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…
Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has dumped his “bathroom birther” bill, which would have criminalized the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone’s birth certificate doesn’t match the sign on the door.Still, Kavanagh’s not giving up — he’s got another proposal to regulate toilet usage…
Republican Representative John Kavanagh delayed a hearing on his proposal on his “bathroom birther” proposal, which would criminalize the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone’s birth certificate doesn’t match the sign on the door.It just so happened that as Kavanagh tried to sneak this one in…
The city of Phoenix is taking a step toward the possibility of having a 420-foot observation tower built with private funds in the downtown district, issuing a call for detailed plans for the project. Last week, the online news site www.theatlanticcities.com wrote about Phoenix’s recent issuance of an “RFP” –…
Arizona schools are one step closer to having guns inside them, as the Senate approved a bill that would allow school employees to carry a gun.And, only in Arizona would we have to tell you which bill calling for guns in schools that we’re talking about.See also:-Lock and Load, Lunch…
Republican Representative John Kavanagh apparently thinks people are incapable of selecting which bathroom they should do their business in.Kavanagh’s proposing making it a crime to intentionally enter a public restroom if that restroom has a designated sex, and the person “is not legally classified on the person’s birth certificate as…
As if there was a need for more reasons for Arizona to be stereotyped as a state full of gun nuts, get a load of this one from the town of Gilbert — a 5-year-old went shooting this weekend.This wasn’t a supervised shooting expedition, either. Police say the 5-year-old took…
