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The state parks department sent out the following news release this morning, announcing that "closed" signs were being taken down at state parks. The Arizona Republic's Casey Newton reports that some campers had already been evicted as a state government shutdown loomed. But after state workers were told to stay at their jobs, the parks department moved quickly to let people know their favorite haunts would be open for the upcoming holiday weekend.
Unlike many state expe
Benjamin LeathermanDon't miss your stop, broham.
At last, the train we've wanted to ride is finally pulling up to the station, so to speak.
METRO light rail is becoming a post-midnight express as of tomorrow with service offered until last call on weekend evenings. The trains will run approximately every 20 minutes until 2 a.m. when the last ride of the night departs either the westbound or eastbound termini, ultimately arriving at the opposite end of the line an hour later.
Which means y
The ATL's Le Castle Vania will kick out the electro-house beats on Friday at Bar Smith.
There's more to see and do this weekend than just staring at massive explosions of gunpowder in the sky while some Lee Greenwood anthem plays in the background. A lot more. Since you've got three straight days away from the salt mine, we've put together a planner of off-the-hook alternatives to the Constitutionally-mandated fireworks fiestas and backyard beef bonanzas and, including events where you can drin
J.T. Ready at the Phoenix Tea Party July 4, 2009
These uber right wing Tea Parties continue to be a magnet for extremists and crazy folk of all stripes. Though I wasn't able to make the recent hate-Obama rally that took place July 4 at the Arizona state Capitol, I have since discovered from info provided from some pals that none other than local neo-Nazi J.T. Ready spoke at the event.
More than one source has identified the Ready -- the Ernst Rohm of the East Valley -- as addressing the cr
