If the plot to give 12 point-loser and former state Senate President Russell Pearce $260,000 is squashed (and I’m not convinced that it has been), it will be because of the efforts of Randy Parraz and Citizens for a Better Arizona, the folks that made the Pearce recall a reality…
For those who are struggling to find differences between Congressmen David Schweikert and Ben Quayle in their impending primary election in CD6, House activity late last week brought another division between the two.Despite the popular belief, there actually are differences in the House records of Schweikert and Quayle, and the…
U.S. Senate candidate Wil Cardon is liked by thousands of people.Unfortunately, most of those people are in Bangladesh, according to the campaign of his primary opponent Jeff Flake, which is thinking Cardon’s the latest politician to fudge the numbers on a social media website in the name of popularity.Similar to…
Back in 1993, Mark Mitchell — who’s running for mayor of Tempe — was involved in an incident with police at a Mill Avenue bar.Mitchell’s opponent in the mayoral race, Michael Monti, is now making it a campaign issue (in 2012), claiming Mitchell’s “distort[ing] the truth” about what happened.It boils…
Governor Jan Brewer was in Washington this week to defend the controversial immigration law known as SB 1070 — or as Brewer called it, a trip to “defend our state against President Obama, Eric Holder and the Justice Department.”Brewer’s been taking full advantage of 1070’s date with the Supreme Court,…
Less than four hours after Congressman Ben Quayle let New Times know he’d be introducing an amendment to address privacy concerns in the latest controversial Internet-related bill, he did — and it passed less than an hour ago.Quayle’s amendment to address privacy concerns in the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection…
The picture above was an interesting sighting at the corner of Baseline and McClintock in Tempe today. As you can see, “your” cops apparently support Michael Monti for Tempe mayor.That’s interesting, seeing as it was just a few weeks ago that a Monti fan complained that “your” firefighters support Mark Mitchell…
After the bills known as “SOPA” and “PIPA” were shelved amid some mass protests from online communities, there’s a new bill in Congress that has the Internet riled up — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or “CISPA.”The bill has been referred to numerous times as being “worse than…
SB 1070 got its (nth) day in court yesterday, with oral arguments being heard over the immigration law in the highest court of the land.Check out Stephen Lemons’ analysis on the fate of 1070.The last time we polled our readers about what the Supreme Court would do with the law,…
Just as oral arguments wrapped up at the U.S. Supreme Court over SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration-enforcement law that essentially criminalizes an undocumented immigrant’s presence in Arizona, Congressman Paul Gosar made an appearance on MSNBC. Gosar is running for a seat in Arizona’s conservative Fourth Congressional District against embattled Pinal…
A woman is lurking under the crusty exterior of Governor Jan Brewer, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the laws she inks. On April 12, Brewer signed HB2036, also known as the “Mother’s Health and Safety Act.” The law prohibits abortion after 20 weeks “except in cases when the…
Queerty, a popular online magazine, offered commentary about a $1,000-a-ticket fundraiser that Log Cabin Republicans are hosting for “scandal-plagued” Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, summing up the situation thusly: Vom. From Queerty: In the fantasy world Republicans live in, a closeted sheriff accused of threatening to deport his Mexican ex-amigo…
It wouldn’t be surprising to anyone that Mexican people are crossing the border between Mexico and the United States, but according to research, they’re actually going the other way — leaving the United States and going to Mexico.According to a report released today by the Pew Hispanic Center, it appears…
Senate Bill 1070 is due to be heard in the Supreme Court this week, as the oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday.Today’s the second anniversary of the immigration bill being signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer, and since then — or even before that — everyone’s developed an opinion…
If we learned something from congressman-turned-lobbyist-turned-congressional-candidate Matt Salmon this week, it’s that the tea party doesn’t seem to appreciate comparing politics with the guy who said fine, kill Jesus if you really want to. (That’s paraphrased a little.)That’s the highlight from this week’s debate between Salmon and Kirk Adams –…
Here’s a tip: If you’re planning on doing something that may be a crime, don’t tell the state’s largest paper before doing so.Apparently our tip is a little late, as it would seem that a fan of Tempe mayoral candidate Michael Monti did that yesterday.Legislative District 17 Republicans chairman A.J…
Arizona’s House Bill 2549 — which was derailed after a critic’s view that it was a “bill to censor electronic speech” caught on — now has some proposed changes.Based on the complaints from the main catalyst for the outrage on the Internet — the Media Coalition — the changes still…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is still trying to win a seat in Congress, despite the unflattering information about the sheriff that seems to come out with regularity during his campaign.First it was Babeu as Sheriff studboi1, and his ex-lover’s allegations that the sheriff threatened him with deportation — a…
Former Democratic U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini — who’s currently on the Arizona Board of Regents — has been added to the roster of witnesses for next week’s Senate immigration subcommittee hearing on Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070.New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, the chair of that subcommittee, initially tried to peg…
Contributions to congressional hopeful Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu barely trickled in during March, with the once-popular lawman pocketing a mere $6,700 in the wake of multiple scandals that have enveloped him, his agency and his campaign. By comparison, Congressman Paul Gosar, who is also running for a seat in…
Next week’s U.S. Senate immigration subcommittee hearing on Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 is shaping up to be more exciting than initially billed — at least as “exciting” as something aired on C-SPAN can get.Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce, the author of the bill, has already committed to being in…
Last year, people were creating a stink after it was discovered that some Arizona legislators got tickets and trips to sporting events thanks to the Fiesta Bowl.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery explained in December that none of the politicos would face charges, saying prosecutors were unable to “find evidence leading to…
