Randy Parraz

Joe Arpaio Recall Re-Ignites Paid Petition Effort with 22 Days to Go

With 22 days remaining, the effort to boot Sheriff Joe Arpaio from office has re-started the paid petition-gathering campaign it discontinued back on March 18. See also: -Joe Arpaio Fans Look a Little Desperate With Billboards Urging People Not to Sign Recall -Joe Arpaio Recall: Give Joe the Pink S ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Supporters Going for (Highly Improbable) Recall of Mary Rose Wilcox

We're not sure if this is a serious thing, but right-wingers are touting their response to the attempted recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- an effort to recall County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.Forgive us for being skeptical, but if you think it's a long-shot for Arpaio to be recalled, consider the fa ... More >>

Arizona Republic Declares Joe Arpaio Recall Effort "Should Fail"

At this point in time, it would be nearly impossible to convince us that there wasn't a crystal meth smoke-a-thon at the Arizona Republic's editorial board meeting on Sunday night.The Republic editorial board has declared that the Arpaio recall "should fail," adding, "The recall is as much of an abu ... More >>

Steve Chucri, Denny Barney are Expected New Faces in Maricopa County Supervisors' Races

Changes are coming to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, a governing panel that has become better known in the last few years due to some serious scandals. The five-member Board currently consists of Republicans Don Stapley, Fulton Brock, Andy Kunasek and Max Wilson, and Democrat Mary Rose W ... More >>

Maricopa County Elections Department Starting Spanish Campaign Due to Election-Date Error, Which Supervisor Wilcox Calls a "Tragedy"

The Maricopa County Elections Department released some of the details this morning about the Spanish-language campaign it's putting on, in an effort to set the record straight for any Spanish-speaking voters who may have been confused by errors made by the department.On two occassions, people notice ... More >>

Helen Purcell: Accusation About Spanish Errors a "Malicious Lie," Says Office Will Publicize Election Date of Martes, 6 de Noviembre

As our colleague Stephen Lemons reported last night, Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell set the record straight about the early-ballot collections -- it is not illegal for someone to deliver your early ballot to the elections office for you.Purcell also addressed the multiple errors on county el ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Still Too Chicken to Debate Paul Penzone? Looks Like It

Based on the new decor outside of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office, it would appear that the Sheriff is still too chicken to debate his opponent, former Phoenix police Sergeant Paul Penzone.See also:-Joe Arpaio Too Chicken to Debate Paul Penzone? Ask the People Who Brought Live Chickens to Sheriff's Offi ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Foes in Adios Arpaio Endorse Paul Penzone for Sheriff

With the kind of spirited cheering and clapping you might hear at a high school basketball game, about 100 mostly Hispanic students from the Adios Arpaio movement declared their endorsement of former Phoenix Police sergeant Paul Penzone for Maricopa County sheriff. See also: -Joe Arpaio's Doom: "Ad ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Doom: "Adios Arpaio" Claims 20,000 Anti-Joe Voters Added to the Rolls

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been frittering away his remaining days on this planet by glomming onto the birther idiocy for publicity and chasing dishwashers and gardeners while dangerous sex offenders roam free. Meanwhile, a small army of high-school kids (mostly), funded by union bucks and led by vete ... More >>

SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

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 >>

Russell Pearce, Serial Liar, Endorses Mitt Romney, Tells the Truth for Once

According to a recent item in the Washington Post's Election 2012 Blog, recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary, more than a month after Romney won Sand Land's GOP contest. As a result, Romney immediately called a press ... More >>

Joe Arpaio on Blast by Citizens for a Better Arizona in New Video

CBA demands accountability of Arpaio in the latest video by Dennis Gilman A point some local journos missed concerning the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors' recent hearing on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's various misdeeds was that the special meeting, which addressed Arpaio's racial profiling and his bun ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 19th, 2011

Arpaio Corruption: The Feds Have Spoken, But Justice Won't Be Served Until the Sheriff's Indicted

Don't Bet on Arpaio Resigning Over the El Mirage Botched Sex-Crime Cases

Latino GOP Group Doesn't Just Want Sheriff Arpaio to Leave Office, They Want Him to Leave the Republican Party

Sheriff Joe Arpaio​The hits keep coming for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. First, the media continues to hound him about hundreds of botched sex-crime investigations. Then Randy Parraz, the man who organized the takedown of ousted former Senate President Russell Pearce, demands his resignat ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Sniveling New Memoir Laughably Paints Her as a Tough-as-Nails Governor

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Joe Arpaio Pleads for More Millions, as Juan Farias Mendoza's Ghost Looks On

Consider this the first anti-Arpaio ad for 2012, ironically produced by Arpaio's goons, and censored heavily by them as well....He's cost taxpayers $100 million in swiped county funds, has the blood of unfortunates such as Juan Farias Mendoza on his hands, was forced to settle to the tune of $1 mill ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Prediction: State Senator Russell Pearce Will Be Kissing His Political Career Goodbye on November 8

Russell Pearce Recall: Yellow Sheet Admits Senate President Is On the Ropes

Pearce loyalist Dan Grimm: Did he commit perjury, and if so, will the MCAO hold him accountable? The Arizona Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet costs $250 per month? Crikey, that equals my liquor store tab for September. Well, almost.Which is why I won't be subscribing anytime soon to YS, the dai ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Fave Website Sonoran Alliance Steps in the Shinola

sonoranalliance.comIs that egg on SA's face, or something a lot worse?God, I love Republicans. Especially the crazy ones. They're just way too easy. In fact, whether or nor state Senate President Russell Pearce survives the Legislative District 18 recall race, I'll be heartbroken, as right now, ever ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Tea Party on Trial: Olivia Cortes Plays "Useful Idiot"

