The black eye state Senate Majority Leader Scott Bundgaard allegedly suffered as the result of a right hook from his now-ex-girlfriend, Aubry “Highway Heavyweight Champion” Ballard, is probably the least of the senator’s concerns this morning.See New Times’ story on the Rumble Next to the Carpool Lane here.Yesterday, Senate Democrats…
We regret to inform you that we nearly let Governor Jan Brewer get away with one.Since our earlier post about the governor’s vacation to Alaska, which she claims is her “first vacation in over two years as Governor,” we were reminded of a story we published last May. That story,…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s in Alaska at the moment, and the only bad news is that she’s not staying…forever.For what she claims is the first time in more than two years as Arizona’s governor, Brewer is taking a vacation.The gaffe-prone gov announced via-Twitter last week that she would be in “Alaska…
Illegal immigrants about to step over the line back into Mexico are increasingly pulled back for a short time so they can be arrested and tagged by U.S. authorities. “We don’t wave them through anymore,” Brian Levin, an Arizona spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, tells New Times…
Republicans in the Arizona state Senate pissed away their time and your tax dollars last week when they passed a resolution backing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in his budget battle with labor unions and his efforts to put restrictions on collective bargaining for public employees.Say what you will about what’s…
As you’re probably well aware, Senator Jon Kyl will not be running for re-election in 2012 — and that means the who’s who of Arizona’s GOP are all rumored to be considering a run, including fagala-phobic Congressman Trent Franks, who made it clear this weekend that the rumors are true.Franks…
Remember last year when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer crowed about all the headless bodies littering the Arizona desert?”Law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded,” the gaffe-prone governor squawked.Then, Brewer had to backtrack because there weren’t actually headless…
Last weekend, GOP Congressman Trent Franks spouted off about how President Barack Obama’s decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act was an impeachable offense — and that’s apparently all it takes to win the heart of nut-job Maricopa County GOP Chairman Rob Haney.Just hours after we posted our…
In response to allegations that his department inflated border-related kidnapping statistics to secure federal grants, Phoenix Public Safety Manager (a.k.a. double-dipping police chief) Jack Harris on Wednesday said the following: “Anyone that wants these stars can come and get them. But I’ve got news for you — I’m not giving them…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon tweets this from his iPhone: “The truth about the kidnapping stats? There was no fraud. I’m confident the audit will show that.”And Gordon, who has thrown his confidence and support behind Phoenix Public Safety Manager Jack Harris, who was stripped of his duties as police chief…
Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva made himself a target for Republicans when he called for a boycott of all things Arizona last year, but he held on to his seat by a much narrower margin than he’s used to. GOPers, it seems, still see him as vulnerable, and now, less than…
Of all the reasons Republicans think they’ve got to impeach President Barack Obama, doing it because he doesn’t necessarily view gay people getting married as the end of the world is one of the stupidest (the “birthers” still take the cake in terms of impeachment idiocy).Enter Arizona Congressman Trent Franks.As…
There has been a firestorm of reaction from Phoenix officials over admissions that the kidnapping statistics generated by the Phoenix Police Department are inaccurate.Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris is steaming over reports that the he will be reassigned, and it remains unclear what exactly will happen with his post.However, change…
Arizona State Senator Scott Bundgaard apologized to his fellow lawmakers today for any trouble his public fight with his girlfriend might have caused them. But if police are correct that Bundgaard cried “immunity” after police showed up at the scene, he probably should also apologize to Arizonans for abusing a…
The Tea Partiers were in Phoenix over the weekend for the group’s first ever “American Policy Summit,” and according to a straw poll conducted during the conference, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, a black guy, is favored to be the allegedly racist Party’s candidate for president in the 2012 election.Cain, 65,…
Two bizarre/completely unnecessary bills regarding abortion go before the full House in the Arizona Legislature today.Last week, the House gave initial approval to a bill that would require women getting an abortion to sign a document promising they aren’t aborting the pregnancy based on sex, and another promising they aren’t…
The word “suck” is apparently too offensive for Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman to utter — at least in the middle of a city council meeting.At last night’s meeting of the Tempe City Council, Hallman presented two Phoenix New Times “Best of Phoenix” awards to the city-owned Ken McDonald Golf Course…
While a federal audit of the Phoenix Police Department’s kidnapping statistics is under way, Police Chief Jack Harris has ordered his troops not to spend any of the $700,000 they collected from the feds to combat border-related kidnapping cases.The Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General reportedly is looking into allegations that Phoenix…
During the 2010 Senate primary against former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth, Senator John McCain insisted he wasn’t “the Maverick” — willing to cross party lines for crucial votes — he once was. According to a study by the National Journal, he wasn’t kidding.The study finds that McCain, once considered a…
Announcing that you’re considering running for U.S. Senate after telling a story about fatsos and their love of cream cheese is an interesting campaign tactic — and it’s one Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods pulled out this morning on live TV.Woods, a.k.a. the best “Twitterer” in Phoenix, said this…
We haven’t heard much from former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth since Senator John McCain mopped the floor with him in the 2010 GOP Senate primary, but there’s a Senate seat opening up in Arizona — so “free government money’s” number one fan has crawled out of the woodwork to bash…
Only in Arizona (and maybe Utah)…More than 40 Arizona state legislators have signed on to a bill that would make the Colt single-action Army revolver the official state firearm. Like many actions taken by the Legislators this legislative session, the move seems to defy all logic.In case you forgot, there…
