Phil Gordon

Phoenix Officials Must Release Portions of Mayor Phil Gordon's Security-Detail Logs, Court of Appeals Rules

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, who only has about a week left in office, may be forced to release security-detail logs that track two years' worth of his movements.The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a ruling by a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Rea that protected ... More >>

Phoenix Let the International Firm Operating the City's Buses Dodge a Bill of More Than $2 Million

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Lines Up $8,000 Job for his Girlfriend

Elissa Mullany continues to make money off her relationship with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and his girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, have evolved over the past year - and not in a good way.The couple used to try and hide the fact that they were using the Mayor's Office to funn ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Involvement with Veolia Transportation Contract Questioned by Federal Transit Administration

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Elissa Mullany​A New Times story about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon advising a transit company that employs his girlfriend on how to muscle nearly $30 million from Phoenix prompted an inquiry from the feds.The Federal Transit Administration, an agency that provides money ... More >>

Phil Gordon's Girlfriend Problem: Mayor Gordon Helped a Transportation Company Employing His Gal Pal Muscle Almost $30 Million From Phoenix

Phil Gordon's Anti-SB 1070 Resolution Passed by U.S. Conference of Mayors

usmayors.orgMayor Gordon speaking before the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Oklahoma CityThe U.S. Conference of Mayors, wrapping up their 78th annual meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma today, passed a resolution condemning SB 1070 that had been submitted by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. The Gordon resolu ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Lack Of Transparency, Accountability Should Be On List of Story Ideas City Suggests to Media

​Every month the city of Phoenix Public Information Office sends out a blast to media with story ideas reporters might consider covering on a slow news day.Some of the June story ideas include covering the fire ban the Phoenix parks department has instituted in the city's desert preserves or t ... More >>

Did Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Party at the 2008 and 2010 Super Bowls? And Who Paid for the Tickets?

Facebook.com​ Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon may be refusing to answer questions about a $3,200 payment made to the NFL in 2008 out of a fund meant to promote downtown Phoenix -- but a Facebook photo of his girlfriend may provide a clue about that expense.In the photo, Elissa Mullany (left front ... More >>

Phoenix Councilman Claude Mattox Still Testing Mayoral Waters, Mayor Phil Gordon Disses Councilwoman Peggy Neely In E-Mail

Claude Mattox ​Although Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon doesn't leave office for another year and half, political wonks already are speculating about the final lineup of candidates for the 2011 mayor's race.Former Attorney General Grant Woods? Arizona Democrat Jim Pederson? Deputy Attorn ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon Doesn't Like Questions About His Girlfriend's Role at City Hall or Her Gig with a Phoenix Developer

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Aide Apparently Violated City Rules; Her Contract Never Reviewed by Former City Manager Frank Fairbanks

Frank Fairbanks​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon earlier this week defended hiring Sue Lindmeier, sister of his girlfriend's business partner, saying former Phoenix City Manager Frank Fairbanks and City Attorney Gary Verburg reviewed and approved her contract.Fairbanks, who retired i ... More >>

Save a Cop, Buy a Steak; City of Phoenix Approves Food Tax

www.icanhascheezburger.com​The Phoenix City Council approved a new tax yesterday that will increase the price of the most basic necessity: food.In a 6-3 vote, the council approved a two-percent tax on basic grocery items like milk, meat, vegetables, and all the other basics that people need to liv ... More >>

Strip Searches at Maricopa County Jails Are Under Fire, As Is PMT Ambulance; But Phil Gordon's Romance Is in the Clear

Hot Links: Photo Radar, Phil Gordon's Term, and a Beef Recall

​Six weeks after announcing he wouldn't prosecute criminal speeding cases based on photo radar evidence, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has decided that photo-radar evidence can be used in criminal speeding cases. Barnet Lotstein, special assistant to Thomas, says what Thomas should have s ... More >>

David Cavazos, Phoenix's New City Manager, May Owe His Job to a Plugged-In Developer

Free Food for Thought

Mayor G aims for hearts and minds via stomachs

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

Pittsburgh Steelers Fans Lash Out at Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon for Terrible Towel Diss. Go Phil!

