Folks have been asking why I haven’t blogged yet on state Senate President Russell Pearce’s removal from the body politic last night when he was defeated in the Legislative District 18 recall race, 53-45 percent. A massive win for challenger Jerry Lewis, Citizens for a Better Arizona and for anyone…
Joel Fox is a now a former captain of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, having been fired last month by the same sheriff who apparently benefited from Fox’s campaign hijinks.But Fox’s experiences of the last three years in trying to dig himself out from the mess his bosses created may…
A local optometrist alleges in a federal complaint that Nationwide Vision allowed one of its executives to retaliate against her after she filed a sexual harassment complaint.Melodie Nannenga claims that soon after she was hired at the Nationwide store at Power Road and Southern Avenue in Mesa in June of…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle InandOutinMaricopaCounty, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of presidential candidate Herman Cain…
As we reported last week, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s chief deputy, Steve Henry, is considering running for his boss’ current gig — and this morning, he made it official.”With the possible departure of Sheriff Babeu, I want to ensure we keep moving forward with all of the improvements we…
Hat tip to ABC 15 for picking up on the story I filed Saturday about deceptive robocalls targeting Democratic and Latino voters in Legislative District 18 from the right-wing Safeguard Arizona’s Workers PAC, chaired by local Tea Partier Ron Ludders.Ludders, who is pro-Pearce, claims the robocalls are “educational.” Actually, they…
What we’ll be serenading the Pearce folks with this Tuesday evening…In what smells like a classic attempt at voter suppression, the conservative Safeguard Arizona’s Future PAC, which previously backed wackjob loser JD Hayworth in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary, is doing robocalls to Democrats in Legislative District 18, encouraging them…
Matt Tolman, chairman of the pro-Russell Pearce, anti-recall group Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall, is infamous for putting out placards in Mesa alleging that pro-recall organizer Randy Parraz “opposes the rule of law,” but a lawsuit by one of Tolman’s former employees alleges that Tolman may have his own…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a press release this afternoon stating that his office will not give “Occupy Phoenix” protesters additional publicity.That’s right — a press release to announce he doesn’t want to help publicize the “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration. We’ll pause for laughter.Thinking this could have possibly been a…
Media entrepreneur Alki David says his pay-per-view Celebrity Fight Night this Saturday will distinguish itself from a similarly named Valley charity foundation to settle a lawsuit.The oddball celebrity boxing match will change its name in the future, and announcements will be made in the beginning, middle, and end of the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio got a little pissy earlier this week when three police officers from Columbus, Ohio weren’t granted permission to come to Arizona for training with the sheriff’s boys in beige. The reason: Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman called for a boycott of all things Arizona more than…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to New Times yesterday that Sheriff Paul Babeu’s right-hand man is forming an exploratory committee for a potential run for Babeu’s job. Babeu’s chief deputy, Steve Henry, will announce later today that he’s considering running for Pinal County sheriff.Babeu, as you may know, is…
An Arizona non-profit company that hosts a yearly event to benefit Phoenix’s Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center is asking a federal judge to stop a pay-per-view boxing event from using its name.The Celebrity Fight Night Foundation wants a restraining order issued against FilmOn.com before its November 5 broadcast. Also called Celebrity…
See update below. CT just bit its master’s paw. The news that the Arizona Capitol Times, the semi-official mouthpiece of the Arizona Legislature, has a poll on the LD 18 recall race it’s releasing tonight at 6 p.m. on ABC 15, should have the camps of both challenger Jerry Lewis…
An unnamed Maricopa County employee is in hot water after releasing records relating to the firing of former Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joel Fox.The Arizona Republic’s JJ Hensley reported this morning that documents obtained by “county administrators” last week detail why Fox was fired. The reasons for the termination should have…
Sand Land’s clown prince of lies, spitting whoppers on Horizon. Cataloging and debunking state Senate President Russell Pearce’s prevarications, untruths, half-truths, and outright whoppers is a full-time gig. Whenever this meretricious Mesan opens his gob, out flows a canard-filled torrent that rivals the Tohoku tsunami. People ask me, “So what…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced last week that he’s considering running for Congress — his chief deputy, Steve Henry, however, apparently thinks Babeu is definitely running for Congress, and is now considering running for his boss’ job, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office confirms to New Times.PCSO spokesman Elias Johnson…
Michael Coleman, the mayor of Columbus, Ohio, is still boycotting Arizona because of SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law — according to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, that is (we’ve got a call into to Coleman’s office to verify — stay tuned…).Three Columbus police officers were supposed to come to…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s pink panties are in a bit of a wad after an Ohio mayor refused to grant police officers in his city the permission to come to Arizona and train with the MCSO’s Drug Recognition Unit, which Arpaio says is one of the best drug recognition…
An article appeared on the website of infamous “birther” conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi earlier this week claiming that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has “delivered” on the “surprise” he promised “birthers” in regards to the sheriff’s investigation into whether President Barack Obama is eligible to be president.Stop us if you’ve…
Governor Jan Brewer, no doubt under direct orders from her puppetmaster consultant Chuck Coughlin, has removed Colleen Mathis as chair of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, calling a special session of the state Legislature, so the state Senate, controlled by a supermajority of Republicans, can dutifully concur. “The Arizona Constitution…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched his 55th illegal-immigrant roundup under the guise of an “employer sanctions operation” this morning. It netted 10 arrests — and, per usual, none of those arrested were employers, just employees, MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times.According to the Sheriff’s Office, after several weeks…
