Jason Rose

Does the Grand Canyon Skywalk suck?

KTVK Reporter Carey Pena vs. Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas

Hot Links: McCain's Arizona Lead Withers, Feds Collar Mongols, Food Network's Fieri Feasts in Flagstaff.

What a Tangled Web Site They Weave

Are Arizona candidates out to deceive?

Rose Peddles

People are talking about a young political consultant named Jason Rose. But it's probably not the message he'd like to get across.

Local Media Praised and Roasted in PR Firm's "Fourth Estate Awards"

People are talking about a young political consultant named Jason Rose. But it's probably not the message he'd like to get across.

Best Name For a Lawyer

Court Rich

BEST DICK

Jason Rose

The Jason Rose Connection

Jason Rose

Andrew Thomas' Governor Ambitions Dashed by Brewer; Reportedly Seeks AG Post He Failed to Obtain in '02

Our anonymous buddies at the Republican news release headquarters, a.k.a. Sonoran Alliance blog, are reporting that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will run for state attorney general in 2010. UPDATE: Jason Rose, spokesman and campaign consultant for Thomas, pretty much confirmed the Sonoran ... More >>

Jason Rose, Local PR Hound, and Lawyer Wife, Jordan, Pay Cash for Mansion

In the "must be nice" category, local public relations guru Jason Rose and his wife, local attorney, Jordan, made the paper this morning with their new home purchase.Topping the list of this week's priciest home sales in the Arizona Republic's real estate round-up is the Roses' acquisition of a ... More >>

Citizen initiatives have been kicked off the ballot this year in record numbers, and the problems could go much deeper than invalid signatures

In the "must be nice" category, local public relations guru Jason Rose and his wife, local attorney, Jordan, made the paper this morning with their new home purchase.Topping the list of this week's priciest home sales in the Arizona Republic's real estate round-up is the Roses' acquisition of a ... More >>

Who's Sorry Now?

Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career, but wants us to apologize to Sheriff Joe. Fat chance

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, August 2, 2007

Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career, but wants us to apologize to Sheriff Joe. Fat chance

Money for Nothing

Don't fall victim to the identity-theft protection scam

Loan Sharks

The governor's chosen loan authority is determined to keep its monopoly

Hot Topics

The governor's chosen loan authority is determined to keep its monopoly

Juicy Taco Hell

The Cards sure played like wimps last year, but essentially naming their stadium Pussy Park?!

Pussy Posse

Signs of the times: The feathered fiend asks the sheriff if he's ever eaten a pink taco and invades the mind of a Grassfire.org bigot

Axing Jacquelynn

Here we go again at the Maricopa County health department. Why can't the Board of Supervisors get its act together?

Pig Roast

Political party celebrates Sheriff Joe's sweet 70

Flashes

Political party celebrates Sheriff Joe's sweet 70

June 11 In Blogs: Miss Arizona, Eddie Matney, Summer of Sound, and Beatsmiths Battling for Supremacy

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: Up on the Sun: The Valley's Biggest Beatsmiths Battle for Supremacy Tonight at PHX Nightclub Summer of Sound: Amer ... More >>

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Last Night's Sea Saw Finale Last Night: Skyy Vodka Bar Chef Competition Chef ... More >>

Arizona Republic Lets Lawyer for Solar Company Shill for Industry Without Disclosing Ties

Solar power will be the "new economic engine for Arizona," writes local lawyer Jordan Rose in Saturday's "My Turn" column in the Arizona Republic. Whether that's true or not, it's already an economic engine for Rose, [pictured]. She's the lawyer for SolarCity, a California company planning to ins ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Plans "Major Announcement" in 45 Days, Says Spinmeister Jason Rose

​ We can't tell you much more than what's in the headline. Local PR whiz Jason Rose put an interesting, though cryptic, tweet on his Twitter account yesterday about one of his clients, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas: Major announcement from maricopa county andrew thomas quite possib ... More >>

