Jan Brewer, Russell Pearce-Inspired License Plates, a Few Suggestions

The Cronkite News Service’s Rebekah Zemansky recently reported on efforts by several legislators to add more specialized license plates to Arizona’s already vast selection.Currently, you can pick a plate to show your support for the Arizona Cardinals or declare your membership in a Masonic Fraternity. You can purchase a plate memorializing fallen…

Munnell Memo Investigation Report by Pinal Sheriff Paul Babeu is Overdue

While chatting with Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu today about border issues, we asked about his months-long investigation into allegations by Maricopa County deputy chief Frank Munnell. As Valley Fever reported on February 3, the report had been completed and was expected to be released no later than today. The situation…

Russell Pearce Pinatas? Where Can I Buy One?

So where are the Russell Pearce pinatas? Arizona’s state Senate President is the most powerful politico in Sand Land, and arguably an even greater foe of Latinos than Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who’s been “honored” in pinata form by his opponents on many occasions. But Pearce has yet to receive the pinata…

Joe Arpaio’s Tech-Guy Bob Rampy’s Crybaby, 750K Claim Against the County

What is it about certain former and current Maricopa County law enforcement officials that makes them think they’re a privileged class, entitled to make bank from county coffers whenever their feelings get hurt?We all know about the bloodsucking ways of ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, his erstwhile henchwoman Lisa Aubuchon,…

Paul Babeu’s Flack Fans Flames in Battle With Border Mayors

There’s a pissing match underway between the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office and three mayors of cities along the U.S./Mexico border — and it just got pissier.In one corner: Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. In the other: mayors Arturo Garino of Nogales, Michael Gomez, of Douglas, and Juan Escamilla, of San…

Russell Pearce’s Son Joshua Arrested, in MCSO Custody

State Senate President Russell Pearce’s son Joshua Trent Pearce was arrested February 9 by the Mesa Police Department on outstanding warrants issued by the Maricopa County Superior Court. Currently he’s cooling his heels in Durango Jail.The thirty year-old unemployed roofer had a revocation hearing scheduled for today, but it’s been…

Jan Brewer’s Medicaid Cuts Copacetic, Claim Feds

Governor Jan Brewer seems to have scored a “win,” if you can call it that, in her effort to cut hundreds of thousands of childless adults from the state’s Medicaid program, otherwise known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, or AHCCCS.Brewer recently signed legislation authorizing her to seek a…

Joe Arpaio Defends Separating Parents from Children in Worksite Raids

Videographer Dennis Gilman covered Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s recent worksite raid at the Phoenix company Great Western Erectors, and challenged Joe on separating mothers and fathers from their children during these immigration-enforcement stunts of his.Arpaio tries to slough it off, claiming he’s just enforcing the law and that you could say…

Russell Pearce for Congress, Kyrsten Sinema Hearts Russell

Sinema describes the love that dare not speak its nameNow that Congressman Jeff Flake has announced his intention to run for the seat of retiring Arizona U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, it’s safe to assume that state Senate president Russell Pearce will go after Flake’s sixth district seat in 2012.Actually, you…

Jan Brewer’s Bogus SB 1070 “Counterclaim”on a Road to Nowhere

Add one part delusion to three parts grandstanding, mixed with a healthy glob of nativism, and what do you get?Governor Jan Brewer’s SB 1070 “counterclaim” against the federal government for not protecting Arizona from “invasion.”You’d think that at least state Attorney General Tom Horne would have sense enough to know…

Russell Pearce Shoves Carlos Galindo? Let’s Go To the Videotape

Watch Pearce get aggro about 40 seconds inWant more proof that state Senator Russell Pearce can’t control his temper? Other than the alleged incidents with his spouses, present and past, that is? Not to mention the fruit-doesn’t-fall-far-from-the-tree allegations against his son Joshua.Then check this video from radio show host Carlos…

Joe Arpaio, “Media Whore,” at the Nixon Library

Sheriff Joe took his shuck-and-jive to the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California Tuesday, where he wowed a crowd of blue-hairs with his Sopranos-esque “dees, dats and does.”The YouTube video above, which borrows (read: “rips off”) footage from an Orange County Register video and a Fox News report of the event, has all…