It would not be entirely accurate to say that attorney Mark Briggs "stole" $810,000 from a client. "Stole" is such a harsh word, so direct, so ugly. If you believe Briggs and his lawyers, the situation is simply more . . . complicated. Sure, Briggs, then a lawyer at Quarles...
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In Garfield strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier this year, Garfield is wearing a sombrero and taking siestas. While cute and all, isn't the sort of thing that we have been striving to stop? What was Jim Davis thinking? Maybe he needs a refresher course in not making...
Some say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.If that's the case, the state legislature is officially insane.On Thursday, after seven painstaking weeks of budget negotiations, the legislature sent Governor Jan Brewer a budget plan that is nearly identical...
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In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Active Posse Roster, Presented for Your Perusal (w/Update Re: Marshall Trimble) Up...
Bergie's Coffee Roast HouseOh, brother! There are a few reasons we fell in love with this place from the moment we saw it. First, it’s run by easygoing 40-something siblings Bruce and Brian Bergeson, whose personable nature is kinda infectious. Then there’s the fact they chose a deliciously enchanting cottage located smack dab in the middle of Gilbert’s […]
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Seven months after its theatrical release in the U.K., and two months after its DVD debut there, Pirate Radio washes ashore in U.S. theaters with a different title (it was formerly known as The Boat That Rocked) and most of its better bits excised. Writer-director Richard Curtis, paying homage to...
We've been covering the Phoenix Suns dance team auditions since they started earlier this month (slideshow here). So why quit now?The Suns -- who also operate a basketball team tacitly connected with their very popular dance squad -- announced the results of their fan-selected squad in a show called Making...
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Driving down Central Avenue a few weeks ago, I found myself listening to "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." That's not so strange. They must play that song a zillion times during KEZ's month of "continuous Christmas music," and I'm almost always tuned in. What is strange is that I...
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Poker is a strange beast. People behave differently when in addition to competing for glory there's a bit of money involved. They get almost religious about certain little customs and superstitious behaviors. You've got the guy who shuffles chips cause he believes it'll intimidate the competition. Then you've got the...
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon hasn't needed to raise money since he waltzed to reelection in the fall of 2007, leaving a war chest stocked with $370,000. Yet in the last two years, Gordon has paid his chief fundraiser big bucks all the same. Records show that Gordon paid fundraiser Elissa...
Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox is a political victim and innocent of the crimes alleged in last week's indictment, her lawyer said today in a news conference. He's at least half right. Wilcox, the five-member Board of Supervisors' only Democrat, has been a vocal opponent of actions by County Attorney Andrew Thomas and...
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CHRISTMAS ANGEL Miriam Mendiola-Martinez is a small woman, but her passive, sad demeanor makes her seem smaller. When she was busted by Scottsdale police for using false ID at her place of employment for six years — Dillard's department store — the arresting officer estimated the then-pregnant Latina's build at...
So we watched Sunday night's Cards Giants game with a New York fan and must say there was nothing in the world more gratifying than watching him eat his words as the Birds laid down some serious smack on the "G-g-g G-Men." New York sports fans are a rare breed,...
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One look at the majority of far-from-glamorous hookers nabbed in the Phoenix Police Department's "Desert Diva" roundup and you'd think they did the dirty in the back of a beat-up car, or behind a dumpster at a dog track, not at one of the area's premier resorts.You would be wrong, according to the whores and pimps who...
Indian food is always fun to eat. Making it, on the other hand . . . well, let's just say it's not for the inexperienced cook. For us, the hardest has always been the spices. For any one Indian dish, you need a whole arsenal of spices that don't exactly...
This spring, nature meets music and booze as the Desert Botanical Garden once again hosts Spiked! Thursday's. The eclectic event features a different band and featured cocktail every week, making for rare opportunities to rock out in a beautiful desert landscape.Kicking off the series March 4 is garage rock band...
Fronzo "The Fonz" WestFronzo West has a rap sheet so big you could tie it around City Hall, like a giant bow. And he has a car emblazoned with the motto he lives by, “Fuck the police.” And if you’re guessing that the former is caused by the latter, you ain’t too far off. He also writes his […]