Dana Marie Kennedy Calls for Sal DiCiccio to Answer Questions About Loop 202 Dealings

www.kennedyforphoenix.com​Dana Marie Kennedy sharply criticized Sal DiCiccio at a press conference this morning in front of City Hall, saying that the councilman has "a lot of questions to answer" about his real estate holdings in the path of the proposed Loop 202 extension.Kennedy is challenging ... More >>

PMT Ambulance Company Gets Smacked Down by a National Labor Relations Board Judge — and We Mean Smacked

www.kennedyforphoenix.com​Dana Marie Kennedy sharply criticized Sal DiCiccio at a press conference this morning in front of City Hall, saying that the councilman has "a lot of questions to answer" about his real estate holdings in the path of the proposed Loop 202 extension.Kennedy is challenging ... 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 >>

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

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 >>

When Political Opportunity Knocks, Paradise Valley Mayor Answers; Vernon Parker Bails on Gov's Race to Run for Congress

​Pick a job, any job...Paradise Valley Mayor and political rookie Vernon Parker's PR honcho, Jason Rose, reluctantly confirmed to New Times today that the mayor is dropping out of the race for governor and is planning on filing paperwork this week to officially make him a candidate for the con ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Counters Mitt Romney's Endorsement of John McCain by Getting Nod From Anti-Immigration PAC

J.D. Hayworth: "Bronze elephant" indeed​ John McCain picked up a big-time endorsement today from one of his old political foes within the Republican party, while his primary opponent, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, countered with a big one of his own -- an anti-illegal immigration group.S ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth's PR Honcho, Jason Rose, Leaves Campaign Over Contract Dispute

​Jason Rose, the high-powered public relations guru, who's handled everyone from Joe Arpaio to Phil Gordon, is jumping ship on the J.D. Hayworth Senate campaign because Hayworth has failed to enter a contract with Rose's firm.Rose tells New Times that his firm began working for Hayworth without a ... More >>

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

​Jason Rose, the high-powered public relations guru, who's handled everyone from Joe Arpaio to Phil Gordon, is jumping ship on the J.D. Hayworth Senate campaign because Hayworth has failed to enter a contract with Rose's firm.Rose tells New Times that his firm began working for Hayworth without a ... More >>

Jason Rose Defends John Huppenthal on Student's Video of Him

Wagner's original video of the Huppenthal interviewGOP spinmeister Jason Rose has stepped into the fray regarding a high-school student's video report that included an interview with state Senator John Huppenthal, who is seeking to become Arizona's schools superintendent.Rose cries foul in a ne ... More >>

Tom Horne Failed to Disclose Bankruptcy on Official Form a Month After 2002 Arizona Republic Story About It

Photo: www.electtomhorne.com​ Sunday's Arizona Republic story about Tom Horne wasn't the first time the candidate for Attorney General has been asked about a decades-old bankuptcy and government sanction. As Horne reminded us today, Republic reporter Pat Kossan wrote an article in 2002 ... More >>

Joe Arpaio at The Grind: Not Very Appetizing, Frankly

​I ate dinner with Joe Arpaio the other night.   More specifically, my family and I ate dinner beneath a gigantic black and white photograph of Maricopa County's sheriff, one of several "celebrity" photos lining a wall at The Grind. The Grind is strictly a burger joint (hailed ... More >>

U.S. Air Force Likely to Assign F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Luke Air Force Base

​Although environmental studies are not yet complete, word is out that the U.S. Air Force considers Luke Air Force Base in Glendale the "preferred" home for its newest war bird: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The studies being conducted by the Air Force are key to determining the impact of the mili ... More >>

Is Jason Rose Behind "The Dirty" Bomb Dropped on Ben Quayle Campaign?

