Best Arizona Political Ad of 2012?

Yesterday, our colleague Stephen Lemons put together his list of the top 10 Arizona political ads of 2012.If you’ve turned on a television set over the past several month, then you’ve probably seen several of these — over, and over, and over again, if you gaze into the TV often.See…

Maricopa County Mugshots of the Week: Mixed Messages

Every week we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, our Fourth Avenue visitors are sending mixed messages, and it’s…

Maricopa County Elections Department Starting Spanish Campaign Due to Election-Date Error, Which Supervisor Wilcox Calls a “Tragedy”

The Maricopa County Elections Department released some of the details this morning about the Spanish-language campaign it’s putting on, in an effort to set the record straight for any Spanish-speaking voters who may have been confused by errors made by the department.On two occassions, people noticed that materials distributed by…

Light Rail Ninja Kairo: Hero, or Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Now that more than 500,000 people have seen the YouTube video of Phoenix’s light rail ninja “Kairo” breaking up a fight, it’s caused some debate.Some people think it’s pretty awesome that “Kairo” put the kibosh on the light rail fisticuffs, while others think it’s a really bad idea to be…

Light Rail Ninja Goes by the Name “Kairo”

The man who broke up a fight on the Metro Light Rail using a samurai sword a few weeks ago goes by the name “Kairo.”It’s not his real name — at least, not the name that government entities would refer to him by — but he is a 26-year-old Phoenix…