The city of Scottsdale is on the verge a major shakeup that could leave City Manager John Little looking for a new gig. With Arizona’s unemployment rate hovering around 9.1 percent, good luck. The Scottsdale City Council will meet Tuesday to give Little his six-month review, and even Little seems to…
The Arizona Cardinals are off to a skitzophrenic start after yesterday’s impressive road win over the Jacksonville Jaguars and last week’s embarrassing loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Make up your minds, fellas. Either be the Super Bowl-caliber team we saw last year or the lovable losers we saw last week…
Back when I was in high school we had a different name for “emo” kids. To avoid being crass I wont say what it was but here’s a hint: It starts with a “p” and ends with an “ussies.” The kids at Fall Frenzy didn’t disappoint. To be honest, I…
When 53-year-old Tucson native Edward Lighthart walked out of Seattle’s Discovery Park back in July, he knew he wasn’t from Seattle, but that was about it. According to Seattle police, Lighthart left the park confused early in the morning and flagged down a bus. He had no idea how he…
It seems the only thing separating Richard Mulligan, Chandler’s former director of economic development, from the dysfunctional hillbillies gracing the Jerry Springer Show are the number of teeth in his mouth and the fact that he’s employed.Mulligan pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after an incident with his ex-girlfriend, Sonya Banna, 46.Banna called…
Here’s something that ought to pump some life blood into moon-landing-conspiracy theorists everywhere.If you visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam over the last 17 years and thought you saw a genuine moon rock, get ready to be disappointed. Not only didn’t the rock you saw come from the moon, it wasn’t…
Remember the gimmicky “Click it or ticket” program, compliments of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration? Apparently there wasn’t enough clicking, or police departments across the country needed a reason to ask for more money, because the program is now new and “improved” and has been adopted by the Chandler Police Department.Welcome…
Need a fire truck? How about a dump truck? Maybe you could use some old gas pumps? If so, you’re in luck. Tomorrow, the city of Phoenix is holding its quarterly rummage sale, and these are exactly some of the items on the auction block.Every three months the city holds…
New figures released Monday show that students in Arizona lead the nation in defaulting on student loans. Finally; something related to education that Arizona excels in…
Congrats Phoenicians! You are officially not the worst football fans in the country. After confronting our own fair-weather attendance patterns last week at the Cardinals’ home opener, the Cards-Jaguars game is getting blacked out this week in Jacksonville. As part of a policy designed to punish a cities bandwagon fans, the NFL blacks out games for…
Neighbors in a northwest Phoenix neighborhood are trying hard to keep the first Mormon temple in the city from going up because of a lighted tower that would rise three stories above the church.”To light up that spire like a torch until 11 p.m. is a severe detriment to us,” says resident Tasha Cady,…
To say that 64-year-old Roy Berneburg had a rough day would be putting things mildly.He started Tueseday morning at the hospital, got in a fight with a cop later, and ended his day back in the hospital, which is generally the case when you try to fight with police. Oh yeah, then…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer apparently believes she was given divine authority to rule the people of Arizona.Arizona Republic Columnist E.J. Montini points out that at a meeting of Lutheran pastors last night, Brewer had this to say:”And I firmly believe that God has placed me in this powerful position of Arizona’s governor…
Way back in March, 64-year-old Kristal Forest disappeared. Today, Yavapai County police asked for the public’s help in figuring out where she is.Forest was last seen on March 29 with 55-year-old Robert Reed near Camp Verde. She was preparing to drive to Texas, where she was scheduled to arrive on April 2.Forest was…
If you ever find yourself a “visitor” at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, don’t expect them to roll out the red carpet; in fact, don’t even expect to have any sort of unimpeded human contact.The Sheriff’s Office, on the 19th floor of the Wells Fargo Building in downtown Phoenix, has just installed…
A recent study suggests states deemed highly religious have a higher teen-pregnancy rate than more God-challenged states; as expected, Arizona is ranked in the top five in the religious category.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University, suggests that certain values found within very religious communities are the…
In her novel Mansfield Park, Jane Austin writes: “The younger brother must help pay for the pleasure of the elder.”Well, life has once again imitated art, only this time it happened in a Yavapai County courthouse.Preston Haymes, a 19-year-old from Phoenix, was arrested yesterday after police say he impersonated his older…
Someone must have given probable gubernatorial candidate and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard the first lesson in Politics 101: Old people vote.On Monday, Goddard announced that his office will be holding a series of “Senior Anti-Crime Universities,” designed to inform oldsters how to avoid everything from identity theft to getting abused by hospital…
The Phoenix Suns are in the process of reducing their players to NASCAR-driver status with a new deal that allows corporate sponsorship of practice uniforms and the team’s practice court.The team announced today that they have struck an agreement with the Annexus Group, a Phoenix-based annuity-design firm, to put the company’s logo…
A 14-year-old boy, whom police in Louisiana found malnourished, injured, and living in a dumpy old trailer with his abusive father, is being returned to his mother here in Arizona.Last week, a St. Bernard Parish constable went to the trailer park where the boy lived with his father, with the intention of…
Apparently allowing any idiot with a permit to bring a gun into a bar wasn’t enough to satisfy Arizona’s gun lobby.The Arizona Citizens Defense League, a new political action committee recently formed by local gun lobbyists, hopes to pull the strings of state leaders and sway upcoming elections toward flintlock-friendly…
After a pathetic showing in the ’09 season, most D-backs fans would probably prefer that the lovable losers not play anyone next season, let alone the soon to be World Series Champion New York Yankees.Unfortunately for Phoenicians who don’t just go to Chase Field when the Cubs, Dodgers, or Mets…
