A man who was arrested in September after he and his dog both allegedly bit Mesa police officers inside a Target store has filed a federal lawsuit against that Target store.In the lawsuit, Samkeita Jurden (whose first name was misspelled “Samkeith” in county court filings) pretty much admits to all…
Authorities in Flagstaff discovered a package with a rudimentary explosive device addressed to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the Sheriff pulled out all the stops for this one.Trump up reality? Check. Play the victim? Check. Blame Mexican drug cartels, try to associate the incident with unrelated murders for all the drooling…
Kudos to Puente and Las Cafeteras for this beautiful, moving message to Diana Blanco Only the crassest and cruelest of individuals will be able to watch the video above minus a moist eye. In it Diana Blanco, the young deaf woman, whose mother, grandfather and grandmother were arrested in Sheriff…
Miguel Angel Morales was not supposed win Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court. Charged with ID theft and forgery after he was arrested in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raid on Glendale’s United Construction in September, Morales has spent more than six months in Arpaio’s notorious jails, refusing to plead guilty while…
Arizona has a different reality for the undocumented than in most parts of the country. So there are different demands the pro-immigrant community should make on the U.S. Congress in regards to comprehensive immigration reform, if any positive effect is to be felt soon in Sand Land. See also: -Jan…
Breitbart.com, founded by the late Andrew Breitbart, made an unsurprising move this morning by publishing an article about the recall effort against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, effectively soliciting donations for the pro-Joe forces.What is surprising, however, is writer Warner Todd Huston’s revisionist explanation of Arpaio’s sex-crimes debacle. Actually, it’s more gross…
Here’s an oddity: Talmage Pearce, nephew of recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce and a stalwart defender of the Pearce clan, has been appointed to sit on the City of Mesa’s Human Relations Advisory Board. On April 1, the Mesa City Council unanimously approved Mayor Scott Smith’s memo recommending Talmage,…
There’s no end to how Sheriff Joe Arpaio can spin anything for a bit of shameless self-promotion. In West Virginia Thursrday, Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot while in his car on a lunch break. Moments later, and 1,950 miles away in Phoenix, this sad news is fed through…
Close to 1,000 people jammed the Painter’s Union Hall in Phoenix Thursday to hear the news that the recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio so far has scored more than half the signatures required to force a recall election on the octogenarian despot. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Has “Less Than…
A brilliant little gem from the makers of 9500 Liberty Believe it or not, once upon a time, Republicans were the ones fighting for the expansion of voting rights. Okay, so that was more than a century ago, following the Civil War. Still, it’s interesting to watch this short video…
As a tease to an event tonight, Respect Arizona, the group seeking to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio from office, has announced that it has fewer than 200,000 valid signatures left to score, with less than two months before its May 30 deadline. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall: A Chance to…
When the Goldwater Institute isn’t “lending” $1.9 million to some fatcat on its board or suing the state government over a fish-foot-sucking cosmetic practice, it’s arguing against the evils of expanding Arizona’s Medicaid program so as to cover hundreds of thousands of poor people and pump billions in the state’s…
Gilman and I get to know some of our fellow Sand Land-ers and reconnect with old pals like Buffalo Rick… There’s nothing more fun on a mild, sunny day in Arizona than getting out and about and talkin’ to ordinary folks. See also: -Jim Carrey, Right on Gun Nuts, Fox…
Cold Dead Hand with Jim Carrey from Jim Carrey I’ve lived in New York, Los Angeles and a few places in between, but only in Arizona have I ever felt like I actually might need a gun. Not to protect myself from armed robbers and whatnot, but to protect myself…
Cesar Chavez Day is upon us, and one way of honoring the spirit of the famed labor leader locally is by helping the organization LUCHA, Living United for Change in Arizona, by participating in its Cesar Chavez Day Raffle. See also: -Four MCSA/ACORN Members Freed after Being Arrested for Applauding…
Courtesy of the conservative Western Free Press, we finally have state Representative Eddie Farnsworth’s lame attempt to justify not allowing a bill that would have cracked down on pimps selling teenage prostitutes to have a hearing in the Judiciary Committee, which Farnsworth chairs. See also: -Eddie Farnsworth Blocked Hearing for…
Imagine my surprise, when checking the website of the venerable Valley organization Chicanos por la Causa, to see a photo of a beaming Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on a page advertising the group’s 44th anniversary dinner, coming up on April 4. See also: -County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s Endorsement Rejected…
Former Republican legislator David Burnell Smith, a birther and DUI attorney recently arrested for alleged DUI, is doing Larry Klayman’s bidding in the fight against the recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.As many people pointed out as Klayman continued to claim that he’d try to get the recall effort shut down,…
One of Arizona’s most influential bloggers, Jeff Vath, the man behind the widely-read, GOP-centric Politico Mafioso blog, passed away Tuesday night at John C. Lincoln Hospital in Deer Valley. He was 52. According to his wife of 24 years, Mary Anne, Vath’s death was due to complications from surgery on…
Speaking of shenanigans, you may remember Tea Party generalissimo Ron Ludders for his escapades during the 2011 recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, and during Pearce’s ill-fated comeback attempt in the 2012 GOP primary for state Senator from Legislative District 25. See also: -Russell Pearce Supporter Ron Ludders’ Lame…
Shenanigans. Republicans wouldn’t be Republicans without them. And the effort under way to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the perfect occasion for pro-Joe Rs to roll out their usual dirty tricks and monkeyshines. See also: -Joe Arpaio’s Chad Willems Talks to the Shadow Army about the “Blocking Campaign” and the…
Videographer Dennis Gilman’s account of the protest outside the Sheraton on Thursday Here’s something you don’t see everyday: A local Latino group protesting a Cesar Chavez Dinner. See also: -Joe Arpaio Cozies Up to Latino Pastors, Prensa Hispana, and Michael Nowakowski Days Before Employer Raid (w/Update) The group? Sal Reza’s…
