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Tempe City Council

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Ben Arredondo Case: Will More Politicos Join Him With the Title of "Defendant"?

    A filing submitted in federal court Wednesday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains that the feds don't want a bunch of information to be publicly disclosed in the case because of "other investigations," which are "both cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Ben Arredondo Isn't the Only One the Feds Are Looking at

    If you're doing shady stuff at the City of Tempe or the Arizona Legislature, go buy a shredder, or book a ticket to Morocco or something.A filing submitted in federal court yesterday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Ben Arredondo, State Representative/Ex-Tempe Councilman, Hit With Federal Charges

    State Representative Ben Arredondo was charged by a grand jury today with bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements -- all for a few thousand dollars worth of tickets to ballgames and charity events.According to the indictment, Arredondo -- a Republican-turned-Democrat who served on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, One Time "Sucks" Censorer, Won't Seek Re-election

    Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman will not seek re-election.​Tempe's mayor, whom New Times persuaded to use the word "sucks" 11 times during a Tempe City Council meeting after he ruthlessly censored the word the week before, will not seek re-election.Mayor Hugh Hallman announced at a City Council meeting l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman Ends Ruthless Censorship of the Word "Suck" -- by Saying it 11 Times in Single City Council Meeting

    TempeTempe Mayor Hugh Hallman no longer "sucks" in New Times eyes.​Say what you will about Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, but he's a man of his word -- at least when it comes to the word "suck."In an apparent attempt to make up for his ruthless censorship of New Times'' work, the mayor said the word "s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman and His Ruthless Censorship of the Word "Suck"

    Attention Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman: censorship "sucks." ​The word "suck" is apparently too offensive for Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman to utter -- at least in the middle of a city council meeting.At last night's meeting of the Tempe City Council, Hallman presented two Phoenix New Times "Best of Phoenix ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Augustus Shaw, Candidate for State Legislature, Ran Afoul of Campaign Rules in Tempe

      ​Augustus Shaw, a Republican running for State Legislature, failed to close out a political action committee he started when he ran for Tempe City Council in 2004, officials say. Because of state campaign-finance laws, Shaw should have either terminated the PAC or filed finan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Crazy Day For Arizona Dems; Burton-Cahill Retires from Senate, Schapira to Run For Senate, and Tempe Republican Ben Arredondo's Now a Donkey

    Phoenix New Times (From left) Tempe City Councilman Ben Arredondo, Representative Ed Ableser, Representative David Schapira, and Senator Meg Burton-Cahill​ The Democratic Party is mixing things up a bit. At a press conference this afternoon, state Senator Meg Burton-Cahill announced sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Tempe's 'Fresh & Easy' Mystery

    Remember all those eager reports in the news last fall ballyhooing the arrival of a Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market just a mile from downtown Tempe? The grocery chain was applying to the Tempe City Council for a liquor license. It sounded delightful, but more than six months later the building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Tattoo Parlor License Revocation by Tempe Ruled Unlawful; City Considering Its Next Move

    Poster from the Prestons' Mesa tattoo shopFollowing a court order, the Tempe City Council will discuss at its meeting tonight what to do next with a the case of a tattoo parlor that had its business license revoked after neighbors complained it might make the area seem seedy.The Tempe City Attorney' ... More >>

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman isn’t afraid to step on a few toes as he waltzes into his second term

    Poster from the Prestons' Mesa tattoo shopFollowing a court order, the Tempe City Council will discuss at its meeting tonight what to do next with a the case of a tattoo parlor that had its business license revoked after neighbors complained it might make the area seem seedy.The Tempe City Attorney' ... More >>

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    Twenty-three years after Kathleen Smith's storied Tempe murder, a footprint will loom large in her alleged killer's upcoming trial

    Poster from the Prestons' Mesa tattoo shopFollowing a court order, the Tempe City Council will discuss at its meeting tonight what to do next with a the case of a tattoo parlor that had its business license revoked after neighbors complained it might make the area seem seedy.The Tempe City Attorney' ... More >>

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    The Devil Went Down to Phoenix

    . . . will it be any better than downtown Tempe?

