Need a fire truck? How about a dump truck? Maybe you could use some old gas pumps? If so, you’re in luck. Tomorrow, the city of Phoenix is holding its quarterly rummage sale, and these are exactly some of the items on the auction block.Every three months the city holds…
Sheriff Arpaio’s boys in beige have begun a war within a war against those who observe them — activists armed with video cameras who listen to police scanners during Arpaio’s racial profiling sweeps and scramble to find the stop and capture it on camera. During the last sweep — which occurred…
New figures released Monday show that students in Arizona lead the nation in defaulting on student loans. Finally; something related to education that Arizona excels in…
Congrats Phoenicians! You are officially not the worst football fans in the country. After confronting our own fair-weather attendance patterns last week at the Cardinals’ home opener, the Cards-Jaguars game is getting blacked out this week in Jacksonville. As part of a policy designed to punish a cities bandwagon fans, the NFL blacks out games for…
Even after the Arizona Cardinals came within 157 seconds of carting home the Lombardi Trophy last February, some naysayers continued to label the Cards the worst Super Bowl team of all time. Were they right? Well, the Redbirds haven’t done much to naysay the naysayers since, losing all four preseason…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have nothing left to lose this year, so here are a couple of achievable goals we think they should aim for going into this weekend’s series against the Colorado Rockies: 1) get the hell out of the cellar, which is an embarrassment to all the fans who’ve…
A California-based charity with facilities in Phoenix has been collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and income but has not been providing service on par with its revenue. According to a story in The Arizona Republic, Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind recently reported $7 million in assets,…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: “Declare Your Independence with Ernie Hancock” Features Yours Truly as Guest Phoenix NORML Rallies for…
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office press releases are known for being as dependable as dispatches from the Flat Earth Society. But this latest one informing the public about Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lickspittle attorney Timothy Casey’s latest legal maneuver jumps the proverbial shark. Casey, known for killing whole forests to produce the reams of paper he buries his…
Watch out Andrew Thomas, Tom Horne, and Sam Crump.And, for that matter, David Lujan really better watch out.It’s not just boys “exploring” a run for Arizona Attorney General anymore. Today, Felecia Rotellini, the former Superintendent of the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions and a longtime prosecutor, announced that she was…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has been ordered to personally attend a settlement conference in a death penalty case — and may have attend many more such hearings. Two years ago, Thomas wanted Judge Timothy Ryan to recuse himself from cases involving the County Attorney’s Office, claiming Ryan showed bias…
Neighbors in a northwest Phoenix neighborhood are trying hard to keep the first Mormon temple in the city from going up because of a lighted tower that would rise three stories above the church.”To light up that spire like a torch until 11 p.m. is a severe detriment to us,” says resident Tasha Cady,…
To say that 64-year-old Roy Berneburg had a rough day would be putting things mildly.He started Tueseday morning at the hospital, got in a fight with a cop later, and ended his day back in the hospital, which is generally the case when you try to fight with police. Oh yeah, then…
Tasty bud, cool babes and a cause you can believe in: Now that’s a movement, people. And you can join up this Saturday at 24th Street and Camelback where Phoenix NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) will be rallying locally as part of a worldwide demonstration on behalf…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer apparently believes she was given divine authority to rule the people of Arizona.Arizona Republic Columnist E.J. Montini points out that at a meeting of Lutheran pastors last night, Brewer had this to say:”And I firmly believe that God has placed me in this powerful position of Arizona’s governor…
Way back in March, 64-year-old Kristal Forest disappeared. Today, Yavapai County police asked for the public’s help in figuring out where she is.Forest was last seen on March 29 with 55-year-old Robert Reed near Camp Verde. She was preparing to drive to Texas, where she was scheduled to arrive on April 2.Forest was…
Phoenix police tried to “cover up” last year’s mistaken shooting of a homeowner who’d been holding an intruder at gunpoint, a lawsuit against the city claims. Tony Arambula, 35, was shot six times by Officer Brian Lilly — including twice after he fell to the ground — on September…
If you ever find yourself a “visitor” at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, don’t expect them to roll out the red carpet; in fact, don’t even expect to have any sort of unimpeded human contact.The Sheriff’s Office, on the 19th floor of the Wells Fargo Building in downtown Phoenix, has just installed…
I took up Phoenix libertarian Ernie Hancock’s invite to be on his Webcast Wednesday morning, after much prodding from Hancock and his supporters. Alas, I couldn’t make it into the studio. (Sorry, Ernie, I’ve never been an a.m. person.) Still, we spent a whole two hours jabbering about everything from Tempe Obama-hate-preacher Steven…
A recent study suggests states deemed highly religious have a higher teen-pregnancy rate than more God-challenged states; as expected, Arizona is ranked in the top five in the religious category.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University, suggests that certain values found within very religious communities are the…
The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped another game last night, losing 5-6 to the San Diego Padres. Next up: the first of three D-Backs home games against the Colorado Rockies on Friday evening…A $30 million loan could help the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community build a new spring-training complex on tribal land…
WACKO PASTOR And they’ll call it The Nutty Preacher: I know, somebody should make a movie about Steven Anderson called The Nutty Preacher. The Bird’s story was eye-popping, and then I saw [Anderson] on TV and on the Feathered Bastard blog. When I first saw the stories on him getting…
