Ever get the feeling we’re in the midst of some mass psychosis regarding the President of the United States on the part of those who hate his guts? For example, anti-Obama groups regularly use Nazi imagery in describing or illustrating Obama. Obama is depicted as Adolf Hitler, and or dressed…
State Senate bill 1271 — which would have drastically changed Arizona’s foreclosure law — was reversed when Governor Jan Brewer signed the majority of the budget. The law would have made it more difficult to qualify for protections that often prevent homeowners from going bankrupt in the event of foreclosures…
The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety wrapped up a more than a two-week sweep to bust drunk drivers yesterday, and, well, they “nailed” a lot of people.According to the GOHS, between August 21, and Septemeber 7, authorities busted 1,136 drunk drivers as part of the sweep that was given the title…
If you live in the Valley of the Sun, you probably have a trick or two to avoid getting busted by the speed cameras we all love so much. Some people just know exactly where they are, some buy devices to mask their license plates, and one man, police say, resorted…
While we would never encourage driving drunk, sometimes even smart people “slip up.” However, to “slip up” twice in the same day probably means you’re a complete nitwit.A traditional Labor Day is Mesa is full of picnics, parties, and, of course, DUI checkpoints. Yesterday was no different — except that police…
A Border Patrol agent is suing the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, claiming he was traumatized after being stopped by ICE agents on a dark, rural road in southern Arizona and held at gunpoint. Jess Cabe, who works out of the Border Patrol’s Nogales Station, filed the lawsuit on September 4 in the U.S. District…
After Arizona Governor Jan Brewer approved the majority of the Legislature’s budget plan Friday, the question still looms: How the hell are we gonna pay for it?!Despite a laundry list of cuts, and concessions, the state is still well short of being able to pay for the programs still on…
Around 3:30 p.m. on Labor Day, while boarding an empty light-rail car at the Third Street and Washington stop, we heard a Sedona-red-wearing male say, in reference to the just-completed game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field, “Whoa. This [the game] is really the…
Phoenix police arrested 1,053 people in their “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” campaign that began August 21. The campaign, which ended Labor Day, was designed to crack down on DUIs. Of the arrests, police say 359 were cases of extreme DUI…One local man, Joseph Cummins, was stopped on suspicion of…
Weirdness of weirdness. I was only hoping to do one blog post today, but fate took another turn. I ended back up in Tempe, thinking protest organizer Leonard Clark might be doing another anti-Steven Anderson action for Anderson’s 6:30 p.m. service. When I got there, Clark was being interviewed by ABC…
It was love vs. hate, round one, down at the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe this morn, as about 125 soldiers of love, led by local progressive activist Leonard Clark, took on the Pastor of Hate, aka, Obama-despiser Steven Anderson, who was preaching to his tiny flock during the…
With mariachis, dancing, ice cream cake, and even a brief appearance by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Phoenix civil rights leader Salvador Reza and fellow activists celebrated one year of near-daily protests at the Wells Fargo Building downtown, where Arpaio’s MCSO keeps two floors of pricey executive offices, paid for by county…
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 Considers Run for Guv According to Phoenix Business Journal, David Hendershott Considers Exile…
A judge has delayed his decision on whether to ban LifeLock from setting fraud alerts on its customers’ credit bureau accounts, giving the Tempe-based company a few weeks’ breathing room. Federal Judge Andrew Guilford has already ruled LifeLock’s scheme of setting fraud alerts doesn’t comply with the Fair Credit Reporting…
Has your sparkling bundle of joy turned into an adolescent monster? If so, you’re in luck; the ABC reality show “Supernanny” is coming to town in search of the Valley’s most misbehaved minors.The show will be holding open casting calls on Saturday at The Phoenix Zoo and Wet ‘n’ Wild…
A robbery gone wrong ended when the victim upped the ante on the would-be robber by pulling a sword.Police say that the suspect and the victim, who are believed to have been friends, went to a check cashing store near the victim’s house on Thursday.The two men in their thirties,…
The lawsuit filed by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office against county management — the result of disputed ownership of a computer system — will now move to Pima County, the Maricopa Superior Court has ruled.This looks like a victory for the sheriff’s side: His lawyer’s had asked for an “emergency…
Phoenix is starting to live up to its “streets of rage” reputation.Early this morning, police say a Phoenix man cut another man off with his car near West Indian School Road and North 51st Avenue just after midnight.Given Phoenix’s No. 6 ranking on the list of cities with the worst…
You would think that city residents would welcome church bells as a means of drowning out the police sirens and gunshots often heard in Phoenix neighborhoods. Apparently not.In June, a Catholic bishop was sentenced to three years of probation and 10 days in jail (suspended) for violating a noise ordinance…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio may be considering a run for Governor of Arizona, according to Phoenix Business Journal reporter Mike Sunnucks. If he does so, Chief Deputy David Hendershott might be considering self-imposed exile in Honduras. Or maybe Shanghai. For Captain Joel Fox, center of the SCA scandal and G. Gordon Liddy-wannabe, there’s always harakiri. This…
Holy crap, she really did it!On Thursday, Governor Jan Brewer signed a portion of the state budget that allows for the sale of state buildings, including both houses of the state legislature, the state fairgrounds, prisons, and several other state owned buildings.The plan, which drew national attention after Brewer brought…
President Obama is heading back to school next Tuesday, and Arizona Schools Superintendent Tom Horne doesn’t like it. You’d think he’d be thrilled; maybe now someone will pass the AIMS test. Horne gave President Obama a lesson in educating children in a statement he issued Tuesday, and when the fearless leader of one…
