Joe Arpaio, Don’t Cry: Feathered Bastard’s Back Monday

Sadly, I am away till Monday on a trip planned long ago, and will not be able to blog regularly till I’m back in town. For continuing coverage of Paul Penzone’s bid to replace our octogenarian autocrat, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, please consult my colleague Matt Hendley’s reports on New Times’…

“Tough” Sheriff Joe Arpaio Let a Murderer Go to Kill Again

Not too long ago, I ran across a line in a letter signed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one recently obtained through a standard public-records request. It’s highly unlikely Arpaio actually wrote it, but this sentence stuck in my mind all the same: “The investigation of a homicide is one of…

Bill Clinton To Rally for Rich Carmona in Tempe

A political superstar and one in the making are on the bill this Wednesday, 8 p.m., at ASU’s Sun Devil Performance Lawn. That’s when former President Bill Clinton will be in Tempe to stump for fellow Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona. See also: -Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio,…

Joe Arpaio’s Teen Foes in Adios Arpaio Rally at State Capitol

More than 100 members of Adios Arpaio, the union-funded movement of Latino high-school students looking to drive Sheriff Joe Arpaio from power, rallied on the lawn of the state House in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon to announce that they’re closing in on surpassing their goal of registering 30,000 new county…

Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio, If He Turns Up the Heat

Former Phoenix police sergeant and onetime Silent Witness frontman Paul Penzone rarely shows any doubt that he will be successful in his bid to deny Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio an unprecedented sixth term in office. He sometimes begins sentences with the phrase, “After I’m elected,” and Penzone, 45, has…

Tom Horne’s Snakepit, Bill Montgomery’s Dirty Money, and the Problem with Carmen Chenal

The media’s been hot for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s head over allegations that during the 2010 campaign he was improperly involved in supporter-turned-staffer Kathleen Winn’s independent expenditure committee Business Leaders for Arizona. See also: -Tom Horne’s Alleged Hit-and-Run at an Address Listed for Carmen Chenal (w/UPDATE) -Bill Montgomery Takes…

Joe Arpaio’s Shame: KPHO Interviews Rape Victim Sabrina Morrison

CBS 5 – KPHO See also: -Joe Arpaio’s Deputy Told to Work Fraud Cases Instead of Child Rape Crime -Joe Arpaio’s Sex Crimes Debacle Eviscerated in New Video by Devin Fleenor -Joe Arpaio’s Replacement, Paul Penzone, Blasts Sheriff’s Handling of Sex Crimes in New Ad -Victims Wonder Why Arpaio Let…

Joe Arpaio, Chad Willems, E.J. Montini and the $8 Million Whopper

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign guru Chad Willems is as shameless as you’d expect a guy to be who’s funneling suckers’ campaign contributions through the bank account of his company, Summit Consulting Group. See also: -Joe Arpaio’s Pink Underwear Torn to Shreds in Hilarious New Video from CPLE -Russell Pearce’s Chad…

Russell Pearce’s Bro Lester Pearce Faces Ethics Charges

I’ve rarely read a legal document so delightful. The one I’ve just received from the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct indicates that Lester Pearce, former Justice of the Peace and brother of recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, now faces various charges of ethical violations, in part, because he stumped…

Joe Arpaio’s Pink Underwear Torn to Shreds in Hilarious New Video from CPLE

CPLE scores with this animated skewering of Sheriff Joe Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement, the bi-partisan group headed by Democratic Arizona state Representative Ruben Gallego and Republican operative Carlos Sierra, have just released the hilarious, blistering animated video above, which takes Sheriff Joe Arpaio to task for his unnatural obsession…

Joe Arpaio’s Foes in Adios Arpaio Endorse Paul Penzone for Sheriff

With the kind of spirited cheering and clapping you might hear at a high school basketball game, about 100 mostly Hispanic students from the Adios Arpaio movement declared their endorsement of former Phoenix Police sergeant Paul Penzone for Maricopa County sheriff. See also: -Joe Arpaio’s Doom: “Adios Arpaio” Claims 20,000…

Joe Arpaio-Foe Paul Penzone Blasts Sheriff’s Hypocritical New Ad

Speaking before a crowd of seniors in Sun City Wednesday morning, Democratic sheriff’s candidate Paul Penzone took aim at a new campaign ad for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one in which Arpaio asserts that Tent City has been a money-saver for county coffers. Currently in heavy rotation on local cable channels,…