With the future of Luke Air Force base in doubt, the Fighter Country Partnership sees a powerful ally in Senator John McCain. The coalition of air base supporters, headed up by local developers and establishment-types, endorsed McCain today in his battle against former Congressman J.D. Hayworth for the Senate seat…
Governor Jan Brewer announced this afternoon that she won’t take any action today on a contentious anti-illegal-immigrant bill. Instead, Brewer says she’ll unveil a new border security plan at a news conference scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at the Papago Park Military Reservation, 5636 East McDowell Road. An e-mail sent to the media…
Phoenix’s Steve Ellman is an international developer with a commercial real estate empire spanning more than 12 million square feet of retail, entertainment, and office space. Ellman is among the largest owners of real estate in the Phoenix metropolitan area.So why did Ellman hire Elissa Mullany, former fundraiser and current…
Hard to fathom that there could be anything positive about state Senator Russell Pearce’s immigration bill, SB 1070, an extremist “solution” to undocumented immigrants in Arizona that makes their mere presence in here state a crime.The bill would also allow cops to check immigration status with nothing more than “reasonable suspicion” that someone…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Congressional candidate Vernon Parker will be hosting what could be seen by some as their own little slice of hell.For the bargain price of $200, you could spend a full day trapped on a bus with Joe and Vernon, as you tour the scenic Arizona/Mexico…
After our earlier post about ALIPAC founder William Gheen’s accusations that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is gay, we got word from J.D. Hayworth’s campaign spokesman, who says the campaign does not support the comments made by Gheen…
William Gheen, founder of the anti-illegal immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration-PAC, who once told this reporter to only submit questions to him via-email so he could “shove them up [his] ass,” is making some outrageous accusations about Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.At a speech in South Carolina over the weekend,…
Two years ago, Phoenix resident Isreal Correa was arrested on charges of false reporting and aggravated harassment — after police say he staged a home invasion and accused then-Justice of the Peace Carlos Mendoza of being its mastermind.The incident led to police rousting Mendoza from bed and cuffing him, before…
Earlier today, Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl released a 10-point plan to combat crime along the U.S./Mexico border, which — among other things — includes hiring 3,000 more Customs and Border Protection agents for Arizona, building new fences along the state’s southern border, and increasing aerial surveillance.McCain’s opponent in…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer got a dash of good news over the weekend in her bid to go from accidental governor to elected governor — the latest poll number puts her as the leader in the crowded field of GOP candidates for guv.Needless to say, we were shocked.According to the latest…
Ex-Prez Bill Clinton is coming to Phoenix next Monday to stump for buddy Andrei Cherny, a former Clinton adviser who’s running for State Treasurer. For a donation of a whopping $840, locals can sign up for a quick “meet-and-greet” with the former president. People affected by the recession can opt for a lottery…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon earlier this week defended hiring Sue Lindmeier, sister of his girlfriend’s business partner, saying former Phoenix City Manager Frank Fairbanks and City Attorney Gary Verburg reviewed and approved her contract.Fairbanks, who retired in November, said today it isn’t true that he approved Lindmeier’s contract.”I’ve never heard of her in…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth released poll numbers today that he claims show he’s inching closer to dethroning Senator John McCain as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate.A Rasmussen poll released today finds that McCain’s lead over Hayworth is only five percentage points, and in the release, the pollster…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has established a new policy: He will no longer speak personally with New Times or the Arizona Republic. He will only accept questions from the publications if reporters submit them in writing.How very Joe Arpaio-esque.What’s next? Will the mayor start banning reporters who ask tough questions from…
As we reported earlier, Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth released his much-anticipated list of donors to his Freedom in Truth trust — something John McCain has been requesting for months — but the McCain campaign says the list only contains half of the information it requested.”We appreciate the fact that after…
Just as Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth has been promising for months, the former congressman today released the names of contributors to a trust fund he set up to defend against possible charges stemming from Hayworth’s relationship with shamed D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Hayworth was never charged with any crime relating to the Abramoff…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth did a Web cast this morning where he — in his best stuffed-shirt, white-guy voice — referred to New Times as a “counterculture newspaper” and this writer as having a “troubled mind.”We’re not too tore up over it — we’re not the ones ranting and raving…
As you may recall, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth has pledged for months that on April 15, he will reveal the names of those who’ve donated money to a trust fund he set up to help pay legal bills he incurred defending himself from potential charges over his relationship with shamed…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth has scheduled two debates with Senator John McCain, seemingly based on a New Times article featured in Valley Fever yesterday.As a side note to a post about the McCain campaign’s latest Web video — to point out that McCain says he welcomes debates with Hayworth –…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth is taking a stand against Senator John McCain’s potential support of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s hypothetical nomination to the Supreme Court.There’s only one problem: McCain has never said whether he would support her nomination, and the White House told Politico yesterday, “The president thinks Clinton…
The City of Phoenix continues to refuse release of Mayor Phil Gordon’s security-detail logs –kept by members of his security team who track Gordon’s daily activities. They contain information such as where they dropped off and picked up the mayor and who was traveling with him.New Times, the Arizona Republic, other…
John McCain’s latest Web ad has created a little controversy, and now his opponent in the GOP primary for Senate, J.D. Hayworth, is speaking out about it. In case you missed it, the ad is billed as a J.D. Hayworth campaign ad, where he discusses some of the serious problems…
