Take My Child, Please Too many parents: Your cover story demonstrates the incredible lengths people will go to so they can hang on to a child (“Indian Takers,” Paul Rubin, March 22). All the people in the article who wanted little Raven Laws were well-meaning. The mother and father, who…
What do Mexicans think about President Bushs grandfather having a hand in getting the guy that robbed Pancho Villas head out of jail? Kruising Klassily in Kennebunkport Dear KKK: Ah, Villa’s stolen skull. No macabre Mexican legend is more mired in intrigue, distortions and looniness — and in a country…
When it comes to real estate, Monty and Marlene Wilson aren’t exactly novices. Monty’s a builder. Marlene has a broker’s license. But earlier this year, the Wilsons learned something shocking about the $479,000 condominium they purchased two years ago in downtown Phoenix: It came without parking. Not just without covered…
That ain’t Monopoly money Phil’s playin’ with… In case you have any doubts whom Mayor Phil Gordon really represents, check this under-the-radar March 2 story by the Phoenix Business Journal titled “Developers bankrolling Gordon’s re-election campaign.” Gordon’s Phil for Phoenix PAC has raised over $655K according to the article, and…
Joe Watson in custody… Some Mondays are crazier than others, and this one was particularly whack, with the news that ex-New Times staff writer Joe Watson was popped Friday for allegedly sticking up six Valley businesses, including three salons in Scottsdale, hence the catchy sobriquet “the salon bandit.” Scottsdale detectives…
Could it work for the rednecks? Just back from a three-day weekend in La-La Land, where you can’t help but be struck by how far more ethnically diverse the City of Angels is than the PHX. Angelenos are not nearly as worked up over illegal immigration as many Sand Landers…
Protector of sheep, punisher of poor illegal immigrants… Is it any coincidence that on the same day the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office makes headlines for releasing an illegal immigrant from jail who’s suspected of subsequently murdering someone, Nickel-Bag Joe Arpaio announces he’s going to have his deputies bust illegal immigrants…
Riana Songstress-siren Riana, the sort of pale beauty of which the poets sing… With her almond eyes, raven tresses and a complexion stolen from the winter moon, PHX songstress Riana Riggs of bands Edison Gem and Runaway Diamonds is like one of those pale sirens Lord Byron wrote of years…
Sarah Donnelly isn’t having a great day. It’s her seventh birthday, and she’s surrounded by all her best friends. And a clown. And a pony. And a magician and a guy dressed like a cowboy and two women in suspenders with bright red yarn for hair and big hearts drawn…
Raise a talon if any of you birds of paradise are even mildly surprised that Republican Representative Rick Renzi’s name is smack dab in the middle of Gonzales-gate — you know, the ethical firestorm over the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ Justice Department? The…
Jim Torgeson is just a guy with a sign. Well, a guy with a sign and a crew of 150 other guys with signs who contract to stand in front of car dealerships around the Valley, pimping the wares. Unfortunately for Torgeson, holding a sign on a street corner in…
Why should Mexican nationals have more right to stay in this country than Chinese, Somalians or others who cant cross an open land border and must thus wait on the bureaucracy like everybody else? 700 Miles Isnt Long Enough Dear Gabacho: ‘Cause this land once belonged to Mexico — kidding!…
Flash Point The devil you dont: I have to admit that this is the first time I have ever written a letter to an editor, but after reading your vilification of Fire Chief Bob Khan I just had to (“The Fire Inside,” Sarah Fenske, March 15). I retired from the…
The curvaceous Shelly, aka DJ ///she///… Droogs Necro and Jules at the Sadisco Milk Bar… Cue Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, me droogies, I’ve just now found time to post these pics from A Clockwork Sadisco, the A Clockwork Orange -themed soiree thrown on a recent Saturday by those genius industrial/EBM whores…
www.poynter.org Great Zeus! Poynter’s Romesnesko finds the word “Repugnant,” repugnant. So Friday, I check Journalism God Jim Romenesko’s linkathon at the Poynter Institute Web site and I discover that he’s posted a link to a Phoenix Business Journal article from the same day reporting the news that Jon Talton’s bidding…
OutNow By order of the almighty Gannett and its faithful servant John Zidich, journalism as you know it will now cease to exist! Below is the makeup of the Arizona Republic’s new Information Center, the Orwellian Gannett construct which merges the newsroom with online, makes redundant a print paper, and…
http://www.philgordon.org/ Stick ’em up, pardner: Goober Gordon shootin’ air bullets, as usual. As if the murder report on the local nightly news wasn’t enough to convince you that you live in one of the most dangerous states in the nation, here comes a new study showing that — golly, gee…
Ain’t no cake walk for Flake’s new bill, but it does offer hope. At first glance, Rep. Jeff Flake’s new immigration reform bill seems to offer hope of a compromise on the issue between the pro and anti camps. It presents a pathway to legal residency for the 12 to…
Paris Troy Hotter than a Georgia firecracker; so hot you could bake bread on her back, or maybe a frozen pizza…uh, you get the picture. For some reason Thump Day Honey sounds a lot cooler than Hump Day Honey, and it also gives me an extra day to snag a…
http://www.almaweb.org/about/richard.htm Rep. columnist Ruelas is all smiles, despite the killing of his column. Following on the heels of the news of Jon Talton’s imminent departure at the Arizona Repugnant, I now learn that my other favorite columnist at the Rep, Richard Ruelas, has also had his column cut. Unlike Talton,…
Steve Bison of Alabama’s Cherokee River Indian Community says the war over 4-year-old Raven Laws may be traced back to the legendary Battle of Horseshoe Bend. “It’s a long story,” he says. Fought during the War of 1812, it pitted soldiers under the leadership of General Andrew Jackson and their…
Hmmm, this Phoenix firebird speaks with forked tongue — at least when it comes to the New Times story on white-trash diva Anna Nicole Smith’s Native American love child, “Tohono O’odham with Love” (March 8, 2007). Lest you’ve been on a spelunking expedition for the past two weeks, you’ll know…
