Maria was drifting off to sleep on the bedroom floor. She could hear women getting raped in the next room. Only she didn’t hear screams — she heard the laughter of male guards. The women had been drugged by their rapists, who had done the same to Maria as soon…
Vernon Parker’s mouthpiece Jason Rose and other conservative politicos have been squawking much about the Ben Quayle connection to Nik Richie’s scandalously sexy website thedirty.com.It’s been part of the mudslinging campaign featuring Parker and Quayle — two of the candidates vying for a seat in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District.Ok, so…
Veolia Transportation officials and representatives of the three local transit unions continue to negotiate labor contracts and have managed to avoid a bus strike in Phoenix. So far. But more than two-dozen union workers who drive, fuel, clean, and repair Phoenix city buses protested, with bright-colored signs in hand, this…
Phoenix officials are scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on September 27 to further explain why they are refusing to release Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s security-detail logs.A judge recently rejected a motion by Phoenix’s city attorney to dismiss the lawsuit, and the case continues to move through the legal…
Although environmental studies are not yet complete, word is out that the U.S. Air Force considers Luke Air Force Base in Glendale the “preferred” home for its newest war bird: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The studies being conducted by the Air Force are key to determining how the military aircraft…
After a long battle, the Tohono O’odham Nation emerged victorious today when the feds accepted the tribe’s West Valley land into “trust.”This isn’t the final step, but it is a major one for the Indian tribe. It means the Tohono O’odham Nation is closer to building its proposed $600 million…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon ended the week down two staffers.Today was Debra Stark’s last day as Mayor’s Chief of Staff. On Monday, she moves into her new role as Executive Assistant to the City Manager. She will oversee Public Transit, among other city departments.(And, boy, did she luck out! All…
Phoenix bus-riders have been spared a bus strike come Monday …The Teamsters Local Union No. 104, which represents the employees who fuel and clean the buses, extended its contract until August 15.The other two unions that represent Veolia Transportation employees already had agreed to extend talks…
Phoenix sounded the alarms this week to prepare the public for a possible bus strike as talks continue with one of the transit unions.Negotiations are expected to continue throughout the day with the union representing employees who fuel and clean the buses,Teamsters Local Union No. 104. Their contract, as of…
Lake Pleasant Regional Park is a perfect place to cool down, relax and escape life’s worries — unless you run a business there.In that case, life on the lake isn’t always as pleasant as its name might suggest.Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox recently raised concerns about a deal that…
Rachel Alexander — stumping for J.D. Hayworth — has been complaining on Facebook that Senator John McCain’s people are threatening her and trying to ruin her political career.But, um, wasn’t trying to ruin political careers her specialty when she worked for former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas?Alexander was the former…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is many things, but not much of a sports fan. That didn’t stop him from attending a Opening Day game for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Interesting because Arizona passed a law in 2000 that prohibits elected officials from accepting free tickets to sporting or cultural events. It’s a law…
Oh, the irony of all ironies. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon sent out a letter today to Phoenix residents on the city budget with an opening line that read: “In the City of Phoenix, we value transparency in government.”Value transparency?Wait, there’s more: “Every city employee and elected leader reports to you, the…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is center-stage in highlighting the evils of SB 1070. He has become a champion to many in the Latino community for publicly condemning the misguided law that makes it a crime for illegal immigrants to be in Arizona.And he’s milking it.On Sunday, Gordon received a standing ovation…
El Mirage Mayor Michele Kern isn’t seeking re-election, but she hopes that whoever replaces will focus on the residents and make decisions that are in their best interest. She has serious reservations about whether Lana Mook, a mayoral candidate in the August 24 election and unapologetic champion of Luke Air…
Every month the city of Phoenix Public Information Office sends out a blast to media with story ideas reporters might consider covering on a slow news day.Some of the June story ideas include covering the fire ban the Phoenix parks department has instituted in the city’s desert preserves or the…
Looks like major change is on the horizon for El Mirage, a West Valley city where five out of seven seats on the City Council are up for grabs. The deadline for potential candidates to file petitions to get their names on the ballot was Friday.There are nine residents jockeying for a…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon apparently os breaking his silence about the State of Downtown Fund, graciously granting the Arizona Republic an interview. The article states that Gordon isn’t using any of the money donated by corporations and businesses to the State of Downtown Fund for personal use. And he points out that there…
Grant Woods, who has told New Times that he’s seriously considering a run for mayor of Phoenix, has some Facebook updates that might give some would-be constituents pause.On Friday morning, he posted this comment: “Fat woman asking for extra cream cheese on her bagel. Really?”Geez, when did he become the keeper of all…
Judicial Watch made good on its pledge to slap Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon with a lawsuit because he and the city’s legal advisers refuse to release “documents related to [Gordon’s] taxpayer-funded security detail.”The government watchdog organization filed the suit on May 18, and also filed an “Application for Order to…
Phoenix Councilwoman Peggy Neely stopped short of saying she was running for mayor this morning at a press conference, announcing instead that she was forming an exploratory committee.Snooze. Seriously, after her inauguration speech in January, everyone knew that she was destined to enter the mayor’s race. She now joins Councilman…
Phoenix Councilwoman Peggy Neely is expected to officially announce her bid for mayor of Phoenix this morning at the Westin Kierland Golf Club in Scottsdale. (It’s really in Phoenix, but they like to use the Scottsdale address. Adds a little panache, we suppose.)Anyway, her press release says only that she…
