There’s been much squawking in Phoenix about the need to outsource, to privatize and to slash government costs — and it was a pledge that many of the six mayoral candidates made as they ran in the first leg of the Phoenix election.Now that the field of candidates in the…
To be honest, the only reason we requested the arrest report for Bruce Nicholas Wardell was because we were so impressed/terrified by his epic mullet. What he allegedly did to get arrested is just as horrific as his frizzy “party in the back.”Wardell was arrested Tuesday and is currently charged…
Stayed up to watch all of the baseball games that mattered last night–which were several. May we be allowed to understate for once?Greatest finish to a regular season in the history of the game.At home, the Arizona Diamondbacks needed to win and the Milwaukee Brewers needed to lose to give…
The Arizona Diamondbacks almost pulled off another come-from-behind rally to end the regular season last night, but ultimately came up short. Despite a late-game grand slam (which seems to have become as common a base hit this week), the team lost 7-5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field…
Cortes talks to ABC 15Greg Western, Cortes’ “adviser,” chats with ABC 15Keep in mind as you watch these ABC 15 interviews, first with sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes, then with Cortes’ “adviser” and Pearce loyalist Greg Western, that Cortes’ sticking her face out the door of her humble condo is…
Did you hear the one about 79-year-old Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio considering a run for the United States Senate?That’s not a joke — Arpaio, at 79, really claims to be considering running for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Anyone who knows anything about America’s self-proclaimed “toughest…
SAD SONGS Music does give comfort: Your story “Facing the Music” was truly inspiring. I wept as I read it (Kholood Eid, September 15). If you’ve ever had a relative lingering on his or her deathbed, you know how deeply depressed everybody is. Sometimes, the family is even more depressed…
Chuck Bauer loved his job as a lieutenant at the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye. He gradually had risen in rank over eight years (in two stints) with the Arizona Department of Corrections, winning Supervisor of the Year at Lewis twice. But the 56-year-old Peoria resident says he became increasingly…
I hear that at the last Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing about redistricting, some lady accused Supervisor Gloria Molina of Reconquista. What is that — and what on earth is going on over there? I don’t get what all the fuss is about. The U.S. Census says that…
It’s election night, and the crowd is exuberant inside the auditorium at Civic Space Park on Arizona State University’s downtown Phoenix campus. The celebration on August 20 is about the re-election of Councilman Michael Nowakowski and the victory of Greg Stanton, a mayoral candidate who ended the night with the…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
Olivia Cortes, the so-called “sham” recall candidate supported by backers of state Senate President Russell Pearce, will appear in Maricopa County Superior Court tomorrow before Judge Edward Burke in a hearing to determine whether she will remain on the November 8 ballot in Legislative District 18.Both Tom Ryan, the attorney…
President Barack Obama today told a representative of a national Latino group that Arizona’s is not the model the rest of the country should mirror when it comes to handling illegal immigration.Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio responded by issuing a press release saying that not only are his methods of…
A 16-year-old Mohave County boy died Sunday after shooting himself while playing Russian Roulette.Several of his friends witnessed the shooting, police say.According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, the teen, Kevin Jervey Hudgens, and several other kids were in a travel trailer in Hudgens’ backyard when he fatally shot himself…
Despite having a samurai sword in his possession at the time, convicted felon Albert Tejada, 31, lost a fight with a dog Monday morning.In all fairness to Tejada, it was a police K-9 dog, and he was running from authorities at the time, but the guy still brought a friggin’…
A suspicious vehicle has closed a street near the Tucson courtroom where Jared Loughner appeared for a hearing today — and the rumor mill already is churning out unsubstantiated yarns that probably aren’t true.The Tucson Police Department confirms to New Times that the bomb squad was called in to investigate…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he’s not ruling out running for the Senate seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl — which, if history tells us anything, is complete bullshit just another one of the sheriff’s feeble cries for…
Following yesterday’s gang shakeup in south Phoenix, authorities are now well-equipped to make one hell of a rap video — they seized cocaine, dozens of fancy cars, and enough cash to make it rain for days.The Phoenix Police Department, as well as several other law enforcement agencies, carried out “Operation…
We actually were compiling our list of top-20 moments and characters from the Arizona Diamondbacks’ improbable 2011 season, when (to steal a line from the great Vin Scully), the impossible happened and Ryan Roberts hit his grand-slam walk-off homer to beat the Dodgers. Scully, of course, made his legendary call when…
The U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau, the same agency that lets drug cartel members buy guns, is warning firearms dealers not to sell to medical marijuana users.In an open letter to the nation’s licensed firearms sellers, the ATF reminds dealers that federal law prohibits any user of a controlled…
Shananigans, shenanigans, and yet more shenanigans. Sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes and state Senate President’s knuckle-draggin’ supporters are the gifts that keeps on giving.Gone are the days, alas, when I had them all to myself. Now it seems every journalist in the Valley, and many beyond, are swarming around their…
Ryan Roberts hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night at Chase Field to keep the Arizona Diamondbacks in the hunt for home-field advantage in the first round the National League Division Series, which starts Saturday. The 7-6 win was the D-Backs’ league-leading 48th…
