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: David Irving, the Cowardly Holocaust Denier, and His Gal Friday Jaenelle Antas Up on the…
Deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office busted two undocumented workers today after a cafe owner let the employees’ secret slip. The owner of Peppersauce Cafe, Denise Kimball, “blurted out” to a table full of lawmen — including a deputy — that “her cooks and dishwashers working in the back…
We can’t tell you much more than what’s in the headline. Local PR whiz Jason Rose put an interesting, though cryptic, tweet on his Twitter account yesterday about one of his clients, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas: Major announcement from maricopa county andrew thomas quite possible in next 45 days…
Two years after a Phoenix police officer was killed while handcuffing a theft suspect, about 250 people showed up to memorialize him. Officer George Cortez was honored Monday on the anniversary of his death, according to poignant write-up on the Phoenix Police Department’s Web site. Thousands of people showed up…
We see that many of you are commenting on another blog post about a somewhat-amusing video on www.youtube.com, so we figured it had earned the right to its own post. Trouble is, we can’t be sure of exactly what we’re seeing here. Yes, the video does show an old guy…
In the latest round of budgetary “boo-hoos,” Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives issued a press release today littered with frightening rhetoric slamming the latest Republican budget plan. If bipartisan budget talks are over, the Democrats say, it’s the Republicans’ fault. They add that the GOP plan would essentially take Arizona to…
One of the many organizations to lose funding in the ongoing Arizona legislative budget battle sent 25 blind children to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro last month. The Foundation for Blind Children, a Valley non-profit that (among other things) sponsors the “See Kili Our Way” program, lost 10 percent of…
Governor Jan Brewer put out a news release this afternoon announcing she’s picked A. John Pelander III to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court. The vacancy was created by the upcoming retirement of Chief Justice Ruth McGregor. As the Arizona Republic notes today, Pelander is a Republican, like…
New Times and the Arizona Republic used to be fiercely competitive — and we used any slip-ups on their part as an excuse to point out how much better we were.Today, in this brutal time for newspapers, we’re just mourning their losses. Which is why we found a story in…
Arizona’s U.S. Attorney, Diane Humetewa, the nation’s first-ever Native American woman to become a U.S. Attorney in any state, will resign on August 2. Sandy Raynor, spokeswoman for the office, says Humetewa plans on spending some time with her family before figuring out her next career move. As far as…
Nobody likes to be shown up as a liar, especially a law officer who might be called to the witness stand someday and grilled on his credibility by a defense attorney. So it’s no wonder Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has tried to defend himself from…
Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva has asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s office to “mitigate and monitor” the environmental impact of the several-hundred-mile Southwest border wall. The request came in a letter to Napolitano’s office signed by 43 congressman, including Gabrielle Giffords and Ed Pastor, and endorsed by a number of…
Baseball is one of those sports where any team, no matter how good or bad, can beat another on any given day. But when the good exploits the bad, then, well, it’s not a pretty thing to watch. Just in case you missed it, the Philadelphia Phillies are in town…
Agua Fria Union High School District superintendent Dudley Butts has resigned, just days after the district hired a public relations firm to handle media inquiries, and more than five months after a mercury spill at Agua Fria High that closed the school for three days…Chandler City Manager Mark Pentz’s proposal…
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: Bill Maher Punks Out, Gives Janet Napolitano a Free Ride on Real Time Up on…
Why is Holocaust denier, anti-Semite and disgraced historian David Irving so afraid of scrutiny? If you caught my recent blog on Irving’s appearance at Jerry’s Restaurant in Phoenix, an appearance protested by a group of local anarchists, you’ll know that Irving refused me entrance to the neo-Nazi coffee klatch, even after I offered to pay the $20 admission.Irving…
In following up our earlier post today about 3,600 speed-camera cases on the docket for this morning in a single justice court, we stumbled upon the answer to a good question. Many readers have asked: What happens if you get a speed-camera ticket on the freeway in Arizona, but you live out of state? We had been barking…
Three Phoenix men must pay $183,000 each in a settlement with the government stemming from a 2003 wildfire near Sedona that burned about 70 acres of forest. Gary Griffo (pictured), Matthew Warnke, and Brad Cislini don’t admit liability in the settlement, which was reached to prevent “protracted litigation.” None of the men could be…
Un-tap the keg, and turn out the lights; Arizona State University’s reign as one of the nations top party schools is coming to an end, according to a recent survey. This year’s Princeton Review survey places ASU 20th when it comes to partying, and marks the lowest ranking on any…
Why’s it taken the Arizona Legislature several months to come up with a budget, with still nothing much on the horizon? Well, there are several reasons, and most contain expletives. But one reason is that dozens of people are trying to do thousands of different things with money that doesn’t actually exist. An Arizona State…
A local reverend who runs a Web site alleging government corruption has been indicted on 17 counts of fraud in an advertising ripoff. Over the last three years, John Stone (pictured), 52, persuaded several area business owners to fund missing-children advertisement on benches outside stores, says the Maricopa County Attorney’s office.. Authorities say Stone…
Clad in green and clutching picket signs, hundreds gathered at Arizona State University on Sunday to show solidarity for post-election protests that have left at least 20 people dead. “This summer, the youth of Iran have shown an enthusiastic push for freedom, and as a result we have witnessed a…