  Hell hath no fury like  Steelers fans, dissed. One day after a Cardinals rally at Sky Harbor Airport, where  Mayor Phil Gordon stomped on one of the Steelers' signature "Terrible Towels," the mayor's getting slammed on Pittsburgh talk radio -- and bombarded w ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Send Off In Video

This morning 1,800 Cardinals fans witnessed their Super Bowl-Bound team climbing into a plane and taking off for Tampa. Among those enjoying the festivities were Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs, and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. Check out the above video to see Mayor Go ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s Term Ends in 2012, but a Dastardly Plot Would Let Him Get Around That Limit

Plan in Phoenix Would Give Mayor Phil Gordon Two Extra Years -- Without Another Election

  City officials are weighing a plan to consolidate elections in the city of Phoenix -- one that could give Mayor Phil Gordon and certain council members an extra two years in office without being forced to run for reelection, New Times has learned. On January 9, a group called "Phoenix E ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Red-Light Violation Video

Window-cleaning news blogger Pete Kosednar recently had his records request fulfilled for the video of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon running a red light in August, which we pass along to you for the educational value. Until Gordon's ticket, we had no idea that red-light cameras could catch you si ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to Fly in Vintage B-17 Bomber

Look, up in the sky! It's the mayor! Despite a crash landing in September while trimming a tree, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon will climb aboard a WWII-era bomber on Thursday for an exhibition flight. A new release by the mayor's office doesn't state any particular purpose for the flight, but th ... More >>

Hot Links: Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Gets Red-Light Ticket; Stephenie Meyer Hottest Local Celebrity; Janet Napolitano to be "Moderate" on Immigration

That maniac you saw a running a red light might have been Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. In a public confession, Gordon admits he ran a red light at the corner of 7th Street and Northern recently, netting him a photo enforcement ticket. Talk about transparency in government. Other news highlights: Steph ... More >>

Sand Land Rednecks Rally for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Harass Mayor Gordon at His Home.

Follow the Cheerleader

Mayor Gordon gives an urban pep talk

Nativists' recall effort against Phil Gordon fails, not one signature submitted. (W/Update.)

Phil Gordon: "The only 'bomb' on Broadway Wednesday was the sheriff"

Sheriff Joe’s goons bring new heights of absurdity to Phoenix City Hall

DEAD IN THE WATER: Ex-ACU Prez Bob Haran cuts ties with Anna Gaines' org, calls recall of Phil Gordon "waste of time."

The Bird on Mayor Phil and why the Fonz can't tell the world, "Fuck the police"

Holding his fire: AG Terry Goddard discusses Sheriff Joe Arpaio's anti-immigration sweeps, calls news reports "troubling."

Revolting Development

The CityNorth project hosed Phoenix taxpayers, but don't look to city leaders for an apology

Jarrett Maupin challenges Mayor Phil Gordon in Superior Court, tries to get name on ballot with help of Republican attorney John Acer.

Mayor Phil Gordon, aka "El Goober," supporter of graffiti and urban blight?

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 24, 2007

Fast Money Phil Gordon in Phoenix Developers' Pockets

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 21, 2006

Matt's Big Hassle

Three years ago, Mayor-elect Phil Gordon promised to make it easier for small businesses to renovate old buildings. But the problems faced by one indie restaurateur show that, if anything, it's harder than ever

History of Deceit

Why should we approve this bond election when Phoenix City Hall has lied to us big-time in the past?

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Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon

Thug Love

As long as the Godfather's gangsters roam City Hall, will Jerry's reign ever be over?

Spiked

The Spike has been moving and shaking with the best of them lately

The Invisible Man

Phil Gordon will be the next mayor of Phoenix. Why doesn't anybody care?

The Soupervisor

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

Neighborhood Bully

Threats, fines and force: The city of Phoenix stops at nothing to revive a troubled community

Slippery 'slope

Sunnyslope residents put builder on 'S' list

Whither Warehouse?

The county's new downtown jail would destroy valuable pieces of Phoenix's past

The Operator and the Undertaker

The council race in District 4 pits a perky outsider against the ultimate city hall insider