Elissa Mullany

Former Mayor Phil Gordon's Years-Old Security-Detail Logs Finally Released; Don't Reveal Much We Didn't Already Know

Phoenix has made public portions of the logs that former Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail once maintained to track how they spent their time. Though much anticipated, the documents hardly read like declassified top-secret Pentagon documents. Partly because their release comes more than two years ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Mayor Gordon May Be Remembered Most for Compromising His Ethics for the Woman He Loved

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Recommends Girlfriend for City Aviation Board -- Then Pulls Recommendation

Elissa Mullany and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has reportedly pulled of today's City Council's agenda his recommendation to appoint his girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, to the Phoenix Aviation Advisory Board.Gordon wanted to appoint her to the aviation board to replace Art Hamil ... More >>

Claude Mattox, Phoenix Councilman and Mayoral Candidate, Won't Disclose Super Bowl Junkets

Councilman Claude Mattox​The Fiesta Bowl fiasco has raised questions about elected officials' judgement in pocketing tickets and travel to football games, especially when those sports organizations inevitably wind up before those same officials asking for financial support.Now, as Arizona pre ... More >>

Phoenix Let the International Firm Operating the City's Buses Dodge a Bill of More Than $2 Million

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Fails to Grasp the Gravity of Scandal Involving Flawed Kidnapping Statistics

Public Safety Manager Jack Harris (left) with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon tweets this from his iPhone: "The truth about the kidnapping stats? There was no fraud. I'm confident the audit will show that." And, Gordon, who has thrown his confidence and support behind Phoen ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon's Business Deal With Protester-Killing Bahrain was Seriously Bad Timing

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and girlfriend Elissa Mullany, who was hired to set up the ill-timed economic deal with Bahrain.​ Dealing with the ruling royalty in far-flung parts of the globe could have possible benefits for Arizona, but these non-democracies can be brutal, as Phoenix Mayor P ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Lines Up $8,000 Job for his Girlfriend

Elissa Mullany continues to make money off her relationship with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and his girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, have evolved over the past year - and not in a good way.The couple used to try and hide the fact that they were using the Mayor's Office to funn ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Enjoys "High-Flying Lifestyle" in Dubai

www.thenational.ae​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been a frequent flier to Dubai, one of the states that makes up the United Arab Emirates. It's never been entirely clear what goes on during those visits.But the National, an English-language newspaper in the UAE, offers a glimpse in an article it p ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Involvement with Veolia Transportation Contract Questioned by Federal Transit Administration

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Elissa Mullany​A New Times story about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon advising a transit company that employs his girlfriend on how to muscle nearly $30 million from Phoenix prompted an inquiry from the feds.The Federal Transit Administration, an agency that provides money ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Global Travels Tied to Girlfriend's "Global Connections" Company?

​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wasn't always a travelin' man. Believe it or not, the man who is now jetting off to places like China, Qatar, Dubai, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, was once known for his aversion to hopping on a plane and leaving Phoenix.   While he touts his travels as a means to s ... More >>

Judicial Watch To Appeal Court Decision Allowing Mayor Gordon To Withhold Bodyguard's Records

Expect a few more legal rounds between Judicial Watch and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Judicial Watch is planning to appeal a November 4 decision by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Rea that allows Gordon to keep secret two years' worth of his security-detail logs.Jim Peterson, an attorney f ... More >>

Is Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Plan Simply to Avoid Media Asking Tough Questions? Apparently

Phil Gordon's media flack David Leibowitz.​Apparently New Times isn't alone in trying to get Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to answer legitimate questions he finds tough or uncomfortable.Gordon & Co. also are blowing off Fox 10 because, according to a story posted on its Web site, Gordon ... More >>

Phil Gordon's Girlfriend Problem: Mayor Gordon Helped a Transportation Company Employing His Gal Pal Muscle Almost $30 Million From Phoenix

Judicial Watch Lawsuit Against Phoenix for Refusing to Release Mayor Phil Gordon's Security-Detail Logs Set for September 27 Hearing

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Elissa Mullany, his girlfriend and former fundraiser.​Phoenix officials are scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on September 27 to further explain why they are refusing to release Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail logs.A judge recently reje ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Gets Into Arizona D-Backs' Game Free; Arizona Law Says That's a No-No

​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is many things, but not much of a sports fan. That didn't stop him from attending a Opening Day game for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Interesting because Arizona passed a law in 2000 that prohibits elected officials from accepting free tickets to sporting or c ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Says He "Values Transparency," Yet He Refuses To Answer A Host Of Questions, Including Who Paid For Him And His Girlfriend To Attend Two Super Bowl Games

Phil Gordon​ Oh, the irony of all ironies. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon sent out a letter today to Phoenix residents on the city budget with an opening line that read: "In the City of Phoenix, we value transparency in government."Value transparency?Wait, there's more: "Every city employee ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Lack Of Transparency, Accountability Should Be On List of Story Ideas City Suggests to Media

​Every month the city of Phoenix Public Information Office sends out a blast to media with story ideas reporters might consider covering on a slow news day.Some of the June story ideas include covering the fire ban the Phoenix parks department has instituted in the city's desert preserves or t ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Girlfriend Elissa Mullany at 2010 Super Bowl? Gordon Refuses to Answer Questions About Who Paid for Tickets

Elissa Mullany and Arizona Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald.​Since Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon continues to refuse to answer questions about who's paying for the big sporting events he and his girlfriend Elissa Mullany have attended -- and won't even confirm that they went to at least two Super ... More >>

Did Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Party at the 2008 and 2010 Super Bowls? And Who Paid for the Tickets?

