Three people have been arrested — two of them on murder charges — in the death of a Phoenix man whose body was found in December, just a couple miles from Phoenix International Raceway. Hector Sanchez Duque, 43, had “no known ties” to the Tolleson farm near where he was…
A woman who was married at the age of 14 thanks to convicted child-rapist Warren Jeffs is now free — at the age of 26.Attorney General Tom Horne set up the press conference yesterday with the woman, Ruby Jessop, as Horne’s chalking up her escape to his office’s payment to…
Losers are pathetic enough, but losers who don’t know they’re losers should be given a pistol with one bullet and locked in a shed until they are duly inspired. Among these: sleaze-maestro Constantin Querard, state Representative Steve Smith, and two-time loser, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce. See also: -Russell Pearce’s…
Arizona may have the highest rate of high school dropouts in the nation, but some of the legislation that’s been proposed thus far in the realm of education does nothing but continue the nationally recognized circus act known as the Arizona State Legislature.Chiefly, we’re talking about two especially worthless bills…
A majority of Americans are in favor of a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, according to poll commissioned by the Associated Press.Not only do Democrat and independent voters favor this idea, but 53 percent of Republicans do too, according to this poll…
Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva says it’s pretty clear that deferred action beneficiaries should be allowed to apply for driver’s licenses.Grijalva, and previously, the ACLU, have disagreed with the executive order issued by Governor Jan Brewer, in which she stated that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program do not have…
Remember that original Batmobile that was sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale over the weekend for more than $4.6 million?Forget about that, because two Ferrari were sold for more than $8 million each at two different, smaller, Valley auctions this weekend.See also:-Batmobile Sells for $4.6 Million at Barrett-Jackson; Man…
As the Arizona Republic was bleeding ink for Governor Jan Brewer’s allegedly “kinder, gentler tone” on immigration over the weekend, what was Janbo up to? See also: -Jan Brewer on Blast by DREAMers and CBA in Protest: 3 Arrested -Arizona Deserves No Peace From Pro-Immigrant Forces Raising cash for her…
Maybe there’s something to be said about the posts on this blog today — legislators hoping to make high school students take a loyalty oath to graduation, Arizona leading the nation in high school dropouts, and now, an effort to make reciting the Pledge of Allegiance a “requirement.”Under current Arizona…
Out of all 50 states, there’s no state where kids are dropping out of high school at a higher rate than Arizona.That’s according to a report on graduation and dropout rates released today by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is part of the U.S. Department of Education.See also:-Arizona…
If you haven’t heard the latest brilliant idea out of the state capitol, it’s to make high schoolers pledge their loyalty to upholding and defending the Constitution in order to receive their diplomas.That’s how the sponsors of House Bill 2467 — Republican state Representatives Bob Thorpe, Sonny Borrelli, Carl Seel,…
State lawmakers have been trying to regulate salvia divinorum, a hallucination-inducing plant, since 2009, and it still hasn’t been regulated.Now, legislators are trying once again to regulate salvia, this time banning its sale to anyone under the age of 21.See also:-2009: Salvia Targeted by Arizona Lawmakers…
“Finally, our state legislators are making sure Arizona’s teenagers will ask for the Lord’s help defending the Constitution before they’re allowed to earn a high school diploma.” –NobodyIf a handful of Republican state legislators have their way, high school students in Arizona would not be allowed to graduate until taking…
Gilman chats up the gun nuts, take one… Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman covered the gun nut rally at the Arizona State Capitol this past Saturday, and caught some interesting footage of the local pro-2nd Amendment crowd, which seems mainly to have consisted of angry white dudes who’re afraid that the…
While the ACLU is still suing over Governor Jan Brewer’s order to deny driver’s licenses to participants in the Obama Administration’s deferred-action program, a bill has been submitted that would change the current policy.Democratic state Representative Catherine Miranda submitted House Bill 2032, which aims to get the people receiving deferred…
Saturday night was a typical Saturday night at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction — the day the real money is tossed around.For example, the gentleman who dropped $4.62 million — four point six-two million American dollars — for an original Batmobile, and the man who spent $1.1 million to be the…
As the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office pulled off its 70th “employer sanctions operation” — which MCSO now refers to as a “criminal employment operation — we pointed out yet again that no employers were arrested, or sanctioned, in the operation.It was revealed last week in a federal court filing that…
The Arizona Republican Party is the gift that keeps on giving. Last week, the Maricopa County GOP picked raging aggro gay-hater A.J. LaFaro as its chairman, a choice Dems are giddy over because it leaves the local Republican Party in the complete control of wigged-out moonhowlers, further alienating anyone with…
John Leonardo, Arizona U.S. Attorney, released a letter to the public today that expresses support for banning certain kinds of guns and requiring background checks for all sales of firearms. Leonardo begins his letter by explaining that the “political climate for a constructive discussion about gun control appears to be…
The American Civil Liberties Union says the federal government has confirmed what ACLU officials have been saying all along — participants in the Obama Administration’s deferred-action program should be allowed to apply for driver’s licenses.That’s not exactly what U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is saying, but the ACLU’s claim does…
Just about every week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, our alleged criminals look like they deserve awards…
After the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office pulled off its 70th “employer sanctions operation” (which MCSO now refers to as a “criminal employment operation”), we pointed out yet again that no employers were arrested, or sanctioned, in the operation.Arpaio now says that’s probably a job for the Obama administration.See also:-Joe Arpaio…
