Cisco Company Partner in Tempe Giving $527,000 “Donation” to County; Sheriff’s Office Questions Deal

A planned $527,000 “donation” to Maricopa County’s IT department by Tempe-based Insight Networking (a.k.a. Calence) looks suspicious to the sheriff’s office. After a hearing last week over the sheriff’s takeover of the ICJIS system, Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott told New Times and other news media he questioned the “gift.” “Why would anybody give that…

Solar Energy Snub: Feds Shortchange Arizona in Solar Study

  ​ The feds are going to study 670,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in six western states — but only 16,000 of those acres are in Arizona. What an oversight! Those gloomy skies over Washington D.C. must have dimmed bureaucrats’ minds. It’s typically said that we get…

Hendershott Caves on Computer Password, Will Give It to County

  Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott claimed last week that federal law prevented him turning over a password to a computer system used by law enforcement officials. Yesterday, without an act of Congress, Hendershott reportedly agreed to give the county computer administrators the password. The agreement means a judge won’t be sending…

Guns at Obama Protest Scare Folks, but Cops Say No Laws Were Broken

  A man carried an AR-15 assault rifle across his back to the Phoenix Convention Center, where President Barack Obama spoke today. Fortunately for gun-rights advocates, the armed dude was an African-American, a fact that’s bound to reduce the tone of criticism in the media. The man, identified in the Arizona Republic…

Obama Ordered Shots After Downing Margarita, Says Macayo’s Staff

A TMZ.com article headlined “Obama Graduates to the Hard Stuff” pokes fun at the president for slurping down a magarita with his family this weekend at the local landmark restaurant, Macayo’s. But the gossip site doesn’t fully report how much hard stuff Obama reportedly had. According to a Channel 12…

Hendershott Still Won’t Talk About the SCA

We interviewed Maricopa County Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott (pictured) today about this computer-takeover business and his possible trip to jail next week, so naturally we asked him about his involvement in the SCA, too.He didn’t bite. “You’ll have to talk to the lawyers about that,” he tells us.The lawyers for…

Hendershott Could End Up in Jail Next Week in Showdown Over Password

Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott could end up behind bars next week. We’re not kidding.If you followed our earlier play-by-play from the court hearing this afternoon about the Great Computer Takeover, (and we won’t be offended if you didn’t), you’ll have anticipated our headline.The sometimes-jocular Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joseph…

Captain Joel Fox Still Short on Explanations, Long on Hot Air

Captain Joel Fox, front man for the shady group of SCA donors, has apparently given up trying to answer our questions. But that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to comment on our blog. Fox still falsely claims we haven’t identified a possible crime that the SCA has committed: I’ve been…