Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon told a Sunday news program that he still doesn’t support gay marriage despite his son’s homosexuality. News stories about Salmon’s admission have been referencing a 2010 New Times article about the younger Salmon’s relationship with Kent Flake, cousin to Arizona Senator Jeff Flake. In an interview…
One Arizona school may need to hire guards to protect itself — not from gang violence or fear of school shootings, but from Yuma Republican State Senator and advocate of guns in schools, Don Shooter. Yuma PD says that Shooter burst into a charter school for troubled teens that his…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says today that mercy killing, or euthanasia, “is not an excuse for murder,” as 86-year-old George Sanders was sentenced today on a manslaughter charge for fatally shooting his wife.Apparently, Montgomery finds two years of unsupervised probation an acceptable sentence for “murder.”See also:-Death Wish…
Republican Representative John Kavanagh’s newest effort to regulate toilet usage in Arizona, by proposing that businesses can dictate which bathroom transgender people can use, cleared its first hurdle at the Legislature on Wednesday.With that, the scores of people who spent nearly two hours testifying on Kavanagh’s proposal — all but…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery apparently either was asked for his endorsement or offered it — depending on whom you ask — to Pastor Warren Stewart’s District 8 campaign. We asked Stewart’s campaign, and we didn’t get a straight answer at first, other than getting informed that Stewart and Montgomery…
How could you forget Senator John McCain’s “complete the danged fence” ad?”It’ll work this time,” assures underwear model/Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.Well, today, while McCain took a tour of the border, he watched a woman climb over an 18-foot border fence in Nogales…
Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has dumped his “bathroom birther” bill, which would have criminalized the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone’s birth certificate doesn’t match the sign on the door.Still, Kavanagh’s not giving up — he’s got another proposal to regulate toilet usage…
Republican Representative John Kavanagh delayed a hearing on his proposal on his “bathroom birther” proposal, which would criminalize the use of a public restroom if the sex on someone’s birth certificate doesn’t match the sign on the door.It just so happened that as Kavanagh tried to sneak this one in…
The city of Phoenix is taking a step toward the possibility of having a 420-foot observation tower built with private funds in the downtown district, issuing a call for detailed plans for the project. Last week, the online news site www.theatlanticcities.com wrote about Phoenix’s recent issuance of an “RFP” –…
Arizona schools are one step closer to having guns inside them, as the Senate approved a bill that would allow school employees to carry a gun.And, only in Arizona would we have to tell you which bill calling for guns in schools that we’re talking about.See also:-Lock and Load, Lunch…
Republican Representative John Kavanagh apparently thinks people are incapable of selecting which bathroom they should do their business in.Kavanagh’s proposing making it a crime to intentionally enter a public restroom if that restroom has a designated sex, and the person “is not legally classified on the person’s birth certificate as…
As if there was a need for more reasons for Arizona to be stereotyped as a state full of gun nuts, get a load of this one from the town of Gilbert — a 5-year-old went shooting this weekend.This wasn’t a supervised shooting expedition, either. Police say the 5-year-old took…
A Mexican national discovered on Tuesday that a bunch of bell peppers won’t conceal more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana from the authorities.U.S. Customs and Border Protection made the find while the man was attempting to enter the United States through a commercial facility in Nogales with the load in…
Phoenix voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal to reform the city’s pension plan — a plan city officials say will save taxpayers about $600 million over the next 23 years. According to unofficial results, 71,086 voters, or 79.54 percent, said yes to Proposition 201, compared to 18,284 voters, or 20.46 percent,…
Republican state Representative Doris Goodale “can’t explain” her opposition to the bill that was proposed to disband the “Marshal’s Office” in the polygamist town of Colorado City, the bill’s sponsor tells New Times.Despite county, state, and federal authorities claiming misconduct in the police force there, Goodale continues to defend it,…
For the second straight year, Republican Representative Doris Goodale strongly opposed legislation that would disband the “Marshal’s Office” in the polygamist town of Colorado City, which is in her district.Despite county, state, and federal authorities claiming misconduct in the police force there, Goodale continues to defend it, and she’s refused…
Governor Jan Brewer, the chief executive of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver State™, will be spending her Wednesday morning speaking at the dedication of the sacred ground known as the Tri-State Shooting Park.Somehow, folks in Bullhead City have survived 13 years without a public shooting range, and the Arizona…
A neutered version of the bill that would have gotten rid of the corrupt cops in Colorado City passed the House yesterday.House Bill 2648 was approved by the House with a 52-7 vote, after one of the primary purposes — disbanding the “Marshal’s Office” in the polygamist town of Colorado…
As Governor Jan Brewer says about the feds, “This is just another . . . (pause) . . . notch in their . . . (pause) . . . belt bucket, if you will.”See also:-Jan Brewer Blunders that Feds’ National Release of Illegal Immigrants Is Payback, Punishment for Arizona…
Former Democratic state Representative Daniel Patterson, who resigned from the House last year before a vote on his expulsion could take place, already is talking about getting back into office.Patterson’s not talking about a 2014 run but rather filling a potential vacancy in the near future.See also:-Daniel Patterson Calls it…
Senator John McCain’s still calling for President Obama to pardon former boxing great Jack Johnson, who died almost 67 years ago.McCain and New York Congressman Peter King have tried several times to get Johnson, who was black, pardoned for a 1913 conviction he earned after being prosecuted under the Mann…
An anonymous donor has pledged $100,000 to Arizonans for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization, to host in May a gun buyback in Phoenix and destroy the firearms. The Mayor’s Office and the Phoenix Police Department are working with a nonprofit agency to take guns out of circulation. “I think this…
