Russell Pearce’s Radio Show and Its Potential Legal Problems

The most interesting item to drop from the lips of recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce at Mesa’s Red Mountain Tea Party meeting on Monday was not the fact that he’s running for state Senate in Legislative District 25. Rather, it was something Pearce said to me as I buttonholed him…

Joe Arpaio-Foe Mike Stauffer Claims More Than 20,000 Signatures

Though he can’t boast much in the way of contributions, Scottsdale Police Lieutenant and sheriff’s office hopeful Mike Stauffer may have earned his place on the November general election ballot as an Independent.According to a press release issued today by the Stauffer camp, which you can read below, Stauffer has…

Russell Pearce’s New Nemesis: Republican Robert Worsley (w/Update)

Recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce has just encountered his first major obstacle in his revenge campaign for state Senate from Legislative District 25: Republican businessman Robert Worsley.Today, the wealthy Mesa executive has announced that he’ll be Pearce’s rival in the Republican primary for LD 25, effectively upstaging Pearce’s planned announcement…

Debbie Lesko’s Freedom-Hating Anti-Birth-Control Bill

Republicans. I know some of them are sane here in Sand Land, but you wouldn’t know it by their wingnutty hijinks in the state Legislature this year, where they’ve placed a birther-bill, a late-term abortion ban and a state-funded border militia ahead of doing anything to aid the economy, bring…

Russell Pearce’s Big Announcement on State Senate Run Comes March 19

I have just intercepted the e-mail blast below from 12-point loser, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce. According to the communication, Arizona’s biggest bigot intends to make it official on March 19 regarding a run for state Senate in the newly-formed Legislative District 25.There’s no little irony in the fact…

Trent Franks on Blast by Pro-Choice Activists Over His Anti-Abortion Bill

Carrying signs depicting U.S. Representative Trent Franks of Arizona’s Second Congressional District as a hot dog with the slogan, “Congressman Franks, Don’t Be a Wiener,” around 25 protesters rallied on the sidewalk before Franks’ Glendale office this morning to oppose an anti-abortion measure proposed by the West Valley Republican.Franks’ legislation,…

Michelle Ugenti’s Masturbation Comment and Her Foot-in-Mouth Disease

Tea Party princess Michelle Ugenti has a mouth on her, that’s for sure. The Republican state House Representative and former real-estate peddler was elected to represent District 8 voters in 2010, largely with the assistance of Clean Elections funding and the campaign hackery of Clean Elections-parasite Constantin Querard.And what has Clean…

Ethnic Studies Revolt: Banned Book Caravan To Barnstorm Tucson

Tony Diaz, dropping some knowledge with the Libro-Traficante caravanArizona’s ethnic studies ban has resulted in the eradication of the successful and popular Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District, and a backward edict banning certain supposedly “dangerous” books by Latino authors from Tucson classrooms.This peculiar mix of…

SB 1070: Two More Sections Enjoined by Judge Susan R. Bolton

With oral arguments scheduled to take place April 25 before the U.S. Supreme Court on Arizona’s breathing-while-brown statute Senate Bill 1070, Arizona District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton today enjoined two sections of the law she had not previously put on hold in 2010, when she stymied the most egregious parts…

Joe Arpaio Slammed in New Attack Ad by Citizens for a Better Arizona

Cost $6,000 and worth every penny… For years, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has successfully peddled the myth that he’s “America’s toughest sheriff,” but his record of wasting taxpayer money, pursuing his political enemies and, worst of all, bungling the investigations of sex crimes on a massive, unprecedented scale, seems to finally…