ABC 15 and star reporter Dave Biscobing have the scoop again on the civil trial in Pinal County regarding the 2005 wrongful death of diabetic mom Deborah Braillard, who was denied medical treatment while in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s gulags and later died because of that lack of treatment. Earlier this…
Paul Penzone’s secret weapon, one not captured by Republican pollsters: Adios Arpaio Before you review the results of two new GOP polls that have Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the lead against his Democratic challenger Paul Penzone, ask yourself this question: Is Arpaio acting like a front-runner way ahead of his…
What do you do when you’re Sheriff Joe Arpaio and your name is practically a byword for the neglect of sex crime cases involving women and children? You use your political fundraising machine to shill for a national nonprofit that benefits abused kids, sort of like a petroleum company donating…
Sadly, I am away till Monday on a trip planned long ago, and will not be able to blog regularly till I’m back in town. For continuing coverage of Paul Penzone’s bid to replace our octogenarian autocrat, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, please consult my colleague Matt Hendley’s reports on New Times’…
Embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu teamed up with state Senator/New Times’ “Best Raving Loon” Sylvia Allen yesterday to announce that armed volunteers now be combating drug-smuggling in the county.Babeu’s unpaid “Anti-Smuggling Posse” will be the junior-varsity squad for PCSO’s SWAT team when it comes to smuggling operations.See also:-Sylvia Allen’s…
Earth to Joe: You look like you should be in a morgue in this, your worst ad yet Sheriff Joe’s Democratic challenger Paul Penzone is gaining on the aged autocrat, with a new poll by Switchboard Communications (commissioned by the Penzone camp, natch) showing Penzone within 4.7 points of Arpaio…
For the second time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office put out a press release to complain that Immigration and Customs Enforcement “refused” to take custody of a suspected illegal immigrant.The story from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is that the Human Smuggling Unit pulled over a car, and the driver didn’t have…
Does Sheriff Joe Arpaio really think it’s unnecessary to debate his opponent, Paul Penzone, or is the Sheriff…chicken?According to Randy Parraz and Citizens for Better Arizona members who brought live chickens to Arpaio’s office on the 19th floor of the Wells Fargo Building in Phoenix, the Sheriff’s chicken…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s insatiable desire to stand in the limelight has once again bitten him in the keister. This time, he latched onto the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie as a way to get center stage and deliver his anti-President Obama sentiments. See also: Babeu Blasted…
Republican-turned-Independent candidate for sheriff Mike Stauffer may have almost no money, little support and may be regarded as a massive joke by nearly everyone with a lick of sense in Maricopa County. Nevertheless, he soon could be getting some indirect assistance from a new independent expenditure committee, one trumpeted by…
A political superstar and one in the making are on the bill this Wednesday, 8 p.m., at ASU’s Sun Devil Performance Lawn. That’s when former President Bill Clinton will be in Tempe to stump for fellow Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona. See also: -Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio,…
More than 100 members of Adios Arpaio, the union-funded movement of Latino high-school students looking to drive Sheriff Joe Arpaio from power, rallied on the lawn of the state House in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon to announce that they’re closing in on surpassing their goal of registering 30,000 new county…
Wednesday’s report from Biscobing… Kudos to ABC 15 and its reporter Dave Biscobing for the yeomanlike work they’ve done in bringing to Phoenix viewers the civil trial in Pinal County over the MCSO jail death of diabetic mom Deborah Braillard. See also: -What’s Mom Worth?: When a Woman Became Deathly…
Joe practically begs viewers to let him keep his job in this new ad Sheriff Joe looks like a worried old man in his new TV commercial, the latest in a series of pricey ads that his re-election campaign has been inundating county boob tubes with. “Despite all the criticism,”…
The media’s been hot for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s head over allegations that during the 2010 campaign he was improperly involved in supporter-turned-staffer Kathleen Winn’s independent expenditure committee Business Leaders for Arizona. See also: -Tom Horne’s Alleged Hit-and-Run at an Address Listed for Carmen Chenal (w/UPDATE) -Bill Montgomery Takes…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s big press conference this morning alleged illegal coordination between Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and an independent expenditure committee during his 2010 campaign. See also: -Attorney General Horne Hired Carmen Chenal to a Highly Paid Top Post — ‘Cause She’s His Goomba -Tom Horne’s Pal…
CBS 5 – KPHO See also: -Joe Arpaio’s Deputy Told to Work Fraud Cases Instead of Child Rape Crime -Joe Arpaio’s Sex Crimes Debacle Eviscerated in New Video by Devin Fleenor -Joe Arpaio’s Replacement, Paul Penzone, Blasts Sheriff’s Handling of Sex Crimes in New Ad -Victims Wonder Why Arpaio Let…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign guru Chad Willems is as shameless as you’d expect a guy to be who’s funneling suckers’ campaign contributions through the bank account of his company, Summit Consulting Group. See also: -Joe Arpaio’s Pink Underwear Torn to Shreds in Hilarious New Video from CPLE -Russell Pearce’s Chad…
Peoria resident Richard Maloney is upset that a California woman told police he’d threatened her and was in the Hells Angels, so he’s suing her for $100,000. Maloney filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday, acting as his own attorney. In it, he states that Lois Kropp of Oceano,…
I’ve rarely read a legal document so delightful. The one I’ve just received from the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct indicates that Lester Pearce, former Justice of the Peace and brother of recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, now faces various charges of ethical violations, in part, because he stumped…
Did anyone else get the question to this answer right on Jeopardy on Tuesday evening?…
CPLE scores with this animated skewering of Sheriff Joe Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement, the bi-partisan group headed by Democratic Arizona state Representative Ruben Gallego and Republican operative Carlos Sierra, have just released the hilarious, blistering animated video above, which takes Sheriff Joe Arpaio to task for his unnatural obsession…
