The incessant criticism of Sheriff Joe from other politicians, the media, law enforcement officials, activists, and ordinary citizens must be taking its toll on our corrupt top constable. His big interview in Sunday’s Republic is obviously part of a media campaign to polish his tarnished image, one he continued on…
Janet, while being grilled by activists outside the Wyndham (photo courtesy of Eduardo Barraza of Barriozona.com). UPDATE, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 3:09 PM : In what can only be described as a triumph for local pro-immigration activists, Governor Napolitano saved her fellow Dems’ asses in the state Legislature and vetoed HB…
Pearce pre-rug… Pearce post-rug. The new look failed to fill the campaign coffers… Remember when Paleolithic Republican state Rep. Russell Pearce was gonna run for Congress against GOP golden-boy, Congressman Jeff Flake? Pearce had an exploratory committee, and even started sporting a toupee in a failed attempt to look young…
Warren Jeffs, in his infamous mugshot. The Queen Bitch of Broadcasting, and winner of the who’s creepier contest, hands down! (photo by Vidiot) Watching CNN’s continuing coverage of the custody war underway in Texas over the kids rescued from the FLDS’ Yearning for Zion ranch, it’s a jump ball in…
J.T. Ready and Russell Pearce joined at the proverbial hip at an anti-immigrant rally in June of ‘07. J.T. Ready, the Ernst Rohm of the East Valley, second from right, at a neo-Nazi rally in Omaha, September of ‘07. You’ve gotta love a guy who’s as big of a hypocritical…
Contrary to the rants of many a wing-nut talk show host, racial profiling is alive and well in the U.S., and in Arizona specifically. The practice has been spotlighted of late by the heavy-handed tactics of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his racially motivated anti-illegal immigrant sweeps in the Valley. But…
Yearning for Zion? Yearning for the light of day is more like it… With shades of Roman Grant’s nefarious Juniper Creek Compound on HBO’s Big Love and echoes of Arizona Governor Howard Pyle’s disastrous 1953 raid on Short Creek, Arizona — the community that became polygamist haven Colorado City –…
Pursing his lips and hanging on defense attorney Ken Everett’s every utterance, County Attorney Andrew “Candy” Thomas did not look as if he was relishing his role as witness Friday morning in the court of Judge Roland Steinle. At one point, the dapper, dour Thomas even directed Deputy County Attorney…
Oh, the delicious irony of it all! Tomorrow morning County Attorney Candy Thomas will be forced to descend from his 8th floor offices in the county building downtown and actually appear in the Honorable Judge Roland Steinle’s court to spill the legumes on why he signed off on emergency wiretaps…
Phil takes on AZ’s #1 bully. Will other high profile pols do likewise? Attorney General Terry Goddard may not want to wield the shillelagh, but “Give ’em hell, Gordon” doesn’t have a problem whacking Nickel Bag Joe upside the head every chance he gets, and rightly so. Today, during Mayor…
C’mon, Terry. Sheriff Joe’s a bad man. You can take him. If there’s one thing you can say about Attorney General Terry Goddard, it’s that he doesn’t readily take the bait offered him. While discussing another issue with him that I’ll be reporting on later, I took a moment to…
MCSO flack Lisa Allen on location in Los Angeles for her big bomb on the reality show Groomer Has It. She’s been grooming the County’s top cop for lo these many years, but she still hasn’t mastered her part-time passion for pooch pampering. I’m talking about Sheriff’s Office PIO Lisa…
How freakin’ retarded is it when ASU makes Andy Thomas sound prescient with its actions? After reading a blurb in the Sunday Arizona Republic about a temporary ban on local wing-nut talk radio station KTAR 92.3FM in ASU buses, I was reminded of something County Attorney Andrew “Candy” Thomas said…
The Arizona chapter of the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement this afternoon calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to look into accusations of racial profiling by the MCSO as part of Sheriff Joe’s anti-immigrant dragnets. The press release reads: ADL CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF PROFILING SURROUNDING MARICOPA…
Ipso schmucko: Candy never walks alone, even to the loo… Boy, Republican County Attorney Candy Thomas sure is a real, uh, candy-ass. According to a story this morning on the ASU Web Devil — the university’s online news source, Candy showed up to a College Republican meet-up at ASU last…
I’ve never cottoned to the The Arizona Republic ‘s schoolmarmish scribe E.J. Montini, who if offered a butcher knife and the dotted line indicating a corrupt politician’s jugular, would opt for inflicting a pinprick to the pol’s shin. Once every 20 columns or so, Montini hits the mark. Otherwise, he…
In a blistering editorial published today, The New York Times blasts Sheriff Joe’s misuse of his 287g agreement with ICE, and demands Congress hold hearings on the agreements, which are currently under investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the watchdog arm of Congress. (That tidbit about the GAO is…
Last week, I wrote about a poll from PHX’s Behavior Research Center, which showed Sheriff Joe’s popularity rating to be 57% excellent or good within Maricopa County. The Scottsdale company American Traffic Solutions commissioned the statistical query from BRC as part of a larger poll about how AZ denizens view…
Guadalupe Mayor Rebecca Jimenez, who bravely defied Sheriff Joe last night. Last night was a night of high drama as Sheriff Joe brought his illegal immigrant dragnet to the small town of Guadalupe, and the citizens and the mayor of that city demanded Joe leave. Last night around 10:30, Guadalupe…
Seems like everyone wants a piece of Sheriff Joe these days. Mayor Phil’s on his case. Channel 12’s after his hide. The AZ State Auditor is looking into his use of RICO funds. And of course, New Times is suing the Sheriff and County Attorney Andrew Thomas for $15 million…
According to a poll commissioned by American Traffic Solutions, the Scottsdale company that bills itself as “the largest provider of photo traffic enforcement programs to America’s big cities,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s approval rating is at 57% in Maricopa County, plus or minus 3.5%. The poll was reportedly done by Phoenix’s…
New Times founders Mike Lacey (left) and Jim Larkin (right) at the AZ ACLU awards dinner. On Saturday, Village Voice Media Executive Editor Mike Lacey and VVM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Larkin were each honored by the ACLU Foundation of Arizona with the group’s highest accolade, the Civil…
