Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd has found himself smack-dab in the middle a closer-than-expected race that, according to the only poll released on the matter, has him leading his Republican opponent Ben Quayle by two points. So he’s decided to dump a ton of his wife’s own money into his…
Initial reports that powder found in a swastika-covered envelope sent to the Tucson office of Congressman Raul Grijalva was toxic have turned out to be false.The FBI announced today that despite reports yesterday claiming the powder was confirmed to be toxic, it wasn’t. The feds won’t say what the substance…
Allegedly murdering a homeless guy wasn’t the only activity in which 14-year-old Javon Wilson participated on September 28 — he also was interviewed by ABC 15 for a story about the economy.It’s creepy. The interview was reportedly conducted just hours before police say Wilson, and another homeless man, 23-year-old Ronald…
A group of Hispanic Republicans released its list of Hispanic-friendly candidates in the 2010 election, and, somewhat surprisingly, the majority of them are Democrats. Of the 14 races the group Somos Republicans is watching, it claims only three Republican candidates are “Hispanic friendly.” The group prefaces the list by…
Under heavy criticism over several unsolved murders, the Tempe Police Department arrested two people — including a 14-year-old boy — in connection with the September stabbing death of a homeless man. Police arrested Ronald Therman-Lamar Alewine, 23, and Javon Desmond Wilson, 14 — each homeless — in connection with the…
The Tucson office of Congressman Raul Grijalva — the southern Arizona congressman who famously called for a boycott of all things Arizona after the passage of SB 1070 — was shut down this afternoon after staffers received a package containing what was later confirmed to be a toxic substance.The envelope…
Typically, senior citizens don’t draw too much suspicion from law enforcement, so we’re a little shocked to learn that a 76-year-old Mexican woman was arrested for smuggling more than $125,000 worth of cocaine across the U.S./Mexico border earlier this week.According to officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the woman…
We’ve spent the last two weeks trying to get Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd to respond to a few questions, to which voters might want to know the answers before heading to the voting booth. It’s been two weeks and he hasn’t given us one actual answer.In the past, Hulburd’s campaign’s…
Since our earlier post about a complaint filed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee against Senator John McCain regarding some TV ads The Maverick funded — and starred in — the McCain campaign’s responded to the charges.The DCCC feels that two ads McCain released violate the McCain/Feingold campaign finance reform act…
No suspects are in custody for the murder of the latest Arizona State University student killed in Tempe and the father of the victim appeared on KPHO last night to offer a deal to the accomplice of the man who murdered his son.In an almost-as-bad-ass-as-Mel-Gibson-in-Ransom moment, Dan Marco, a criminal…
Two new campaign ads funded by — and starring — Senator John McCain have Congressional Democrats in a huff.The ads are for Congressional candidates Jesse Kelly and Ruth McClung and are similar-in-nature to “campaign ads” run by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in which he didn’t so much hype himself,…
Charged with assault and currently free on bail, the Phoenix police officer who fatally shot an unarmed domestic violence suspect — and his dog — will be in court this morning to be arraigned on new charges.Officer Richard Chrisman will be arraigned on charges of second-degree murder, animal cruelty, and…
The folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are in a huff because officials at Arizona State University refused to allow a student organization associated with the group to run a grotesque 20-second ad on televisions in the school’s Memorial Union — where many students eat.We can’t blame…
Following the second highly publicized, unsolved murder of an Arizona State University student in six months, the Tempe Police Department has come under fire for its handling of violent crimes. The department responded to media inquiries about crime statistics by issuing a press release yesterday touting how violent crime has…
Senator John McCain recently released a campaign ad for Congressional candidate Jesse Kelly, which wouldn’t be a big deal if Kelly weren’t endorsed by the same anti-immigration group that gave The Maverick’s opponent in the GOP primary a nod — an endorsement McCain quickly asked his opponent to disavow.Earlier this…
A day after a Phoenix police sergeant was found shot to death near the Arizona Capitol, a Department of Public Safety officer was found dead in a hotel room at a Scottsdale resort, and DPS officials suspect it may have been suicide.Officer/paramedic Mark Serna, 43, of New River, was found dead…
A homeless Mesa man got knifed by a woman — who also happened to be a Mesa transient — yesterday morning and then denied that the woman had anything to do with the stabbing.Police got a call about 10 a.m. yesterday about a stabbing at 418 South Macdonald Road. When they…
As you probably know, there was some shocking news out of the District Three Congressional race earlier this week — according to a new poll, Republican candidate Ben Quayle trails his Democratic opponent, Jon Hulburd, by two points, 46 to 44 percent.If the poll, funded by a liberal Web site, is to…
Following Governor Jan Brewer’s jaw-dropping performance in the last gubernatorial debate, she reaffirmed her vow to not participate in more debates — despite challenges from her Democratic opponent, Terry Goddard. Last month, we called Governor Jan Brewer’s campaign to throw her handlers a hypothetical: if the other candidates scheduled a debate…
Baseball great Kirk Gibson, who recently shed the “interim” from his title of Arizona Diamondbacks interim-manager, is auctioning off a piece of baseball history.Gibson announced today that he will auction off the bat he used to hit a home run in game one of the 1988 World Series.If you’re not a…
Like a lot of states, Florida has recently drafted its own version of SB 10-70, Arizona’s controversial immigration bill. The bills are very similar, but there is one difference: Canadians and people from certain European countries get a free pass because people from those countries are usually white thanks to…
They say pimpin’ aint easy. Sometimes it’s so hard that a pimp is forced to take drastic measures to keep his pimp hand strong — like throwing a McDonald’s cheeseburger at a prostitute because his milkshake wasn’t included with his order.Seems (ahem) rational.That’s what ultimately led to the arrest of…
