Everyone has standards. Even a pimp.Back in August, a Phoenix prostitute got a perverted request from a john: He’d pay $1,500 to have sex with her and a 10-year-old girl.When the whore told her boss what the guy wanted, he was “infuriated,” says Sgt. Andy Hill of the Phoenix police.In…
Of the reasons someone might choose to support Israel, “God says so” would obviously count among the most irrational. Yet Trent Franks, a Republican Congressman from Arizona, espoused this kind of rank superstition last night on KTAR (620 a.m.) radio in reference to the Jewish state’s current war with Hamas:”There’s an…
Banish this conservanut harpy from NBC? Nay, I cry, nay! This a.m. I was greeted by an e-mail in my in box from the tres lefty org Media Matters asking me to join its campaign to keep wingnut pin-up girl Ann Coulter from appearing on the January 6, 2009 Today…
The blanket of speed cameras on Arizona’s freeways and highways has saved three lives a month, according to state estimates. The Department of Public Safety, which runs the state’s photo enforcement program, says statistics show a major drop in property damage, injuries and deaths in the Valley corresponding to the program’s roughly three months…
Thunder star Kevin Durant after a dunk. What’s a surefire cure for depression? For the Phoenix Suns — losers of a brutally heartbreaking game on Christmas Day to the San Antonio Spurs — a cupcake; namely, the Oklahoma City Thunder…
Finally, we get to report good news about the Arizona Cardinals, who finished the regular season 9-7 — just as we predicted they would when we named Ken Whisenhunt top head coach in the PHX in our 2008 Best Of edition. Our prediction was based on the Cardinals going 8-8 last season behind…
Light rail riders came, they rode, and they conquered the Valley during the historic opening weekend of the new 20-mile train line. Today will be the first test of the tracks for commuters. If you make minimum wage, you’re about to get a decent raise. Damning allegation: Danny Villa, the…
Though I won’t be holding my breath for a snappy response from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board — which is made up of volunteers appointed by the Governor — has written BOS Chairman Andy Kunasek, asking that the Supervisors consider the immediate revocation…
We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Valley Fever: Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings “Troubled” by AIG Hiding of Name…
Will the AZ Dems learn from defeat? God, I hope so. This mass e-mail below from Arizona Democratic Party Chair Don Bivens announcing his intention to continue as State Chair “through the next election cycle,” reminds me of a classic scene from Animal House: The one where Otter offers Flounder…
From left: Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, and light rail CEO Richard Simonetta. Mesa Mayor Scott Smith called Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman a game show host, light rail CEO Richard Simonetta called Spawn’s Todd McFarlane “Scott,” and Hallman called potential light rail vandals pigs – all before…
Congressman Elijah Cummings says he’s “troubled” at the taxpayer-supported AIG’s attempt to hide its name at a November conference in Phoenix, a smoking-gun detail first unveiled in this blog.The fact that AIG tried so blatantly to cover up its excesses receives prominent mention in a recent letter by the Democratic…
Don’t tell us that you’re surprised. Really, did y’all expect anything different besides the same ol’ bloody Cardinals? Since the team’s division-clinching victory against the lowly St. Louis Rams on November 2, your Arizona Cardinals have lost four of their last five , including the previous two against the Minnesota…
This year’s Phoenix Suns are playing better than ever. They’ve looked good in the last six games. Unfortunately, they’re 3-3 in those contests against (save for the New York Knicks) good teams. Turnovers have killed the Suns all season, and while they’ve gotten better at protecting the basketball lately, ham-handed botches are the…
If you haven’t been hiding under a barrel cactus for the last couple of months, you know that tomorrow is the big day for the light rail system. Crowds of up to 200,000 are expected to hail the opening, though some Valley residents remain concerned about the program’s cost and…
I was driving home on old King Road in San Jose, where a bunch of Mexicans live, and I noticed that almost every house has its Christmas lights still hanging from the rafters and reindeer and Santa Claus decorations weathered by the hot sun on the roofs. It’s the middle…
On a Saturday night in early December, it’s business as usual on downtown Tempe’s Mill Avenue. Dreadlocked buskers beat on bongos across from a head shop called Hippie Gypsy, banging over the strains of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar on “All Along the Watchtower” screaming from the store’s speakers. The scent of…
IS IT ART? Watch out for ass-missiles, Bird: I’d hate to be The Bird after coming out in favor of graffiti art (“Good Graffiti,” The Bird, Stephen Lemons, December 11). The beaker’s proposing too high a concept for the peckerwoods in P-town. Get it, Bird, all graffiti’s bad! And you…
New Times has an immediate opening for a full-time staff writer. We’re looking for a journalist with sharp investigative skills who understands the difference between magazine-style reporting and the hurried fact-finding of daily newspaper reporting. If your copy is as much a pleasure to read as it is well researched,…
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Sometimes there is a cop around when you need one, and that’s especially true for disadvantaged children getting extra Christmas cheer from local law enforcement.Officers from the Phoenix police department’s Maryvale precinct delivered presents to two Valley homes this week, (picture below from Channel 15 (KNXV) report). Cops put out…
For this week’s cover story, Niki D’Andrea witnessed the day-to-day experiences of a street preaching Atheist first hand. Now you can too. Take a look at the following videos of Omar Call in action and take a look at our slide show of alternate cover shots and images that didn’t…
