Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has just announced that as of late this afternoon, “an estimated 602,334 early and provisional ballots statewide” have not been counted. “State law gives the counties 10 calendar days to verify and process the remaining early and provisional ballots,” the release states. “That gives…

Last night was 2008 all over again: Obama wins, while those of us who must live in still deeply red Maricopa County lose. That is, those who want justice, racial and ethnic harmony, and competent, effective law enforcement. As in 2008, we are in the minority. Though percentage-wise, we may…

As far as I’m concerned, the only race that matters in this election is the race for Maricopa County sheriff. Don’t get me wrong, I’m pulling for Rich Carmona to top Congressman Jeff Flake in the run for U.S. Senate, and I’m praying (best as an atheist can) that President…

Democrats-turned-Independents Eddie Basha of the Bashas’ grocery chain and former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson have endorsed Republican state Senator Jerry Lewis for the Legislative District 26 Senate seat, over Lewis’ Democratic foil, state Representative Ed Ableser. See also: -Liberal Democrats Tar Republican Jerry Lewis, Borrowing a Page From Extremists They…

The above video posted in early October by YouTuber BlessedONE333returnz is freaking hi-larious, and offers a window into the cracked minds of these human PayDay bars who think Joe Arpaio walks on water. This crazy lady is kvetching off-camera about an anti-Arpaio mailer in the form of a faux newspaper…

To rip off the great Samuel Langhorne Clemens, reports of Mike Stauffer’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Finance reports were due in to the county last night, and the Republican-turned-Independent’s campaign for sheriff filed a “No Activity Statement,” which would normally attest to no expenditures or donations for the time…

Democratic sheriff’s candidate Paul Penzone was joined by two prominent Arizona Republicans Friday morning, as he cast his ballot at the Maricopa County Elections tabulation center downtown. Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods and Rich Dozer, one-time president of the Arizona Diamondbacks, both GOPers, were on hand to show their…

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has entered a plea of “not guilty” in Phoenix Municipal Court for his March fender-bender at the love nest of his state-financed mistress Carmen Chenal. That’s the accident witnessed by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who had been dogging Horne over his alleged…

There should be some law of the political jungle that says if you call someone a liar, you at least have to say what the lie is. See also: -Liberal Democrats Tar Republican Jerry Lewis, Borrowing a Page From Extremists They Claim to Loathe -Russell Pearce’s Vanquisher Jerry Lewis Slimed…

How often do you see a politician pimping the website of his or her opponent? Well, if all candidates had a diversionary third-party in their race, intended to drain votes from their main competitor, stooge-pimping of the kind seen in the mailer above from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s camp would be…

As I mentioned in a blog item Monday, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s initial court date for the March fender-bender that took place at his presumed mistress Camen Chenal’s abode is this Friday morning. The Phoenix Police Department just released its report on the incident, along with these pics of…

I’ll say one thing for living in Sand Land, it’s never boring. This Friday at 9:30 a.m., in Phoenix Municipal Court, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne could be arraigned on the charge of hit-and-run on an unattended vehicle, a class 3 misdemeanor. I say “could be” because Don Taylor a…

I don’t think anyone will bemoan the end of the 2012 election cycle, except perhaps the TV execs and political consultants who’re making a killing off the political ads bombarding us through the boob tube. Still, quite a few are memorable, and there is nothing more American than reducing your…

Word is, Sheriff Joe is freaking out. Republicans who have supported him for years are jumping ship to back his Democratic rival Paul Penzone. As a result, his poll numbers are consistently in the doldrums, under 50 percent. He’s been forced to buy up a load of local TV time…

Here’s proof positive that Democrats can be just as scummy as Republicans. I mean this hit piece mailed out to folks in Legislative District 26, declaring that state Senator Jerry Lewis, the man who took on former state Senate President Russell Pearce, the biggest bigot in this state, and defeated…

Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell issued a clarifying statement Tuesday regarding an erroneous report on early ballots by CBS 5/KPHO’s Donna Rossi last week. That report misquoted Purcell as saying that having an early ballot in one’s possession is a Class 5 felony. After I wrote a blog item pointing…

The family of U.S. Army veteran Marty Atencio is filing suit today in Maricopa County Superior Court over his brutal death late last year in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Fourth Avenue Jail. Atencio, who suffered from mental illness, was off his meds and wandering the streets in a daze on December…

Sadly, confusion still reigns after CBS 5’s recent report on early ballots and the volunteers from different groups picking them up, in which this legal, and very common activity was labeled, wrongly, as illegal. CBS 5 reporter Donna Rossi incorrectly paraphrased the remarks of Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell as…

So why can’t a man be prettier than a woman? Look at Brad Pitt. Leonardo DiCaprio. Johnny Depp. David Beckham. And, um, Congressman Jeff Flake. Not that Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik is in their league. I mean, he’s no Joe Dana. If you ask me, you folks who were outraged…

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s financial disclosure forms for his re-election campaign show an ocean of greenbacks flowing into the coffers of Summit Consulting, the firm owned by local Republican consultant Chad Willems. Willems is one of the political geniuses who ran former state Senate President Russell Pearce’s disastrous 2011 recall election…