Phil Gordon

Former Mayor Phil Gordon's Years-Old Security-Detail Logs Finally Released; Don't Reveal Much We Didn't Already Know

Phoenix has made public portions of the logs that former Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail once maintained to track how they spent their time. Though much anticipated, the documents hardly read like declassified top-secret Pentagon documents. Partly because their release comes more than two years ... More >>

Judicial Watch: Court Opinion Ordering Release of Mayor Phil Gordon's Security-Detail Logs a Victory for Transparency

​Judicial Watch, the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think-tank that went after Phoenix to force them to release logs maintained by Mayor Phil Gordon's security detail, is pleased with a recent court decision ordering their disclosure."Judicial Watch is excited by the ruling because it creates ... More >>

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

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Recommends Girlfriend for City Aviation Board -- Then Pulls Recommendation

Elissa Mullany and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has reportedly pulled of today's City Council's agenda his recommendation to appoint his girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, to the Phoenix Aviation Advisory Board.Gordon wanted to appoint her to the aviation board to replace Art Hamil ... More >>

Phoenix Cop Jeff Gordon, Son of Mayor Phil Gordon, Faces Discipline for "Inappropriate Contact" While On Duty; Details Pending

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​The Phoenix Police Department's Professional Standards Bureau has completed an internal investigation into allegations that Phoenix Police Officer Jeff Gordon engaged in "inappropriate contact" while on duty.    But the reports detailing what go ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon to Joe Arpaio: No Chain Gangs at All-Star Game

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon says chain gangs at the MLB All-Star Game would be "unconscionable."​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon says he told America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" to keep his chain gangs away from the Major League Baseball All-Star Game tomorrow night at Chase Field.Maricopa County ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon: Joe Arpaio Agrees to No Chain Gangs at All-Star Game

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon says chain gangs at the MLB All-Star Game would be "unconscionable."​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon says America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" has agreed to keep his chain gangs away from the Major League Baseball All-Star Game tomorrow night at Chase Field. Maricopa C ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Pledges More Cops, Scholarships in Final State of City Speech

Mayor Phil Gordon wants to put more cops on city streets.​Phoenix is safer today than is has ever been in the past 25 years, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon told the hundreds of people who showed up for his last State of City speech. Even so, he said that his top priority for 2011 -- his final year as m ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Fails to Grasp the Gravity of Scandal Involving Flawed Kidnapping Statistics

Public Safety Manager Jack Harris (left) with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon tweets this from his iPhone: "The truth about the kidnapping stats? There was no fraud. I'm confident the audit will show that." And, Gordon, who has thrown his confidence and support behind Phoen ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon's Business Deal With Protester-Killing Bahrain was Seriously Bad Timing

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and girlfriend Elissa Mullany, who was hired to set up the ill-timed economic deal with Bahrain.​ Dealing with the ruling royalty in far-flung parts of the globe could have possible benefits for Arizona, but these non-democracies can be brutal, as Phoenix Mayor P ... More >>

Feb. 8 In Blogs: Red Hot Robot, Silver Medallion, Tammie Coe, and Sean Drenth

​​​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:

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Responds to Investigation Into Son

Mayor Phil Gordon's son has been placed on paid administrative leave from the Phoenix Police Department.​Since our earlier post about an internal investigation by the Phoenix Police Department into Officer Jeff Gordon -- who happens to be the son of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon -- the mayor has ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Enjoys "High-Flying Lifestyle" in Dubai

www.thenational.ae​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been a frequent flier to Dubai, one of the states that makes up the United Arab Emirates. It's never been entirely clear what goes on during those visits.But the National, an English-language newspaper in the UAE, offers a glimpse in an article it p ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Global Travels Tied to Girlfriend's "Global Connections" Company?

​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wasn't always a travelin' man. Believe it or not, the man who is now jetting off to places like China, Qatar, Dubai, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, was once known for his aversion to hopping on a plane and leaving Phoenix.   While he touts his travels as a means to s ... More >>

Judicial Watch To Appeal Court Decision Allowing Mayor Gordon To Withhold Bodyguard's Records

Expect a few more legal rounds between Judicial Watch and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Judicial Watch is planning to appeal a November 4 decision by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Rea that allows Gordon to keep secret two years' worth of his security-detail logs.Jim Peterson, an attorney f ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Blasts Councilman Sal DiCiccio for Twisting Truth About Employee Pay

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon just posted a blog titled, "The Truth ... For A Change."In it, Gordon blasts DiCiccio for his creative (that is, false) interpretation of budget figures to propel the idea that the average city worker gets $100,000.[Of course, it would be n ... More >>

