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,”…
Eric Coulter, 18, fatally shot his former girlfriend in the face early Saturday morning. According to Coulter, it was an accident, which police find highly unlikely for a number of reasons.For starters, his explanation of how the gun “accidentally” went off makes no sense. Then there’s the fact that the…
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was in Phoenix this morning, where she met with local politicos at the State Capitol to talk about illegal immigration and, to quote Senator John McCain, completing “the dang fence.”Aside from blowing a few kisses at the asses of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona…
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…
The “Occupy Phoenix” protest against corporate greed, the Fed, the government, the banks, politicians, lobbyists, “the corporations” (etc., etc., etc.), has come to an end.(Ahem) Shockingly, nothing’s really changed — the Fed still exists, lobbyists still are lobbying, and “the corporations” are still in the business of making money.A few things changed…
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…
Last week, we asked our readers to let us know what they would say to state Senate President Russell Pearce’s sham “candidate,” Olivia Cortes, if they bumped into her somewhere and got to tell her to her face what they think of her — and Pearce’s — sleazy attempt to manipulate Democracy…
“Legalize Marijuana. Gov. Brewer Has Alzheimers (sic). Lying Whore.”That’s what was written on the protest sign that welcomed us to the “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration in downtown Phoenix this afternoon — and at least that sign was spelled correctly (almost). There were hippies, teachers, communists, anarchists, stoners, militant black guys, people…
The “pre-occupation” of downtown Phoenix kicked off tonight with a march from the downtown Civic Space to Caesar Chavez Plaza — and it apparently was pretty lame.Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times there were no arrests, no mayhem, and nothing that will do anything to promote any sort…
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…
Hundreds of angry protesters are expected in downtown Phoenix this afternoon to march from the downtown Civic Space to Cesar Chavez Plaza as the precursor to tomorrow’s scheduled “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration.However, “THIS IS NOT THE OCCUPATION,” the group behind the “Occupy Phoenix” movement says.Today’s march, scheduled to kick off at…
If you need a personal trainer, 35-year-old Shahin Nasirinia might be your man…assuming you also want to get felt up and potentially “dry humped.”Two women have accused Nasirinia — who currently lives in Tempe on a foreign work visa — of touching them inappropriately under the guise of stretching them…
A 2-year-old boy is currently brain dead and will likely die following a beating by 20-year-old Gregory Amador.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Amador called police about 10:30 yesterday morning to report that “his son’s” eyes had rolled into the back of his head and he was unresponsive.The…
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…
Before Wednesday’s raid of a marijuana promoter Al Sobol’s compassion club, Phoenix police officials discussed a pending court case on the legality, in general, of such clubs. Cops then decided to move forward with the raid based on the same, thorny legal questions now before a Maricopa Superior Court judge…
Tommy McKey Reed was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where Judge Paul McMurdie sentenced him to life in prison for the 2010 murder of a man he met through a gay social networking app for his iPhone.Reed pleaded guilty earlier this year to first-degree murder in the…
The Amber Alert for missing Glendale 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley has been called off more than two days after her disappearance, as investigators move into the second phase of their investigation.Additionally, police are not searching a nearby landfill, as other news outlets have reported (ABC 15, we’re looking at you), Glendale…
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…
Every Friday, we give our readers an opportunity to sound off about current events in the form of a contest we call You Write the Caption.In honor of sham Russell Pearce recall election “candidate” Olivia Cortes abandoning her “candidacy,” we’ve decided to change things up a little bit.This week, we’re…
Jahessye Shockley, a Glendale 5-year-old, has been missing for what is now over two days.Frankly, as MSNBC holds hourly updates on the search for missing Kansas City baby Lisa Irwin, we figured the disappearance of a 5-year-old Arizona girl might warrant some national ink. But it hasn’t. Locally, however –…
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…
