Winning is gravy. Hustle is the meat. A little elbow grease on the hardwood is all Suns fans could’ve asked for in the searing heat of late October, before Steve Nash’s lefty layup with 5.5 seconds to go chilled the Clippers in L.A. and set the template for a seeming…
Two years after the employer sanctions law went on the books, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has filed its first case against a Valley business. County prosecutors say the Scottsdale Art Factory knowingly hired illegal immigrants. The county attorney has asked that the business fire all of its illegal employees and…
Why, oh, why do most Mexican women cut their long, black hair after reaching the pivotal age of 40? Not only do they cut it, but they then proceed to cut it short and dye it all shades of the most unnatural hair color for Mexicans: red. My own madre…
CALLS TO ACTION What good are these prosecutors?: It’s appalling that U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke can’t get it up to go after Sheriff Shithead. What the hell good are these goddamn prosecutors if they won’t go after the MCSO Mafia in their own backyard? What’s the point of electing a…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and the Reverend Oscar Tillman, who heads the local NAACP, have long enjoyed a good relationship — if not literally close, at least as positive as any relationship based in politics can be. But Tillman told me last week that Gordon has lost his support. And…
SS IGNORANT Supposedly intelligent, respectable people do some really dumb stuff sometimes. Case in point: Former GOP gubernatorial hopeful Mike Harris, who ran third behind Don Goldwater and Len Munsil in the 2006 Republican primary for governor. Munsil won that battle and went on to get his lunch handed to…
Mike Nixon walks through the front door of his Tempe home and drops a maroon-and-gold Arizona State University gym bag to the tile floor. A piece of ill-torn plastic wrap holds an ice pack flush to his left forearm. Nixon closes the door, and part of the plastic flutters. His…
Editor’s note: This is one of a group of individual accounts of racial profiling by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s forces. What’s important to remember about 18-year-old Jerry Cosio’s arrest by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is that he was confronted without apparent probable cause. Cosio’s not perfect — he was driving…
The lead item in my Bird column this week, titled “SS IGNORANT,” is about 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Harris and his flirtation with white supremacy. Read the article for all the gritty details. I didn’t have room in the column for the photos of Harris, screenshots of his NewSaxon…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Up on the Sun: 23 West Schedules January 1 Grand Opening College Times Wades In To “Ovah”…
Yesterday, we pointed out errors, ommissions, and outright deceit in one of the proposals for cab service at Sky Harbor International Airport. We asked if City Council members were listening. After today’s council meeting, we have our answer. They weren’t. Now, technically, the council did pay lipservice to some of the…
The Arizona Department of Transportation announced today that it has laid off 90 employees and that 25 more workers should expect to get the ax by the end of the year.”This is a perfect storm — our revenues are down, we are suffering from the use of state transportation funds for…
It certainly didn’t take long for Arizona Congressman John Shadegg to eat his words after the fallout from his latest rant on the floor of the House of Representatives.As we reported yesterday, Shadegg stood in front of Congress Monday night and warned New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg of a…
Since our last post about the Maricopa County detention officer found in contempt of court for taking the papers of a defense attorney in Maricopa County Superior Court, the County Attorney’s Office called us back.We asked Deputy County Attorney Tom Liddy, who is representing Officer Adam Stoddard in his contempt…
According to the sheriff, nobody tells his guys what to do except Sheriff Joe himself — not even Maricopa County Superior Court judges.This morning, a Maricopa County detention officer was found in contempt of court for taking documents out of defense attorney Joanne Cuccia’s files as she was addressing the…
We broke the news yesterday that one of the three companies that Phoenix is preparing to contract with for cab service at Sky Harbor, Visum Investments, has serious problems with its proposal: Its references don’t check out, and its general manager’s resume appears to be inaccurate.Today we’re discovering a potential…
The old boys club just got a little older.Today, West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd surpassed former Arizona Congressman Carl Hayden as the longest serving congressman in history.Hayden served the state of Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for 57 years (20,773 days). After his retirement in 1968, he was…
Isn’t she stunning? The flowing locks — that sexy stare. grrrrrrr! Don’t let this beauty fool you, gentlemen, this is actually the mug of 37-year-old Joseph Moreno — a dude…
The fourth annual Stylos award ceremony took place without a hitch. Starting off with a group of bandanna-clad hip-hop dancers, Furious Styles Crew, busting out break-dancing moves and head spins on on the gleaming floor of the Phoenix Art Museum, it was pretty clear that the award ceremony was going to…
Okay, there are 70 games to go in the regular season — not to mention more in the playoffs (prayerfully) — but the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 111-105 last night to achieve the best record in the NBA so far at 10-2. No matter what the Beantowners and Angelenos…
Department of Public Safety officers arrested three people last night for trying to sell live grenades. The suspects were arrested in the Maryvale neighborhood of west Phoenix. Officers say they are still looking for another suspect in the attempted sales…Last night, two horses were injured after the trailer they were being moved inside…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Up on the Sun: New Release Tuesday: Kid Sister Phoenix Indie Bowl 2009: Have You Signed Up…
