Disgraced Democratic-turned-Independent ex-state Representative Daniel Patterson isn’t making an official end to his political career.Patterson took to Twitter to say he’s not running again for his former seat, based in Tucson, but ends with “2014?”That might be a tough one, since Patterson resigned a bit after an ethics committee report…
State Representative Ben Arredondo pleaded not guilty (as expected) yesterday to charges of bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements.A motion to keep evidence in the case secret — which revealed “other investigations,” which are “both closed and ongoing” — was denied.It’s likely that the protective order on the…
According to a Scottsdale gun-law author, the word “birther” is a derogatory term “equivalent of the ‘N’ word.” Perhaps it’s not surprising to hear something a bit nuts coming from the author of After You Shoot: Your Gun’s Hot. The Perp’s Not. Now What?, but Alan Korwin actually got this…
The Kingman Police Department wrapped up a three-month investigation into heroin trafficking last week, leading to the arrests of five people — two of them children of a state legislator.Michael Randolph Goodale, 27, and Stephanie Lynn Goodale, 31 — both of whom call Republican state Representative Doris Goodale “mom” –…
Ogden’s Own Distillery, based in Utah, has been making some big news lately after one of its products — Five Wives Vodka — was banned from being sold in Idaho by the state’s liquor division.In a letter to the company’s distributor in Idaho, the liquor board wrote that its members…
Here’s an odd advertisement from the Barack Obama campaign — why can’t Mitt Romney just be like Arizona’s own Senator John McCain?The video, as you can see above, shows McCain during the 2008 campaign trail, not hitting the meatballs served to him about Obama being the scariest man on the…
Geraldo Rivera reminded us yesterday that he’s still alive, after telling conspiracy-theorist Lord Christopher Monckton that he and the rest of the “birthers” are “all smoking crack together.”Monckton, not surprisingly, was just in Surprise on Monday to talk to the “Surprise Tea Party Patriots,” with donations going to Maricopa County…
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has denied the state of Arizona’s motions to dismiss a legal challenge to SB 1070 by Friendly House, a social-service agency for immigrants.The Friendly House lawsuit is a separate action from the challenge to SB 1070 by the U.S. Justice Department being considered by the…
For anyone still trying to vote in the 2004 election for Tempe mayor, we’d like to inform you that Hugh Hallman is no longer endorsed by “Tempe firefighters and police.”Sure, Hallman was elected mayor in 2004, but why not hit him with a complaint while he’s on his way out…
Congressman Trent Franks — the “self-appointed Mayor” of Washington D.C., as an area advocacy group calls him — had his office protested last week, as his new-found “constituents” aren’t quite happy with the job he’s doing.As you may recall, a group called “DC Vote” isn’t quite pleased Franks — the…
The Center for Arizona Policy has offered a response to the Internal Revenue Service complaint filed against it — claiming the organization doesn’t meet tax-exemption requirements — and that response includes the exact three things we expected: they’re atheists, homosexuals, and wrong.The Secular Coalition for Arizona and No Longer Silent,…
There’s a source to the religulous bills in the Arizona Legislature every year, and that source is called the Center for Arizona Policy.The atheists over at the Secular Coalition for Arizona have a problem with that, but it — and other groups — want Uncle Sam to see if there’s…
A filing submitted in federal court Wednesday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains that the feds don’t want a bunch of information to be publicly disclosed in the case because of “other investigations,” which are “both closed and ongoing.”Who or…
If you’re doing shady stuff at the City of Tempe or the Arizona Legislature, go buy a shredder, or book a ticket to Morocco or something.A filing submitted in federal court yesterday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains that the…
Congressman Trent Franks — the “self-appointed Mayor” of Washington D.C., as an area advocacy group calls him — didn’t really want to meet with his new-found “constituents.”As you may recall, a group called “DC Vote” isn’t quite pleased Franks — the Arizona Congressman — is taking it upon himself to…
We’re not even through the 2012 election season, but let’s talk 2014.Secretary of State Ken Bennett was the highlight of Arizona news this week, after taking up the request of “birthers” to ask the State of Hawaii to verify President Obama’s birth certificate.The end to that was not so controversial…
Is GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney a businessman? Or is he really a unicorn? At the time of this post, more than 17,000 people would like Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett to find out.In response to the 1,200 “birthers” who asked Bennett to verify with the state of Hawaii…
Believe it or not (the “birthers” still won’t), President Obama was born in Hawaii, according to the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General.Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett’s appears to have convinced the State of Hawaii to “verify” the president’s birth certificate, and as has been the case since 1961…
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wil Cardon’s trailing fellow Republican Jeff Flake by 22 points in the latest poll of the primary race for the seat being opened by Senator Jon Kyl, and believe it or not, that’s good news for Cardon.After getting four percent of support in a poll in…
For the second time in as many years, Governor Jan Brewer’s starting the rumor that she can run for a third term.The main problem with that would be the Arizona Constitution, which has a section intended to prevent governors from getting a third term.The argument from Brewer’s camp is that…
Just over a year after stating she could probably run for a third term as governor if she wanted to, Governor Jan Brewer did it again.Again, Brewer and her staff point to the section of the Arizona Constitution intended to prevent governors from getting a third term to justify the…
Last week, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett raised some eyebrows after saying he’s not a “birther,” but due to constituent concerns, he’s just checking with Hawaii to make sure President Obama wasn’t born in Kenya.”They have yet to respond,” Bennett’s spokesman Matthew Roberts told New Times.Turns out, officials in…
