Senator Jeff Flake, upon discovering that his approval rating was found to be one of the worst in the country, says “that probably puts me somewhere just below pond scum” on the popularity scale.Public Policy Polling found that Flake’s approval rating among Arizonans is 32 percent, and that, coupled with…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s friends, birther attorney Larry Klayman and ex-lawmaker David Burnell Smith, are doing Arpaio a solid favor in their bogus lawsuit against Respect Arizona, the group trying to recall the elderly sheriff.Respect Arizona’s legal counsel already told New Times last week that the motion to dismiss the case…
In the third round of the NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals picked the “Honey Badger,” Tyrann Mathieu, a former LSU defender who has apparently never scored higher than an “F” on a drug test.It probably wasn’t an unexpected move, as Cards cornerback Patrick Peterson is buddy-buddy with Mathieu, but that’s…
The average attendance at Phoenix Coyotes games was higher this year than it has been since the 2008-2009 season.Unfortunately for the Coyotes, that doesn’t mean much — Long Island is the only place in North America with an NHL team where fans show up in smaller numbers.See also:-Phoenix Coyotes Already…
Winter’s over — the temperature was 100 degrees at Sky Harbor Airport yesterday.According to the National Weather Service, it hit 100 at 1:15 p.m. yesterday, April 28, which is only slightly earlier than usual.See also:-Anchorage, Alaska Has Been Warmer Than Phoenix…
The Phoenix mother who police say admitted to killing her 6-day-old baby girl was the “greatest mother,” according to her husband.Bradley Koistinen maintained that his wife, Nina Koistinen, did not kill their 6-day-old daughter Maya — their eighth child — as he described his wife’s history of mental illness at…
Despite Arizona’s reputation as a state of gun-lovers, it looks like Arizonans still support background checks for all gun sales.That appears to be the reason why Senator Jeff Flake, who recently voted against expanding background checks for gun purchases, has “already become one of the most unpopular Senators in the…
By defeating the National League West-leading Colorado Rockies three times in a four-game series, the Arizona Diamondbacks now share the lead of the division, 25 games into the season.After a 3-2 victory on Thursday, the Diamondbacks lost on Friday after yet another poor performance by starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy, but…
Disbarred, disgraced, and apparently delusional former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has actually filed to run for governor in 2014.”Candy” Andy still insists he did absolutely nothing wrong, although the county just added $1.4 million to the taxpayers’ $5 million tab for Thomas’ and Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “unholy collaboration” in…
Steven Seagal actually won’t be taking part in the latest episode of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s months-long exploitation of the school-shooting tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.Seagal, putting out a statement through the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office — which, honestly, doesn’t even sound strange at all at this point — says he has…
A Phoenix mother admitted to killing her 6-day-old baby girl because she “had too many kids already,” police say.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the woman, 36-year-old Nina Koistinen, has prior run-ins with Child Protective Services and previously had said she wanted her children “to go to heaven…
There seems to be no end to Republican Congressman Trent Franks’ fanaticism about abortion.Again, Franks is proposing a bill that limits when women in Washington D.C. can get an abortion, a bill that he’s proposed before, and a bill that’s failed before — just like every single other abortion bill…
It might not be the most exciting pick as far as play-making is concerned, but the Arizona Cardinals selected offensive guard Jonathan Cooper with the team’s first-round pick, the seventh pick overall.It’s probably a good pick for the Cardinals, based on the anemic offensive-line play from last year, and you…
Disbarred, disgraced, and apparently delusional former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas claims he’s actually running for governor.Hold on to your asses, readers, because you’re about to laugh it right off. Fox 10 got a copy of Thomas’ e-mail announcement to media, in which Thomas says he’s “confident public surveys will…
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but an attorney is alleging that notorious birther and Sheriff Joe Arpaio-fan Larry Klayman has filed a lawsuit without any legal merit.In fact, Chris Ford — legal counsel for Respect Arizona — told New Times yesterday that he’s also seeking sanctions against the…
Republican Congressman Matt Salmon thinks that nobody should serve more than three terms in Congress, at least, according to a term-limits bill he submitted this week.Personally, Salmon’s on his fourth term in Congress, so it looks like he doesn’t really think that way.See also:-Matt Salmon, in Fourth Term, Says No…
As long as the Internet still exists, a search for the name “Andrew Hargenrader” will bring up the video of him tripping and smacking his face on concrete while stealing golf clubs from someone’s garage in Phoenix.Phoenix PD says Hargenrader, 35, is the guy in the video, who apparently tripped…
Republican Congressman Matt Salmon thinks that nobody should serve more than three terms in Congress.Salmon is currently serving his fourth term in Congress…
On Sunday, several employees for Prescott Valley’s minor-league hockey team, the Arizona Sundogs, went into a small lift, intent on staying there until they sold 300 hundred season tickets.As of about 1 p.m. today, they still had 24 more season tickets to sell…
This is a photograph of President George W. Bush and Governor Jan Brewer, in which Bush is giving Brewer a little smooch, and Brewer’s not shoving her finger in his face…
The price of having sex with a 17-year-old student is a 3 1/2-year prison sentence for former Paradise Valley High School teacher Jordan Doneskey.As part of a plea agreement, Doneskey will spend the rest of his life on probation, will have to register as a sex offender, and agreed to…
Senator Jeff Flake claims to support expanding background checks for gun purchases.He also voted against expanding background checks for gun purchases, which might seem confusing, because that doesn’t make sense.See also:-Is Jeff Flake a Wuss for Voting Against Expanded Background Checks?-John McCain Bucks the NRA, Supports Expanding Background Checks for…
