Ben Quayle, son of potato-plagued former Vice President Dan Quayle, says he will officially announce his candidacy tomorrow for the Congressional seat being vacated by Congressman John Shadegg. Quayle, who was only rumored to be running until his father unofficially let the cat out of the bag in an interview on Fox News…
Much to our dismay, the Ron Paul Revolution apparently isn’t over, and at a John McCain campaign stop in Mesa on Saturday, the “revolution” was televised.Cameras rolled as a man, who identified himself only as Alex, was tossed out of the event — where former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin…
Senator John McCain’s GOP primary opponent, J.D. Hayworth, is using the killing of a prominent Cochise County rancher to question McCain’s stance on immigration, despite there being no confirmation that an illegal immigrant had anything to do with the murder.Robert Krentz was found shot to death on his ranch just…
Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber,” the conservative icon from the 2008 presidential election, paid a visit to the state capitol to oppose Governor Jan Brewer’s proposed one-cent sales tax increase and to help organize Arizona’s budding Tea Party movement.”The Plumber” spoke to dozens of tea-baggers as part…
Attorney Kathy Zatari, who served as administrator of the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for 3 1/2 years, has filed a notice of claim against the state, alleging she was fired for reporting possible violations of state policy to her supervisors.Those violations, according to the claim, partially involve Zatari’s one-time employee, Jeri Auther. But,…
You betchya Sarah Palin was in Arizona today, and the former GOP vice presidential candidate used a campaign event for her former running mate, John McCain, to kick off the “revolution” against the healthcare reform bill signed by President Obama earlier this week.McCain and Palin appeared together at the Pima County…
With John McCain and J.D. Hayworth engaged in an all-out war for the Republican nomination for Senate, you may have forgotten that at some point one of them will have to run against a Democrat. That Democrat is likely to be Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman, who announced today that…
The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps announced this week that it will disband as a corporation. However, as a hate-mongering group of anti-immigration fanatics, local factions of the organization will continue to “stand guard” at the border, according to the group’s president.Carmen Mercer, president of the Minutemen, tells New Times that…
A Phoenix firearms dealer once accused of supplying ruthless Mexican drug cartels with guns is suing the state, city of Phoenix and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard for malicious prosecution. Last spring, state and federal authorities thought they had nailed George Iknadosian, (right), owner of X-Caliber Guns, for knowingly selling guns to…
After the controversial healthcare bill became law yesterday morning, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin unveiled her political hit list of the members of Congress she hopes to see voted out of office in November.In the Palin-ator’s crosshairs are three of Arizona’s five Democratic members of Congress, including Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle…
In a battle between a former and current police officer, the Phoenix police union’s sticking with the cop on the job. Even though the former cop is Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson, a longtime union supporter. Better to stand by Officer Brian Authement, a two-year officer who wrestled Johnson to the ground…
A member of GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth’s campaign staff apparently thinks Senator John McCain — Hayworth’s opponent in the Republican primary — “turned [his] back” on his Navy colleagues.Shane Wikfors, Hayworth’s campaign field director, takes a jab at McCain on Twitter, attacking his service to the United States Navy, where…
State Attorney General Terry Goddard, the lone Democratic candidate for governor, has lost his once vast lead over all Republican candidates, the latest poll shows.He still trounces Governor Jan Brewer, though (no shock there)…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth is speaking out against the controversial healthcare reform bill that passed Sunday night, and he’s using a bunch of shoulda, coulda, woulda’s to blast John McCain, his opponent in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.Hayworth says if he’d been in the Senate in December — when the…
Phoenix police have finally identified the officer who allegedly roughed up Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson early this morning as Brian Authement, 27, and police officials say he will remain on duty — for now, anyway.Department spokesman Trent Crump says Authement might even go back to work tonight, despite the media circus…
Even before this morning’s press conference to discuss the alleged abuse of power by an unnamed Phoenix police officer against City Councilman Michael Johnson, we’re told that top city officials met with local NAACP President Oscar Tillman, who was on the verge of calling on Harris to resign.Both City Manager David…
An unnamed Phoenix police officer may have messed with the wrong bull. The Phoenix City Council will hold an executive session on Monday to try to get to the bottom of an incident this morning, where one of its members was handcuffed and thrown to the ground by a Phoenix…
Senator John McCain’s lead over J.D. Hayworth in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate has shrunk dramatically, according to the latest Rasmussen poll, but that doesn’t have the McCain campaign singin’ the blues just yet.The poll, which the Hayworth campaign announced this morning, shows that Hayworth, who trailed McCain by…
As much fun as it’s been to watch Senator John McCain and J.D. Hayworth duke it out over who has the most racist supporters — William Gheen’s endorsement of Hayworth takes the cake, of course — the political grappling has shifted to a new battlefield: earmarks. Yesterday, the McCain campaign put out…
Senator John McCain’s now dubbing J.D. Hayworth, his U.S. Senate opponent in the GOP primary, as “the earmarker” in his latest Web ad attacking Hayworth’s Conservative principles.Unfortunately, he lost us with Glenn Beck.McCain’s new ad, entitled “Earmarker” begins with a clip from the Glenn Beck Program, where we can’t tell…
Maricopa County’s brown-bashing sheriff, Joe Arpaio, is still considering a run for governor, and as luck should have it, he’s got a super-secret plan to help ease the state out of its budget woes.He says we’ll have to wait for him to announce his candidacy before he dazzles us all…
Jason Rose, the high-powered public-relations guru, who’s handled everyone from Joe Arpaio to Phil Gordon, is jumping ship on the J.D. Hayworth Senate campaign because Hayworth has failed to enter a contract with Rose’s firm.Rose tells New Times that his firm began working for Hayworth without a contract out of…
