The Communications Technology department at Metro Tech Vocational Institute took a giant step toward the future this month when it acquired a satellite dish to capture television signals. It promises to be a powerful, cutting-edge teaching tool for the vocational school. So when the $2,000 device finally arrived, department leaders…
With all the hubbub about the downtown baseball stadium–for which Maricopa County taxpayers are expected to pay up to $250 million–it’s high time for some perspective. With apologies to Harper’s Index, here’s what else could be done with a spare quarter-billion dollars: 1. Estimated number of molestation lawsuits Michael Jackson…
It was a glorious October afternoon when Eddie Basha, Democrat for governor, rolled into the tiny mining town of Kearny. He was midway through a five-day campaign tour of rural Arizona. Basha spoke without notes as he stood below swishing ash trees, addressing two dozen assembled faithful on the patio…
When he bought Phoenix Suns season tickets to give away to his customers, Brian James, general manager of a club called Houlihan’s, thought he was exhibiting business acumen and doing his part to back the Suns. But then James made the mistake of advertising his ticket-giveaway promotion. Suns management told…
Everett Hind was the love of Evelyn Hind’s life. Although she remarried after Everett died in 1972, Evelyn never forgot her first husband, the man with whom she had her only daughter, Sharon Browne. Before Evelyn died August 17, she told her daughter that she wished to be cremated and…
Phoenix Fire Department Chief Alan V. Brunacini likes to boast that getting into his department is as difficult as getting into medical school. The Phoenix Fire Department is, in many ways, an elite organization. So it was no surprise that of the 1,709 people who showed up at Phoenix Civic…
One of the enduring privileges of being an editor is brushing up against the ideas, aspirations and suspicions of the teeming masses. The suspicions are particularly interesting, because they often lead down paths that converge at the Trilateral Commission and/or cattle mutilators. After lawyers, ministers, therapists, psychics and relatives have…
Cody Custer groaned and removed an ice pack from his aching back. Clad only in his underwear, he began the laborious process of taping a brace to his right knee. He had a trainer tape his right ankle, then wrap a huge Ace bandage around his thigh, waist and groin…
The Mesa Library Advisory Board made a popular choice when it voted 6-1 to reject the gifts of three copies of the book Sex, Madonna’s fleshy paean to Narcissus. Jacqueline Kasper lauds the board’s November 12 decision, saying, “I think this was a very wise decision, and I think it…
It will go down as the Fiasco in Peasco. For the record, it was billed as the Arizona Vs. Sonora Professional Boxing Shootout; aptly enough, when the dust cleared at Puerto Peasco Stadium on October 3, people were in a shooting mood. It was an awesome lineup for any card,…