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Emergency Brake

    The state tries to halt out-of-control ambulance contracts — but cities might have the last word

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, June 15, 2006

    The state tries to halt out-of-control ambulance contracts — but cities might have the last word

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Slow-Motion Nightmare

    Former state senator Harry Mitchell's clueless about what exactly he'll do if elected to Congress

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Phoenix Means Well

    The feathered fiend bombs a naive national homeless advocate, then woodpecks haughty City Hall suits and clueless condo yups in Tempe

  • Culture

    July 1, 2004

    Neil, We Hardly Knew Ye

    Neil Giuliano bids adieu to Tempe mayordom

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    The Mouth That Should've Roared

    Because Hugh Hallman went suddenly silent, Tempe wound up losing the Cardinals and the Fiesta Bowl

  • Music

    January 29, 2004

    Another One Bites the Dust

    Nita's, the queen of Tempe's music scene, shuts her doors

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Letters

    Letters from the week of January 8, 2004

  • Music

    June 6, 2002

    Deathbed Conversion

    Nita's holy-rolling opposition changes its tune — but its sermon stays the same

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Just Plain Cuckoo

    What was the Audubon Society thinking when it named a pro-development Republican to head its new statewide effort?

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of August 23, 2001

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    Letters

    From the week of October 19

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    What a Butte!

    Developers and anti-growth activists want a piece of Tempe's mythical mountain

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Flashes 04-06-2000

    Developers and anti-growth activists want a piece of Tempe's mythical mountain

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Flashes

    Developers and anti-growth activists want a piece of Tempe's mythical mountain

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Flashes

    Developers and anti-growth activists want a piece of Tempe's mythical mountain

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Flashes

    Developers and anti-growth activists want a piece of Tempe's mythical mountain

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    Crusty Crackdown

    Tempe City Council primed to pass new "sidewalk squatting" law

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Meet the Crusties

    Spanging, squatting and looking for Hot Dog Jesus with Tempe's street kids

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    Code Blues

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    An Exercise in Utility

    Jim Irvin is poised to give the GOP a Corporation Commission majority for the first time in a decade. If that happens, Democratic activist Barbara Sherman and her mentor, Commission chairman Renz Jennings, will both wind up losers.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Lines of Power

    Mesa residents claim a Tempe councilwoman's home is being spared from high-tension lines--at their expense

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Flashes

    Mesa residents claim a Tempe councilwoman's home is being spared from high-tension lines--at their expense

  • News

    November 2, 1995

    OUTLETS of Hostility

    Egoconsumed developers, lobbyists, flacks, detectives and lawyers generate fear and loathing a la Barbarians at the Gate. The reason? Two proposed outlet malls the Valley doesn't really need.

  • News

    September 28, 1995

    GIVE A HOOT. OR TWO.

    Egoconsumed developers, lobbyists, flacks, detectives and lawyers generate fear and loathing a la Barbarians at the Gate. The reason? Two proposed outlet malls the Valley doesn't really need.

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    FOULING THE POOL

    TEMPE WANTS TO RUIN A WORLD-CLASS SWIMMING FACILITY. ASU SAYS, "GO AHEAD."

  • News

    September 8, 1994

    VENERABLE VULNERABLE

    CITY OF TEMPE DOES LITTLE TO PROTECT A PRIZE LANDMARK

  • News

    July 21, 1994

    THE OBJECT OF THEIR DESIRE

    WOULD-BE POWER COUPLE TOM AND LINDA RAWLES WANT VOTES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE

  • News

    April 14, 1993

    TEMPE'S SHORE THINGTHE CITY IS DAMMED DETERMINED TO HAVE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

    WOULD-BE POWER COUPLE TOM AND LINDA RAWLES WANT VOTES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE

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