Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill yesterday which allows for the sale of some of Arizona’s public properties. House Bill 2010 dictates the state try to raise as much as $735 million by selling state-owned buildings and then leasing them back. Buildings that could be sold include the House and…
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: Steven Anderson’s Yuma City Warrant for “Disorderly Conduct,” and RP4409’s Moronic Misuse of the Word…
As we sit on the cusp of kissing the daunting 110 degree days goodbye for eight glorious months, we can be certain of one thing: They’re coming.That’s right; as the majority of the country prepares to freeze its ass off for the rest of the year, as Phoenicians we prepare…
Sedona man Jack Louis Sporich–also known as the “Pied Piper of Pedophiles”–was arrested yesterday after being extradited from Cambodia for molesting four children under the age of 14. He and two others– Erik Peeters, 41, Ronald “John” Boyajian, 59 –were caught as part of the international sex sting “Operation Twisted…
Pedro Ultreras’ stark, uncompromising film 7 Soles (7 Suns) may be the most timely film out now. The movie depicts a band of Mexican migrants enduring a living nightmare to cross the Sonoran desert in the hopes of reaching Phoenix. Your last chance to see it any time soon will…
Governor Jan Brewer signed one of seven budget bills Thursday that provides the funding for the Department of Public Safety.It’s about freakin’ time!DPS was on the verge of a financial freak-out as its cash flow was drying up, and it wasn’t sure if its 2,200 employees would even get paid…
John McCain’s presidential dreams just won’t die.Our fearless senator took the stage of The Tonight Show last night, and joked with host Conan O’Brien about demanding a recount of the 2008 presidential election.”I land in the airport today, LAX, and I’m walking through and everybody said, ‘I loved for you. I voted…
Construction workers just north of Tucson stumbled upon a rattlesnake on their job site about three weeks ago.Not too uncommon; this is Arizona.Well, the thing had two heads — not necessarily a sign of the apocalypse, but something veterinarians at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum say they haven’t seen in their…
Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen called for an investigation into Attorney General Terry Goddard at a press conference yesterday — but failed to mention that Goddard’s office is currently investigating Pullen.In fact, in Pullen’s remarks, which you can see in this video posted to www.sonoranalliance.com, the state party chairman…
The long arm of the law gave the drug company Pfizer Inc. a couple of pretty firm slaps Wednesday, one of which will bring close to $1 million to Arizona.As part of a settlement for a multi-state federal lawsuit, the company has agreed to pay $33 million to 41 different…
The state budget battle has prevented Arizona from complying with a federal mandate that requires states to enter information about sex offenders into a national database. The Adam Walsh Act of 2006 requires states to submit information about their most prolific perverts by July of this year, and Arizona has failed to do so…
Watch this, and tell me truthfully, who do you feel for, these two guys, or the nudnik operating the camera? Look, I’m no fan of the U.S. Border Patrol. Or of checkpoints. Or of police power in general. I think anyone familiar with this blog knows that. But it’s a…
Max Scherzer had what may have been the best outing of his young career Wednesday night as he beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and one of the better pitchers in the National League, Chad Billingsley, 4-1. Mad Max, a pitcher with incredible stuff but frequent bouts of inconsistency, was rock…
Chandler police Wednesday released the audio of the 911 call in the death of a 3-year-old girl. The callers: the mother and boyfriend of the dead child, who have both been charged with first-degree murder for her death. “Yes, my [expletive] child isn’t breathing right now,” you can hear the boyfriend, 23-year-old…
Big Surf water park in Tempe will close at the end of Labor Day, perhaps for good. Golfland Entertainment Centers, which has operated the park since 1991, announced yesterday it will cease operations of the park to focus on its other ventures. The El Paso-based company that owns Big Surf…
GARBAGE PAIL KIDS Calling it stealing is crazy: Liked your “freegans” story. It demonstrated just how much food is wasted. And why shouldn’t those in need be allowed to have this stuff? Even those not in need. It’s destined for the garbage dump! To call it stealing just doesn’t make…
I am a 22-year-old Mexican-American woman, still living with my parents but going to college, working full time, and taking care of myself financially. I grew up in a very traditional Mexican household, youngest of four kids, and we were all born in the United States. I’m unmarried but have a…
Jeff Moriarty is standing across the street from the Borders at Scottsdale Fashion Square, wearing a sequined Elvis outfit with a removable ball of oversize chest hair and a skull mask. He is surrounded by a group of people wearing similarly homemade super-villain costumes, all waiting for the light to…
Five months ago, investigators with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office raided the home of one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s favored commanders — seizing computers, cell phones, bank records, and other documents. This week, thanks to the work of this newspaper’s attorneys, information about that raid has finally been revealed. That…
CORPUS DELICTI We already know the real cause of death of Marcia Powell, the 48-year-old inmate at Goodyear’s Perryville Prison who collapsed after being left in a shadeless cage for at least four hours in the pitiless Arizona sun: Department of Corrections honcho Charles Ryan ordered her plug pulled on…
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: Wannabe Timothy McVeigh Types Welcome: The Neo-Nazi Nationalist Coalition’s Phoenix Fall Wing Ding Up on…
Like you needed more proof that white supremacists are lame and talentless Are you painfully white, and hate Jews, diversity, Mexicans, and black folk (though not necessarily in that order)? Do you find yourself googly-eyed whenever Adolf Hitler is on the History Channel, or end up salivating over documentaries concerning the 1995 Oklahoma City…
