The Arizona Department of Economic Security is warning clients in DES’ Early Intervention Program of possible identity theft. After two backup hard drives were stolen from a Phoenix storage facility last October, the department sent out 65,000 letters to warn people of identity theft. Ten thousand of them were returned…
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 Scores: Judge Mary Murguia Recuses Self From Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio…
Apparently, not even a federal judge and her family are free from the intimidation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his law dogs. I’ve now learned that Judge Mary Murguia’s July 15 order recusing herself in the big Melendres v. Arpaio racial-profiling lawsuit came days after Arpaio’s lawyers in the case subpoenaed Murguia’s sister Janet for…
Maricopa County officials responded to criticism by Sheriff Joe Arpaio today about budget cuts, saying the sheriff’s office is not the only county agency that’s hurting. In a prepared statement, county leaders outline how Arpaio signed off on the budget he’s now complaining about. And in direct response to Arpaio’s…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office arrested suspects in less than five percent of its cases in 2007, the Goldwater Institute says — a shockingly low statistic that contradicts what the Sheriff’s Office has long officially maintained.The statistics, which the Goldwater Institute obtained through a public records request, show that the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced today he’ll take $2,613 out of his $97,000 yearly salary and donate it to “charities” while his employees are forced to take unpaid, two-week furloughs. In typical self-aggrandizing fashion for the sheriff, the beneficiaries of Arpaio’s largess will be charities his agency set up. He’s…
www.mrrl.org Has Obama taken the role of Don Corleone? In Corleone fashion, top Obama officials made Arizona Governor Jan Brewer an offer she shouldn’t refuse. They want her to back the President’s stimulus plan, and if she doesn’t and agrees with Senator Jon Kyl, she should say ciao to the federal funds…
The rip of metal skin, the smell of electric motors overheating, the excited faces of young nerds in button-down, short-sleeve shirts… If you love a good robot fight like we do, tread on down to Metrocenter this Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. It may not be as exciting as…
Sonoran Alliance, one of our favorite places to check for news by and for conservatives, doesn’t have a word to say about Steve Ellman, Dave Hendershott and the SCA. Not surprising, of course. Many of the anonymous SA writers appear to be strongly allied with — or even employees of…
Two years ago, Sun Lakes resident Francis Ray Collins reported that his wife, Linda Steer, fell off a cliff to her death on a trip to Apache Lake.The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office yesterday announced the arrest of Collins, 50, and that it’s seeking a second-degree murder charge on Steer in…
It appears the claw’s on the other foot for area lobsters as the newest rage in crustacean entertainment is hitting area bars harder than the whipping tail of a lobster heading for the boiler. The Love Maine Lobster Claw, a product of a Maine based company with distributors in Phoenix called “Love Maine Lobster,” is popping…
The cash-strapped Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority has made a deal with the Arizona Cardinals to have the NFL team operate concessions at University of Phoenix stadium, beginning in 2010. The Cardinals will market the stadium for sponsorships and non-football events, but officials for the stadium’s other tenant, the Fiesta…
In a surprise turn of events yesterday in the ongoing racial profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Melendres v. Arpaio), U.S. District Judge Mary Murguia recused herself from the case in response to a motion filed in February by the sheriff’s legal team. The motion claimed that because Murguia’s twin sister…
How can I get Mexicans to arrive to a meeting on time? Punctual Pete Tell them you’re offering green cards on a first-come, first-served basis. And then diles a gabachos to eliminate the concept of arriving “fashionably late” the way they did the Polish joke. I was reading through the…
WACKOS ON JACKO Editor’s note: Okay, you’ve figured it out by now, right? Our story on Sedona “healer” Dr. Reinalda de Souza was satirical (see The Bird for full details). De Souza didn’t really ritually sacrifice a Rottweiler puppy to hex the “King of Pop” into suffering a fatal heart…
Franc Kahn isn’t exactly what you’d expect of a guy running a government agency. He’s been divorced three times. He legally changed his name at age 33, for reasons that are unclear. He owes the federal government $16,645 in back taxes. He has a history of stiffing creditors. Really, Kahn,…
Long before she was accused of robbing and murdering a Mexican man and his 9-year-old daughter in the southern Arizona desert — exposing the Minuteman movement to claims of racial warfare — and long before she told her followers that she saw brown-skinned immigrants as filthy lawbreakers, Shawna Forde was…
MURDEROUS INTENT You’d have to have aluminum flowing through your veins not to feel a chill crawl up the back of your neck as you listen to the 911 tape of the Arivaca killings. Weeping, Gina Marie Gonzalez tells the 911 operator that someone has shot both her husband, Raul…
I have seen the future of newsprint, and it’s in The Slammer, literally. Indeed, with all the bitching and moaning in the bloody Fourth Estate about layoffs, the Web, and the end of newsprint, here’s a weekly newspaper that appears to be thriving at a dollar a pop, for sale 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: Jan Brewer Bans Abortion (for a Day), Democrats Should Consider Hara-kiri Up on the Sun:…
Two scientists at Arizona State University’s polytechnic campus may have found a slimy green alternative to the world’s oil crisis: Algae. No joke. Scientists Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld can convert algae into jet fuel — a discovery that may just land them a World Technology Award tomorrow. By selectively…
BASE jumper Chris McNamara must pay a $5,000 fine for leaping from a cliff in the Grand Canyon National Park, says a federal judge. The winged daredevil and climber from Marin County, California did his wicked deed on November 5, 2007, during a badass Canyon adventure with climbing superstars Tommy…
