Who will Wilenchik blame the Lacey-Larkin arrests on next? Mr. Green Jeans? His manservant Cato? Col. Mustard in the kitchen with a wrench? In case you missed it, disgraced ex-special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik has a little op-ed in the Arizona Republic today. In it, he woodenly attempts to rationalize his…
The following is a consumer alert reported by my colleague Ray Stern, following up on features he wrote last year concerning the local co. LifeLock. LifeLock, the ethics-challenged, Tempe-based company featured in two investigative New Times articles last year, has been slammed with a federal lawsuit that aims to deliver…
J.T. Ready, 2nd from right, proud Republican and anti-Semite, at a neo-Nazi rally in Omaha, NE last year. I’ve lived in several states over the years, but AZ takes the proverbial cake when it comes to the casual, ho-hum acceptance of white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other dangerous political extremists as…
Courtney Bisbee’s supporters at the state capitol yesterday. Courtney’s mom Camille Tilley is in the center. The mothers of the disappeared. That’s the first thought that came to mind upon seeing the supporters of Courtney Bisbee on the lawn of the state capitol this Valentines Day. Though unlike those Argentine…
In a sign of United for a Sovereign America’s continued embrace of fanaticism and anti-immigrant extremism, U.S.A.’s Web site immigrationbuzz.com refers to iconic Arizona neo-Nazi Elton Hall as “Our Patriot,” and reports that his pelvis was broken in an accident Saturday near 25th Street and Bell Road in north Phoenix…
Elton Hall (left) at a neo-Nazi BBQ last year; note his pal’s affection for the neo-Nazi punk rock band Skrewdriver. Alter kocker anti-immigrant activist Elton Hall, 74, a persistent protester of the Macehualli Work Center and a fixture at other anti-immigrant protests, was struck and injured Saturday morning when two…
We fought the law, and we won. Again. Tuesday the Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s ruling, finding that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office “wrongfully denied New Times access to public records,” sending the case back to superior court “for a further determination on the issue of attorney’s…
McCain, ready to squeeze another one out… On the way back to the office from casting my ballot for Barack Obama, I had fun listening first to OxyContin-boy Rush Limbaugh, then to conservative gasbag Sean Hannity, as they each desperately tore Senator John McCain to shreds in favor of their…
Is it just me, or does ol’ prune-face here look like he needs some Gas-X? Here’s a reason to avoid the book stores in coming months, Maricopa County’s egomaniacal despot Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a new book coming out with co-hagiographer Len Sherman in May, titled, Joe’s Law: America’s Toughest…
Big Snoop Dogg inspects the troops. Snoop Dogg’s All-Stars came to Chandler’s Hamilton High to play, as they say in the sports pages, and they kicked much Arizona ass Saturday, dominating the pee-wee version of the AZ Cardinals, and concluding Snoop Bowl VI with an impressive 33-14 win. Too bad…
Eddie Basha supports Sheriff Joe. Wonder how the Valley’s Hispanics like them frijoles? The unions are gonna love this one. Financial statements are out for the 2008 Maricopa County Sheriff’s race, and guess who lent a smidgen of his largesse to the over $300,000 Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raised so far…
The next President of the United States? I hope so… (photo by Jillian Sloan) Part rock concert. Part college pep rally. That’s what it felt like as Senator Barack Obama wowed a near-capacity crowd at PHX’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum Wednesday evening. The almost 14,000 in attendance had waited over two…
Dan the Man, heading into battle against Nickel Bag Joe. Just received the following news release on Dan Saban’s retirement as Buckeye Police Chief. It’ll be effective August 1, so he’ll have nothing slowing him down as he goes into full-court press against Sheriff Joe this fall. If we’re lucky,…
According to the MCSO’s own documents, Israel Correa should never have been arrested, much less the subject of an immigration hold. Why did the Sheriff’s department place an ICE hold against Israel Correa, an American citizen with a valid driver’s license and Social Security number, and not notify ICE? Let’s…
Does neo-Nazi J.T. Ready (left) advise Russell Pearce (right) on new anti-Mexican legislation? Nah, but he might as well. State Rep. Russell Pearce is all excuses when he forwards neo-Nazi National Alliance e-mails to his supporters, or is seen smiling and arm-in-arm with local neo-Nazis like J.T. Ready. It’s either,…
Go get ’em, tiger: Saban being interviewed shortly after announcing his run for Sheriff. Monday means deadline for me, folks, because I’m under the gun for this week’s Bird column, but I would be remiss if I didn’t give a little report from my attendance this Saturday at the Dan…
Check the Penzoil in that ‘do. Give it up, Joe. Gray’s nothing to be ashamed of. I’m a glutton for punishment. That’s the only excuse I have for rolling down to 32nd and Thomas this Friday afternoon to check Sheriff Joe’s press conference announcing his “crime suppression operation,” supposedly focused…
Seems libertarian comedian Drew Carey took time off from his new gig at The Price Is Right recently, and delved into Pinal County’s vindictive and ass-backwards dancing ban aimed at the San Tan Flat restaurant and owner Dale Bell. Check this video from Reason.tv, an offshoot of the libertarian rag…
Hey, Wing-It, the Hendershott rumor mill may not be the best place to score blog items. Journalism is, like, hard n’ stuff. You’ve got to make a phone call occasionally, verify these pesky things called “facts.” Hey, who has the time? Not Yvonne “Wing-It” Wingett, or at least not with…
Harvard economics prof George Borjas, raking it in at $625 per hour… You get what you pay for, and County Attorney Candy “Lil’ Joe” Thomas definitely got what he paid for with our money when he hired Harvard economist George Borjas to analyze the possible effects of the new employer…
Deputy dawgs in Paradise: from left, Sheriff Joe’s “Cheney” David Hendershott; Bay Islands Police Commissario Julio Benitez; retired MCSO Deputy Roger Marshall; and Captain Jim Miller. With the MCSO so deep in the red that it cannot perform crucial functions, what are MCSO officers doing in Honduras of all places…
Ron Paul, the Christ of the pod people; photo from his campaign Web site. What is it about Congressman Ron Paul that draws nearly every Klan member, Hitler-worshipper, tax-resister, John Bircher and 9/11 tin-foil hatter to his camp? I have to say, when Paul talks about the war in Iraq…
