The Arizona state Senate was scheduled to debate the humiliating “Birther” bill yesterday, but that didn’t happen — the Senate has postponed a preliminary vote on the bill.The bill already has failed in the Arizona Legislature twice — once last year and once in the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year. However,…
Despite state Representative Judy Burges’ humiliating “Birther Bill” having failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year, it has found its way back to the Legislature via a strike-everything amendment. Sadly, a preliminary vote on the bill will be taken in the Senate today.The bill is slightly different from…
Candidates in the Phoenix mayor’s race carefully measured their words during a forum hosted by Equality Arizona, a political organization that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality. The Monday night forum included questions to gauge candidates’ stances on same-sex marriage and discrimination in housing and employment within city…
President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he will seek a second term in office, despite the piss-poor economy, the high unemployment rate, the border mess, Libya, Japan, the housing crisis, and flaking on campaign promises like closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Let the rhetoric commence. On the Republican side,…
If you’re planning to run against Congressman Jeff Flake for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, you should understand — the guy’s got some cash.Flake announced today that his campaign has raised $1 million in three months.”Our tremendous finance committee includes most of Arizona’s hardest-working Republicans, and…
Former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth thinks the reason Arizona’s medicaid program is in such bad financial shape is that it covers people who are in the country illegally. The only problem with that is Arizona’s medicaid program doesn’t actually cover the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants.Oh, J.D., how we’ve missed…
A former Goodyear City Council candidate is sticking to her story that a state Republican Party leader told her she could get Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s endorsement by paying $2,000. The Politico Mafioso blog reported this interesting example of sleazy politics on Tuesday after perusing the SCA report we published last week. Buried in…
God, apparently, is a little indecisive.Despite having suggested earlier in the week that he would announce plans Saturday to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jon Kyl, Congressman Trent Franks — who said earlier this month he would leave the final decision about whether he’d run to the man upstairs –…
The Arizona Senate gave final approval earlier this week to the second of two controversial abortion bills to pass through the Legislature this year. This one’s aimed at guilting women out of ending their pregnancies and places more restrictions on abortions by pill.HB 2416, approved 18-10 by the Senate on Wednesday, forces…
Meghan McCain, the overly vocal daughter of Senator John McCain, does not expect the upcoming HBO movie about her family and her pop’s failed bid for the presidency in 2008 to paint her in the most positive light. In fact, she expects to be “crucified.”As we mentioned earlier this month,…
Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle spoke at the Congressional Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington D.C. last night, and heard only the soft chirping of crickets after many of his jabs at the media and other elected officials. Then, he took aim at Politico, his arch-nemesis in the fourth estate.Quayle’s attempt at stand-up comedy…
With the enemies of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on the defensive, responsibility for the county’s civil lawsuits has been returned to the County Attorney’s Office.The Supes had essentially fired former County Attorney Andrew Thomas from his job as the county’s main civil lawyer after Thomas and his buddy,…
God, apparently, has made up his mind: Congressman Trent Franks, who said earlier this month he would leave the decision on whether he’d run for Senate up to the man upstairs, will reportedly run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl — an announcement he plans to…
Despite there being no evidence to support state Senator Nancy Barto’s claim that “sex-selection abortions are happening in this country,” Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial bill into law banning race/gender-based abortions.The new law forces any doctor who performs an abortion to sign an affidavit confirming that the reason for…
C’mon people … where is the competition?Greg Stanton, former deputy attorney general and Phoenix councilman, continues his lead in a straw poll for the mayor’s race at the Arrogant Butcher, a new-ish downtown restaurant at 2 E. Jefferson Street. Stanton had the lead in the first week with 168 votes, and…
Phoenix is safer now than it has been in the past 25 years, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon told hundreds of people who showed up today for his State of City speech. Even so, he said his top priority for 2011 — his final year as mayor — is to get more more…
The Phoenix Police Department announced that following an investigation, it’s been determined that state Senator Scott Bundgaard should be charged with assault for the February 25, freeway fracas with his now-ex-girlfriend Aubry Ballard.Ballard, on the other hand, was taken into custody the night of the incident, but released with the assault…
If you happen to have a problem with a Sasquatch trampling your lawn or unicorns eating your shrubs or a leprechaun’s running amok in your garage, just call state Representative Steve Montenegro or state Senator Nancy Barto — they seem to have a knack for solving problems that don’t actually exist…on…
The Phoenix Police Department has completed its investigation into the February freeway fracas between Senator Scott Bundgaard and his then-gal-pal Aubry “Heavyweight Champion of the Highway” Ballard and concluded that Bundgaard should be charged with assault.Ballard was initially charged with assault following the fight, but that charge was dropped after…
Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake announced earlier this week that he’s changing his stance on comprehensive immigration reform in order to focus on securing the border. Flake, a one-time rare-for-Arizona Republican advocate of a guest-worker program and a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, now says he’s only focused on securing…
The Arizona Republic took a look at what Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon hopes to accomplish in the final months of his time in office.It was a sweet piece looking at how Gordon is trying to execute his lofty goals in the scant nine months he has in office.And what a…
Well that didn’t take long.Just over a month after announcing his candidacy for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, Congressman Jeff Flake has gone the route of Senator John McCain and caved to Arizona’s culture of Conservative kookdom by abandoning his support of comprehensive immigration reform.Flake, a…
