The overall ineffectiveness of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s illegal immigrant roundups aside, one of our biggest criticisms recently has been that they’re conducted under the guise of “employer sanctions” operations, despite the MCSO’s having never arrested a single employer — only employees (all of whom tend to have brown…
Cortes talks to ABC 15Greg Western, Cortes’ “adviser,” chats with ABC 15Keep in mind as you watch these ABC 15 interviews, first with sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes, then with Cortes’ “adviser” and Pearce loyalist Greg Western, that Cortes’ sticking her face out the door of her humble condo is…
Did you hear the one about 79-year-old Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio considering a run for the United States Senate?That’s not a joke — Arpaio, at 79, really claims to be considering running for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Anyone who knows anything about America’s self-proclaimed “toughest…
Olivia Cortes, the so-called “sham” recall candidate supported by backers of state Senate President Russell Pearce, will appear in Maricopa County Superior Court tomorrow before Judge Edward Burke in a hearing to determine whether she will remain on the November 8 ballot in Legislative District 18.Both Tom Ryan, the attorney…
President Barack Obama today told a representative of a national Latino group that Arizona’s is not the model the rest of the country should mirror when it comes to handling illegal immigration.Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio responded by issuing a press release saying that not only are his methods of…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he’s not ruling out running for the Senate seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl — which, if history tells us anything, is complete bullshit just another one of the sheriff’s feeble cries for…
Shananigans, shenanigans, and yet more shenanigans. Sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes and state Senate President’s knuckle-draggin’ supporters are the gifts that keeps on giving.Gone are the days, alas, when I had them all to myself. Now it seems every journalist in the Valley, and many beyond, are swarming around their…
Here’s the latest video from the Jerry Lewis for state Senate campaign, with those that recruited Lewis to run, including Mesa lawyer and Republican Dea Montague, who is first on the left, no pun intended. In it, Lewis repeats his no-gift pledge, which is a pledge I’d like to see…
Adding insult to injury, Olivia Cortes, the “sham” recall candidate whose paid petition gatherers admitted she was a pro-Russell Pearce plant meant to “dilute” the vote, is playing the race card in a press release published on the right wing Sonoran Alliance Web site.Titled, “Olivia Cortes: Racism is Alive and…
UPDATE 7:11PM IN A DISAPPOINTING DEVELOPMENT, TOM RYAN INFORMS ME THAT HE’S RETHINKING WHAT TO DO WITH THE LAWSUIT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND SOME HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT, AS IS MENTIONED BELOW. WHETHER OR NOT HE’LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE IT IN ANY…
Check out these two segments of a recent interview done by Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik of state Senate hopeful and conservative Republican Jerry Lewis, who is looking to topple state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 recall election.In them, Lewis takes on the issue of immigration directly,…
The judge plays defense for Pearce loyalist Pat Oldroyd at a recent LD 19 meetingLester Pearce, brother to state Senate President Russell Pearce and longtime Justice of the Peace for the North Mesa Justice Court, allegedly has been campaigning on behalf of his embattled sibling, despite a prohibition on such…
Hot off the presses: A lawsuit brought by elections law attorney Tom Ryan on behalf of Legislative District 18 voter Mary Lou Boettcher, challenging the legitimacy of Olivia Cortes, the so-called “sham” recall candidate put forward by friends, family and supporters of state Senate President Russell Pearce.Ryan was responsible for…
The complaint filed by Democratic precinct committeeman and former candidate for state Senate in Legislative District 18 Robert McDonald in the ever-widening Russell Pearce/Olivia Cortes scandal has just been shot down by the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.In a letter from State Election Director Amy Chan (formerly Amy Bjelland, Chan…
As I discuss at length in my column this week, state Senate President Russell Pearce wrestles almost daily with the truth, and so, too, do many of his supporters. So, not surprisingly, Pearce’s main challenger in the Legislative District 18 recall election, Mesa educator and Republican Jerry Lewis, has become the…
Bravo to Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik for tonight’s news segment where he pays a visit to the modest residence of Legislative District 18 recall candidate Olivia Cortes, and stops by the homes of some of state Senate President Russell Pearce’s relatives to ask them why they circulated petitions for Cortes.As…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office confirmed to New Times earlier this week that the sheriff’s assigned an “elite posse” to look into President Barack Obama’s “fake birth certificate” before allowing his name on the presidential ballot in Arizona next year. In response to the embarrassment Arpaio’s decision to investigate…
Here is the long awaited second video from my colleague, Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman, culled from the shenanigans that took place at a recent GOP Legislative District 19 meeting in Mesa. For an intro to the players and what’s going on, read my initial blog on this meeting, here, and…
State Senator Scott Bundgaard, facing an ethics complaint and possible expulsion from the Senate for his roadside fracas with his now former girlfriend and his invocation of legislative immunity, has filed an ethics complaint against three members of the state Senate Ethics Committee, which is currently set to hold hearings…
Since my recent column about well-known Phoenix mitigation specialist “Jameson Johnson,” aka, Jimmy Carroll Johnson, and his criminal record for armed robbery, a lot of folks have rushed to Johnson’s defense, arguing that his wrongdoing was all in the past, and since he had been doing good deeds locally, we…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office confirmed to New Times yesterday that he’s assigned an “elite posse” to look into President Barack Obama’s “fake birth certificate” before allowing his name on the presidential ballot in Arizona next year.No…seriously…you’re not reading The Onion — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has assembled…
Below is a letter e-mailed today from Democratic precinct committeeman Robert McDonald to Arizona Elections Director Amy Bjelland requesting an investigation into the ongoing scandal surrounding apparent shill candidate Olivia Cortes, who is “running,” if you can call it that, in Legislative District 18 recall of state Senate President Russell…
