Governor Jan Brewer has dropped plans for a special November 3 election on a temporary sales-tax increase. The earliest possible reschedule date for an election is December 8. The Senate is still trying to get enough votes to send a budget package to Brewer…University of Phoenix has opened a 21,500…
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: Don Logan Confronts White Supremacist Daniel Mahon in Federal Court, Judge Denies Mahon Bond Up…
Shackled and dressed in stripes, Daniel Mahon avoided Don Logan’s eyes in federal court today as the man Mahon’s accused of targeting with a mail bomb spoke to the court, looking over his shoulder from time to time at the defendant as he addressed Judge David Campbell from a lectern…
A report by Maricopa County budgeters critical of the use of overtime at the Sheriff’s Office says nepotism and favoritism appears to play a role in who gets extra cash for extra work. News of the report made a splash on the front page of Sunday’s Arizona Republic and seems to have…
A Guadalupe man claims a deputy who pulled him over for a burned-out brake light ran over him, then assaulted his family as he lay trapped and screaming beneath a squad car. These hair-raising details are found in a notice of claim filed last week against Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and…
It’s always nice to see your name in a headline that doesn’t also include the phrase, “police say,” but we’re taking the most recent Sonoran Alliance blog post by “Cincinnatus” with a grain of salt. Cinnypoo has been writing a lot of negative things lately about Tom Horne, the state schools chief…
Alaska’s pulling nearly 800 inmates from a private prison in Eloy, saying it will save millions by switching away from the Correctional Corporation of America. The decision to pick Texas’ Cornell Companies over CCA still leaves a few hundred prisoners in the Red Rock Correctional Center, according to media reports…
Following a pathetic sweep at the hands of the Washington Nationals in D.C., the Arizona Diamondbacks basically saw the official end to their disappointing season. So now that there’s nothing to play for, the team should start having some fun, which is exactly what they did last night at Chase…
Dunlap Avenue reopened this morning, after being closed for 12 hours following a serious accident involving a Phoenix fire truck. The truck was near I-17 and Dunlap, en route to a fire, with lights flashing and sirens blaring, when a car heading north on the frontage road plowed into it…
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: The Kids Put Joe Arpaio on Blast: Video of Friday’s Children’s Walk to Wells Fargo…
It’s a miracle! Or not. According to one scientist, the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe that supposedly appeared on a peasant’s cloak more than 200 years ago defies rational explanation. This load of hokum was foisted on a crowd of believers at the First International Marian Congress held over…
As we foreshadowed this morning, Captain Joel Fox turned in the canceled checks today as part of his settlement agreement with the Maricopa County Department of Elections. All of the checks are made out to the “Command Officers Association,” (except for one made out to “C.O.A.”) But wait a minute…
An “aggressive investigation” by Scottsdale police has led to the arrest of a suspect in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old prostitute last month. Brian Nathaniel Black, 25, abducted the victim the night before her bullet-ridden body was found in front of an unoccupied house near Hayden Road and Shea Boulevard, says…
Bashas’ announced the locations today of all 14 stores it plans on closing by October 10. The family-owned chain filed for bankruptcy last month, but vows to stay afloat as a company and even improve its remaining 130 stores. As the Arizona Republic reported last week, the company is using bankruptcy…
One of the masked brokeback mountaineers at the Sonoran Alliance blog, Cincinnatus, has become something of a burr under state schools chief Tom Horne’s saddle. Horne, who is running for state attorney general, even took the time to reply to one of Cincinnatus’ articles (though he wouldn’t return a recent call…
Captain Joel Fox had to ‘fess up and spill the names of the cagey SCA donors behind a Republican Party smear campaign, but he still hasn’t turned over the contribution checks. Today’s the big day, according to Jeffrey Messing, the lawyer hired by the Maricopa County Elections Department to hold fire to the feet…
Maloney’s Tavern can’t cash in on the exposure from pro ballplayer Josh “Body Shots for Jesus” Hamilton’s January night of drunken debauchery: The Tempe bar closed its doors in March due to the bad economy. Hamilton, a Texas Rangers outfielder, can be seen having a great time with some local…
The Arizona Diamondbacks fell 2-9 to the Washington Nationals yesterday. The game marked the Nationals’ eighth consecutive victory and a three-game sweep against the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks open a three-game series at home against the New York Mets tonight…Arizona’s bald eagle population grew by record numbers this year, partly because…
Above is Phoenix pro-immigration activist Dennis Gilman’s video of this past Friday’s successful Children’s Walk for Family Unity, organized by Sal Reza’s organization Puente. Despite the fake outrage over the demonstration from radio lunkheads like Mac and Gaydos on local wing-nut station KTAR 92.3 FM, I think you can tell from the…
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: United for a Sovereign America’s Racist Anti-Obama Images, and Its Plan to Terrorize Kids at…
How many Mayors does it take to change a light bulb? Only one if he’s got a dauntingly cliche plan to make his city “the greenest city in America.”As part of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s “17 point green plan” to “green up” Phoenix, the city will be testing new light-emitting…
The piss poor economy is driving people across the Valley to the poorhouse, and apparently, they’re taking the light rail to get there.Despite the struggling economy, Valley Metro ridership is up 15 percent from last year, partly due to the addition of the light rail, but also because people just…
