Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff,” is all about holding people accountable for their actions — so it was a little suspicious when he testified at the Arizona Bar’s ethics hearing for shamed former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and couldn’t remember a friggin’ thing.As we pointed out…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio testified — under oath — yesterday during the state Bar disciplinary hearing for disgraced former County Attorney Andrew Thomas.As our colleague Stephen Lemons points out in his story on the hearing, it was a performance “worthy of a Mafia don.”See Lemons’ story here.Arpaio claims he…
AZ Urbanathlon, an obstacle-course race scheduled to take place on November 5 near Scottsdale, has changed its name to AZ Urban Race following a federal trademark complaint.Rodale, the publisher of Men’s Health magazine, says it owns the rights to the name “Urbanathlon” in the complaint it filed last week. Men’s…
In what looks like a less-than-smooth move by Democrats someone apparently attempting to help Republican Jerry Lewis’ challenge of state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 recall, a group incorporated as “Citizens United for Progress” has sent out pro-Lewis, anti-Pearce mailers without registering first with the Arizona…
In a performance worthy of a Mafia don, Sheriff Joe Arpaio dissembled under oath today in a disciplinary hearing for disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and Thomas’ ex-underlings, former deputy county attorneys Rachel Alexander and Lisa Aubuchon. During more than two hours of questioning, mostly by counsel for…
Gilman slams Patterson in his latest. Nice laugh track, Dennis.In the wake of the Olivia Cortes flap in the Legislative District 18 recall race, the right-wing echo chamber has been trying its darnedest to gin up scandals involving Republican Jerry Lewis, state Senate President Russell Pearce’s challenger.First there was blogger-lobbyist Greg…
Presidential candidate Herman Cain met with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio this afternoon, but he was late to the meeting because of an unknown security threat.”We received some information that caused us to improve our security on the way over here, and I would like to leave it at that,”…
Part one of Gilman’s report from the front lines of Occupy PhoenixMy focus is, and must remain, through November 8, the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce in Legislative District 18. That means there’s a lot going on that I won’t be able to cover till after the recall…
Today, Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann both will be in Phoenix to kiss a little GOP ass/talk about immigration issues.Bachmann will be puckering up for Senate President Russell Pearce at 10:30 a.m., and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain will take a knee at the derriere…
Kudos to Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik for this story about state Senate President Russell Pearce landing in scalding H2O with his own Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was at the same recent Republican Legislative District 18 meeting, and when I learned about the footage of it available online…
According to minutes from the infamous September 15 GOP Legislative District 19 meeting, where an effort by supporters of state Senate President Russell Pearce to place sham candidate Olivia Cortes on the LD 18 recall ballot was exposed, Justice of the Peace Lester Pearce stumped for his brother and opposed…
If you want to hear Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detectives describe the “blatant” corruption they saw under the leadership of Joe Arpaio, tune in now to the State Bar’s disciplinary hearing for former County Attorney Andrew Thomas. (If that direct link doesn’t work, click here and then click on the…
Pearce’s smear of Lewis is one big bag of bullDo self-described “patriots” have a problem with the truth? They do when they’re working for state Senate President Russell Pearce.This attack ad from the group “Patriots for Pearce,” run by Jesse Hernandez, a staffer for Republican Arizona Congressman David Schweikert, picks…
The first thing you need to know about Greg Patterson of the right-wing Espresso Pundit blog is that he is a lobbyist. According to the Arizona Secretary of State’s website, he has been a registered lobbyist since 1997. To be fair, he doesn’t hide this fact in his online bio. Still, it…
Notwithstanding the delusional devotion of my lefty friends for Arizona’s Clean Elections system, I will be happy when the final nail is driven into its coin-filled coffin.Why? Constantin Querard, for starters. Far right political hacks such as Querard have cleverly gamed Clean Elections for the advancement of newbie wingnut politicos,…
God, I love Republicans. Especially the crazy ones. They’re just way too easy. In fact, whether or nor state Senate President Russell Pearce survives the Legislative District 18 recall race, I’ll be heartbroken, as right now, every day is a day of Thanksgiving for me.Take this fake Web page by…
State Senate President Russell Pearce and his political hatchet-bearer Constantin Querard must have Tom Ryan dolls they push pins into at night. Attorney Ryan, who brought the lawsuit that forced sham candidate Olivia Cortes out of the recall race in Legislative District 18, is coming after Pearce and Querard like…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio met with leaders from the Methodist Border Mission Network at his Phoenix office this afternoon to discuss — amongst other things — some issues the group has with the sheriff’s policies towards illegal immigration.But that’s not the big news — the big news is that…
Remember that line from M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, “I see dead people”? Well, if you’re familiar with the residents of Mesa, you’ll see some deceased individuals on state Senate President Russell Pearce’s campaign Web site, as part of his lengthy “Friends of Russell” list.You’ll also see some names…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Painful Rectal Itch, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest (and you gave us an excuse to use the term “painful rectal itch” in a headline). On Friday, we asked readers…
Eye of the tiger, indeed…State Senate hopeful Jerry Lewis, the man seeking to topple the most powerful politician in Arizona, landed several verbal blows both during and after his debate in Mesa Thursday with state Senate President Russell Pearce, as you can see in this latest video from my colleague…
The last time Under Siege star Steven Seagal was in town, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office took some heat when it used a tank to apprehend a suspected cockfighter. The criticism went further when allegations surfaced that Seagal murdered a puppy.The allegations that Seagal killed a puppy haven’t been proven,…
