Grant Woods

Facebook Lawsuit Plaintiff Sharon Beatty is Lawyer Grant Woods' Secretary

Grant Woods, a Valley lawyer and former state Attorney General, filed a federal complaint against Facebook this week on behalf of plaintiff Sharon Beatty -- who happens to be his secretary.​"Hey, Sharon, want to file a lawsuit against Facebook?"We imagine that a conversation that included th ... More >>

Facebook Sued by Scottsdale Woman, Sharon Beatty, Over Site's Tracking of Web Browsing History While Logged Off; Class Action Ruling Sought

Facebook calls it a glitch, but a Scottsdale woman and her Phoenix lawyer want to be compensated for the social media site's surreptitious tracking of Web browsing history.Former state Attorney General Grant Woods filed the federal complaint on Friday for his client, Sharon Beatty of Scottsdale. But ... More >>

Grant Woods: "Twitter Account Hacked. Anthony Weiner Told Me This Could Happen."

Grant Woods: the New Times-declared Mayor of Twitter-town.​It appears the Twitter account of former Arizona Attorney General/Current Mayor of Twitter-town Grant Woods has been hacked.Woods currently holds New Times'' coveted "Best Twitterer" award, so, of course, he took the hacking in stride."Sor ... More >>

How to Avoid a Weinergate; Some Suggestions From the Mayor of Twitter-Town/Former AG Grant Woods

www.yahoo.comPoliticos: Listen to Grant Woods if you want to avoid headlines like these.​As "Weinergate 2011" enters day 11, there are now bipartisan calls for New York Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign. Given the congressman's current conundrum, former Arizona Attorney General/New Times-declar ... More >>

Grant Woods is Way Better at Twitter Than Congressman Anthony Weiner

Former Attorney General Grant Woods has a "PRIVATE" photo waiting for you on his Twitter page.​Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods could teach New York Congressman -- and star of "Weiner-gate 2011" -- Anthony Weiner a thing or two about Twitter and other venues for social media.For starter ... More >>

After Re-Living Fatso Cream-Cheese "Tweet," Grant Woods Says He'll "Look at" Running for Senate

Senator Grant Woods?​Announcing that you're considering running for U.S. Senate after telling a story about fatsos and their love of cream cheese is an interesting campaign tactic -- and it's one Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods pulled out this morning on live TV.Woods, a.k.a. the best ... More >>

Grant Woods Advocates Politics That Are Not Personal, Vindictive or Mean, Clearly Forgetting That That's His Style

Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods co-authored a column in the Arizona Republic about the lessons that should be learned in the wake of an assassination attempt of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords:"It has spurred a national teaching moment, a pause in the war of charged vocabulary, and a di ... More >>

Conley Wolfswinkel, Smeared by Andrew Thomas in Stapley Investigation, Files Notice of Claim with Maricopa County

Andrew Thomas' attempts to humiliate an East Valley developer could cost taxpayers $10 million. ​Saying that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas illegally searched their offices and otherwise targeted them in an attempt to "retaliate against and humili ... More >>

Grant Woods Running for Phoenix Mayor -- Maybe

Grant Woods​Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods confirmed today in a phone interview with New Times that he is seriously contemplating a run for mayor of Phoenix.Woods, a Republican who served two terms as attorney general from 1991 to 1999, refused to put odds on the likelihood of his run ... More >>

Grant Woods Fuels J.D. Hayworth "Dracula-Gate" With Awesome Twitter Post

Grant Woods seems hell-bent on sticking things in J.D. Hayworth.​Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods wants to put an end to the latest dose of J.D. Hayworth buffoonery, but he may just be adding fuel to J.D.s paranoid fire.In an interview with Newsweek earlier this week, Woods joked: ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Interprets Grant Woods Vampire Quip as Death Threat

Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth​What do you call a vampire who's running for the U.S. Senate? Don't bother asking Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth because the guy's apparently humorless, can't take a joke.Hayworth seems to think that a vampire quip made by former Arizona Attorney General ... More >>

Fishy Fundraiser: Wealthy Donors Claim Top Sheriff's Official Pitched for SCA on Alaska Trip