Rogue Columnist on How Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Contributed to "Phoenix's Collapse"

jmc.kent.edu ​Jon Talton, author of Rogue Columnist, reminisces in his latest blog post that, once upon a time, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon "got it." But no more. Talton writes that if "any historian cares to write about Phoenix's collapse...the mayoralty of Phil Gordon will be an essenti ... More >>

Judicial Watch Loses Phoenix Lawsuit: Mayor Phil Gordon Does Not Have to Release Security Detail Logs

Phil Gordon​Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Rea has denied Judicial Watch, a conservative think tank, access to two years' worth of security-detail logs kept by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's bodyguards.Judicial Watch said it was considering its next steps, and that it would be a few ... More >>

Is Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Plan Simply to Avoid Media Asking Tough Questions? Apparently

Phil Gordon's media flack David Leibowitz.​Apparently New Times isn't alone in trying to get Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to answer legitimate questions he finds tough or uncomfortable.Gordon & Co. also are blowing off Fox 10 because, according to a story posted on its Web site, Gordon ... More >>

(Ahem) Cost-Cutting Mayor Phil Gordon Doles Out Nearly $100K in Taxpayer Money For Media Relations Detail

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's been screeching about the importance of pinching the city's pennies lately, which would be encouraging for the cash-strapped metropolis if the mayor hadn't just hired a pricey PR firm to handle his media relations detail.Last week, the City Cou ... More >>

Oct. 11 In Blogs: Arizona Fetish Ball, Lady Gaga, Chocofin, and Mayor Phil Gordon

​​​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:

Phoenix Wants Secret Court Hearing; Lawyers Don't Want Mayor Phil Gordon's Security Officers to Publicly Testify About Logs Tracking Gordon's Daily Activities

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix city attorneys want to shut out the public from a court hearing on Monday that will help a judge decide whether to force the city to release logs kept by Mayor Phil Gordon's publicly-funded security detail.Monday's hearing, one of many, is the result of a lawsuit ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's "Suggestion" Helps Transportation Company Muscle Nearly $30 Million From Phoenix

​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon isn't supposed to be meddling in discussions or matters involving Veolia Transportation, the company that operates most of the city buses and has Gordon's girlfriend on its payroll.Phil Gordon​Gordon declared a conflict of interest during several public meetings and ab ... More >>

Judicial Watch Lawsuit Against Phoenix for Refusing to Release Mayor Phil Gordon's Security-Detail Logs Set for September 27 Hearing

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Elissa Mullany, his girlfriend and former fundraiser.​Phoenix officials are scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on September 27 to further explain why they are refusing to release Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail logs.A judge recently reje ... More >>

Phil Gordon Praised by Andrew Thomas for Not Suing Maricopa County

Phil Gordon says he won't sue Maricopa County over abusive actions by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office.​Back in May, an attorney for Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon sent Maricopa County officials a demand to preserve documents in anticipation of a legal claim. Gordon "intends to pursue all his legal opti ... 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 >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Says He "Values Transparency," Yet He Refuses To Answer A Host Of Questions, Including Who Paid For Him And His Girlfriend To Attend Two Super Bowl Games

Phil Gordon​ Oh, the irony of all ironies. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon sent out a letter today to Phoenix residents on the city budget with an opening line that read: "In the City of Phoenix, we value transparency in government."Value transparency?Wait, there's more: "Every city employee ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Lets Los Angeles Mayor Off the Hook for Joe Arpaio and J.D. Hayworth in NBA Playoff Bet

www.phoenix.gov Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Arizona had a lot more riding on this season's Western Conference Finals than mere pride -- until Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon decided to show his hand today, that is.Gordon and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have spent the past week one-upping ... More >>

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

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Still Mum on Girlfriend Elissa Mullany's Role at City Hall

Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon still hasn't answered questions submitted to him by New Times on April 19.The questions were e-mailed to Gordon per his new policy of no longer speaking personally with New Times or the Arizona Republic -- more accurately, he won't talk to reporters who ... More >>

Shakira Shakes Her Hips in Protest Over SB 1070, Phil Gordon Pursues Lawsuit, Pima County Sheriff Blasts Law, San Francisco Joins Boycott, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder May Step In

pic by "Reuel" Gentlemen, with Shakira in our corner, the war over SB 1070 may be won Colombian pop tart Shakira will be in town on Thursday to lend her voice to the chorus of those opposing the state's racist new immigration law. She'll be in Phoenix Thursday to meet with Phoenix Mayor ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon in Need of an Intervention? Espresso Pundit Thinks So

Greg Patterson​It's been said in political circles that Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been under a tremendous amount of stress in both his personal and public lives. And people aren't sure what to make of some recent incoherent speeches Gordon has delivered to the public.The Republic has quo ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, In an Arpaio-esque Move, Refuses to Answer New Times' Questions Unless They're Sumbitted in Writing

​ Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has established a new policy: He will no longer speak personally with New Times or the Arizona Republic. He will only accept questions from the publications if reporters submit them in writing.How very Joe Arpaio-esque.What's next? Will the mayor start banning ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Still Faces Judicial Watch Lawsuit for Refusing to Release Security-Detail Logs

www.judicialwatch.org​ The City of Phoenix continues to refuse release of Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail logs --kept by members of his security team who track Gordon's daily activities. They contain information such as where they dropped off and picked up the mayor and who was travelin ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's 2009 Calendar Missing Info on His Girlfriend's Connection to Phoenix Mega-Developer

​ A version of Mayor Phil Gordon's 2009 calendar released this week to New Times is missing some bits of inflammatory information that were present last year.When city officials provided some of the same public records last year, the calendar revealed that on at least two occasions, ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon's Girlfriend Had a Paying Gig With a Big Phoenix Developer Doing Business With the City

From FacebookElissa Mullany is shown in 2009 on developer Steve Ellman's payroll. ​Mayor Phil Gordon's girlfriend landed on mega-Phoenix developer Steve Ellman's payroll in 2009, political insiders confirm.  Elissa Mullany, who started dating Gordon in early 2008, spent time in ... More >>

Judicial Watch Demands Records from Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Security Detail

The city may have to turn over security logs for Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon -- or face a lawsuit.​ A conservative think-tank is demanding that the city of Phoenix release two years' worth of "activity logs" for Mayor Phil Gordon's security detail -- a set of records the city has previously re ... More >>

Phil Gordon Payments to Girlfriend Okay, Ex-Chief Justice Finds

We saw this one coming. Elissa Mullany​The lawyer handpicked by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's public-relations guy to examine a series of payments the mayor made to his girlfriend using his campaign finance funds -- former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Zlaket -- has cleared Gordon ... More >>

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

Elissa Mullany Big Beneficiary from Phil Gordon's Federal PAC

Elissa Mullany​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon established a federal political action committee in late 2007, hoping, he later said, to "educate members of Congress on the needs in Phoenix."But in its two years of activity to date, the committee's biggest beneficiary has been Gordon's girlfriend, ... 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 >>

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Phoenix's "Elements of Hate" Panel Discussion, What Was Good and What Was Missing

www.PhotosByJoseMunoz.com Wednesday's Elements of Hate panel discussion​Mayor Phil Gordon is to be congratulated for the Elements of Hate panel discussion his office organized, which took place Wednesday at the newly-renovated AE England Building at Civic Space Park in Downtown Phoenix. The ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Gordon Won't Support Latest Budget Bill; Governor Brewer "Disappointed" in Some State Senators

Phil Gordon​ Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon says he can't support the legislature's current budget proposal, despite Governor Jan Brewer's urging to do so. In a news release sent out this evening by the city (see text below), Gordon says changes to property tax collection rates will lower the amoun ... More >>

Hermosillo, Mexico, Day-Care Fire Spurs Relief Fund by Phoenix Officials

Image: Wikimedia CommonsPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Councilman Claude Mattox and officials with the Sister City program will kick off a fundraising effort this morning to benefit families of children burned in a Mexico day-care facility fire. At least 44 children were killed in the blaze. Abou ... More >>

Saudi Prince Receives Junket of U.S. Mayors, Including Phil Gordon; Phoenix is Largest City Represented

Mayor Phil Gordon knows what it's like to be a big fish in a small oasis during a junket to Saudi Arabia this week with nine other U.S. mayors: Phoenix is by far the largest city represented. Middle Eastern media reports the mayors were received today by the Acting Governor of Riyadh, Prince S ... More >>

Bailout Outrage: Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Spotted in First Class!

  Here's a sign of the times: The mayor of the fifth largest city in the country was seated in first class for a flight home from Washington, D.C. -- and not only did an anonymous tipster contact us, horrified by the scandal, but we also raced to the phones to find out whether this at ... More >>

Phoenix City Council Chooses Sal DiCiccio; Gordon, Baier Flip Flop to Lend Support

By a vote of 5-3, the Phoenix City Council today chose former councilman Sal DiCiccio to finish the term of Greg Stanton, who resigned last week to take a job with Attorney General Terry Goddard. DiCiccio was nominated only after the council deadlocked on the nomination of Sal Rivera, an atto ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon Kills Plan to Give Self Two More Years

  Saying it was a "distraction," Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has asked supporters to back off a plan that would have kept him in the mayor's office until 2014. The plan, first revealed by New Times in this blog, would have consolidated municipal elections in Phoenix. Currently, half th ... More >>