Facebook.com​ Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon may be refusing to answer questions about a $3,200 payment made to the NFL in 2008 out of a fund meant to promote downtown Phoenix -- but a Facebook photo of his girlfriend may provide a clue about that expense.In the photo, Elissa Mullany (left front ... More >>

Phoenix Councilman Claude Mattox Still Testing Mayoral Waters, Mayor Phil Gordon Disses Councilwoman Peggy Neely In E-Mail

Claude Mattox ​Although Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon doesn't leave office for another year and half, political wonks already are speculating about the final lineup of candidates for the 2011 mayor's race.Former Attorney General Grant Woods? Arizona Democrat Jim Pederson? Deputy Attorn ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon Can Run, But -- Senate Bill 1070 or Not -- He Can't Hide

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Still Mum on Girlfriend Elissa Mullany's Role at City Hall

Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon still hasn't answered questions submitted to him by New Times on April 19.The questions were e-mailed to Gordon per his new policy of no longer speaking personally with New Times or the Arizona Republic -- more accurately, he won't talk to reporters who ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon Doesn't Like Questions About His Girlfriend's Role at City Hall or Her Gig with a Phoenix Developer

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Girlfriend Files for Divorce

Elissa Mullany​Elissa Mullany, Phoenix Mayor Gordon's girlfriend, has filed for divorce from her husband, James Allan Mullany.The two have been married since August 2003, but separated for a few years. Gordon and Mullany said they stated dating in March 2008. Mullany notes in her ... More >>

Steve Ellman's Camelback Corridor Project, and Ties to Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Girlfriend

Steve Ellman​ Phoenix's Steve Ellman is an international developer with a commercial real estate empire spanning more than 12 million square feet of retail, entertainment, and office space. Ellman is among the largest owners of real estate in the Phoenix metropolitan area.So why did Ellman ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, In an Arpaio-esque Move, Refuses to Answer New Times' Questions Unless They're Sumbitted in Writing

​ Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has established a new policy: He will no longer speak personally with New Times or the Arizona Republic. He will only accept questions from the publications if reporters submit them in writing.How very Joe Arpaio-esque.What's next? Will the mayor start banning ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Aide Apparently Violated City Rules; Her Contract Never Reviewed by Former City Manager Frank Fairbanks

Frank Fairbanks​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon earlier this week defended hiring Sue Lindmeier, sister of his girlfriend's business partner, saying former Phoenix City Manager Frank Fairbanks and City Attorney Gary Verburg reviewed and approved her contract.Fairbanks, who retired i ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Still Faces Judicial Watch Lawsuit for Refusing to Release Security-Detail Logs

www.judicialwatch.org​ The City of Phoenix continues to refuse release of Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail logs --kept by members of his security team who track Gordon's daily activities. They contain information such as where they dropped off and picked up the mayor and who was travelin ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's 2009 Calendar Missing Info on His Girlfriend's Connection to Phoenix Mega-Developer

​ A version of Mayor Phil Gordon's 2009 calendar released this week to New Times is missing some bits of inflammatory information that were present last year.When city officials provided some of the same public records last year, the calendar revealed that on at least two occasions, ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon's Girlfriend Had a Paying Gig With a Big Phoenix Developer Doing Business With the City

From FacebookElissa Mullany is shown in 2009 on developer Steve Ellman's payroll. ​Mayor Phil Gordon's girlfriend landed on mega-Phoenix developer Steve Ellman's payroll in 2009, political insiders confirm.  Elissa Mullany, who started dating Gordon in early 2008, spent time in ... More >>

Strip Searches at Maricopa County Jails Are Under Fire, As Is PMT Ambulance; But Phil Gordon's Romance Is in the Clear

Phoenix Mayor's Top Aide Facing Possible Domestic Violence Charges

More bad news for Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Joe Villasenor, a senior assistant to Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his wife December 15, according to a police report obtained by New Times.Villasenor is currently on "personal leave," according to his direct s ... More >>

Judicial Watch Demands Records from Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Security Detail

The city may have to turn over security logs for Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon -- or face a lawsuit.​ A conservative think-tank is demanding that the city of Phoenix release two years' worth of "activity logs" for Mayor Phil Gordon's security detail -- a set of records the city has previously re ... More >>

Phil Gordon Payments to Girlfriend Okay, Ex-Chief Justice Finds

We saw this one coming. Elissa Mullany​The lawyer handpicked by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's public-relations guy to examine a series of payments the mayor made to his girlfriend using his campaign finance funds -- former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Zlaket -- has cleared Gordon ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Is Paying His Girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, Big Bucks

Elissa Mullany Big Beneficiary from Phil Gordon's Federal PAC

Elissa Mullany​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon established a federal political action committee in late 2007, hoping, he later said, to "educate members of Congress on the needs in Phoenix."But in its two years of activity to date, the committee's biggest beneficiary has been Gordon's girlfriend, ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon and His Girlfriend/Fundraiser Elissa Mullany Have Some Explaining To Do

Mayor Gordon is paying -- and dating -- his fundraiser, Elissa Mullany.​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon hasn't needed to raise money since he waltzed to reelection in the fall of 2007, leaving a war chest stocked with $370,000. Yet in the last two years, Gordon has paid his chief fundraiser big bu ... More >>