Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton stood beside U.S. Senator John McCain earlier this week — on Veteran’s Day — and pledged that every chronically homeless veteran in Phoenix will be housed come Christmas. On Tuesday, the Phoenix City Council approved earmarking $100,000 toward getting the remaining 56 chronically homeless veterans off…
ABC 15 Investigator Dave Biscobing aired a story this week featuring the Superstition Search and Rescue, an all-volunteer team of wildness heroes that has successfully brought closure to families when the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office’s search-and-rescue team could not. “Lost,” a New Times feature in December 2012 delved into why…
SPECIAL REPORT: FLORENCE EXPOSED | Part one of three Richard McAnally was annoyed. His face, framed by a shock of gray hair and a pair of dark-rimmed glasses, puckered with disdain. Florence had hired McAnally, paying him more than $7,000, to preside as a hearing officer in cases involving two…
Phoenix Councilman Michael Johnson, who is barred from seeking re-election because of city-imposed term limits, has already made plans for his post-council days. He and former Councilwoman Peggy Neely are linking their political-connected circles to start a consulting firm dubbed Johnson-Neely Public Strategies…
A seat on the Phoenix City Council held for nearly five decades by an African American was lost today. Kate Widland Gallego handily beat her opponent, Pastor Warren Stewart, with nearly 63 percent of the vote to represent District 8, a predominately Latino district. In a concession speech, Stewart congratulated…
There are still votes to be counted. But preliminary counts on Election Night show Laura Pastor in District 4 holding a slight lead over her opponent Justin Johnson. Pastor has received 6,819 votes (52.11 percent), about a 4 percent lead over Johnson’s 6,268 votes (47.89 percent)…
Wanna celebrate with the winners, commiserate with the losers of Election Day? The polls closed about 40 minutes ago and candidates should be basking in the well wishes of optimistic supporters at various locations throughout Phoenix…
It’s Election Day. The truth is that most voters have cast their ballots early in the District 4 and District 8 elections. The voters will decide who is going to represent residents throughout central and south Phoenix on the City Council. But the polls close at 7 p.m. tonight, and…
There is precious little time to convince District 8 residents who haven’t voted to cast their ballot on November 5 in favor of diversity — that is, to vote for Pastor Warren Stewart over Kate Widland Gallego in Phoenix’s council race. For the first time in nearly 50 years, the…
Guadalupe “Lupe” Davila, a pastor stripped of his ordination, is not letting up his fight to regain control of a small church on the edge of El Mirage. The members, some of whom he fleeced, aren’t ready to give up the fight either. They’re now searching for an attorney who…
Though 95 law enforcement officers who died during a cop-related accidents or while chasing down some criminal activity during 2012, there were 125 deaths in 2011. And there were 128 intentional or accidental deaths in 2010. Arizona made the unfortunate list in 2012 with the death of William “Bill” Coleman,…
Justin Johnson and Laura Pastor, the legacy candidates in Phoenix’s 4th District, have spent considerable time and money delivering political jabs in their bids to win a spot on the City Council in the November 5 general election. The upcoming election also will decide whether Warren Stewart, pastor of First…
A move by Arizona’s Democratic senators that booted Senator Leah Landrum Taylor from her post as the Senate minority leader on Tuesday has infuriated leaders of the black community. The decision is causing further strain on the relationship between black and Latino leaders in Phoenix…
Federally appointed “navigators” are offering free help at Phoenix libraries for people who want to learn more about the new health-insurance regulations passed into law with the Affordable Care Act, which most people call Obamacare. Assistance is available at the Burton Barr Central Library on Mondays for individuals who want…
Black leaders are holding a press conference today to urge voters to cast ballots on November 5 and to speak out against what they say are attempts to “turn back the clock on political representative equality.” Standing on the steps of the Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building, representatives are planning…
With just a couple weeks remaining until Election Day, a final round of mailers in support of District 4 council candidate Laura Pastor are arriving in Phoenix mailboxes. They feature quotes from Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and State Representative Debbie McCune Davis, both who have endorsed Pastor’s campaign. The fliers…
Volaris, a Mexican low-cost airline, will begin its flights between Phoenix and Mexico City on December 4, just a couple months after initiating service between Phoenix and Guadalajara in Mexico. Volaris will fly out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Guadalajara three times a week. They will have the…
Phoenix’s First Lady Nicole Stanton, a staunch anti-bullying advocate, is going to be part of a panel on October 16 to raise awareness among parents about recognizing the warning signs of bullying, and discussing the issue with their children. The free event, The Warning Signs of Bullying, is from 6…
Justin Johnson and Laura Pastor, candidates in the Phoenix City Council District 4 race, continued delivering some hefty jabs at each other as early voting got underway on Thursday. Johnson, the son of former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, faces criticism over family properties that are vacant eye sores, for being…
Phoenix officials this week wrapped up the last in a series of four public meetings to gather input on how to fairly eliminate the bank-breaking practice of pension spiking. The City Council Pension Fairness and Spiking Elimination Ad Hoc Subcommittee unanimously recommended preventing employees from using the following streams of…
HOAs can be hell. What other way can you describe a micromanaging quasi-governmental body that takes hundreds of dollars a year from you and then uses that money to harass you about where you park your car, about how you store your trash can, and about front-yard weeds that refuse…
Kate Widland Gallego’s campaign manager, Lisa Fernandez, tells New Times that the political-attack fliers circulating in the district are “despicable.” The bright yellow fliers blast Widland Gallego, a candidate for the Phoenix City Council District 8 seat, for taking a $100 campaign contribution from Brian Murray, a consultant with Summit…