Election law attorney Tom Ryan may not get Legislative District 18 recall candidate Olivia Cortes booted from the November 8 ballot, but on Thursday, with the assistance of co-counsel H. Michael Wright,  Ryan effectively put the Tea Party on trial. And at least metaphorically, the verdict was g ... More >>

Russell Pearce Challenger Jerry Lewis Takes on the Critics, Swears Off All Freebies

Lewis promises not to take freebiesAs I discuss at length in my column this week, state Senate President Russell Pearce wrestles almost daily with the truth, and so, too, do many of his supporters. So, not surprisingly, Pearce's main challenger in the Legislative District 18 recall election, Me ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Tea Party Pal Franklin Bruce Ross, Plaintiff in the Recall Lawsuit

Just who is paying Lisa Hauser's tab?Monday morning, oral arguments are scheduled to begin in the legal challenge to the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce. Lawyers representing the Arizona Secretary of State, Maricopa County Elections and the recall committee Citizens for a Better ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Lawyer Is Full of Bunk

Russell Pearce's Supporters' Claims of "Massive Voter Registration Fraud" Contradicted by Elections Officials

Will Linda Bentley's bogus allegations save this guy? Not a chance...As of Monday morning, Maricopa County Elections Director Karen Osborne said the county had validated 10,356 signatures from petitions seeking the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce. That's 2,600 more than the 7,75 ... More >>

Russell Pearce Begs for Corporate Funds, Uses Office on Behalf of Anti-Recall Effort

Pearce, seeking corporate dough to save his hideState Senate President Russell Pearce and the Republican-controlled Legislature couldn't be bothered today to change one word in state law to extend unemployment benefits to 15,000 out-of-work Arizonans, but Pearce has had time to compose a lengthy, fi ... More >>

Recalling Russell Pearce

Russell Pearce Recall Paperwork Filed by Anti-Pearce Group

Halina Reed (left) and Somos Republicans' DeeDee Blase: Leading the (first) recall of Russell PearceOn the day that state Senator Russell Pearce's insidious, anti-American, and unconstitutional plot to undermine the birthright citizenship provision of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment was being ... More >>

Russell Pearce Fundraiser To Be Protested Friday

Pearce builds his own trough and goes hog-wild FridayAnti-Russell Pearce activists are set to protest both a Friday, January 7 fundraiser for the state Senate President-elect, and the opening day of business for the Arizona Legislature on Monday, January 10, when Pearce will take his seat as the Dar ... More >>

John McCain to Debate Rodney Glassman on September 26

Will John McCain break a sweat debating with Rodney Glassman? Tune to Channel 3 on September 26 to find out​ Republican Senator John McCain and his Democratic contender, Rodney Glassman, will match wits later this month in a televised debate. The political show-down will take ... More >>

Rodney Glassman's Campaign Staffers Jumping Ship, Sources Describe Glassman as "Out of Control"

rodneyglassman.comCampaign workers are ditching Glassman like he's a prom queen with monoStaffers for Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman's campaign are jumping ship so fast it might as well be a reenactment of James Cameron's Titanic.Since July, three top staffers have bailed o ... More >>

Democratic Senate Primary Debate Tonight; John Dougherty to Arrive in Electric-Car Motorcade -- How, Umm, Hip?

www.climateprogress.org​Despite this past Wednesday being "National Fuck Prius Day," former New Times scribe and Democratic Senate hopeful, John Dougherty, announced today that he will be arriving at tonight's debate in a "motorcade of electric cars."It probably won't be the coolest-looking ... More >>

Democratic U.S. Senate Candidates Schedule Debates -- by Democratic Candidates, We Mean Everyone But Rodney Glassman

U.S. Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman​ Three of Arizona's four Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate have been busy scheduling a series of debates set to begin June 9. But one, former Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman, hasn't agreed to take part -- at least he hasn't let the other candida ... More >>

U.S. Senate Candidate Rodney Glassman Wants the World to Know He's Gonna Start Wearing an Arizona Flag Lapel Pin

​In a political move only newsworthy because of its high-level of tackiness, U.S. Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman actually put out a press release last night to make an announcement regarding his campaign wardrobe: In addition to the U.S. flag lapel pin he wears, he will be ... More >>

Is U.S. Senate Candidate Rodney Glassman Duckin' Fellow Candidate John Dougherty? The Former New Times Scribe Thinks So

www.johndougherty2010.com U.S. Senate candidate John Dougherty​The so-called "debate over debates" seems to have spilled over from the GOP Senate primary and found its way to the left side of the aisle where former Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman is in a primary contest with -- among othe ... More >>

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

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 6, 2010

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas Get Pilloried by Don Stapley

Supervisors Cave to Joe Arpaio, OK $1.6 Million for Harassing Mexicans in Maricopa County

Supervisors Kunasek, Brock and Wilson kowtow before the Great and Mighty King Arpaio, in a satire performed by activists outside the BOS auditoriumIt all played out like political kabuki today at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. At issue was the $1.6 million the legislature, at the behest o ... More >>

Zack de la Rocha Leads a March of Thousands to Joe Arpaio's Jails, Neo-Nazis and Nativists Back Arpaio

Zack de la Rocha addresses the crowd at the end of Saturday's Walk for RespectBefore today's successful march of thousands from the Wells Fargo building in downtown Phoenix to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's gulags, many in the Phoenix activist community tried to dissuade civil rights leader and march organi ... More >>

Four MCSA Demonstrators Arrested Outside County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Dressed as Pets

A chicken (activist Chris Fleischman) is interrogated by plainclothes po-po.According to witnesses and a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, four members of Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability, an activist group critical of the BOS and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, were arre ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Bird pecks away at Janet Napolitano’s lame defense of Russell Pearce and tears Fulton Brock a new one