Back in July, Captain Joel Fox, frontman for the SCA fund, wrote the following comment on our blog: There has never been a "meeting" of SCA donors. How you figure you could get all the people on that list into one room is beyond me. I can hardly get in contact with most of them, let alone get them ... More >>

Hendershott Still Won't Talk About the SCA

​ We interviewed Maricopa County Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott (pictured) today about this computer-takeover business and his possible trip to jail next week, so naturally we asked him about his involvement in the SCA, too.He didn't bite. "You'll have to talk to the lawyers about that," he tel ... More >>

Prediction: Grant Woods Won't Ask Mayor K.J. About "Summer of '95"

We've always enjoyed a good relationship with former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, except when he got pissy with us for a long while over the infamous "hot dog vendor" spoof back in the day.   Woods is a savvy and funny guy, something in fairly short supply among the lega ... More >>

Former AZ Attorney General Grant Woods: Howard Stern for the Age of the Podcast?

  Add former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods to the list of old-school guys giving new media a try. We hear through the grapevine that Woods is launching a new Web site, www.grantwoods.com. It's apparently still in the preview stage -- the home page currently includes a ... More >>

Sheriff Gangbanger

This sardonic sapsucker scratches out the truth on Sheriff Joe's gang-friendly gulags, an ICE spokesman's DUI stint, and the Arizona Repugnant's reportorial fumbles

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O Children, Where Art Thou?

Museum peace unlikely as a proposed family center in Phoenix fights critics over right to life.

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Babbitt's Secret Growth-Control Plan

While the state and the Sierra Club jockey to curb urban expansion, the Secretary of the Interior is quietly pushing his own proposal. We've got the maps.

Snafu 2000

Phoenix officials told volunteers planning an expensive millennial downtown bash to think big. It seems as though nobody was thinking at all.

Growing Complicated

Already, the state's grand plan for halting urban sprawl appears doomed

Tom and Janet's Excellent AG Venture

Tom McGovern and Janet Napolitano are running close in a cordial race for attorney general. But somebody has to win.

The Clash of '98

John Kaites and Tom McGovern — John McCain's and Grant Woods' hand-picked candidates for attorney general — are duking it out like schoolboys, while the Dems' Janet Napolitano goes to school on them

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The Fifester, the Wifester, the Mother and the Prosecutor

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End of a Smear

County Attorney Richard Romley thought he had parlayed a trivial investigation into the resignation of one of his chief political rivals. But Attorney General Grant Woods decided that his top assistant would not be sacrificed to prosecutorial overreaching

Trial By Media (Part I)

For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

Trial By Media (Part II)

For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

A Secretary's Revenge

Deborah Vasquez, a secretary in the Attorney General's Office, overstepped her authority to help a kidnaped child. After being upbraided, she spread fantasy and half-truth that have been used to discredit the attorney general's top assistant, Rob Carey.

Deep Fix

Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley went very, veryeasy on Governor Fife Symington and his cronies inthe Project SLIM bid-rigging case. After first assistant attorney general Rob Carey showed that the county attorney's investigation had been a sham, R

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From the Week of July 27, 1995

ANALYSIS:SLIM PICKINGS AG'S PROJECT SLIM PROBE HASN'T TARGETED SYMINGTON, DESPITE EVIDENCE OF HIS INVOLVEMENT

STATE SECRETS

WOODS AND SYMINGTON HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, AFTER ALL: BOTH DISCOURAGE OPEN GOVERNMENT

JUDICIAL INDESCRETIONSCONSERVATIVES PROPOSING NEW LAWS TO STEM FLOOD OF LAWSUITS BY INMATES

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Statesman or Henchman?

He's already the state's GOP power broker. He'll soon be Arizona's senior senator. Will the volatile John McCain Rule by fear or respect?

"THE JACKASSES OF ARIZONA"

IN PURSUIT OF PUBLICITY ATTORNEY GENERAL POSES WITH ESCAPED CONVICTFELON FLEES CUSTODY, THEN SELLS HOT DOGS IN FRONT OF JAIL ONVICT

THE LEADING MAN

IN HIS SCREEN DEBUT, WOODS GIVES PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME-AT $640 A HEAD

THE CAMPAIGN-FINANCE STEEPLECHASEWHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING DOWN VIOLATORS, PROSECUTORS ARE NOT EVEN FOLLOWING THE PAC

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