Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain remains on the attack when it comes to Sharon Bialek, the latest woman to accuse the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO of sexual harassment.Cain plans to address the allegations this afternoon at a press conference at a Scottsdale hotel, but apparently couldn’t wait until then to…
Protesters under the “Occupy Tucson” banner have turned to federal court to prevent getting kicked out of another city park. Dozens of occupiers settled into Tucson’s Veinte De Agosto Park after police rousted them out of Armory Park on November 3rd, but police have been ticketing them at the new…
“Fornicating” is a great word that probably doesn’t get enough use these days, but did Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry say it while talking about Prince Harry?Britain’s Daily Mail quotes Henry as saying about the son of the Prince of Wales: ‘There are probably some fathers here who would go…
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…
Today’s the big day: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce could potentially get a voter-assisted boot from his powerful position in Arizona state government.Pearce has pulled out some of the slimiest stops imaginable to keep his current gig in the state Senate — recruiting a sham candidate with a Hispanic-sounding last…
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claims that the most-recent allegations of sexual harassment against him could be the result of a cash-strapped woman and her left-wing “activist” attorney, Gloria Allred.Cain’s campaign just issued a press release addressing the new allegations. In addition to the jabs at Allred and his newest…
Faced with the choice of sticking to principles or attending a fun-filled fall conference in Phoenix on the public dime, guess what politicians from El Paso, Texas and Washington State are doing? That’s right — margaritas and networking! Whoo-hoo! In fact, the National League of Cities itself — which officially condemned Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law…
A Scottsdale man who once was a volunteer with a Valley Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested/urinated on a 6-year-old boy.Read our initial post on Ali Chitsaz here — pretty sick…
Some people spend their entire lives learning the ins and outs of the “blame game.” If it’s not the crack cocaine or the booze that caused me to go off the deep end and nearly beat a woman to death back in 1989, it’s the victim herself who put me…
Steven Davis, 28, apparently is a car thief, which a 15-year veteran of the Tucson Police Department learned fairly quickly when Davis stole his police cruiser over the weekend and led cops on a 50-mile chase. That, however, was only after ditching a vehicle he’d (allegedly) previously stolen in the…
The latest addition to New Times’ ongoing series on naked meth-heads is 39-year-old Mark Brian Lockhead, who was found naked — and, of course, hopped up on meth — outside a Phoenix motel Friday night.About 9 p.m. Friday, Phoenix police were called to the Paradise Motel at 2433 East Van…
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…
The Arizona Cardinals snapped a six-game losing streak with a dramatic overtime win against the St. Louis Rams yesterday in Glendale.The score was tied at 13 at the end of regulation — then the Cards’ first-round draft pick in last this year’s draft, Patrick Peterson, got all Patrick Peterson on…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo we snapped of presidential candidate Herman Cain and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest..We had more than 40 responses in the comment section of…
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…
Gaylord Sports Management — a Scottsdale-based talent agency for professional athletes — has a little work to do on the PR front; in addition to once employing a guy who’s currently accused of trying to have a threesome with two underage girls, a porn star is now claiming she was…
A Phoenix woman is heading to the big house after pleading guilty to charges that she killed her 79-year-old husband — before dumping his body on an Indian reservation and setting it on fire — back in 2005. Larissa Garcia’s late husband, Daniel Garcia, was the father of at least…
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…
