Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio vowed on Tuesday to get to the bottom of what they call a serious corruption problem among county leaders and judges. Their afternoon news conference followed the announcement earlier today that County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox have been…
According to state Treasurer Dean Martin, the state of Arizona is only weeks away from having to pay state employees with IOUs. Considering state legislators are the ones who got Arizona into this mess, that sounds good to us.Martin spoke to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Infrastructure and the…
IndyCar bombshell and Scottsdale native Danica Patrick announced this morning that she will be joining the NASCAR racing circuit. Then she went on to sound like Ricky Bobby from Talladega Nights — shamelessly promoting her corporate sponsor.NASCAR drivers have the uncanny ability to work the name of their sponsors into…
Republican senators submitted a report to Congress yesterday outlining billions of dollars of useless or stupid spending in the Obama stimulus plan.What do we mean by useless or stupid? How about $100,000 for a puppet show in Minnesota or a $2 million replica railroad in Nevada.The report, spearheaded by Arizona Senator…
Michael Manning, the lawyer who’s made a mint suing Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other local miscreants, has decided not to run for Arizona Attorney General, after all.Turns out too many people are dependent on Manning’s rainmaking skills for him to leave private practice. Must be nice!”Shortly after it became public…
Maricopa County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox (left) were served with indictments this morning that accuse them of committing a long list of crimes. Stapley’s been indicted on 27 felony and misdemeanor accounts. You’re familiar with these accusations by now: perjury, false swearing, theft. He’s been ordered to report for…
An Arizona appeals court is set to issue a ruling today about whether people accused of shoplifting are entitled to jury trials…
The Town of Buckeye needs a $250,000 armored vehicle like it needs another foreclosure sign — but that’s what it’s getting thanks to federal largess. The federal Homeland Security department gave Buckeye a grant for the 8.5-ton Lenco Bearcat vehicle. It’s supposed to arrive by May of next year, reports the…
How much would you spend on a bra? $10? $20? Some women may be willing to spend even more, but to get your ta-tas in the cups of this year’s hottest bra, you’re gonna have to pony-up millions.On display at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at Molina Fine Jewelers in…
Crews are busy restoring power to parts of the Valley after yesterday’s rain storms. At least 30 signals at traffic intersections and 61,000 residents are without power. A spokesman for APS says he hopes everyone will have restored electricity by noon…Police are looking to build a new station across from Fiesta…
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: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Slammed by Goldwater Institute Over Stoddard Mess Up on the Sun: Scott Weiland…
Judge Gary Donahoe, chief of the Maricopa County Superior Court’s criminal section, routinely lets criminals off without prison time, yet jailed a detention officer doing his job. That’s the gist of a December 4 news release by the Sheriff’s Office which cites six supposed examples of Donahoe’s lenient judging. The detention…
The Phoenix Coyotes officially have the worst attendance record in the NHL, and Hockey News, or the “Canadian Bible,” as it is referred to in certain circles, is blaming the team for driving down the entire league’s attendance average.The average per-game attendance for the NHL at this time last season was…
A Mesa man claims he has no idea what caused his on-again-off-again girlfriend to “turn purple” and die yesterday morning, but a member of his family told police he admitted killing her, according to court documents.Gilbert police received a call yesterday morning from a member of 21-year-old Dartanion Terrial Stroud’s family, saying…
In the spirit of giving this holiday season, the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is conducting the Holiday DUI Task Force across the state, and this week’s big winner when it comes to “giving” DUI citations is the Phoenix Police Department.The Task Force will be in effect through New Years Eve…
The Goldwater Institute can be reactionary on various issues, particularly when it comes to denouncing President Obama on health care reform, siding with the tea bag types or rah-rahing charter schools. Hell, it ain’t named after the late Senator Barry Goldwater for nothin’.Still, you have to give G.I. props for…
Inmates aren’t getting transported to the courtroom of Maricopa County Superior Judge Lisa Flores because the Sheriff’s Office hasn’t replaced Adam Stoddard, the detention officer in jail on a contempt-of-court order. If you’ve been following this case, you’ll recall that Stoddard had been assigned to Flores’ court on the day that he…
The Peoria Police Department and Silent Witness are offering a $2,000 reward for information about a man who robbed prescription drugs from a Peoria CVS last week. The man, according to police, went into the drugstore at 8332 West Thunderbird Road, flashed a large kitchen knife to employees, and asked for…
When Tim Hightower fumbled on the opening drive of the Cardinals 30-17 win over the Minnesota Vikings last night in Glendale, and the Vikings marched down the field to score with ease, you couldn’t help but to think, “Okay, here comes a classic Brett Favre beat-down.” Fortunately, that was about…
[jump] Phoenix was already considered to be a major underdog going into the match-up with El Lay at the Staples Center, and surviving a battle with a competent Pacific Division foe a couple of nights prior didn’t help their cause. The Lakers made it look easy in the 20-point rout,…
Six weeks after announcing he wouldn’t prosecute criminal-speeding cases based on photo-radar evidence, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has decided that photo-radar evidence can be used in criminal speeding cases. Barnet Lotstein, special assistant to Thomas, says what Thomas should have said initially was photo-radar evidence should be used primarily…
I’ve often fantasized about an anti-Joe Arpaio art show utilizing the talents of the Phoenix art community, a show that would address the ongoing repression and tyranny here in Marikafka County (as some call it) in specific, and our beloved state of Ari-bama, in general. I’ve even promoted the idea…
