Cartel members aren’t really turning Pinal County into something more like Afghanistan, despite what Sheriff Paul Babeu wrote in a letter last week to the mayors of several Arizona border cities.Ironically, the sheriff had written in response to the mayors’ urging that he stop putting out inflammatory, inaccurate statements about…
Several bills that would place stricter regulations on abortions will be heard in the Arizona state Legislature later today, and pro-choice groups aren’t happy about it. In fact, one group calls the bills an “assault [on] a woman’s dignity.” Aside from forcing abortion doctors to offer patients the opportunity to…
Former Arizona governor and current Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that she will not seek the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Napolitano is the latest politico to announce she won’t be running. Congressmen Ben Quayle, and Raul Grijalva, as well as former Congressman John Shadegg, have…
Senate hopeful Jeff Flake is a refreshing voice of sanity in a state filled with lunatics.Unlike several GOP members of the Arizona state Legislature (see all their names right here), Flake doesn’t see President Barack Obama as a Kenyan version of the Manchurian Candidate, and has a message for those…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has seen better days — what with those allegations of corruption and criminal activity in his office, that scandal with the Sheriff’s Command Association, those politically motivated investigations against judges and county supervisors by him and his pal, ex-County Attorney Andy Thomas, and … Well, all that…
There’s good news: Congressman Raul Grijalva won’t be running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl. He also says there’s a “distinct possibility” that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will mount a Senate campaign.Grijalva, as you may recall, encouraged people to boycott all things Arizona after Governor Jan…
Maricopa County’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America,” Joe Arpaio, says he’s considering running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.That said, New Times guaran-damn-tees he won’t actually run.”The issue is whether I want to leave this office and go to Washington and try to make a…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and his girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, have evolved over the past year – and not in a good way.The couple used to try and hide the fact that they were using the Mayor’s Office to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to Mullany’s company. She was getting…
We are happy to report that the “Birther Bill” has failed in the state Legislature — yet again.Jeanette Tejeda de Gomez, spokeswoman for state Senate Democrats, confirms to New Times that the “Birther Bill,” proposed by numb-Skull Valley Republican Judy Burges, has failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee, thus sparing…
It’s official: Republican Congressman Jeff Flake will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Flake made his announcement this morning at the same Phoenix hotel where Kyl announced his upcoming retirement last week. Flake, who has represented Arizona’s 6th Congressional District since 2001, which includes parts…
Several members of Congress — Democrat and Republican — have been sleeping in their Congressional offices in Washington D.C., as oppose to finding permanent lodging in the nation’s Capitol, and a government watchdog group isn’t happy about it. Three of those members of Congress happen to represent Arizona.The executive director…
U.S. Senator Jon Kyl is expected to announce his retirement from the Senate at a news conference scheduled for 10 a.m. today, according to multiple news outlets, and speculation as to who will replace him is already running rampant.The obvious choice is Congressman Jeff Flake, who has already told the…
Lewis Paul Larkin, the elected county assessor from Pinal County, was arrested on suspicion of DUI last night following a citizen’s complaint to a county Web site. Here’s what the complaint said: The Pinal County Assessor frequents the Kokopelli Moon Saloon everyday (Monday – Fri) around 3 p.m. until around 5…
There are several abortion bills making their way through the Arizona Legislature at the moment. None of them seem to make a whole lot of sense, considering the other, more-pressing issues the state currently faces (namely a pesky $2 billion budget shortfall), but one in particular has pro-choice advocates livid. …
It’s way early in the Phoenix mayor’s race, but for political junkies wanting a glimpse of what might be, here are the results of a poll conducted by the Motola Group, a Phoenix based-public advocacy firm. While some 40 percent of people report they are still undecided, of those who…
An upcoming episode of an ABC News show features patrons of a Tucson eatery coming to the rescue of Hispanics getting grilled by a “gringo” security guard who wants to see their “papers.” The “What Would You Do” episode, judging from an accompanying article on ABC’s Web site, sounds more…
Several members of the Arizona State Legislature want to force doctors to offer to show women seeking an abortion ultrasound images of the fetus before they end their pregnancy.Supporters of the bill, introduced by Republican Representative Kimberly Yee of Phoenix, say it’s designed to give women more information about abortion,…
The Arizona Cattleman’s Association is not impressed with a speech given by Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano this week, in which, the group says, she “abandoned her mantra of the past year that the U.S. Mexican Border…’is more secure than ever.'” During a speech at the University of Texas’ El…
State Representative Steve Montenegro seems to think he represents a district in China — where aborting babies based on sex or race might actually be a problem.Montenegro’s introduced two bizarre bills into the legislature — one that would require women getting an abortion to sign a document promising they aren’t…
Has your spouse made your life a living hell? Want out of the marriage as quickly as possible? There’s an alternative to homicide called divorce, and the morality cops over at the Arizona State Legislature want to make it as hard, drawn-out, and painful as humanly possible.For the second time…
Officers from the Department of Public Safety’s Vehicle Theft Task Force apprehended 18 people crammed into two pickup trucks early this morning. The 18 people taken into custody are suspected of being illegal immigrants.About 5:15 a.m. today, DPS officers conducted a routine traffic stop on two vehicles they say were…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found 53 people in a Phoenix drop house on Friday, and two Mexican nationals now face human smuggling charges. Edgar Meza-Bustamante, 23, and Cruz Gerardo Meza-Tirado, 34, both Mexican citizens in the country illegally, were arrested at 11226 West Roma Avenue in Phoenix, a home…
