Talking Points Memo uncovered some details yesterday about the FBI allegedly using lobbyist Mike Williams as the middle-man between Tempe City Council members and a fake corporation in its bust of former city councilman and current state Representative Ben Arredondo.The question people may have is, “Who the f**k is Mike…
Back in the day, the University of Arizona pennially had one of the nation’s best baseball teams, and trips to the College World Series in Omaha were both expected and commonplace. But times got tougher and tougher after the Wildcats’ 1986 championship win, with only one appearance in the Big…
Have you ever been so upset about a quiz in Cosmo magazine that you just wanted someone to stab you?We’re not sure what the answer to that is, but police say that’s what Noelle Clough’s husband did on Sunday.Sure enough, Clough, 22, complied with her husband’s request and stabbed him,…
For the second-straight night, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ bats were silent, as the team fell again to what may be the best team in baseball, the Texas Rangers. On Monday night, they lost 9-1, with their sole run coming on an eighth-inning solo homer by Miguel Montero. On Tuesday night, they…
The theft of a first-edition Book of Mormon, we have discovered, is some serious shit.At least, it was to the eight law enforcement agencies investigating the matter.Jay Linford’s been pegged by Mesa police as the guy who lifted the 182-year-old Book of Mormon from the Rare and Out of Print…
Not long after the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office decided Marty Atencio — the Army vet who died in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Fourth Avenue Jail in December — died from “law enforcement subdual” and other causes, MCSO has another dead inmate.The Feathered Bastard has the information on Raymond Farinas, whose…
A few months ago, Alan DeLong sat down to watch a new reality show on the Discovery Channel. First Week In goes inside jails around the nation and does mini-profiles of newly incarcerated inmates as they experience degradations at their hardcore digs. The episode was titled “Intimidation” (not to be…
It takes a twisted individual to delight in the sufferings of the mentally ill. A special type of sick, sadistic bully. The kind employed in spades by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The December 16 killing of Army veteran Marty Atencio is the latest example of the above, one of…
I’m in this country illegally, but I have a current passport from the country I am from, and I have an international driver’s license. I could not renew my California driver’s license after my travel visa expired. Occasionally, I fly commercially within the United States, and these docs are always…
QUEEN HERROD Getting fed up with the Bible thumpers: Cathi Herrod and her homophobic [Center for Arizona Policy] constitute a blasphemy on our state (“Homophobic Group Killed AZ Bullying Law,” Matthew Hendley; also see “The Gay Selma,” Jessica Lussenhop, both June 6). And that the Arizona Legislature listens — kowtows…
Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., just about all of the anti-Mexican bigots in Arizona politics are scheduled to be in the same place: at the Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen on Central Avenue in Phoenix, raising money for disgraced, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce.So beware a run on white…
Capitol Times’ readers picked Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton as Best Democratic Elected Official and Mesa Mayor Scott Smith as the Best Republican Elected Official. Great news for those guys, but even better for us is this video cooked up by the Cap Times and this bi-partisan duo — complete with…
As has happened numerous times before, we wrote about another ridiculous aspect of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” investigation earlier in the day, and it’s gotten more ridiculous just hours later.We told you just before noon about Arpaio submitting an affidavit to a Florida court to support an attorney’s…
Talking Points Memo has discovered some names behind the FBI’s investigation into state Representative/former Tempe Councilman Ben Arredondo and others, which has so far led to Arredondo’s indictment on charges of bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements.How did Arredondo end up getting suckered into allegedly taking $6,000 worth…
The campaign of former Phoenix Police Sergeant Paul Penzone says it is supporting a challenge to Scottsdale Police Lieutenant Mike Stauffer’s nomination signatures, a challenge that threatens to strike Stauffer’s name from the November general election ballot for Maricopa County Sheriff.Phoenix lawyer Andrew Gordon tells me the challenge will be filed today…
According to carbon dating, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio turns 80 tomorrow, and for a pre-birthday celebration, he’s participating in a Florida court matter related to his “birther” fascination.Arpaio is now helping an attorney in Florida challenge President “Barrack” Obama’s eligibility to appear on the state’s ballots in November, even…
It took help from the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI, but a first-edition Book of Mormon stolen from a Mesa bookstore has been located in Washington, D.C.The theft of the book did not make the Mormon community happy, as folks used to stop by Mesa’s Rare and Out of…
Ron Barber, a former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was elected yesterday to finish the remainder of Giffords’ term.Giffords resigned from Congress earlier this year to focus on her recovery after getting shot in the head during last year’s shooting rampage outside a Tucson grocery store. Barber also was…
The Texas Rangers relentlessly unloaded hits and homers upon the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday evening during a 9-1 thumping at the Ballpark in Arlington. So much for that nifty five-game winning streak that the Boys in Sedona Red had going up until last night. It was a rather inauspicious beginning…
Daniel Wayne Cook has a date with death, and it’s not the first time it’s been scheduled.After getting a last-minute stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court taking the bait more than a year ago, Cook’s execution now is scheduled for August 8, after the high court decided not…
A Worsley TV ad, part of a $10K ad buy, according to the Worsley campAs disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce recycles old signs from last year’s historic recall election, his GOP primary rival Bob Worsley is running $10,000 ad buys on cable TV and racking up endorsements from Mesa…
Rolling Stone did a wrap up about Arizona’s “really crazy” political climate — not that we needed a reminder. But, yeah, this is why the rest of the country is laughing at us. Bennett the Birther? Gould the Gunman? Kelly and his M-16s? Yee-ha! Read the Rolling Stone recap below:…
