Because I was upstairs at the Cronkite School building this past Monday watching Sheriff Joe get blistered by the journalism profs, then sung off the stage by the Freddie Mercury impersonators, I missed all the action taking place on the ground floor. There, a peaceful revolt was in full swing, with the anti-Joe…
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’s Boy Adam Stoddard: Is He in the Lower Buckeye Jail? Up on the…
Despite having the second-worst budget crisis in the country, blistering summer heat, and that whole (gulp!) Sheriff Arpaio problem in its most-populous county, Arizona is among the happiest states in the country, according to a recent survey.The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index surveyed residents of each state, asking six different questions pertaining to…
The latest news in the reshuffling of the usual suspects in state government is that Senator Jim Waring is considering a run for treasurer, assuming Treasurer Dean Martin doesn’t want to keep his job.Waring’s termed-out in the Senate, where legislators are only allowed four consecutive terms in each house, and…
Several Valley commuters got front row seats to a strip tease on the side of the I-17 this afternoon when a pissed off motorist stripped down to the buff and started throwing clothes at oncoming traffic.Department of Public Safety officials say they received a call at about 12:52 p.m. of…
Prescott police arrested a man that Department of Public Safety officers say was shining a laser pointer in the eyes of a pilot flying a helicopter that was perusing two robbery suspects. On Wednesday night, a DPS air rescue helicopter was called to assist officers trailing two armed robbery suspects,…
A Phoenix man got the boot from a city library for downloading an image on a library computer of a topless woman that he claims is “art.” The library security guard, unfortunately, says it’s porn and banned the man from the library indefinitely.Long-time Phoenix resident Mike Seibert, 50, says he was…
The top judge at the Maricopa County Superior Court took a strong stance against four judicial complaints filed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s chief deputy, calling them “false, frivolous and slanderous.” Here’s the entire statement released this morning by Presiding Judge Barbara Mundell (pictured at left): None of the judges have…
In this week’s print edition, New Times examines Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ habit of hiring pricey outside lawyers — and then letting them run up huge bills for less than stellar work.We couldn’t help but notice that some of the same firms billing the county for the biggest sums…
Pamela Phillips, the Tucson socialite accused of paying a man to murder her rich hubby back in 1996, was introduced to the long arm of the law when she was arrested yesterday in Austria. Authorities believe that Phillips was behind the murder of her ex-husband, real-estate tycoon Gary Triano. Phillips, according to police,…
When NBC moved this Sunday’s Cardinals-Vikings game from a locally broadcast afternoon game to a nationally televised primetime game, it was probably expecting a middle-aged showdown between two of the league’s most seasoned quarterbacks. The combined age of Kurt Warner and Brett Favre is 78, and a meeting on the field between two extremely veteran…
Police are investigating an early-morning shooting in Sun City West. Police say three men knocked on the door of a house, exchanged words with a man believed to be the homeowner, and then fired several shots at the man. He was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition…Two female junior…
There’s beaucoup speculation out there about the location of MCSO detention officer Adam Stoddard, the poor, poor deputy (sniff) who’s been jailed for contempt of court by Judge Gary Donahoe following Stoddard’s refusal to apologize for his videotaped swiping of a public defender’s docs right off her desk.My colleague Sarah…
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: Ron Paul’s “Ronulans” Go Gaga Over Documentary For Liberty Tonight Up on the Sun: Show…
The county lawyer for a detention officer thrown in jail for contempt of court refused to say on Thursday whether the officer was being held in a cell. Adam Stoddard (left) was officially booked into jail this morning following two nights he spent in jail “voluntarily,” according to his lawyer,…
It’s been quite a year of ups and downs for Don Stapley, one of five members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. He started 2009 under the burden of 118 criminal counts. In September, the charges were dismissed because of a technicality that is now being appealed. Three days after the…
The ghoulish actors and actresses featured in state and county sponsored anti-meth campaigns apparently aren’t cutting it, so the Attorney General Terry Goddard’s office is now turning to children to get the job done.As part of the Arizona Meth Project’s “Not Even Once” campaign, the AG’s office is asking seventh…
Swine-flu virus is causing more than just a case of the runs and a high fever — now it’s affecting our cyber-health, too, in the form of a new computer virus.Centers for Disease Control officials say there is a new computer virus stemming from an email that claims to give information…
Whenever Congressman Ron Paul shuffles off this mortal coil, he’ll have no dearth of hagiographers. Indeed, he already has plenty, like the makers of the documentary For Liberty, who have produced a slavish, worshipful portrait of the man and the movement that will be screened at Tempe’s Harkins Valley Art…
In May, we told you about Miriam Hayenga, the tennis champ-turned-developer who found her plans up-ended by arbitrary bureaucracy at Phoenix City Hall — plus some bungled legal work from prominent attorney Paul Gilbert.Because of Gilbert’s insider status, we titled the Web version of the story, “Don’t Even Think About…
There are few things more maddening than getting stuck behind some old person doing 35 miles per hour, and the City of Phoenix may have found a solution.This week, the city launched a program called “Senior Cab,” where it offers senior citizens vouchers for cab rides at a discounted rate…
The Phoenix Suns are inviting twinkle-toed geriatrics in the Phoenix area to head over to the U.S. Airways Arena this Saturday and bust-a-move with the hopes of joining the team’s elderly dance squad, the “Golden Grannies.”If selected, each Granny will have the distinguished honor of performing dance routines during half-time at…
