Phoenix City Council

Bathroom Birther: Lawmaker Wants People to Use Birth Certificate to Prove They're in the Right Bathroom

Republican Representative John Kavanagh apparently thinks people are incapable of selecting which bathroom they should do their business in.Kavanagh's proposing making it a crime to intentionally enter a public restroom if that restroom has a designated sex, and the person "is not legally classified ... More >>

SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

Arizona Capitol Times' Readers Give Best-Elected-Official Nods to Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Mesa Mayor Scott Smith

Capitol Times' readers picked Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton as Best Democratic Elected Official and Mesa Mayor Scott Smith as the Best Republican Elected Official. Great news for those guys, but even better for us is this video cooked up by the Cap Times and this bi-partisan duo -- complete with what ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Phoenix City Council Delays Vote (Again) on Whether to Give Veolia Transportation a Break on Fines for Poor Performance

The Phoenix City Council has yet again postponed making a decision on whether to give Veolia Transportation, a company that operates city buses, a pass on fines assessed for poor performance. Vice Mayor Michael Johnson made a motion to withdraw the item, and the council agreed 8 to 1. Councilman Ji ... More >>

Japanese Friendship Garden Applying for Full Liquor License

The Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix is applying for a full, annual liquor license. Hopes to begin hosting weddings.

How Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change Phoenix's City Council Race

Phoenix Spends $6.8 Million to Make Changes in Reverse Lane Signage That Isn't Really Needed

​The city of Phoenix is spending $6.8 million to add flashing beacons and alter signs to its reverse lane program -- even though stats show the so-called "suicide lanes" aren't really dangerous.True, we usually avoid the darned things out of fear of using them incorrectly. The program, begun 30 ye ... More >>

Friend/Hater of New Times Art Olivas Discusses Joe Arpaio-Approved City Council Candidacy With Paper He Loathes

Art OlivasMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his pick in the District 7 City Council race, Art "El Tudy" Olivas.​Art "El Tudy" Olivas hates New Times.He's picketed in front of our building, scolded us for our coverage of former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth's unsuccessful candidacy in last year's ... More >>

Gary Whalen, Conservative Phoenix City Council Candidate, Pretends Not to be Whalen; Claims "Gaby Whalen" Arrested for Assault on Boyfriend

electgarywhalen.comGaby, er, Gary Whalen running for District 1 seat on Phoenix City Council.​A man who says he is not Gary Whalen, a conservative candidate running for a seat on the Phoenix City Council, tells New Times an interesting yarn to explain away his Whalen's arrest in January for assaul ... More >>

Gary Whalen, Conservative Phoenix City Council Candidate, Arrested in Domestic Violence, Assault on "Boyfriend" in January

Gary Whalen is running for Phoenix City Council's District 1.​Just four days after Gary Whalen signed up to run for the Phoenix City Council in January, police report that they arrested him at his North Phoenix home for getting into a fight with his ex-boyfriend.We left a mess ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer Vetoes Measure Requiring Cities to Open City Services to Competative Bids

Phoenix workers protest of SB1322​Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a Senate Bill 1322, a measure that would have required large cities, namely Phoenix and Tucson, to open up certain city services to competitive bids from private companies. Brewer said it was "riddled with shortcomings""It's a good victo ... More >>

Peggy Neely and Greg Stanton Show Early Leads in Phoenix Mayor's Race, Poll Reveals

Four candidates vying for the Mayor's Office in Phoenix City Hall. ​It's way early in the Phoenix mayor's race, but for political junkies to want a glimpse of what might be, here are the results of a poll conducted by the Motola Group, a Phoenix based-public advocacy firm. While some 40 percent of ... More >>

Sergeant Sean Drenth's City-Issued Gun Sold to Widow by Phoenix for $1

The City of Phoenix sold slain Sergeant Sean Drenth's gun to his wife for $1. ​The widow of slain Phoenix police Sergeant Sean Drenth has purchased her husband's department-issued gun from the city of Phoenix, according to minute entries from the Phoenix City Council's December 8 meeting.The ... More >>

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Poised to Take Over Housing Authority; Vote Scheduled for Monday

​Responding to serious problems and mismanagement first investigated by New Times and subsequently confirmed in a blistering audit by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is poised to again take over the Housing Authority of Maricopa County ... More >>

Phoenix Councilwoman Peggy Neely Expected to Announce on Friday What Everyone Already Knew: She's Running for Mayor of Phoenix

Peggy Neely takes oath of office in January​Phoenix Councilwoman Peggy Neely is expected to officially announce her bid for mayor of Phoenix this morning at the Westin Kierland Golf Club in Scottsdale. (It's really in Phoenix, but they like to use the Scottsdale address. Adds a little panach ... More >>

