J. Fife Symington

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Young Fife: The Lost First Decade

He may have gone to Harvard and been elected governor. But did J. Fife Symington III spend his early years on the poor side of Phoenix?

The Mexican Connection

How Governor Symington misused state resources to further the cross-border business interests of his friends and family.

Symington Family Partner Under Suspicion

U.S. authorities suspect a Mexican vegetable grower with business ties to the Symingtons is involved in drug trafficking

Visa Granted

Business partner of Symingtons gets pass good for one year

DEA Papers List Canelos Firm

Drug Enforcement Administration records contain multiple references to a company controlled by a business partner of the Symington family

Flashes

Drug Enforcement Administration records contain multiple references to a company controlled by a business partner of the Symington family

Head on a skewer: Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself

Drug Enforcement Administration records contain multiple references to a company controlled by a business partner of the Symington family

BIG WHEEL

GEORGE LECKIE RAN DOWN TWO PEOPLE WITH HIS CAR AND GOT AWAY WITH IT. IN PARADISE VALLEY, JUSTICE DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ARE.

Valley of the Drolls

New Times presents its first-ever Doofus and Darling Awards

Time Transients

A new millennium in Phoenix, where the motorist in the next lane is your auld acquaintance

Blind Ambition

A new millennium in Phoenix, where the motorist in the next lane is your auld acquaintance

Public Theatre

Public relations firms wrote a script for overcoming opposition to Sumitomo's new silicon-wafer plant. City and state officials learned their lines well.

Flashes

Public relations firms wrote a script for overcoming opposition to Sumitomo's new silicon-wafer plant. City and state officials learned their lines well.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE LOBBY

"THE DEAL" GOES DOWN. INFLUENCE GETS PEDDLED. IS IT ANY WONDER LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING A LIFE---SOMEPLACE ELSE?

Jack Pfister, Former General Manager of Salt River Project, dies at 76

Jack Pfister, Phoenix community leader and former long-term manager of power and water utility company Salt River Project, died yesterday at the age of 76 after a long battle with cancer. A native to Prescott, Arizona, Pfister quickly rose to leadership in the Phoenix community, where he played rol ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Shares Alma Mater with Margaret Hance, Ann Symington

courtesy of Scripps College Gabrielle Giffords in Mennonite garb, 1993. ​An eclectic collection of politically involved Arizona women have graduated from Scripps College, Gabrielle Giffords' alma mater. Margaret Hance, Phoenix mayor from 1976-83 went there. Class of '45. So did Ann Symin ... More >>