Democrat Fred DuVal has made his candidacy for governor official, as one of only two Dems whose names have been tossed around in the media for the seat in 2014.DuVal has a lot of titles you could use to describe him, like former underling to President Clinton and Governor Bruce…
A Republican testified before a Senate committee Monday to call the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill an “excellent starting point,” but said he feels that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families were left out of the proposed legislation.No, this isn’t the The Onion.See also:-Pervgate…
Senator John McCain is doing a pretty good job, according to hardly anyone.That’s according to a poll from Behavior Research Center, which says McCain’s 26 percent approval rating among Arizonans is the lowest level in 21 years.See also:-John McCain Bucks the NRA, Supports Expanding Background Checks for Gun Sales-John McCain…
There’s no surprise here: Governor Jan Brewer doesn’t support the so-called “Gang of Eight” immigration proposal, and her predictable reasoning is that the “border is not secure.”Brewer’s explanation seems fairly meaningless, though, as her spokesman Matt Benson tells New Times there’s “not a specific definition” for “secure border.”See also:-“Gang of…
Republican Senator John McCain announced today his support for an amendment that calls for an expansion of the federal background-check system for gun sales, an amendment that’s specifically being targeted for defeat by the National Rifle Association.According to all the newspapers in Washington, the so-called “Manchin-Toomey amendment” is likely headed…
An outline of the immigration bill formed by the “Gang of Eight” — which includes Arizona’s Republican Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake — has been released.There’s a whole lot of stuff in this outline, including some of the more specific details on immigration law, but it includes sections on…
Today in Found at the Border, a Phoenix man tried to cross the border into Mexico with almost $11,000 in his shoes.It might sound like a cash-hiding method that would be obvious to the authorities, but that’s not quite the case.See also:-Bell Peppers Will Not Disguise 2,000 Pounds of Weed,…
Tuesday night, Warren Stewart’s campaign says it logged a first in Phoenix politics — a town hall where participants called in and asked questions, listened to a few stump speeches, and voted on a few questions asked by the moderators. Stewart is seeking a seat on the Phoenix City Council,…
Border Patrol Agent Aaron Anaya, who said he was “fucked” after getting caught smuggling about 147 pounds of marijuana into the United States while on the job, was more or less correct in his assessment.Anaya signed a plea agreement today that will send him to prison for five years.See also:-Border…
Arizona Democratic Congressman Ron Barber wants members of Congress to “share the pain” with federal employees who’ve seen a reduction in pay or will be threatened with a reduction in pay due to budget cuts.This “pain” apparently would be felt under Barber’s proposal of a 20 percent reduction of Congress…
The “Marshal’s Office” for the FLDS towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border could become the reason for a new $420,000 burden on taxpayers.It turns out that Attorney General Tom Horne won’t continue to use his office’s funds to pay the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office for extra…
As you may know by now, Bisbee became last week the first city in the state to give same-sex couples the right to a civil union.Not mentioned in any of the news coverage, however, was that comedian Doug Stanhope, perhaps the best-known Bisbee resident, showed up to the city council…
Former Arizona State University quarterback Andrew Walter wants to be a congressman.Walter, a Republican, would have to beat out the rest of the Republican field, then presumably defeat Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema to do so.See also:-Marc Victor Planning to Run Against Sinema, Expects Help From Ron Paul…
Yet again, the state of Arizona is the subject of one of Comedy Central’s “news” programs, this time thanks to Tucson gun advocates who are “standing up for guns.”This time, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart profiled the gun worshipers who are protesting the gun-buyback programs in Tucson, as well…
The Utah/Arizona border towns of Colorado City and Hildale reportedly are swarming with security cameras operated by the polygamist cities’ government.Reporters from the Salt Lake Tribune counted 29 cameras across the two towns but then were told there probably were 60 operated by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of…
Republicans seem to be getting VIP tours of the border lately to see how the border-crossing magic is made.First, Senator John McCain was on a tour of the border last week when he watched a woman hop right over that “danged” border fence, and now, a Republican congressman from Utah…
Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon told a Sunday news program that he still doesn’t support gay marriage despite his son’s homosexuality. News stories about Salmon’s admission have been referencing a 2010 New Times article about the younger Salmon’s relationship with Kent Flake, cousin to Arizona Senator Jeff Flake. In an interview…
One Arizona school may need to hire guards to protect itself — not from gang violence or fear of school shootings, but from Yuma Republican State Senator and advocate of guns in schools, Don Shooter. Yuma PD says that Shooter burst into a charter school for troubled teens that his…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says today that mercy killing, or euthanasia, “is not an excuse for murder,” as 86-year-old George Sanders was sentenced today on a manslaughter charge for fatally shooting his wife.Apparently, Montgomery finds two years of unsupervised probation an acceptable sentence for “murder.”See also:-Death Wish…
Republican Representative John Kavanagh’s newest effort to regulate toilet usage in Arizona, by proposing that businesses can dictate which bathroom transgender people can use, cleared its first hurdle at the Legislature on Wednesday.With that, the scores of people who spent nearly two hours testifying on Kavanagh’s proposal — all but…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery apparently either was asked for his endorsement or offered it — depending on whom you ask — to Pastor Warren Stewart’s District 8 campaign. We asked Stewart’s campaign, and we didn’t get a straight answer at first, other than getting informed that Stewart and Montgomery…
How could you forget Senator John McCain’s “complete the danged fence” ad?”It’ll work this time,” assures underwear model/Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.Well, today, while McCain took a tour of the border, he watched a woman climb over an 18-foot border fence in Nogales…
