Paul Senseman

Terry Goddard Asks Jan Brewer "What Are You Afraid Of" When it Comes to Debates. Umm, He Saw What Happened Last Time, Right?

Terry Goddard​Attorney General Terry Goddard released a new campaign ad calling out Governor Jan Brewer for her apparent case of debate-a-phobia.Last week, we told you about what we're considering the best decision of Brewer's gubernatorial career: she vowed to not participate in any more debates. ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Best Decision to Date: No More Debates

What's that, Jan? You look there's something you wanna say. ​KTAR radio host Larry Gaydos often describes Governor Jan Brewer as  "intellectually bankrupt." While we often find Gaydos' assessment fairly accurate, Brewer reaffirmed today what might be considered the best decision of ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Chuck Coughlin, CCA, KPHO, and the Nearly $14K Canceled Ad Buy

KPHO.com Coughlin: Squealin' like a stuck javelina Last night's report from KPHO's Morgan Loew on the ties between private prison behemoth Corrections Corporation of America and Governor Jan Brewer has drawn some serious plasma from Brewer's camp. Specifically, the hemorrhage i ... More >>

Jan Brewer's U.N.-Bashing PR Stunt, and Its Sliver of Truth

courtesy of Dennis GilmanJan finds the State Department's mention of 1070 "downright offensive." Governor Jan Brewer's political operatives are by no means as dumb as their candidate. Evidence the PR stunt they let drop Friday, berating the U.S. State Department for daring to mention Arizona's brea ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer's CCA Ties Burn Like Neon, and News for Liberals: J.T. Ready's Still a Neo-Nazi

SB 1070 Field Day: Judge Susan Bolton May Enjoin Law in Part

Governor Brewer, outside federal court ThursdayIn a day filled with protests, arrests, legal arguments, an appearance by the governor, and at least one certified neo-Nazi, the most significant developments in the SB 1070 saga happened within the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix, n ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Gets Into Arizona D-Backs' Game Free; Arizona Law Says That's a No-No

​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is many things, but not much of a sports fan. That didn't stop him from attending a Opening Day game for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Interesting because Arizona passed a law in 2000 that prohibits elected officials from accepting free tickets to sporting or c ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer Says Her Pops Died "Fighting the Nazi Regime in Germany." One Problem: No He Didn't

Jan Brewer says her father was killed fighting Nazis in Germany. In reality, he died in California 10 years after the war ended.​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer seems to have contracted a case of Richard Blumenthaul Syndrome but rather than embellishing her own military record -- like Connecticut Sena ... More >>

Photo Enforcement Kibosh Could Make Governor Jan Brewer One of the Popular Kids Again

Governor Jan Brewer​Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., the company that operates Arizona's photo radar program, sent shock waves around Arizona today with an early-morning announcement that the great, Arizona, photo radar experiment would be coming to an end.In a press release this morning, Redflex ann ... More >>

Jan Brewer, Dean Martin Now (Former) Facebook "Friends" of Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready

FacebookA screenshot of JT Ready's Facebook page as of May 5, 2010Mesa neo-Nazi J.T. Ready's been getting around lately, earning play in the local media by calling Cinco de Mayo "Report an Illegal Day" on behalf of his beloved National Socialist Movement, or showing up to support Sheriff Joe Arpaio' ... More >>

Wanna Bet? The Tohono O'odham Want to Build a Casino in the West Valley -- Now It's Up to the Feds to Make It Happen or Break Another Promise to the Tribe

Kathy Zatari, Attorney Fired by AZ Department of Administration, Files Whistleblower Claim

A notice of claim alleges plenty of drama -- and maybe some retaliation -- at the Governor's Regulatory Review Council.​Attorney Kathy Zatari, who served as administrator of the Governor's Regulatory Review Council for 3 1/2 years, has filed a notice of claim against the state, alleging she was fi ... More >>

Easier Access to Rocky Point in Works; Governor Brewer Headed to Hermosillo This Weekend

Construction on a second lane into Mexico at the U.S. Port of Entry in Lukeville, the gateway to Rocky Point beaches, will begin by the middle of next year, state officials say. The easier cross-border access will be among the topics discussed this weekend at the Arizona-Mexico Commission Plenary Se ... More >>

Arizona’s Shameless About the Cage Death of Marcia Powell

Psyched Out: Governor Jan Brewer’s Liaison Hijacks the Democratic Process

Jeri Auther Out as Governor's Liaison

​That was fast.We broke the news in this week's New Times that Jeri Auther, Governor Jan Brewer's liaison to regulatory boards and commissions, was pushing the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners to repeal a law it had lobbied to pass. The law dealt with how complaints against court-appointed ... More >>

Governor Brewer Could be Investigated by Goddard's Office, Says the Business Journal

​ Three unidentified sources "from different parts of the political spectrum" hint that a state investigation of Governor Janice Brewer may be coming down the pike, says the Phoenix Business Journal.A September 5 article by Mike Sunnucks says that questions have arisen about the way Brewer us ... More >>

Governor Jan and the Brew Crew Postpone Trip to Mexico in Order to Continue Budget Talks

​In what was a surprise move Tuesday, Governor Jan Brewer postponed a scheduled trip to Mexico to attend the Annual Border Governors Conference, and will be staying in Phoenix to work on the budget.Attention to the viscounts of vacations, Senators Gorman and Gray: Write that down.There was gro ... More >>

Brewer Expected to Take Action on Budget Bill That is Nearly Identical to Bill She Vetoed in July

​Some say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.If that's the case, the state legislature is officially insane.On Thursday, after seven painstaking weeks of budget negotiations, the legislature sent Governor Jan Brewer a budget p ... More >>

Obama Mafia Asks Governor if She Supports Jon Kyl and Wants to Kiss Stimulus Money Goodbye

    www.mrrl.org Has Obama taken the role of Don Corleone? In Corleone fashion, top Obama officials made Arizona Governor Jan Brewer an offer she shouldn't refuse. They want her to back the President's stimulas plan, and if she doesn't and agrees with Senator Jon Kyl,&n ... More >>

The Lumley Vampire Attacks Arizona Department of Corrections’ Charles Ryan for the Death of Marcia Powell, Arpaio’s Goons Zip-Tie a 12-Year-Old, and the Jail Lockdowns Are Over

Governor Jan Brewer Relocates Fundraiser to Distance Herself From Key Figure of 2000 Alt-Fuels Fiasco

Governor Jan Brewer at her inauguration ceremonyGovernor Jan Brewer insisted on relocating a campaign fundraiser this week to distance herself -- both figuratively and physically -- from a key figure in a 2000 state subsidy scandal. Brewer could have anticipated problems with this o ... More >>

“Baby Man” William Windsor Found Dead in Home

No Abu Ghraib in Arizona, Yet: Governor Brewer Appoints Interim Director to Replace ADC's Dora Schriro

Could you come back in about six months? See, the jury's still out.Governor Jan Brewer's office has announced an interim replacement for Arizona Department of Correction's chief Dora Schriro, naming corrections veteran Charles Ryan to the post of Interim Director and appointing Charles Flanagan as R ... More >>

Arizona Abu Ghraib? Will Terry Stewart Take Over AZ Prisons from Dora Schriro Despite His Iraqi Prisons Link?

ADC Director Dora Schriro, off to join Napolitano at DHS.As you may have read elsewhere, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro has announced her resignation, and by the end of the week will have vacated her offices to follow ex-Governor Janet Napolitano to the U.S. Department ... More >>