Paul K. Charlton

Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid

Joe Arpaio-Foe Paul Penzone and Republican Grant Woods Vote, and Woods on "Chenal-Gate"

Democratic sheriff's candidate Paul Penzone was joined by two prominent Arizona Republicans Friday morning, as he cast his ballot at the Maricopa County Elections tabulation center downtown. Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods and Rich Dozer, one-time president of the Arizona Diamondbacks, ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Sure Ain't a Conservative, and Here's Why

Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio, If He Turns Up the Heat

Joe Arpaio Foe Paul Penzone Adds Greg Stanton's Endorsement to a Ton of Others

See also: Joe Arpaio's Favorability Rating "Falls" to (Sigh) 53 Percent See also: Mike Stauffer's Third-Wheel Bid for Sheriff May Keep Arpaio in Office See also: Sheriff Candidate Bails Out Inmate Who Claims Jail Guards Beat Him; MCSO Calls B.S. and Arrests Him Again Democratic candidate for sherif ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Foes George Gascon, Rebecca Jimenez, and More at CBA Forum

Here's one place you can be certain not to run into Sheriff Joe Arpaio this Thursday night: At a forum on his multifarious abuses of power, sponsored by Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group responsible for making the recall of disgraced, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce a reality.The las ... More >>

Feedback from the Thursday, April 26th Issue

Andy Thomas Needs a Perp Walk With His Papi, Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Should be Charged, Eric Holder Told in Letter by Former Prosecutors

Phil Gordon, Paul Charlton, Rick Romley and Terry Goddard sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today asking him to have Sheriff Joe Arpaio charged for abusing his power. Gordon's a former Phoenix mayor; Charlton a former Arizona U.S. Attorney; Romley a former Maricopa County Attorney a ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Rushes to Arpaio's Aid — Just As Disbarred Predecessor Andy Thomas Used to Do

Joe Arpaio Foe Paul Penzone Scores Endorsements of Paul Charlton, Others

Ex-Phoenix Police Sergeant Paul Penzone, the man running as a Democrat against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, recently announced a slew of new endorsements via his campaign website, the most prominent of which comes from former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Paul Charlton, a Republican and stalwart ... More >>

Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton Says He Trusted ATF Official in "Fast and Furious" Predecessor Operation; Got Memo on Gunwalking

Paul Charlton​ Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton says he trusted the word of a federal firearms officials who told him in 2006 that a gunwalking operation wouldn't result in missing weapons.The President Bush-era operation, known as Wide Receiver, reportedly lost about 400 guns in a m ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Is Under Attack in Arizona Again -- But This Time, Voters and Patients Hold the High Ground

Marijuana-Dispensary Hopefuls Sue State Over Governor Brewer's Attack on Voter-Approved Law

​ Would-be marijuana dispensary owners and their lawyers filed lawsuits today in an attempt to reverse Governor Jan Brewer's attack on a voter-approved law. Last month, Brewer directed state Attorney General Tom Horne to file a federal lawsuit against the new law, which voters narrow ... More >>

Tom Horne, Arizona Attorney General, Worked With Anti-Prop-203 Leader Carolyn Short on Federal Lawsuit Idea

Image: Carolyn Short's Facebook siteCarolyn Short, leader of the "No on 203" movement, admits she's actively trying to defeat the voter-approved medical marijuana law. Tom Horne and Jan Brewer appear to be taking her cues.​ Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne discussed a plan to launc ... More >>

A Great Day (Coming): We Invoke Iconic Art For Our 40th and to Honor Community Resistance to Oppression

Lisa Aubuchon Drove Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' Political Prosecutions -- Now the Feds May Have Them Both In Their Crosshairs

Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas Subjects of Long Story Today in American Bar Journal

Just read a pretty detailed piece in the American Bar Journal about the crazy goings-on in our county -- you know, the Joe Arpaio/Andy Thomas vs. Everyone Else show.   ​It's called "The Maricopa Courthouse War -- An Arizona Showdown Over Populist Politics, Abuse of Power, and P ... More >>

Don Stapley's New Criminal Defense Attorney Used to Do What Andy Thomas Never Did -- Prosecute Major Crimes

Supervisor Don Stapley, one of two Maricopa County supes under criminal indictment, has hired a new defense attorney to defend him against the latest set of charges he faces from County Attorney Andrew Thomas. ​His name is Kurt Altman (pictured), and he earned his stripe ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 3, 2009

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

Ex-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias on Joe Arpaio: "I Would Seek an Indictment" (w/Video)

from CBS 5 KPHOFormer federal prosecutor David Iglesias said he would seek an indictment against Sheriff ArpaioCBS 5's nearly ten-minute segment on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's abuse of power last night did not disappoint. Essentially, reporter Morgan Loew and producer Gilbert Zermeno laid out all of the ma ... 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 >>

