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’…
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…
Earth to Joe: You look like you should be in a morgue in this, your worst ad yet Sheriff Joe’s Democratic challenger Paul Penzone is gaining on the aged autocrat, with a new poll by Switchboard Communications (commissioned by the Penzone camp, natch) showing Penzone within 4.7 points of Arpaio…
Republican-turned-Independent candidate for sheriff Mike Stauffer may have almost no money, little support and may be regarded as a massive joke by nearly everyone with a lick of sense in Maricopa County. Nevertheless, he soon could be getting some indirect assistance from a new independent expenditure committee, one trumpeted by…
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,…
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…
Wednesday’s report from Biscobing… Kudos to ABC 15 and its reporter Dave Biscobing for the yeomanlike work they’ve done in bringing to Phoenix viewers the civil trial in Pinal County over the MCSO jail death of diabetic mom Deborah Braillard. See also: -What’s Mom Worth?: When a Woman Became Deathly…
Joe practically begs viewers to let him keep his job in this new ad Sheriff Joe looks like a worried old man in his new TV commercial, the latest in a series of pricey ads that his re-election campaign has been inundating county boob tubes with. “Despite all the criticism,”…
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…
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…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s big press conference this morning alleged illegal coordination between Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and an independent expenditure committee during his 2010 campaign. See also: -Attorney General Horne Hired Carmen Chenal to a Highly Paid Top Post — ‘Cause She’s His Goomba -Tom Horne’s Pal…
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…
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…
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…
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’s latest: he loves dogs, kiddies can go pound sand, though Sorry to ruin your breakfast, your lunch and your day, but this is the most recent commercial from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s re-election campaign that’s guaranteed to induce gastrointestinal distress in anyone with more than half a lick of sense…
When I heard Spawn creator Todd McFarlane was doing some art for sheriff’s candidate Paul Penzone to raffle off as a fundraiser, I didn’t realize he was working on a piece featuring Penzone as a Captain America-esque superhero. But, hey, it works. Penzone may not be quite this ripped, but…
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…
Why didn’t Arpaio do something? He was too busy kibbutzing with the birther idiots Devin Fleenor, Phoenix musician and longtime activist against the tyrannical rule of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has produced a powerful new video that blasts Arpaio’s biggest failure to date: his agency’s mishandling of more than 400 sex…
Video of a Mesa PD stop of Andiola’s mom, recently posted to YouTube Well-known Arizona DREAM Activist Erika Andiola claims her mom was racially-profiled last night by the Mesa Police Department, resulting in the 54 year-old woman being arrested, cited and released after being stopped, allegedly for speeding. Andiola admits…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been frittering away his remaining days on this planet by glomming onto the birther idiocy for publicity and chasing dishwashers and gardeners while dangerous sex offenders roam free. Meanwhile, a small army of high-school kids (mostly), funded by union bucks and led by veteran organizers has…
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,…
