Videographer Dennis Gilman’s account of the protest outside the Sheraton on Thursday Here’s something you don’t see everyday: A local Latino group protesting a Cesar Chavez Dinner. See also: -Joe Arpaio Cozies Up to Latino Pastors, Prensa Hispana, and Michael Nowakowski Days Before Employer Raid (w/Update) The group? Sal Reza’s…

As Mr. Zimmerman once crooned long ago, the times they are a changin’, and though progress has generally leap-frogged our benighted state, there are odd signs that Arizona is slouching toward the 21th Century, like some rough beast come round at last. See also: -Arizona Organix Steps Out as the…

Few public acts by Governor Jan Brewer have been so odious, so hateful and so obviously unfair as her executive order denying driver’s licenses to those young men and women, brought here as children, who benefit from President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. See also: -Jan Brewer Not on…

What was the most fun for me as a columnist during the recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce — other than watching Pearce crash and burn? That nearly all the pundits in Arizona ended up being as wrong as white shoes after Labor Day. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall…

If more than two-thirds of the state House votes in favor of a bill that would rein in corruption in local police forces, you would anticipate that the proposed legislation at least would receive a hearing in the state Senate, wouldn’t you? See also: -Eddie Farnsworth Blocked Hearing for Anti-Child-Sex-Trafficking…

There is one thing to keep in mind while reading about Administrative Law Judge Tammy Eigenheer’s recommended dismissal of the civil case involving allegations of campaign-finance impropriety by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne: Horne still has his supposed mistress Carmen Chenal on the AG’s payroll to the tune of $108,000…

I like Arizona Republic scribe Laurie Roberts. She’s a smart, classy lady. And I believe she means well. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Still On, Despite Lack of Support from (Some) Deep-Pocket Democrats As a columnist, she has the luxury of tut-tutting the hard work of others, as she did…

In this video by Puente, Ivon’s goodness should be self-evident to all but those with the meanest of spirits Let’s be honest, Anglos in Arizona would starve if there were no undocumented persons here to prepare our food. Or harvest it from the fields. See also: -Steven Seagal a No…

Please see correction below. Respect Arizona, the group spearheading the recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, is suspending its paid signature-gathering campaign due to lacks of funds. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Scores 120K Valid Signatures: 85 Days Left, a Little Over 215K More to Go -Birther Lawyer Fighting Joe Arpaio…

Pimps selling child prostitutes and the johns who buy them can rest easy knowing that Republican Eddie Farnsworth is chair of the state House Judiciary Committee. See also: -Why Eddie “Little Lord” Farnsworth and Fellow GOPers Need to Suppress the Latino Vote Despite broad support from both Republicans and Democrats,…

The eyebrow-raising part of the newly-released “Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute,” isn’t that GI’s executives make lavish six-figure salaries working for a non-profit 501c3, or that the Goldwater Institute is, according to the report, a tool of the Koch bothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council. Read the Center…

OO.ready(function() { OO.Player.create(‘ooyalaplayer’, ‘9zampnbjptUn3Xdnba3xrdUHS_Gy73aS’); });Please enable Javascript to watch this video Republican state Representative John Kavanagh and a pig’s intestine share one significant characteristic, and, no, it’s not elasticity. Rather, they’re both full of it. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Scores 120K Valid Signatures: 85 Days Left, a Little Over…

Note: Please see update at the end of this post. Despite a last-minute smear campaign by her detractors and a surprise endorsement of the incumbent by Congressman Ed Pastor, one-time thorn in the side of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Rebecca Jimenez, was leading a four person pack in the race for…

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery took it on the chin Monday, as about 120 demonstrators protesting Monty’s discriminatory policies toward undocumented workers marched more than 3.5 miles from Steele Indian School Park to Montgomery’s offices in the county administration building in downtown Phoenix. See also: -Bill Montgomery Blasted By Hispanic…

Here’s yet another sign worshippers at the font of all things Sheriff Joe know that their boy is doomed by the current recall effort: Their willingness to resort to futile, unconstitutional trickery to keep Arpaio’s career on life support. See also: -Russell Pearce-Inspired Recall Bill Unconstitutional, Say Experts -In the…

The pressure is building on Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to end his apartheid policies when it comes to the over-charging of undocumented workers, resulting in moms and dads being held nonbondable under Prop 100 and ultimately deported. See also: -Bill Montgomery and ICE, Partners in Crime, To Be Protested…

Rebecca Jimenez’s campaign video, produced by Dennis Gilman Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have one foot in the grave (we hope) due to his “broken arm,” but one of his enemies from not too long ago is alive and well and running for mayor of the unique little town of Guadalupe…

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and his partners at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will feel the heat of Latino and pro-immigrant rage this Monday when the Phoenix human rights group Puente spearheads a march demanding an end to the deportations of individuals whose only real “crime” is working for…

It’s not every day that an elected law enforcement official, who has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, confesses that he or she is enforcing an unconstitutional law. See also: -The MCAO Follows ICE’s Blueprint for Separating Immigrant Families Yet, that’s just what Maricopa County…

With Sheriff Joe Arpaio still out of commission from his “broken arm,” and with Respect Arizona’s announcement today that they have 120,000 valid signatures demanding his recall, Arpaio’s best career move at this point would be to resign from office for health reasons. See also: -Why Sheriff Joe Actually Is…