Dennis Burke Confirmed as U.S. Attorney in Arizona

​ Dennis Burke, one of former Governor Janet Napolitano's chiefs-of-staff, has been confirmed as the next U.S. Attorney in Arizona. Burke's ultra-qualified for the job. He's a graduate of Georgetown University and University of Arizona, worked as counsel under former Arizona Senator Dennis D ... More >>

Lawyer for Don Stapley Says County Attorney's Office, Not Stapley, Failed to Ensure County Adopted Campaign Finance Laws

Paul Charlton​ Paul Charlton, former U.S. Attorney in Arizona and lawyer for indicted County Supervisor Don Stapley, says Andrew Thomas has only one person to blame -- himself -- for the embarrassing dismissal of 51 of 117 criminal counts against Stapley. As our follow-up post last night& ... More >>

Rove, Renzi and the Dirty Trick: The Justice Department Doesn't Comment on Ongoing Investigations — Except, Apparently, When It's Lying

Thank You, Karl Rove -- The Truth Behind DOJ's Renzi Leaks

Paul Charlton​Poor Paul Charlton.There's new news in the ongoing probe of the Bush adminstration's meddling with U.S. Attorneys, including the Phoenix-based Charlton, who was ultimately forced to resign by the very administration that appointed him. As the Republic's Dennis Wagner reported today, ... More >>

Obama Squeezes Out First Female Native American U.S. Attorney; Diane Humetewa Submits Resignation

​ Arizona's U.S. Attorney, Diane Humetewa, the nation's first-ever Native American woman to become a U.S. Attorney in any state, will resign on August 2. Sandy Raynor, spokeswoman for the office, says Humetewa plans on spending some time with her family before figuring out her next career mo ... More >>

How the MCSO Neglected a 14-Year-Old Rape Victim — and Went to Town on Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon

Judge Wants Explanation for Leaked File in Stapley Case (Sheriff Gave it to East Valley Tribune)

  Don Stapley wasn't there, but his case triggered a heated argument in court this morning.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Larry Grant upbraided the Maricopa County Attorney's Office this morning for allowing the Sheriff's Office to give a sealed deposition to a newspaper repor ... More >>

Stapley Case Bombshell: Indicted Supervisor Disclosed Wolfswinkel Partnership to County Attorney in 2006

  Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley faces 118 criminal counts for supposedly failing to disclose his land holdings to the public -- in particular, his association with convicted felon Conley Wolfswinkel. But according to an explosive new filing from Stapley's attorneys, Stapley ... More >>

A Dog of a Case: Andrew Thomas Again Proves That Indicting the Innocent Isn’t a Good Idea

Police State: How the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency Turned All Local Authorities Into La Migra

Paul Charlton endorses Gerald Richard over Andrew Thomas for Maricopa County Attorney

Et tu, Eddie? Faux Dem Eddie Basha donates to Joe Arpaio, along with other Joe suckups.

Flushing Them Out

Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas are teaching the rest of the nation how to terrorize illegal immigrants

WHERE WAS GOOBER? Mayor Phil Gordon weenies out yet again, skips Town Hall Meeting at South Mountain High.

Hen Party

The hellacious hooter watches Mayor Goober lay a colossal huevo, and wishes a heavenly millstone on the neck of a nativist numskull

GOOBER CAVES: Mayor Phil Gordon bows to violent extremists, seeks to ditch Operations Order 1.4.3.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, April 5, 2007

Corruption Junction

The winged wonder pecks away at Representative Rick Renzi, bemoans losses at the Repugnant, and mediates a catfight between rival risqué dance troupes

Load of Crappioppoli

Maverick state Senator Jack Harper and shady Clinton administration bureaucrat Henry Cisneros are back and bitchin', which's ruffling tail feathers

Feds Probe District 20

Whether there was vote tampering is not the most vital question for U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton to answer

Pressure Tactics

You won’t believe what GOP officials are pulling now to try to keep Senator Jack Harper from discovering the truth about a local election!

Bird in Hand

U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton has a rare opportunity to investigate Sheriff Joke. Will he do it?

Letters

Letters from the week of December 30, 2004

We Sue the Coward of the County

Arpaio's ditsy chief flack Lisa Allen MacPherson tells us to take her boss to court, so . . .

Personal Foul

Jim Irvin should give up using taxpayers' money as a political football

Jailhouse Justice

New evidence suggests Sheriff Joe's running his empire as if it were a Mexican prison

Smoke and Mirrors

Arrest of alleged Preserve arsonist brings more questions than answers