Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett just found out the reason why you’re putting yourself in a difficult position when you appeal to “birthers” — people are going to think you’re a “birther.”After people caught on to the fact that Bennett told the “birthers” that he was taking the “extra…
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks’ work for his constituents currently includes pushing a bill for (of course) tighter abortion regulations.Problem is, the Arizona Congressman’s bill only applies to D.C., as Congress has supreme authority over the city’s laws, and Franks has taken it upon himself to tell the District what its…
Mark Mitchell’s going to be the new Tempe mayor.According to the unofficial results, Mitchell beat Michael Monti by 139 votes, and the City of Tempe put out an announcement declaring Mitchell as the winner.Election officials still haven’t finished counting write-in votes or the three votes cast by people who didn’t…
UPDATE: “Mr. Bennett wrote that email,” Bennett’s spokesman Matt Roberts says. “With respect to the story, a constituent requested him to request a verification in lieu of certified copy. They have yet to respond.”Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who just recently filed the paperwork for an exploratory committee in…
Who knew we’d have to post that video for two different Arizona House members this year?It didn’t take long after the news broke that Republican-turned-Democratic state Representative Ben Arredondo was indicted on federal charges including bribery, fraud, and attempted extortion for Senate Democratic Leader David Schapira to tell him to…
How’s this for irony in literature:A state summer-reading list’s Web link to a site about George Orwell states that accessing the page may result in “malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.” Orwellian, no? But instead of the pervasive government that Orwell deemed “Big Brother” in his famous…
State Representative Ben Arredondo was charged by a grand jury today with bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements — all for a few thousand dollars worth of tickets to ballgames and charity events.According to the indictment, Arredondo — a Republican-turned-Democrat who served on the Tempe City Council for 16…
In what’s sort of a running joke since then-congressional candidate Ben Quayle released his goober-ish campaign ad saying “Barack Obama is the worst president in history,” Quayle has an update on his stance.Quayle actually had to defend the video ad after people got a little pissy about it, but he…
The relentless attacks on Mark Mitchell seem to have worked out in Michael Monti’s favor in the race for Tempe mayor, as Monti was up by one point after people hit the ballot box yesterday.There still are some votes left to count — provisional ballots and people who brought their…
Every now and then, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer raises her lips from the conservative feeding trough and spits something out.Last year, she halted the passage of a bill that would have required presidential candidates to prove they were eligible for the post before their names would have been placed on…
Our colleague Monica Alonzo reported late last week that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s dropping his congressional bid, which might not exactly come as a surprise.What may come as a surprise is his explanation why he’s dropping out of the race, which happens to exclude anything about the abuse-of-power allegations…
The battle between supporters of Tempe mayoral candidates Mark Mitchell and Michael Monti over whether “your” public employees can endorse people in campaign signs seemed to end with City Manager Charlie Meyer’s ruling that it was all pretty much OK.That question apparently has not been completely answered, thanks to a…
Of some of the more controversial ideas tossed around the Arizona Legislature, the “birther” bill is the most popular to voters, according to a recent poll. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy quizzed Arizona voters on five of the more controversial bills brought up by the right-hand side of the…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery — who’s publicly endorsed Tempe mayoral candidate Michael Monti — transferred the case involving allegations against Monti’s opponent, Tempe Councilman Mark Mitchell, to Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk.The case, as we wrote about yesterday, involves a woman claims Mitchell engaged in some sexual activities with…
This week, folks not too fond of Tempe mayoral candidate Mark Mitchell have been pushing a report from the Phoenix Police Department, in which a woman claims Mitchell engaged in some sexual activities with her when she was a kid, and Mitchell was 13 or 14 years old.As we mentioned…
There are people out there who really, really don’t want Mark Mitchell to be the next mayor of Tempe.Recently, his opponent, Michael Monti, pulled out a police report involving an incident Mitchell was involved in with the cops in 1993 on Mill Avenue, when Mitchell was 24 years old.Mitchell said Monti…
Congressional candidate Vernon Parker, who once kind of ran for governor for a bit, now has the stamp of approval from his ex-boss, former President George H.W. Bush.Parker’s among the approximate truckload of candidates running for Congress in the newly formed Ninth Congressional District, which just had another addition –…
If about two-thirds of the signatures Mike Stauffer hands over to the county elections office tomorrow are legit, he’ll be on the ballot for Maricopa County Sheriff come November.Stauffer, a Scottsdale police lieutenant, is running as an Independent, which — as the Feathered Bastard previously pointed out — requires 19,410…
Abortion still seems to be a top priority for Governor Jan Brewer and the Legislature, as the governor announced the signing of yet another bill that’s not making Planned Parenthood happy at all.Late last week, the governor signed into law House Bill 2800, which, as described in the broadest sense…
Attorney General Tom Horne’s efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office was killed in the state House yesterday, which turned out to be the last day of the legislative session.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the…
The feud between supporters of both Tempe mayoral candidates has pretty much come to an end, as no one’s going on campaign-sign-stealing escapade, and everyone gets to keep their signs with the endorsement of generic public employees.This all started with Legislative District 17 Republicans chairman A.J. LaFaro, a Monti supporter,…
Arizona’s House Bill 2549 — which was derailed after a critic’s view that it was a “bill to censor electronic speech” caught on — has been approved by some legislators after changes were made to address those concerns.There were a lot of misconceptions about this bill, especially from the Kremlin…
