Buz Mills, Firearms Training School Owner and Gubernatorial Candidate, Supports Concealed-Carry Bill; Right-Winger’s Biz Would Lose Income

  It’s really no surprise that Owen “Buz” Mills supports Arizona’s becoming the third state in the country to allow citizens to carry concealed guns without a permit. The candidate for governor calls himself a fiscal and social conservative, and, in sort of a “Who would Jesus shoot?” moment, informs us that the…

Motor Coach Industries Expected to be Sued by Maricopa County Over Sheriff Bus Purchase; County Vague on What Company Did Wrong

Maricopa County officials can’t sue the Sheriff’s Office for buying a $465,000 bus without their approval, so now they want to sue the bus company. Precisely why Motor Coach Industries would be sued over the internal squabble remains unclear. The county has maintained in this months-long bus battle that Sheriff Arpaio’s office bought the…

Gordon Christopher, former Southern Baptist Church Official “Music Minister” Arrested for Adult-Shop Solo Sex

Phoenix police caught a disgraced former minister of the First Southern Baptist Church of Phoenix of masturbating at a local adult store, New Times has learned. We reported previously on the March 9 arrest and subsequent resignation of Gordon Christopher, the longtime employee of the 88-year-old Phoenix church; cops have finally released the details. It turns…

Mormon Church Sued by Trustee in Mark Bosworth Bankruptcy, Wants More Than $115,000 in Tithing Back for Creditors

A trustee in the bankruptcy of failed real estate player Mark Bosworth is suing the Mormon Church, hoping to get back $100,000 in tithing to give to Bosworth’s creditors. Bosworth, as New Times reported in a May 15, 2008 investigative article, had some success in the Valley’s once-smoking real-estate market before a civil lawsuit exposed his bad…

Don Stapley Claim in Arpaio-Thomas Flap Probably Will Be Handled Outside of Maricopa County Leadership, County Manager Says; Other Claims Expected

  The claim against Maricopa County by Supervisor Don Stapley, and other similar claims expected to roll in, will be handled outside the county’s “chain of command,” says County Manager David Smith. In response to questions raised by New Times yesterday, Smith agreed that Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and other county…

Andrew Thomas Bar Complaints to Be Handled by Colorado Official

To guard against possible conflicts of interest, the Arizona Supreme Court has handed off bar complaints against Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas to a Colorado official. John Gleason, regulation attorney for the Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation will now have the job of sorting out the various allegations of…