Governor Jan Brewer declared yesterday that the Supreme Court’s decision on SB 1070 was a “victory,” as the high court sided against Arizona on three of the four provisions challenged.The governor was basing her “victory” on the Supreme Court letting section 2(b) — “papers please” — stand, though the opinion…
Governor Jan Brewer is in the throes of a full-on hissy fit in response to the news that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is yanking its 287(g) agreements with Arizona law enforcement agencies, supposedly in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision earlier today to uphold the “papers please” section…
Scott Verbout’s the guy who edits the spelling and grammar for the writers of the Casa Grande Dispatch, online at TriValleyCentral.com.He’s also the guy who was arrested by Ak-Chin police last week for allegedly doing some creative writing of his own, which he sent, along with pictures of his penis, to…
If right-wingers such as Arizona’s clueless, incompetent Governor Jan Brewer had actually read today’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Senate Bill 1070, they would not be so quick to issue press releases spinning the court’s 5-3 ruling as a victory for xenophobes, or even for the idea of some sort…
There have been only 10 documented bear attacks in Arizona since 1990.Three of those have come in the last month.A Tempe man hanging out at the Ponderosa Campground in the Tonto National Forest was the third person attacked by a bear this month, after the bear went into his tent…
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Don’t let those conservative critics mislead you: The Arizona Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Judge is really a big softie. Judge William O’Neil has given Rachel Alexander, the ethics-bending former underling of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, another chance to appeal the ordered suspension of her law license. O’Neil, after upbraiding former…
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Scientology formally opened its new Phoenix Ideal Org facility on Saturday with a celebration attended by hundreds of the religion’s followers. The grand opening near the former home of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard follows a bitter eviction process for the former tenants of the building complex at the northeast…
Governor Jan Brewer is declaring the Supreme Court’s decision on SB 1070 a “victory,” as the high court sided against Arizona on three of the four provisions challenged.The Feathered Bastard is providing the updates on the 1070 decision, as the Supreme Court let section 2(b) — “papers please” — stand,…
There were a slew of scowling faces populating the stands at Chase Field this past weekend, but — for once — none of ’em belonged to Arizona Diamondbacks fans. Nope, it was members of the Chicago Cubs nation who were glowering as they watched their team get swept by the…
SCOTUSBlog.com is reporting that Section 2(b) of Arizona’s immigration law, Senate Bill 1070, has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as not pre-empted by federal immigration law.Of the court’s decision, SCOTISBlog writes, “It was improper for the lower courts to enjoin section 2(b), which requires police officers to check…
Glendale police announced Friday that the search for the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley has entered its “final stages.”Jhessye’s mother, Jerice Hunter, was arrested for child abuse in November, but was released after charges weren’t filed.Police have said they believe Jhessye’s dead, and her mother’s the only suspect…
Glendale police say today that the search for the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley has entered its “final stages.””As of today, there has been no significant discovery of evidence directly connected to Jhessye’s death,” police say in a statement.Police believe Shockley’s body was placed in a trash bin some time…
Thanks to the advice of someone claiming to be “therapist” Paul Fischer’s ex-wife, asking that we “get to the bottom” of Fischer’s alleged assault against a woman, we checked out some more material in the case.Fischer, who does work as a “family and marriage counselor” in Phoenix, was arrested in…
No one, probably including the University of Arizona’s head baseball coach Andy Lopez would have predicted when the season started in February that the Wildcats would make it to the College World Series in Omaha. But they did. And on Sunday night, Arizona will oppose either Arkansas or South Carolina…
A City of Yuma employee was crushed by a 16-foot saguaro cactus this week, according to city officials.William Mason, a water-distribution technician with the city’s utilities department, has been in the intensive-care unit at a hospital since Tuesday.According to the city, Mason was checking out a water leak in the…
James Peters, the Scottsdale police officer who made headlines in February for shooting and killing the sixth person of his 12-year stint with the department, is set for retirement.Scottsdale’s police board for the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System approved Peters’ “accidental disability retirement application” yesterday.Peters’ most recent shooting was on…
Yep, you read the headline right. Because a group of interfaith leaders and activists plan a candlelight vigil near Tent City on Saturday, June 23, starting at 8 p.m., “America’s toughest most cowardly sheriff” will be placing his vast incarceration complex on lockdown for the day, preventing inmates from receiving…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office blew two chances to prosecute J.T. Ready for pulling guns on illegal immigrants months before the neo-Nazi gunned down four people in Gilbert, records show.The documents were released by Nick Martin of Talking Points Memo (and former Valley reporter), who broke the story about the missed…
Wikfors on Sunday Square Off, sparking a firestorm Mitt Romney may be attempting a shift to the center on immigration, but word has yet to trickle down to the hardcore nativists of the Arizona Republican Party.As the GOP presidential hopeful was in Florida yesterday trying to woo the National Association of…
Congressman Ben Quayle denies changing his stance on immigration policy, contrary to what Congressman David Schweikert and a few others have suggested.The Schweikert campaign’s response to that: you’re going to trust Brock Landers?Yes, Quayle’s past contributions to TheDirty.com — then known as DirtyScottsdale.com — are back like it’s 2010, when…
