Land baron DENNIS DeCONCINI, already flushed with embarrassment over the looting of half a million bucks from his campaign treasury, is trying to steal a toilet from a union. The wealthy Democratic senator’s staffers in Tucson recently moved into new offices only to discover that they had to share a…

Open wide, Phoenix. Here comes another dose of reality. A major cheerleader behind the splashy, optimistic ad in the April 24 FORTUNE that portrays our city as a vibrant business “hub of the Southwest” has taken a nasty spill. Valley real-estater BILL BLISS couldn’t make his payments for the SUN…

First he lost the governorship. Then he lost the dealership. Now EVAN MECHAM is having big problems with the potteryship. Last month, UNITED POTTERY of Glendale filed Chapter 11 papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, listing liabilities of more than $1.2 million and a cryptic reference to an “E. Mecham.” “I…

If you’re keeping score, utility man KEITH TURLEY is batting cleanup. At the same time the APS mogul is officially luring big-league sports and a domed stadium to downtown Phoenix, he’s helping someone build a stadium in a competing city. SUNCOR, the ailing real-estate branch of Turley’s PINNACLE WEST conglom,…

Let’s get to the moral of this story right up-front: Valley National Bank thinks a happy employee is a puzzled employee. The behemoth of local banks is trying to get its 7,000 employees’ attention by giving them puzzles–jigsaws, Rubik’s cubes and the like. The idea is tied to their prize-winning…

Add Klan-superstar-turned-Louisiana- GOP-legislator DAVID DUKE to the long list of people who’ve beaten BRUCE BABBITT at the polls.Reporter JAMES RIDGEWAY of the VILLAGE VOICE mined that nugget recently, to which a former campaign worker for Bruce snootily replied that Babbitt had already dropped out of the presidential race when Duke…

Here’s a scoop for you: The most powerful people in Arizona are mostly fifty-year-old white men. And many of them are either politicians, developers or bankers. You’re not surprised? Then here’s some news: Charlie Keating isn’t one of them. And neither is Pat Murphy. These bits of tid come from…