For anyone still trying to vote in the 2004 election for Tempe mayor, we’d like to inform you that Hugh Hallman is no longer endorsed by “Tempe firefighters and police.”Sure, Hallman was elected mayor in 2004, but why not hit him with a complaint while he’s on his way out…
Congressman Trent Franks — the “self-appointed Mayor” of Washington D.C., as an area advocacy group calls him — had his office protested last week, as his new-found “constituents” aren’t quite happy with the job he’s doing.As you may recall, a group called “DC Vote” isn’t quite pleased Franks — the…
Many would like to believe that even the most guileful and nefarious of individuals are capable of compassion, particularly toward the weakest among us.Sadly, human behavior argues otherwise. To rationalize away the sufferings of others is a fairly easy mental trick, and when the payoff for doing so is political power, pangs…
It appears that Pinal County released a mountain of public records to Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Goode — about a years’ worth of e-mails between Paul Babeu and several members of his command staff on a CD — without typical redaction. And now, an attorney representing the county wants to know what Goode…
The Center for Arizona Policy has offered a response to the Internal Revenue Service complaint filed against it — claiming the organization doesn’t meet tax-exemption requirements — and that response includes the exact three things we expected: they’re atheists, homosexuals, and wrong.The Secular Coalition for Arizona and No Longer Silent,…
Ed Moriarity has quit as Lisa Aubuchon’s pro-bono attorney, saying he and his law firm can no longer afford to work on her long-running case.The countrified, oft-combative Montana lawyer defended Aubuchon for free through the disciplinary hearings that resulted in the disbarment of his client and former Maricopa County Attorney…
Public Policy Polling released the last of the results from its probe of Arizona voters today, which show that if you’re one of Arizona’s two most-famous sheriff’s, most people don’t like you.More people said they liked the City of Yuma than said they liked Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. Yuma.A…
Joe Ricketts — whose family owns the Chicago Cubs — is completely appalled at the government’s frivolous waste of your hard-earned tax dollars. But, Ricketts’ conviction to ending wasteful spending doesn’t extend to his own billionaire family suckling on the government teat. Yeah, we’re calling hypocrite on this one…
Pete Rios, chairman of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, voiced his frustration with the county’s embattled sheriff in a recent letter published in local newspapers. It addresses Babeu’s repeated claims — including a post on his website in March — that he has balanced his budget despite being about…
Sometimes it’s hard to ignore how adorable local TV reports are — like the endless chupacabra chases from KPHO.This time around, it’s ABC 15, which sent its reporters northwest to Wittmann to find out if serial cat-hoarder Lucienne Touboul — an 81-year-old woman — was really eating her cats.For the…
Maricopa County has dumped Cave Creek Councilman Steven LaMar following his failure to convince a federal judge that a $975,000 payment to Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox might need further authorization.LaMar was appointed to defend the county in late 2010 against the claims and subsequent lawsuits by county employees, former judges…
There’s a source to the religulous bills in the Arizona Legislature every year, and that source is called the Center for Arizona Policy.The atheists over at the Secular Coalition for Arizona have a problem with that, but it — and other groups — want Uncle Sam to see if there’s…
The dolt dropping off improvised explosive devices around Glendale in the form of flashlights may have delivered his third yesterday — this time in Phoenix.Someone dropped a flashlight in the donations at a Salvation Army in Phoenix yesterday, and when an employee clicked it on, it blew up.Phoenix police say…
The defending national champion ASU Sun Devils softball team will have to beat tough Louisiana-Lafayette twice tonight to advance to the College World Series in Oklahoma City.That, after the Ragin’ Cajuns routed the Devils 6-0 last night in Tempe in the first of the best-of-three Super Regionals series. The big…
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen reversed field yesterday, ruling that I can sit in his courtroom and report on what’s happening in the quirky arson case of State of Arizona v. Michael Marin. Earlier in the week, the judge booted me out of court at the request of…
A filing submitted in federal court Wednesday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains that the feds don’t want a bunch of information to be publicly disclosed in the case because of “other investigations,” which are “both closed and ongoing.”Who or…
Wearing flip-flops, grass skirts and Hawaiian leis, with surfboards in tow and the pungent odor of sunscreen trailing behind them, around 15-to-20 members of Citizens for a Better Arizona stormed the 19th Floor of Phoenix’s Wells Fargo Building this afternoon, briefly taking over the entranceway to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s tony…
The best way to respond to a publicity stunt is with another publicity stunt, so the news that taxpayers are funding a Maricopa County Deputy Sheriff’s trip to Hawaii for “birther” purposes led activist Randy Parraz and friends to hold a little luau at Arpaio’s office in downtown Phoenix today…
If you’re doing shady stuff at the City of Tempe or the Arizona Legislature, go buy a shredder, or book a ticket to Morocco or something.A filing submitted in federal court yesterday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains that the…
Yuma farmers Sally Nakasawa and Robert Nickerson have been major growers of poppies for years, selling them for use in floral decorations.Their flowers could be seen by the public off U.S. Highway 95, and in 2008 a photo of them were featured in a Yuma Daily Sun article that pegged…
Jonathan Knight — who taught Tae Kwon Do to children in Gilbert — will be updating his address to a prison cell for sending pictures of his penis to a 12-year-old former student of his.Knight pleaded guilty last month to two counts of furnishing obscene or harmful items to a…
Sarah Walker’s doing a rare and brave thing — going public as an alleged victim of a sexual assault.Walker wants any people who believe they’re also victims of Lee Lubonne — the self-described “sex pig” currently jailed on suspicion of two sexual assaults — to come forward to the Maricopa…
