Cold Dead Hand with Jim Carrey from Jim Carrey I’ve lived in New York, Los Angeles and a few places in between, but only in Arizona have I ever felt like I actually might need a gun. Not to protect myself from armed robbers and whatnot, but to protect myself…

Cesar Chavez Day is upon us, and one way of honoring the spirit of the famed labor leader locally is by helping the organization LUCHA, Living United for Change in Arizona, by participating in its Cesar Chavez Day Raffle. See also: -Four MCSA/ACORN Members Freed after Being Arrested for Applauding…

Courtesy of the conservative Western Free Press, we finally have state Representative Eddie Farnsworth’s lame attempt to justify not allowing a bill that would have cracked down on pimps selling teenage prostitutes to have a hearing in the Judiciary Committee, which Farnsworth chairs. See also: -Eddie Farnsworth Blocked Hearing for…

Imagine my surprise, when checking the website of the venerable Valley organization Chicanos por la Causa, to see a photo of a beaming Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on a page advertising the group’s 44th anniversary dinner, coming up on April 4. See also: -County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s Endorsement Rejected…

One of Arizona’s most influential bloggers, Jeff Vath, the man behind the widely-read, GOP-centric Politico Mafioso blog, passed away Tuesday night at John C. Lincoln Hospital in Deer Valley. He was 52. According to his wife of 24 years, Mary Anne, Vath’s death was due to complications from surgery on…

Speaking of shenanigans, you may remember Tea Party generalissimo Ron Ludders for his escapades during the 2011 recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, and during Pearce’s ill-fated comeback attempt in the 2012 GOP primary for state Senator from Legislative District 25. See also: -Russell Pearce Supporter Ron Ludders’ Lame…

Shenanigans. Republicans wouldn’t be Republicans without them. And the effort under way to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the perfect occasion for pro-Joe Rs to roll out their usual dirty tricks and monkeyshines. See also: -Joe Arpaio’s Chad Willems Talks to the Shadow Army about the “Blocking Campaign” and the…

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…