Michael Johnson Smackdown: Phoenix City Council Meeting Going On About Cop's Manhandling of Black Councilman

We broke the news last Friday of Phoenix city Councilman Michael Johnson's unfortunate run-in with a Phoenix police officer at the scene of a residential fire in his neighborhood.   ​ It's been the talk of the town, and the Phoenix City Council is meeting at this hour in closed sess ... More >>

Councilman Michael Johnson's Phoenix Police Altercation Taken Seriously Because of "Who He Is," PPD Says

www.phoenix.gov Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson​An unnamed Phoenix police officer may have messed with the wrong bull. The Phoenix City Council will hold an executive session on Monday to try to get to the bottom of an incident this morning, where one of its members was handcuffed a ... More >>

Former Phoenix City Council Worker and Weed Advocate Gets Mom's Approval for His Book: Marijuana is Safer: Why Are We Driving People to Drink

​Diane Tvert is a self-described "child of the '70's," so when her son wrote a 192-page book about why weed is safer than alcohol that has found itself on best-seller lists, she was quick to give him a ringing endorsement."My mom is totally on board," Mason Tvert, author of the latest pro-mari ... More >>

Phoenix's Next Councilman: Jon Altmann? Or Jim "Burgundy" Sharpe?

Maria BaierWhen the Phoenix City Council gathers this afternoon to choose a replacement for outgoing Councilwoman Maria Baier, they'll have a wealth of candidates to choose from: A total of 19 applicants are seeking the job.The frontrunner, we suspect, is Jon C. Altmann. Altmann, a Navy veteran and ... More >>

Tim Nelson Joins AG's Office as Chief Deputy Attorney General

Another high-profile hire for Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard: He's just made Tim Nelson (pictured), former candidate for Maricopa County Attorney, his chief deputy. Goddard's office sent a news release out about this a few minutes ago. No doubt, Chewie over at Sonoran Alliance is banging ou ... More >>

The Illusion of Seclusion in the Valley's Mountainside Homes

Door-to-Door Soliciting Rules Proposed by Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio

It's kind of creepy: There's a sudden knock at the door. You check to see who it is -- and it turns out to be someone trying to save your soul. Or maybe they just want to sell you something. Either way, you wonder if they would have tried the door and maybe burglarized the place, had you not answ ... 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 >>

P.L.A.N. Gives Point-and-Click Power to the People; Plus Check Out the GOP's Sleazoid Campaign Ad for Arpaio

The Riflemen: Phoenix PD Going For Max Firepower

Downtown Phoenix Scenesters Vent to City Officials that Light-Rail Service Should be Extended Past Midnight on Weekends

Green Fatigue: By the Numbers

Michael Nowakowski’s unlikely Phoenix City Council win puts him on Big Money’s radar

Urban Evolution

Old and new under the sun

Howl of Sanity

Too bad it stands a snowball's chance in the Sonoran Desert of passing, because a bill banning armed Minutemen makes sense

Boobs in Scottsdale

A cover-up in Scottsdale? Plus: What's on Michael Crow's mind, and a Phoenix city councilman's sudden interest in art

Don't Park It

Homeless for the holidays

Letters

Letters from the week of September 11, 2003

Going for Baroque

ASU displays rare works

Spiked

Local chef takes off, and political hopeful is just off

Code Squawkers

Unions and developers battle over proposed building regs

Zone Defense

An effort to pretty up Rio Salado has some business owners turning ugly

Booby Call

Hooters restaurant not welcome in Ahwatukee, some residents say

Letters

From the week of January 28, 1999

Trainplotting

Transit-plan backers say they see a bus in your future--so how come they've been working on the railroad?

Flashes

Tempest in a Toilet Bowl

Creator Kate Millett puts a lid on the art controversy that won't die

MOVING MOUNTAINSA PROPOSED TOLL ROAD AROUND SOUTH MOUNTAIN WOULD SLICE THROUGH RIDGES

DIRT CLEANERS SUE CITYSOIL-RECYCLING CENTER'S FUTURE WILL HING ON ZONING PROCESS, NOT POLLUTION OUTPUT

A FIXER TAKES OVER UNDER HOWARD ADAMS, ARIZONA'S LIQUOR DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME USER-FRIENDLY

YOU CALL THIS A REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN?

WAIT 'TIL SQUARE ONE BECOMES A PARKING LOT

A CITY SCORNED

WHAT'S UNDER THE ANGER AFTER LAST WEEK'S GAY RIGHTS "VOTE"? HURT, CONTEMPT, GLEE, BEWILDERMENT--AND MORE ANGER.

NEW PALS

Mayors-In-Waiting

Who said anything about running the city?