It was time for Michael Schwartz to get even. The day before he had been arrested in downtown Tucson at a Catholic church. Tucson plainclothes detective Tony Batelli had told parishioners running an arts and crafts bazaar that Schwartz was an activist opposed to the University of Arizona’s construction of…
Six weeks ago, Governor Fife Symington said he would “embrace whatever the result is” of a referendum drive by Arizona Indian tribes to overturn a bill Symington rammed through the state legislature to ban casino gambling. Now, as it becomes clear that petition circulators will easily gather enough signatures to…
By Arizona’s geologic standards, the Salt River gorge in Tempe isn’t much. In fact, few people even notice it is there. Flanked by the red-rock outcrops at Papago Park to the north and the twin buttes embracing Sun Devil Stadium to the south, the shallow gorge marks the narrowest point…
Has Governor Fife Symington, who campaigned for governor on his business prowess but has since watched his financial empire crumble, now stiffed his wife and mother for hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of campaign loans? Apparently so. With his three campaign committees operating in the red, no repayments on…
Fifteen months ago, after the federal government accused Governor Fife Symington of “gross negligence” in his role as a director of the failed Southwest Savings and Loan, Symington denounced the Resolution Trust Corporation’s lawsuit as nothing more than a baseless, political smear campaign. He predicted that the RTC’s suit–which focuses…
After years of contentious negotiations, Tempe and Phoenix officials are closing the gap on an agreement that would allow construction of a third runway at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. “An agreement in principle is very, very close,” says former Tempe city councilmember Barbara Sherman, a long-standing opponent to the…
:Your credit card: Don’t leave home without it. Especially if you’re driving to Mexico for a little spring-break partying. The Mexican government has imposed several restrictions on taking a vehicle beyond border towns, including a peculiar requirement that the owner of any vehicle must present a major credit card–VISA, American…
