Michael Bowers

Dick Bowers, Glendale's New City Manager, to City Officials: Drop Lawsuits, Establish Positive Relationship With Tohono O'odham Nation

After years of ongoing opposition to the Tohono O'odham Nation's plan to build a resort-style casino, the new Glendale City Manager suggests the city drop legal opposition and develop a "more positive" relationship with the tribe. Acting City Manager Dick Bowers authored a memo on April 26 to the ... More >>

Mayme Kratz's "Tumbleweed Bower" at The Icehouse

Don Stapley Wins Victory in 2008 Criminal Case; Appeals Court Rules Supervisor had No Financial Disclosure Requirement

Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley won his 2008 criminal case today in the state Court of Appeals.​ The Arizona Court of Appeals has agreed that Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley did not violate any financial disclosure law, ending a tainted criminal case against him. The ruling today ... More >>

Dennis McCarthy, Nebraska-Based Attorney, Is Gila County's Pick to Prosecute Stapley/Wilcox Cases

Dennis McCarthy​The Gila County Attorney's Office is recommending that a Nebraska-based attorney prosecute cases against Maricopa County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox.The Gila County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on the appointment of Dennis McCarthy as special pro ... More >>

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Is "Disappointed" In County Attorney Andrew Thomas' Prosecutors. Seriously.

Apparently, prosecutors thought that calling Chief Deputy David Hendershott to testify would NOT help their case. Smart prosecutors.​In a press release issued last week, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office expressed "disappointment" with the fact that witnesses friendly to the sheriff, including ... More >>

Mary Rose Wilcox's Indictment: The Truth Behind Those 36 "Felonies"

​ Prosecutors working for Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas persuaded a grand jury to indict Mary Rose Wilcox, the lone Democrat on the county Board of Supervisors, on 36 felony counts. But they should have a much harder time getting those charges to stick in court. That's ... More >>

Serving Up Stapley: Why’s the Don Stapley Prosecution a Big Joke? Because the Accusers Are Far Shadier Than the Accused

Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas: They're All About the Perp Walk

New Stapley Case to be Handled by Special Prosecutors From D.C. and Phoenix; Travel Time to be Reimbursed

​ Maricopa County Andrew Thomas has authorized three special prosecutors -- two from Washington D.C. and a Phoenix attorney -- to handle criminal allegations against County Superivor Don Stapley. The move appears to violate the spirit of a promise made by Thomas to the Board of Supervisors a ... More >>

Don Stapley Victory: Prosecutor Drops Remaining Criminal Charges

  ​Don Stapley won. Andrew Thomas and Joe Arpaio lost. The Maricopa County Supervisor has been under a legal black cloud since December, when County Attorney Thomas slammed him with 118 felony counts of violating campaign finance law. But Thomas tossed the case to Yavapai Count ... More >>

Catch Him If You Can

When a career courthouse scam artist joins forces with a top Arizona criminal defense attorney, it ain't pretty

The Soupervisor

Mary Rose Wilcox has turned El Portal into the place for politicos to meet over rice and beans

Producing Tension

Local producer Larry Elyea finds himself in the midst of the Valley's national ambition

Dust Up in Sun City

Is mining causing cancer in the West Valley?

Mars Face-off

Letters from the week of December 12, 2002

Furious George

Is Scottsdale ready for four more years of political scrutiny from George Zraket? It all depends on who you ask.

Beijing Beauties

Is Chinese 'Forbidden City' exhibition in tea leaves for Phoenix Art Museum?

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From the Week of March 9, 2000

Crackdown

After years of neglect, a Maryvale neighborhood and the Phoenix police evict the West Side City Crips

Prog Spring

The right advanced at Groscost, sustained some nasty Burns

House of Cards

The taxpayers would get soaked and the Arizona Cardinals would get fat at Rio Salado Crossing

Industry Goes to the Well . . . to dilute clean-water regulations

The Serene Clean Elections Machine

For all that's at stake, the state's most influential lobbyists and businesses are strangely silent on Proposition 200, which would remove them as the primary financiers of election campaigns

Talking Trash

Industry group's "Environmental Summit" puts pollution in perspective--its own

Slummin' in Scottsdale

With his new residence built atop his antique shop, John Mollard thought he was set for life. He couldn't have imagined that the same city that encouraged him to build his home was laying plans to declare his neighborhood a blight, seize his property and

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The Waterfront's Back Channels

Accusations flow as Scottsdale selects group to redevelop area near downtown

Spinning Westech

What's Wrong With This Picture?

State Senator Russell Bowers is best known for his archconservatism, his assault on environmental regulations and . . . his fine art?

Russell Mania

Legislator's art is suddenly in high demand

Taken to the Cleaners

A family-owned company could go out of business because state Senator Russell Bowers has introduced legislation that would free a larger company from paying its share to clean up toxic groundwater

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Marshmallow Roast

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Enslaved by the Bell

Does the newest member of the state Board of Education really believe that Satan lurks in Arizona classrooms?

An Exercise in Utility

Jim Irvin is poised to give the GOP a Corporation Commission majority for the first time in a decade. If that happens, Democratic activist Barbara Sherman and her mentor, Commission chairman Renz Jennings, will both wind up losers.

LUSTy Accusations

Ousted official claims contractor created excess work to boost its take of tax dollars

Quit Polluting Our Aquifers. Please. Pretty Please.

Republican revolutionaries want environmental regulators who cooperate with business. Those who enforce Arizona's groundwater laws have to cooperate; there are too few of them to do much else.

TREES ARE MADE OF WOOD; THE FIFESTER IS HUMAN

THE POLLUTION ALL-STARS

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE INDUSTRY FREE REIN OVER ARIZONA'S NATURAL RESOURCES, YOU'LL LOVE THESE POLITICIANS

STRAIGHT OUTTA SCOTTSDALEBORN IN THE 'BURBS, HIP-HOP NEWCOMERS BROTHERS GRIMM ARE A LIVING FAIRY TALE

SEPARATE AND EQUAL AT ASUBLACK-CULTURE DORMS STIRS CONTROVERSY