When you’re a radio talk-show host, it’s fairly important that you’re capable of formulating rational thoughts and not speaking like Maricopa Community College’s Colleen Clark as she’s drunkenly reciting her ABCs.Not to say Darrell Ankarlo’s thoughts were ever all that rational, but someone ought to share this concept with the 92.3 FM…
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…
The Arizona Diamondbacks did very little this weekend to stop the Colorado Rockies from steamrolling their way toward their third postseason berth in franchise history. The hometown zeroes won only one of the weekend’s three games (Friday night’s 7-5 thriller) and all but assured that the Rockies will go to…
Arizona attorney Pilar Thomas has been selected as the Deputy Solicitor for Indian Affairs for the U.S. Interior Department. Thomas is a member of the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe, and formerly worked for Phoenix-based law firm Lewis & Roca LLP…The Department of Public Safety has vowed to aggressively target people who…
ACORN’s passed along to me this subpoena that Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s been bragging about to the media, and though it’s a clear fishing expedition on the part of Arpaio’s attorney in the Melendres v. Arpaio case, let’s just say that it doesn’t exactly jibe with what the sheriff’s office has asserted in…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio’s Deputies Harass Activists with Cameras, but Arpaio Acknowledged Observers’ Right to Film in…
Don Stapley won. Andrew Thomas and Joe Arpaio lost. The Maricopa County Supervisor has been under a legal black cloud since December, when County Attorney Thomas slammed him with 118 felony counts of violating campaign finance law. But Thomas tossed the case to Yavapai County prosecutors after losing several key court battles,…
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…
Sheriff Arpaio’s boys in beige have begun a war within a war against those who observe them — activists armed with video cameras who listen to police scanners during Arpaio’s racial profiling sweeps and scramble to find the stop and capture it on camera. During the last sweep — which occurred…
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…
Even after the Arizona Cardinals came within 157 seconds of carting home the Lombardi Trophy last February, some naysayers continued to label the Cards the worst Super Bowl team of all time. Were they right? Well, the Redbirds haven’t done much to naysay the naysayers since, losing all four preseason…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have nothing left to lose this year, so here are a couple of achievable goals we think they should aim for going into this weekend’s series against the Colorado Rockies: 1) get the hell out of the cellar, which is an embarrassment to all the fans who’ve…
A California-based charity with facilities in Phoenix has been collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and income but has not been providing service on par with its revenue. According to a story in The Arizona Republic, Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind recently reported $7 million in assets,…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: “Declare Your Independence with Ernie Hancock” Features Yours Truly as Guest Phoenix NORML Rallies for…
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office press releases are known for being as dependable as dispatches from the Flat Earth Society. But this latest one informing the public about Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lickspittle attorney Timothy Casey’s latest legal maneuver jumps the proverbial shark. Casey, known for killing whole forests to produce the reams of paper he buries his…
Watch out Andrew Thomas, Tom Horne, and Sam Crump.And, for that matter, David Lujan really better watch out.It’s not just boys “exploring” a run for Arizona Attorney General anymore. Today, Felecia Rotellini, the former Superintendent of the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions and a longtime prosecutor, announced that she was…
