Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois conducted a pop quiz on “spot the immigrant” this morning on the House floor while discussing the Supreme Court decision to allow the “papers please” provision of SB1070 to stand. Too funny. On this C-SPAN video (fast-forward to 15 seconds), Gutierrez blasts the law as…
About 200 people filed into the Carl Hayden High School auditorium in west Phoenix in search of answers on Monday evening, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed one of the most controversial provisions of SB 1070 to stand. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, councilmen Michael Nowakowski…
Also Read: 10 Memorable Moments in SB 1070’s HistorySB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds “Papers Please” Section, Invalidates OthersJan Brewer Declares “Victory” as Supreme Court Tosses Unconstitutional SB 1070 Provisions Three down, one to go. The fight is not over in Arizona. Report instances of racial profiling. Those are among the…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu apparently forgot that he quit his Congressional race, because he again spewed tired talking points from that campaign — this time blasting President Barack Obama for granting temporary deportation immunity and work permits to certain undocumented immigrants. Babeu seems to be upset because Obama is not strictly enforcing…
President Obama announced today that his administration “will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children and have since led law-abiding lives.” From the Associated Press: The policy change, announced Friday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, will affect…
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…
Rolling Stone did a wrap up about Arizona’s “really crazy” political climate — not that we needed a reminder. But, yeah, this is why the rest of the country is laughing at us. Bennett the Birther? Gould the Gunman? Kelly and his M-16s? Yee-ha! Read the Rolling Stone recap below:…
“I wish that everybody would just take a moment and, and try to calm this down and wait ’til the facts come out. And that’s our job, [it’s] not to insert our opinion, but to, to find out the facts and what truly happened.” Those were Pinal County Sheriff Paul…
Maricopa County Judge Katherine Cooper granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday halting contract provisions that allows Phoenix police union officials to conduct union work while they’re on the clock. “The city received the judge’s order this morning and currently is reviewing it,” spokeswoman Toni Maccarone tells New Times. The…
The post-election dust has settled, and we would be remiss not to take a look at the scorecard for one of our favorite public-relations stuntmen — famous (some would say infamous) spin-master Jason Rose. We see that he lost a few more petals in May, but Rose tells New Times that…
Seven candidates are vying to serve as the next sheriff of Pinal County, a post now held by one of those candidates — embattled incumbent Paul Babeu. Babeu faces stiff competition from three Republicans, two Democrats and one Independent. Babeu quit his race for a seat in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional…
It appears that Pinal County released a mountain of public records to Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Goode — about a years’ worth of e-mails between Paul Babeu and several members of his command staff on a CD — without typical redaction. And now, an attorney representing the county wants to know what Goode…
Joe Ricketts — whose family owns the Chicago Cubs — is completely appalled at the government’s frivolous waste of your hard-earned tax dollars. But, Ricketts’ conviction to ending wasteful spending doesn’t extend to his own billionaire family suckling on the government teat. Yeah, we’re calling hypocrite on this one…
Pete Rios, chairman of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, voiced his frustration with the county’s embattled sheriff in a recent letter published in local newspapers. It addresses Babeu’s repeated claims — including a post on his website in March — that he has balanced his budget despite being about…
Phoenix New Times won 30 journalism awards, including first-place awards for investigative reporting, immigration coverage, news and opinion blogging and design, from the Arizona Press Club on Saturday night.Staff writer Paul Rubin received a first place Don Bolles Award for Investigative Reporting for “Hell Hole,” (September 1, 2011), described by…
It was a breezy recent evening in Florence as Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu walked to the podium in his crisp, dark uniform, which included a Smokey hat replete with a gold star pinned to its front. Babeu was there to lead a memorial for fallen peace officers from his…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu dropped out of his Congressional race early this morning and plans instead to run for re-election as sheriff — despite recent assurances by his camp that he planned to continue his Fourth District run. Babeu would have us believe that his decision has nothing to do with the…
Update: We spoke with AJ News editor Ed Barker and Steve Kizer, director of Pinal County Elections Department. “Paul Babeu is going to run for a second term as sheriff,” AJ News Editor Ed Barker wrote in a column this week. “Yep, he’s fallen from grace in the Congressional race…
Just as oral arguments wrapped up at the U.S. Supreme Court over SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration-enforcement law that essentially criminalizes an undocumented immigrant’s presence in Arizona, Congressman Paul Gosar made an appearance on MSNBC. Gosar is running for a seat in Arizona’s conservative Fourth Congressional District against embattled Pinal…
Queerty, a popular online magazine, offered commentary about a $1,000-a-ticket fundraiser that Log Cabin Republicans are hosting for “scandal-plagued” Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, summing up the situation thusly: Vom. From Queerty: In the fantasy world Republicans live in, a closeted sheriff accused of threatening to deport his Mexican ex-amigo…
Political spin is one thing. Politicians do it all the time — the classic distorting the truth beyond recognition so long as there is some nugget of truth that remains. Paul Babeu, who is running for a seat in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District, isn’t wasting time on that anymore. In…
Contributions to congressional hopeful Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu barely trickled in during March, with the once-popular lawman pocketing a mere $6,700 in the wake of multiple scandals that have enveloped him, his agency and his campaign. By comparison, Congressman Paul Gosar, who is also running for a seat in…
