"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," the character Blanche Du Bois famously said, in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Given, she was being toted off by men in white coats, but that makes her observation no less trenchant, not to mention worthy of a big musical...
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Yesterday, Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Andrei Cherny issued a statement bashing Republicans for turning "the Fiesta Bowl into a front for funneling illegal campaign contributions to Republican politicians."Cherny failed to mention in his statement that several of those who benefited from the alleged illegal campaign contributions, which now-former-Fiesta Bowl CEO John...
Recent events necessitate a review of the bleak, chilling years not long past, when Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his political ally, ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas, attempted to rule the Valley like a Third World junta. As my colleague Ray Stern first reported online, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court...
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Safwat Saleem
In a recent column, I discussed how a gang of disgraced law enforcement officers and prosecutors are looking to bleed Maricopa County dry with threats of bloodsucking lawsuits seeking tens of millions in payouts. This, essentially, because they've been called on the carpet by others and now fume from the...
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Pencil vs. Camera
There's no shortage of drunken shenanigans and pratfalls taking place in Scottsdale's Old Town nightlife district on any given weekend. (Try standing outside of Myst or Axis/Radius at closing time on Saturday night and see what we mean). And thanks to the abundance of camera phones, there's no shortage of...
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Brewed For Battle: Double IPA
A Maricopa mom in a pickup truck led police on a chase through north Scottsdale yesterday morning resulting in multiple wrecks, injured police officers, and the woman getting Tasered -- all with three kids in the truck.The wild ride started about 6 a.m. when a Scottsdale police officer watched 29-year-old...
Family emergency following the devastation in Japan from today's earthquakes and tsunamis has prompted the owners of Hana Japanese Eatery to drop out of the lineup for this weekend's Devoured culinary festival.Lori Hashimoto, proprietor of the popular family-owned Central Phoenix spot, says, "Devoured was the highlight of last year for...
Larry Black, one of Sheriff Arpaio's most trusted aides, is one of three people who almost certainly will be be fired based on the Munnell Memo findings, Channel 5 (KPHO-TV) reported today. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn't want the public to read an investigative report into the alleged crimes...
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Us Weekly published a picture of Elton John and his family on their cover, and America wasn't having any of it, according to Spinner.Some states have been shielding the cover of that issue similarly to what is done with pornographic magazines as a result of a slew of customer complaints...
Since there's really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week brings you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with a recipe. This week: The Kingston Rum Punch at The Breadfruit's Rum Bar The Valley's Jamaican food staple, The Breadfruit, just...
Jeremiah Pulaski, 24, returned to his home in Glendale from Afghanistan -- where he served in the United States Army -- in February, and it appears he's had some trouble readjusting to society.According to his latest Facebook status update, he was thinking about doing some traveling."I think Im gonna Just...
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Sweet Home Chicago
To read recent accounts of state Senate President Russell Pearce's lawbreaking son Joshua Pearce, you'd think he'd only caught six days in stir for violating terms of his probation on a 2007 aggravated DUI conviction.In reality, Pearce the Younger had already spent close to two months in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's...
Supposedly, there are three things you never talk about in polite company: sex, religion, and politics. It would seem no one passed that memo on to local "punkgrass" band Haymarket Squares, who formed in 2009 and immediately became a fixture on the downtown arts scene, playing in coffeehouses, bars, and...
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Despite getting the boot from his leadership position by Senate GOPers earlier this week for last month's freeway fracas with former gal-pal Aubry Ballard, former state Senate Majority Leader Scott Bundgaard apparently still has some friends on the Senate Ethics Committee.The committee voted 3-2 along party lines today to dismiss...
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Starfucker @ The Trunk Space
There are two executions scheduled to take place in Arizona in the next week, and Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference aren't happy about it.The group issued a statement on the matter this morning, which you can read in its entirety below. ...
The Arizona Department of Education is paying more than $170,000 to a Texas company that will research whether Tucson's Raza Studies program violates a new state law. A bit of a brouhaha caused the lead researcher contracted with the company, Steve Gallon, to step aside due to revelations of a past...