Pinal County Sheriff’s Office public Information officer Elias Johnson resigned Friday after an investigation into allegations that he, although not a sworn deputy, participated in a U.S. Marshals Service bust in his Gilbert neighborhood, according to the Casa Grande Dispatch. Johnson apparently violated multiple department policies during the July…
According to a group that calls itself a “strategy center for the progressive movement,” Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl are the worst for the proverbial middle class.They’re actually in a 19-way tie among Senators for being the “worst of the worst,” which, as you can imagine coming from a…
Earth to Joe: You look like you should be in a morgue in this, your worst ad yet Sheriff Joe’s Democratic challenger Paul Penzone is gaining on the aged autocrat, with a new poll by Switchboard Communications (commissioned by the Penzone camp, natch) showing Penzone within 4.7 points of Arpaio…
Councilwoman Joyce Clark is making some twisted comments about Latinos in her campaign literature as she seeks re-election to the Glendale City Council. In her campaign fliers, Clark criticizes fellow Glendale Councilwoman Norma Alvarez because she “has endorsed and is solely supporting Latino candidates for mayor and council.” See also:…
Judge Warren Granville has ruled that Michael Lee Crane cannot represent himself in his murder trial.Crane’s accused of killing three people — Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as businessman Bruce Gaudet — and while Granville found Crane competent to represent himself, it’s Crane’s goofy behavior in…
For the second time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office put out a press release to complain that Immigration and Customs Enforcement “refused” to take custody of a suspected illegal immigrant.The story from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is that the Human Smuggling Unit pulled over a car, and the driver didn’t have…
The U.S. Senate race between Democrat Richard Carmona and Republican Jeff Flake is starting to get some national attention, as the Washington Post asked itself this week, “Can Democrat Richard Carmona win the Arizona Senate race?”Maybe not, they said.See also:-Richard Carmona Promises Dems a Senate Seat-Bill Clinton To Rally for…
About four years ago, Todd Fries, the owner of Burns Power Washing, was shorted $200 for a power-washing job because his customers didn’t think Fries’ employees did such a great job.Fries responded to this lack of payment by spreading things outside the customers’ home including (but not limited to) motor…
Does Sheriff Joe Arpaio really think it’s unnecessary to debate his opponent, Paul Penzone, or is the Sheriff…chicken?According to Randy Parraz and Citizens for Better Arizona members who brought live chickens to Arpaio’s office on the 19th floor of the Wells Fargo Building in Phoenix, the Sheriff’s chicken…
The high blood-alcohol content found in Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever’s body after his fatal crash last month suggests the sheriff had a strong tolerance for booze, experts say. In other words, Dever — known by many as a Mormon who didn’t drink — may have been a problem drinker…
Despite what the Center for Arizona Policy is telling its supporters about Proposition 204, the Yes on 204 campaign says it won’t create $100 million “slush fund” to pay for abortions — or any sort of fund for abortions.In fact, Yes on 204 campaign officials say the estimated $100 million…
Former U.S. Surgeon General Rich Carmona and Congressman Jeff Flake are fighting hard to win the senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl…
State Representative Ben Arredondo has become the fourth member of the state Legislature’s current class to resign because of some sort of scandal.Arredondo, who pleaded guilty to two felony charges last week, was ordered to resign from the House as part of his plea agreement.See also:-Ben Arredondo Pleads Guilty to…
Proposition 204, also known as the “Quality Education and Jobs Act,” is a sales-tax measure that would keep the tax at the same level as the temporary increase voters approved in 2010.A common criticism is that the ballot language doesn’t describe exactly where the expected $1 billion in revenue goes,…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s insatiable desire to stand in the limelight has once again bitten him in the keister. This time, he latched onto the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie as a way to get center stage and deliver his anti-President Obama sentiments. See also: Babeu Blasted…
Governor Jan Brewer said last week that Arizonans should be angered at the “kind of evil” and “federal failure” that left a Border Patrol agent dead near Bisbee.Since Brewer said that, it’s been discovered that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie apparently was killed by friendly fire.See also:-Jan Brewer May Have Paul Babeu’d Herself-Border…
Republican-turned-Independent candidate for sheriff Mike Stauffer may have almost no money, little support and may be regarded as a massive joke by nearly everyone with a lick of sense in Maricopa County. Nevertheless, he soon could be getting some indirect assistance from a new independent expenditure committee, one trumpeted by…
If you know the savage who punched a guy about 25 times in an elevator at the W6 apartment building in Tempe early Thursday morning, Silent Witness is offering a reward for that information.The W6, or West 6th Tempe, opened a little more than a year ago, and the apartment…
The “sovereign citizen movement” movement still exists, as evidenced by Steve Baker’s alleged offer to a Phoenix police officer last night — if the cop just let him go, Baker said he wouldn’t have to place a lien against the officer’s own home.That didn’t go over in Baker’s favor, and…
Three members of an Iraqi family living in Phoenix pleaded guilty to various charges related to the alleged abuse of a fellow family member for refusing an arranged marriage.Yusra Farhan, 50, pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment, and Mohammed Altameemi, 45, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for alleged attacks against…
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever’s blood-alcohol level was .29 at the time of his fatal crash, which is more than three times higher than what’s considered to be the “legal limit” of .08.The autopsy report from Coconino County says Dever died from injuries related to the crash, including a broken…
The FBI says there are “strong preliminary indications” that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was killed by friendly fire last week near Bisbee, in an incident that also landed another agent in the hospital.Thus, it appears that Governor Jan Brewer “Paul Babeu’d” herself, by handing out political blame for deaths…
