Governor Jane Hull and most Arizona lawmakers in 2000 were responsible for one of the state’s grandest screw-ups, the so-called “Alt Fuels Fiasco.” But it was Tempe resident Amanda Ormond who got fired over the wasteful subsidy program. The scandal’s scapegoat talks about the 2000 debacle and the future of alternative fuels…
An estimated 1,800 fans turned out at Sky Harbor airport this morning to give the Arizona Cardinals a rousing send-off on their way to Tampa Bay for the Super Bowl. The enthusiastic Cardinals supporters and their families, many holding homemade signs (or babies in cute, red jerseys) lined up near a Northwest Airlines jet…
Thieving bastards: Burglars cut through a restaurant wall to take donation money after a charity auction for two kids killed in a Mesa hit-and-run earlier this month. The screwdrivers are on aisle — heck if anyone’s going to know after Home Depot lays off 7,000 employees. Five out of five Western governors agree: Getting a huge pile of…
Four light rail cars will sport more color and flash after they’re wrapped with ads promoting the NBA’s upcoming 2009 All-Star game. Look for media coverage of the trains on Monday, when Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon introduces the first ad-covered car at the Metro Operations and Maintenance facility at 2:30 p.m. and…
A survey commissioned by a photo enforcement vendor shows huge public support for speed and red light cameras in Arizona despite new pushes to end the programs. You can read the results for yourself in two PDF documents from vendor American Traffic Solutions (a.k.a. ATS) here and here. Because we’re sticklers about such…
[jump] One of our quick-on-the-shutter colleagues saw this sign this morning on Rural Road in South Tempe. No idea who set it up, but someone oughta pull the plug on this thing…
So A source wrote in this morning to let us know the identities of most people in this old picture we found — and the one front and center is said to be none other than the former bailout baron of Chrysler, Lee Iacocca. Do we have confirmation by CIA…
Arizona may be prosecuting Lil Wayne on felony weapons and drug charges, but the popular rap artist has no qualms with picking Arizona to win the upcoming Super Bowl.In his ESPN blog today, Lil Wayne writes that the Cards are going to take the Steelers “by 14 to 17 points…
The trees are dying: Researchers publish an article in Science magazine claiming global warming’s responsible for tree deaths from Arizona to Canada. It’s a free-for-all: Governor Jan Brewer tells state agencies to stop issuing new rules and regulations. Hundreds of people protested the possible cuts of university funds in Tucson — they…
[jump] Who says there’s no art in Phoenix? Not the staff at the Wal-Mart at 24th Street and Baseline Road, who created this display of soda cans to celebrate the Arizona Cardinals awesome season…
Have you forgotten about the illegal campaign donation that caused Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s politically minded employee, Captain Joel Fox, to get slapped with a $315,000 fine? We’re pretty sure it’s at the forefront of Fox’s mind. That’s a pretty big chunk of change for a mid-level county employee, and we wonder how in…
We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we’d share it with you. Trouble is, we’re not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that…
The one non-anonymous writer at the popular political blog Sonoran Alliance laments in a recent post that anonymity “provokes a temptation” in authors to insult people and lie. Those are two good reasons why New Times has busted the blog repeatedly on our site for allowing such liberal use of nameless…
The Tempe offices of companies linked to Conley Wolfswinkel, a developer with a history of questionable land deals, were searched today by deputies as part of the criminal case against County Supervisor Don Stapley. The East Valley Tribune has a story about the raid, which apparently happened this morning. Details in…
The estimates of the number of people who witnessed President Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday range from a high of 1.8 million to a low of 800,000. Arizona State University Journalism professor Stephen Doig is responsible for the lower figure. “My job as a journalist is to call them as…
No luxury resort for these Cards fans: The Arizona Republic covers Valley residents traveling to the Super Bowl on the cheap. After suffering the effects of years of light rail construction, business owners protest an increase in fare that could reduce casual shopping traffic. The W Scottsdale joins the ranks of the foreclosed. Go ahead,…
Jan Brewer took her oath of office as governor of Arizona today, completing the transfer of power required after Janet Napolitano left the state to become secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Here’s a shot of her accepting a Native American blessing on stage just prior to officially…
Is Glendale horrifically boring, its citizens so apathetic toward football they wouldn’t care if Larry Fitzgerald was nearly killed in a motorcyle accident?That’s what blogger Jason McIntyre of the Metro of Philadelphia writes in a recent blog post trashing the town entitled “Glendale Less Than Super.” In his light-hearted, trash-talking…
Yesterday we wrote about one local contender for…
With budget cuts of biblical proportions being proposed to deal with a multi-billion-dollar state revenue shortfall, Arizona State University is contemplating the end of its East Valley Polytechnic campus.But hold on — Mesa was banking on the vitality of the satellite campus to help prop up progressive development dreams that no…
