Anonymous Blogger Takes Issue With Anti-Arpaio Goldwater Report

An anonymous local political blog has been getting some right-wing attention this morning with its claim that the conservative Goldwater Institute has “gone way off the deep end” with their critical report on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Liberty’s Apothecary has many problems with the Institute’s report, but a big one is that…

On Racist Remarks and Furry Creatures

Why is it that those of us who oppose illegal immigration are called racist by many Mexicans? Personally, I think Hispanic people are beautiful and a diverse people who contribute tremendously to our culture (and spicy hot as well!). At the same time, I oppose illegals who wander across the…

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 4, 2008

NO TO JANET Attacking the juggernaut: Just read your great article (“Nope,” Michael Lacey, November 27). I found it telling, interesting, and very well written. So why can’t others see the obvious picture here? The juggernaut of this dynamic duo [Governor Janet Napolitano and Sheriff Joe Arpaio] seems to keep…

CityNorth: We’re Giving Away $97 Million for This?

I went shopping last week. I’ve been trying to spend less money — if this country’s really about to enter its next Great Depression, I don’t want to be the idiot who wasted her last paycheck on champagne and a new cocktail dress. But my resolve evaporated when I read…

Nation’s Oldest Death Row Inmate Will Never Be Executed

A few weeks ago, an elderly gentleman named Viva Leroy Nash wrote to New Times about the death penalty. “Now that our stubborn President Bush is about to leave office,” Nash wrote in a shaky hand, “it appears that our overly tenacious state prosecutors won’t be so brazen as to…

Staff Writer Wanted

New Times has an immediate opening for a full-time staff writer. We’re looking for a journalist with sharp investigative skills who understands the difference between magazine-style reporting and the hurried fact-finding of daily newspaper reporting. If your copy is as much a pleasure to read as it is well researched,…

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to Fly in Vintage B-17 Bomber

Look, up in the sky! It’s the mayor! Despite a crash landing in September while trimming a tree, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon will climb aboard a WWII-era bomber on Thursday for an exhibition flight. A new release by the mayor’s office doesn’t state any particular purpose for the flight, but the…

Free Hot Air Balloon Rides at Event Condemning Costs of Global Warming Solutions

The right-leaning American for Prosperity group is bringing its Hot Air Tour to Phoenix on Saturday, offering tethered hot air balloon rides and speeches on the huge costs of trying to solve global warming. Tom Jenney, director of the AFP’s Arizona chapter, says the tour doesn’t directly address the science behind climate change theories. Rather, it focuses on the pricetag of the…

Woman Jumps or Falls From Interstate 10 Off-Ramp After Getting Shot

  A 28-year-old woman shot in the stomach while driving on Interstate 10 early Sunday may have jumped off the westbound 19th Avenue off-ramp to escape her would-be killer. The woman, a caregiver for the elderly, fell 21 feet, breaking bones in her face, wrists and a leg. Despite her injuries, she’s expected to survive…

Editors Take Big Hits in Arizona Republic Layoffs

The latest round of layoffs at the Arizona Republic includes numerous editors and photographers, sources in the know tell New Times. Here’s a partial list of those who got the axe, according to the latest scuttlebutt. (Please let us know if anything is incorrect!):…

ASU Play-By-Play Great Tom Dillon Dies

This has been a terribly tough year for local sportswriters and, now, announcers. Veteran scribes Bob Moran and Bob Eger died earlier in 2008 — Moran after a long illness and Eger after a short one. Both had been part of the fabric of the local sports scene for as…

Into the Hornets Nest: Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Tonight

After the surprising New Orleans Hornets elbowed their way into the conversation last season, it’s like every NBA analyst starting taking lessons from Jan Brady of The Brady Bunch. Paul, Paul, Paul! That’s pretty much all you ever hear about the Hornets — praise for their jet-fueled point guard, Chris…