By Stephen Lemons Phoenix PD nab suspect in 7/11 homicide. The Bonnie and Clyde of identity theft. Latinos say, “No way, Jose,” to Grampa McCain. The D-Backs blow Pirates out of the water. Anquan Boldin won’t tussle with Saints. Gordon remains “neutral” in general election contest for Prez. Nickel Bag…
Absolutely not Darrell Ankarlo…but this guy did have leprosy. Last week, while I was listening to KTAR’s far-right lip-flapper defend his sorry ass in the whole Ankarlo book tour controversy — you know, where KTAR took $11,500 in RICO funds from County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ office to promote Ankarlo’s brown-bashing…
By Stephen Lemons Can Obamarama whip Old Man McCain’s keister in Sand Land? A new poll shows a narrowing gap. County Attorney hopeful Richard plays paddycake with Ankarlo over book tour scandal. Trib wants to give nut-job Berman back his guns. Russell Pearce an embarrassment to the local GOP? No-duh…
Check out these new attack ads against anti-Mexican Mesa pol Russell Pearce and GOP wild man Jack Harper, state Senator from LD 4. Both are brought to us by two independent expenditure committees, People of Arizona and Protect Arizona’s Future. The anti-Pearce ad faults the Republican legislator for disobeying Ronald…
What’s more sickening, spoilt mayo or our own Sheriff Blowhard? After this recent stunt in which some 11 corn and snow-cone vendors were arrested by MCSO goons in a mini-Maryvale sweep, I’d say, Sheriff Joe. (See update on number in custody below.) “But Sheriff Joke doesn’t make you sick,” I…
By Stephen Lemons Nickel Bag Joe hunts corn, snow-corn vendors. No wonder they call him “Sheriff Joke.” Trib demands accounting of RICO funds used by County Attorney, Sheriff. Mayor Phil wants new “Arizona Project” on Arpaio. Don Bolles applauds from on high. A possible replacement for dull, lame-o Republic columnist…
By Stephen Lemons Mesa Police Chief George Gascon pens an op-ed for the Gray Lady. Phil Gordon defends racial profiling claim against Sheriff. Lettuce Ladies give everyone gas. Cops seek knife-wielding mariachi. Moron Steve Berman. Crypto parasite terrorizes Mesa. Roller derby dames do it with their helmets on. Three vanishing…
Is that the corpse of the KTAR news room Ankarlo’s devouring? In case you missed today’s show from KTAR’s mornin’ jabroni Darrell Ankarlo, you can rest assured that your county RICO dollars are being well-spent. At least as far as County Attorney Andy “Candy” Thomas is concerned. See, for just…
By Stephen Lemons Ankarlo book tour fiasco costs taxpayers $11,500. Dan Saban dodges verbal knives, kicks butt on KFYI 550 AM Bruce Jacobs’s morning show. Arizona’s modern-day version of the Trail of Tears. Channel 12’s Joe Dana reports some more on Honduras-gate. MCSO denies racial profiling. (Pause for laughter.) Female…
It’s likely no one in town will give me any credit for breaking the story that KTAR 92.3 FM is getting moolah from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for top lip-flapper Darrell Ankarlo’s book tour. (Sniff.) But that’s OK. You know who broke that story, boyos. In fact, should anyone…
Russell “White Pride” Pearce, doing what he does best… This Friday, the Web site for the Yellow Sheet Report, a political tipsheet published by the Arizona Capitol Times, picked up on the 30-year-old allegations of domestic violence against Russell Pearce by his wife LuAnne. The story appeared first in this…
By Stephen Lemons Melanoma-man McCain gets another biopsy. Mayor Phil talks immigration on NPR. Tucson Citizen blasts Arpaio. (And if you missed it yesterday, the Washington Post got its licks in, too.) 50 popped in drop house raid. Cards linebacker Haggans wants to dye his Mohawk red. (Go for it,…
By Stephen Lemons Grampa McCain can’t figure out affirmative action. Orders Confederate troops to fire on Fort Sumter. Helicopter guys get a memorial. D-backs take broom to Frisco, get to use it. Rodgers-Cromartie makes Card camp. Tim Nelson berates Barnett Lotstein. Gotbaums say Phoenix too mean for trial. (Phoenix, mean?…
Wing-nutty Hobbit-lady and recall wench Anna Gaines, from a file photo. Saturday, she was briefly arrested at Borders Books on Camelback… Capping off a disastrous day both for Sheriff Joe and for the Phoenix anti-immigrant movement in general, Anna Gaines — the founder and chairperson of American Citizens United, the…
KTAR’s e-mail newsletter, featuring Ankarlo’s book, and the County Attorney’s seal of approval. KTAR 92.3 FM’s Darrell Ankarlo continues to rail against big government on his radio show, calling Barack Obama a socialist, in defiance of the facts, while KTAR takes what you might call radio welfare from the Maricopa…
By Stephen Lemons South Mountain Community College shot up like the OK Corral. A judge orders Steve Berman to give up guns. (Now we can sleep easy.) Richard and Nelson eat Candy for lunch. DMX’s courtroom rap. Old Man McCain raises less than Obama in Sand Land. (Could the state…
By Stephen Lemons The Republic smooches BOS butt in reporting yesterday’s protest. Joe Dana updates Honduras-gate while Hendershott’s on vacay. (Beijing, maybe?) Cubs clobber D-backs, while Dockett and Boldin make Cards camp. Young Republicans say McCain’s lame. (Who knew?) American Idol auditions tomorrow. Serial predator details, speed cameras, right wing-nuts,…
Ipso schmucko, going down kinda like the dog he pretended to kill in Grand Rapids, Michigan. What’s the latest from the Old Pueblo and the ongoing donnybrook between Isabel Garcia and those who’ve taken the Pima County Legal Defender to task for her hoisting the head of a Sheriff Joe…
PUNCHING PEARCE It’s the most loaded query in PHX politics lately: “So, when did you stop beating your wife?” Truly, Valley news has been reading like a recap of that Julia Roberts flick Sleeping with the Enemy. Or maybe that made-for-the-small-screen drama The Burning Bed, starring a post-Charlie’s Angels Farrah…
Nativists and activists and Sheriff’s deputies, oh, my! We ain’t in Kansas, no more, Toto. Rather, we’re in P-town, at the Board of Stoopervisors meeting. I mean, Supervisors, of course. And if last month’s demo before the Supes’ auditorium downtown at 205 W. Jefferson Street is any indication, then we…
Russell Pearce “is possessed of a violent temper,” according to a 1980 court document signed by his wife LuAnne. That old example of a loaded question, “So, when did you stop beating your wife?” seems weirdly applicable in Valley political circles these days. First, there’s the June 26 incident involving…
A flier for U.S.A.’s upcoming supremacist shindig: Regarding the dress code, we hear white sheets are optional. Next Saturday afternoon should be a pretty rowdy one in Phoenix’s tony Biltmore Fashion Park. Not only will Sheriff Joe be appearing at the Borders Books there to promote his latest work of…