PR honcho Jason Rose​One look at Jason Rose's Twitter page and you'll realize the dude's got a hard on for  Congressional candidate Ben Quayle.In the past few days, Rose's Twitter page has been bash-Ben-Quayle central, and with the latest news that Quayle may have been involved in the e ... More >>

Vernon Parker's Fund-Raising Party Guest List Included TheDirty's Nik Richie

www.parker2010.com​Vernon Parker's mouthpiece Jason Rose and other conservative politicos have been squawking much about the Ben Quayle connection to Nik Richie's scandalously sexy website thedirty.com.It's been part of the mudslinging campaign featuring Parker and Quayle -- two of the candidates ... More >>

Stingray Sushi Campaign Ads Are Totally Tasteless

​He denies having anything to do with the gigantic photos of two of his political clients -- Joe Arpaio and Vernon Parker -- hanging on the wall at The Grind, but local public relations trickster Jason Rose is happily taking full credit for Stingray Sushi campaign signs popping up around town.That ... More >>

Is PR Stuntman Jason Rose "Wilting"? The Arizona Guardian's Winged One Gives Him a Feather-Lashing

Is Jason Rose still a political heavyweight?​Jason Rose has never been one to mince words or hold back on a stunt if he thinks it would win him political points. And points for his clients, of course. Rose has worked hard to earn a reputation as a straight-talking, political-bomb-lobbing pub ... More >>

Jason, Jan, and Jon: Politicos' Overstatements and Hypocritical Comments About Shooting in Tucson

Jason Rose bemoans the political climate he helped create.​Since Arizona is well knownfor its divisive politics and extreme rhetoric, it's no wonder that the eyes of the nation are on us.It is even less surprising that Arizona politicos started jumping into the fray -- issuing obvious s ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Phil Gordon, D-Backs and even New Times to Crowd the Arrogant Butcher

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YeeHaw?ref=seller_info​It's being billed as "one of the most comprehensive series of grand opening events in Valley restaurant history," but to be honest, the line-up for Sam Fox's Arrogant Butcher is giving us a serious case of heartburn. Jason Rose -- the pu ... More >>

Senator Scott Bundgaard Plays Patty-Cake with Jason Rose, and Russell Pearce Goes KGB on Pro-Immigration Activists

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YeeHaw?ref=seller_info​It's being billed as "one of the most comprehensive series of grand opening events in Valley restaurant history," but to be honest, the line-up for Sam Fox's Arrogant Butcher is giving us a serious case of heartburn. Jason Rose -- the pu ... More >>

Jason Rose: Is The Guru Losing His Mojo?

Jason Rose ​We've asked before, but we gotta ask again because publicist extraordinaire Jason Rose hit another skid.Is the guru losing his mojo?  A campaign run by the Policy Development Group last spring to incorporate a small community near the Grand Canyon so artfully defeated Rose -- who ... More >>

Jeff Flake Finally Has a Primary Opponent; Wil Cardon (Repped By Jason Rose) to Enter Race

Congressional hunk Jeff Flake​For months, there's been a lot of speculation about who will challenge Congressman Jeff Flake in his bid to take over the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl next year. Finally, someone's actually pulled the trigger and will challenge the Congressional beef ... More >>

Scott Bundgaard Files Ethics Complaint Against Ethics Committee Members

Jeez, hurry up and resign already...State Senator Scott Bundgaard, facing an ethics complaint and possible expulsion from the Senate for his roadside fracas with his now former girlfriend and his invocation of legislative immunity,  has filed an ethics complaint against three members of the sta ... More >>

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

Jeez, hurry up and resign already...State Senator Scott Bundgaard, facing an ethics complaint and possible expulsion from the Senate for his roadside fracas with his now former girlfriend and his invocation of legislative immunity,  has filed an ethics complaint against three members of the sta ... More >>

Jason Rose, Valley PR Bigshot, Canned by Special Olympics for Comparing "Knucklehead" to Someone With Special Needs

Jason Rose compared "knuckleheads" he saw at the Phoenix Coyotes game the other night to "midgets, special ed. and Axl Rose wannabes."​If your public relations firm happens to represent an organization that advocates for people with disabilities, it's probably in your best interest to not make fun ... More >>