A campaign to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is under way, with the penning of the first of the 335,000 signatures needed for an election to take place in November. William James Fisher, a local attorney, is the chairman of Respect Arizona, a political action committee formed to oust…
The Pinal County Democrats aren’t happy with Sheriff Paul Babeu’s latest rhetoric about pushing for a law making it a crime for federal law enforcement officers to enforce President Barack Obama’s proposals to reduce gun violence. Yeah, he did say that. Babeu brought it up during an appearance on Fox…
UPDATE: Joe Arpaio Target of Recall — It’s Official — by Same Community Leaders Who Successfully Ousted Senator Russell PearceThe political committee that’s apparently going to try to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed its registration paperwork with the county elections department this morning.It’s still not clear exactly who’s…
I’m waiting for a call back from Andrew Chavez, proprietor of Petition Partners, about a rather odd message on his company’s Twitter account, announcing that a recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio is to commence this Thursday, and claiming that $1.3 million has been committed to the project. I say it’s…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and posse member/action-movie actor Steven Seagal are off the hook in a lawsuit that claimed the Sheriff’s Office had raided his house just for getting publicity for Seagal’s reality show.According to federal court paperwork, a judge dismissed the lawsuit after plaintiff Jesus Llovera — who had previously…
Can Governor Jan Brewer read? The statement from her office on the immigration reform plan released today by U.S. Senator John McCain and his colleagues makes me think not. Though that’s no big surprise. See also: -Jan Brewer “Kinder, Gentler” on Immigration? Republic Dons Kneepads for Governor -John McCain, Fellow…
What a difference a couple of years makes. The same U.S. Senator John McCain who in 2010 snuggled up to illegal-immigrant-screwing (in more ways than one) Sheriff Paul Babeu, supported Sand Land’s racist Senate Bill 1070, and insisted that America “complete the danged fence” on the U.S.-Mexico border, is now…
It’s just about every day that Sheriff Joe Arpaio says something that’s guaranteed to make you shake your head.Today’s cry for attention actually took place on Friday night, as Arpaio complained that people were calling Vice President Joe Biden “Sheriff Joe.”See also:-Joe Arpaio: “I Don’t Use Computers” — as Posted…
Computing giant Microsoft is suing a Phoenix e-waste recycling firm in federal court, claiming that the company has been selling unauthorized copies of its software. Phoenix’s E-Waste Harvesters and its principal, Earl Campbell, have repeatedly advertised and sold refurbished computers that contain pirated copies of XP, the aging Windows operating…
We all know the Danish tale about the emperor whose men and subjects stroke him in admiration over his new clothes. Of course, as the story goes, the emperor actually is naked. Instead of questioning the obvious, everyone basks in a collective ignorance. Until a little boy in the crowd…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu once again is trying to get on the conservative media circuit promoting himself his anti-Obama, anti-gun-control campaign. Babeu is joining a chorus of sheriffs criticizing President Barack Obama’s gun-control efforts. Conservative blogger for right-wing cnsnews.com, notes that this is the trend from Florida to California…
Losers are pathetic enough, but losers who don’t know they’re losers should be given a pistol with one bullet and locked in a shed until they are duly inspired. Among these: sleaze-maestro Constantin Querard, state Representative Steve Smith, and two-time loser, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce. See also: -Russell Pearce’s…
As the Arizona Republic was bleeding ink for Governor Jan Brewer’s allegedly “kinder, gentler tone” on immigration over the weekend, what was Janbo up to? See also: -Jan Brewer on Blast by DREAMers and CBA in Protest: 3 Arrested -Arizona Deserves No Peace From Pro-Immigrant Forces Raising cash for her…
Gilman chats up the gun nuts, take one… Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman covered the gun nut rally at the Arizona State Capitol this past Saturday, and caught some interesting footage of the local pro-2nd Amendment crowd, which seems mainly to have consisted of angry white dudes who’re afraid that the…
The Arizona Republican Party is the gift that keeps on giving. Last week, the Maricopa County GOP picked raging aggro gay-hater A.J. LaFaro as its chairman, a choice Dems are giddy over because it leaves the local Republican Party in the complete control of wigged-out moonhowlers, further alienating anyone with…
After the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office pulled off its 70th “employer sanctions operation” (which MCSO now refers to as a “criminal employment operation”), we pointed out yet again that no employers were arrested, or sanctioned, in the operation.Arpaio now says that’s probably a job for the Obama administration.See also:-Joe Arpaio…
The human rights activists of Tonatierra and the Barrio Defense Committees will do the annual PF Chang’s 13.1 mile marathon one better this Saturday by holding a 13.4 mile march for human rights and dignity, beginning at Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s notorious Fourth Avenue Jail and ending at Glendale Police Headquarters…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office does not conduct “raids,” according to Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Although we’ve provided evidence to the contrary of Arpaio’s new claim, the Sheriff’s public-relations staff sent out an e-mail this afternoon, with a press release touting MCSO’s 70th “employer sanctions operation.” The subject line on that e-mail:…
NMD video from a hidden camera dated January 8 When U.S. Border Patrol Agents are not shooting each other or unarmed teenagers, they like to destroy water jugs and steal supplies left in the desert for crossing migrants. That’s the charge of the Tucson-based group No More Deaths, which has…
Making good on her June 7, notice of claim for $10 million against Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, veteran AG investigator Meg Hinchey filed suit Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court, alleging that Horne and his underlings are engaged in an ongoing campaign to ruin Hinchey’s law enforcement career. See…
Lawyers for Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed a response to the Justice Department’s racial-discrimination lawsuit, which mostly just denies each of the 188 allegations in the DoJ’s suit.The denial also contains some very interesting claims from Arpaio, including repeated claims that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office does not conduct “sweeps” or…
Talk about a broken record. The U.S. Marshals Service has once more done Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s job for him, this time by nabbing an escapee from Joe’s jails, who basically exchanged identities with another inmate, and walked out. See also: -Joe Arpaio Won’t Do His Job, So Marshal David Gonzales…
