Abortion still seems to be a top priority for Governor Jan Brewer and the Legislature, as the governor announced the signing of yet another bill that’s not making Planned Parenthood happy at all.Late last week, the governor signed into law House Bill 2800, which, as described in the broadest sense…
Update: We spoke with AJ News editor Ed Barker and Steve Kizer, director of Pinal County Elections Department. “Paul Babeu is going to run for a second term as sheriff,” AJ News Editor Ed Barker wrote in a column this week. “Yep, he’s fallen from grace in the Congressional race…
The Phoenix Coyotes are now one win away from the Western Conference finals after a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators in Tennessee on Friday.Coyotes captain Shane Doan scored the game’s lone goal in the first period, and goalie Mike Smith was phenomenal yet again.Smith doesn’t quite get all the…
Attorney General Tom Horne’s efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office was killed in the state House last week, as the legislative session ended.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren…
We’ve previously mentioned some of the stranger aspects of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” investigation — parts not related to Arpaio and company thinking President Obama’s from Africa — including tidbits of information that would lead a reasonable person to believe the “investigation” isn’t really about exposing some massive…
Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready could be quite lucid and genial. Sometimes, he came off as an autodidact, widely read if not highly educated. That impression would last only so long, however. Inevitably, he would make some anti-Semitic or racist comment, or go off on some related tangent involving eugenics or the supposed superiority…
Paul Chapa says he “does a lot of stupid shit when he is drunk.”According to what police say he did to a girl beginning when she was 3 or 4 years old, that’s an understatement.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Chapa, a 49-year-old truck driver, is accused of…
Chuck Norris — the actor who rose to fame after getting his ass kicked by Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon — just loves Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.So much, in fact, that Norris recently penned a column praising the sheriff and condemning the typical members of the far-right-wing…
Attorney General Tom Horne’s efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office was killed in the state House yesterday, which turned out to be the last day of the legislative session.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the…
If this is your first time hearing about the Washington Nationals’ youngster phenom Bryce Harper, we’ll warn you now that it won’t be the last time.Harper hit an RBI double in the sixth inning off D’Backs starter Ian Kennedy in last night’s game, putting the Nats up 2-1, which would…
Believe it or not, the Feathered Bastard Stephen Lemons is thinking recalled Senate President Russell Pearce isn’t exactly being truthful about his ties to J.T. Ready, who police believe murdered four people before icing himself in a Gilbert home Wednesday.Lemons has been covering the duo for quite some time now,…
The Gilbert murder/suicide in which five people were shot and killed — allegedly at the hands of neo-Nazi J.T. Ready — began as a domestic-violence incident between Ready and his girlfriend, Lisa Mederos, police say.At a press conference this afternoon (thanks to 12 News for the live feed), Gilbert police…
At the Gilbert home where five people died yesterday in an apparent murder/suicide — allegedly perpetrated by neo-Nazi J.T. Ready — there was a reason the bomb squad showed up: six grenades.Gilbert police said this morning that “hazardous chemicals and military grade munitions” were found by investigators once a search…
It’s a big day on Governor Jan Brewer’s holy front, as she’s pulling out all the stops today for the annual National Day of Prayer.Brewer’s office announced today that the governor signed a declaration calling today the “Arizona Day of Prayer.” She also said she’s filing a motion with the…
Why is it that some lies are so difficult to rebut? One reason: eviscerating untruths is made infinitely harder when the media is complicit in perpetuating them.For many years, I’ve written about the ties between ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce (who believes it’s the Legislature’s “duty” to “reimburse” him $260,000…
The former editor of Guns & Ammo magazine is accused of using a gun and ammo to kill a man visiting his house yesterday.Richard Venola, 53, was arrested by Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies after allegedly shooting 39-year-old James Patrick O’Neill outside Venola’s home in Golden Valley, which is outside of…
Until around 5 a.m. today, news outlets were relying on sources to confirm neo-Nazi J.T. Ready was among the five people dead in yesterday’s massacre in Gilbert.Gilbert police have now confirmed Ready is dead, along with four other people, including a baby born last January.If Ready’s name doesn’t ring a…
The Phoenix Coyotes were shut out in Tennessee last night by the Nashville Predators, but still maintain a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals.For most of the game, it wasn’t Predators goalie Pekka Rinne keeping the Coyotes scoreless, it was the offensive play of the Coyotes.Phoenix had eight…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ 5-4 road loss to the Washington Nationals may be remembered longer for the arrival of 19-year-old phenom Bryce Harper than for the two-run, two-out, walk-off bomb by Ian Desmond that abruptly ended things. Harper was involved in just about every big play in the see-saw battle, both…
WILLARD, A RAT Romney won’t discuss his lies: “American Parasite” (Pete Kotz, April 19) is a must-read for anyone considering a vote for [Willard] Mitt Romney, especially for voters judging [Romney] on his business experience. Romney won’t even discuss his multiple lies anymore! Mark Green, Phoenix Only one option —…
In 2007, having served with distinction during two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force firefighter John Brownfield Jr. took a job as a corrections officer at the maximum-security federal prison in Florence, Colorado, 40 miles south of Colorado Springs. Ten months later, prison officials caught the…
Listening to the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Arizona’s breathing-while-brown law, Senate Bill 1070, prompted a daydream. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Antonin Scalia are in a battered pickup truck with garden tools visible in the back. Set in the midst of Sheriff Joe Arpaio country — as…
