You can file this one under “Dog Bites Man.” Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces two more lawsuits over inmates who died in his care. Both suits were filed last month by Phoenix attorney Joel Robbins. And at least one of them, we suspect, is going to be expensive…
We knew to expect the worst when Suns broadcasters harped from the beginning of the game that the team got into Philadelphia at past 2 a.m. Monday after their victory over the Pistons in Detroit Sunday night You know, the old back-to-back road games bugaboo. And when they mentioned that the 76ers were “well rested” after…
Snow party: The state Department of Public Safety calls yesterday’s snowstorm in northern Arizona the worst it has ever faced. The feds are building 53 miles of “virtual fence” along the border with Mexico that virtually works. Phoenix is No. 1! (In hotel vacancies — not good). Peoria police are…
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Call it an unexcused absence. Maricopa County Andrew Thomas skipped a county Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday despite having been pointedly — and publicly — asked to show up and give advice on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s plan to segregate illegal immigrant jail inmates. The diss of the supervisors by Thomas served only to ramp up the public…
This probably isn’t the deal you’ve been waiting for, but the price of the Phoenix mansion formerly owned by John McCain has dropped by $2 million. You can now buy this piece of Arizona history — (imagine the dinner party conversations: “Yeah, the guy who Obama beat lived here,”) — for a…
The Arizona Guardian online news outfit that we told you about after its launch last month has gone to a sort of pay-per-view format and now wants up to $150 a month from subscribers. For that lofty price, four former East Valley Tribune staffers (with help from their sponsor, Democratic consultant Bob Grossfeld) will…
Reasonable minds may differ on whether Doug Grant’s guilty of killing his wife, Faylene, by drugging and drowning her at the couple’s Gilbert home back in September 2001. It’s an understatement to call this case complex and odd. I mean, the county Medical Examiner couldn’t even call it homicide (the…
The Philadelphia 76ers are mediocre, with a dollop of turmoil. Former head coach Maurice Cheeks, one of the franchise’s all-time greats, got the bum’s rush back in December. Their marquee name, Elton Brand, is out for the rest of the season with a bad wing. Their top active player is…
Amar’e Stoudemire’s practically got his bags packed. And the rest of the Phoenix Suns — save for vererans Shaquille O’Neal, Steve Nash, and Grant Hill — had seemingly put up the white flag. Then… The Suns started looking like a playoff team again in the past two games against the Golden…
Thomas says he’s coming to a county meeting on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s inmate segregation policy, which makes sense if he’s planning to run for state Attorney General next year. Governor Jan Brewer’s love-hate dilemma on photo enforcement: She hates it, but the state loves the money. Coming to a hacker…
A video of Joe’s medieval Mexican march from the organization Puente. Two timely videos have made their way to me. The first is from Sal Reza’s organization Puente, and documents Joe Arpaio’s racist 200 Mexican March last week segregating undocumented and mostly Mexican inmates from Tent City’s general population. You may…
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To cop a line from that Don McLean song, somewhere Satan is laughing in delight. And Zona Republicans are laughing right along with him. This, at the news that Arizona state Democratic Party Chair Paul Eckerstrom has resigned his post after scoring an upset victory against former state party chair…
[jump] Joel Fox says: While I’m sure you all know much more about the facts of this case than I do, I wouldn’t mind addressing some of your points. I am not at all worried about the media’s portrayal of Joe Arpaio. The Sheriff can, and does deal with the…
Teasers strip club at Grand Avenue and U.S. 60, according to its Web site, is like a neighborhood bar, kind of like Cheers but with lots of tits. That is, it’s a real friendly place — except when some dirtbag comes in with a gun and ends up murdering one of the…
First, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors strips County Attorney Andrew Thomas of the right to handle civil litigation for the county, causing Thomas to sue the board. Now, the five-member board wants to bring Thomas in to a special meeting on Monday to get his advice on — you…
[jump] The problems begin with the bike ride to the platform at 3rd Street and Mill Avenue. Though that part of the commute only took six minutes, the prep work involved can’t be underestimated. Even a short bike ride requires a few steps: Backpack, shoes (to replace biking cleated shoes…
Literally, it’s the most inane piece of twaddle I’ve read since the days when erstwhile pop star Jewel penned poetry. I’m talkin’ about O.J. Simpson-expert and CNN talking head Jeffrey Toobin’s suggestion in a post for The New Yorker online that ex-Arizona guv and DHS honch-ess Janet Napolitano would be…
The Gray Lady of Journalism boldly ventures where Arizona’s paper of record shudders to tread. Today the New York Times, in a scathing editorial, slammed Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s medieval 200 Mexican March on Wednesday, and demanded that Homeland Security czar Janet Napolitano, and her boss President Barack Obama, do something…
Home of the Pistons: The Palace at Auburn Hills For Phoenix Suns fans, there have been some stomachache-inducing moments this season. The disheartening blowouts in Boston and Charlotte. The heartbreaker on Christmas Day against San Antonio. However, the team’s official fall into bottomless pit of apathy occurred at the conclusion…
