jerry Cobb tells New Times that the Mesa 16-year-old accused of murdering his girlfriend's mother will be charg ... More >>
Image: University of AkronJohn Gillis, a longtime advocate for crime victims, has joined the Maricopa County Attorney's Office as chief of the agency's victim services division. John Gillis -- veteran Los Angeles cop, former U.S. Department of Justice official and champion for the rights of c ... More >>
www.randomfunnypicture.comAccording to Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, "graffiti is not a harmless form of creative expression. It's a destructive crime that victimizes entire communities by creating blight and encouraging additional criminal activity."One of the more prolific Valley v ... More >>
Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau faces the death penalty after getting convicted of nine counts of murder.After a five-month trial, and seven days of jury deliberation, Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau has been convicted of all nine of the murder charges against him.Goudeau faced 72 felony counts s ... More >>
County Attorney Bill Montgomery and other child welfare experts have been pegged with the task of figuring out how to fix Child Protective Services. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced today the members of a task force she's organized to review the state's child-safety policies following a rece ... More >>
ICE honcho John Morton, back when the two guys to the left were still in office...In case Sheriff Joe Arpaio missed the gist of the fiat handed down Thursday by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ending Arpaio's 287(g) jails agreement, John Morton, Director of U.S. Immigrati ... More >>
Ray SternMaricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is skeptical of the DOJ's report on racial profiling in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery expressed skepticism today about the claims of racial profiling by the Sheriff's Office, and demanded the ... More >>
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is holding a press conference this morning to announce the findings of an eight-month investigation into elected officials who received gifts from the allegedly corrupt Fiesta Bowl organization.It's unclear what Montgomery will announce -- the Arizona Repu ... More >>
No politicians will be charged with crimes for accepting gifts from the scandal-plagued Fiesta Bowl organization under the leadership of former CEO John Junker -- but that doesn't necessarily mean they didn't do anything wrong (just look at ousted former state Senate President ... More >>
County Attorney Bill Montgomery won't charge any politicians with crimes in connection with the Fiesta Bowl scandal -- even if they probably deserve it.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced yesterday that no criminal charges will be filed against any of the more than two dozen state ... More >>
Image: Ray SternPinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has lots of respect for Sheriff Joe Arpaio now that he'd like his support in Babeu's run for Congress. In 2007, Babeu said Arpaio arrested a police officer on animal cruelty charges simply to grab headlines. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who ... More >>
Image: Ray SternRandy Parraz meets with supporters outside the meeting hall of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors before leading a disruptive walkout. Activist Randy Parraz led a disruptive walkout on Tuesday at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting in protest of board policy ... More >>
CBA demands accountability of Arpaio in the latest video by Dennis Gilman A point some local journos missed concerning the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors' recent hearing on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's various misdeeds was that the special meeting, which addressed Arpaio's racial profiling and his bun ... More >>
A sixth suspect has been arrested in connection to the murders of Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced this afternoon that a sixth suspect has been arrested in connection to the murders of a Paradise Valley couple found bound and burned in their home last ... More >>
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