It takes a twisted individual to delight in the sufferings of the mentally ill. A special type of sick, sadistic bully. The kind employed in spades by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The December 16 killing of Army veteran Marty Atencio is the latest example of the above, one of…
I’m in this country illegally, but I have a current passport from the country I am from, and I have an international driver’s license. I could not renew my California driver’s license after my travel visa expired. Occasionally, I fly commercially within the United States, and these docs are always…
QUEEN HERROD Getting fed up with the Bible thumpers: Cathi Herrod and her homophobic [Center for Arizona Policy] constitute a blasphemy on our state (“Homophobic Group Killed AZ Bullying Law,” Matthew Hendley; also see “The Gay Selma,” Jessica Lussenhop, both June 6). And that the Arizona Legislature listens — kowtows…
Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., just about all of the anti-Mexican bigots in Arizona politics are scheduled to be in the same place: at the Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen on Central Avenue in Phoenix, raising money for disgraced, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce.So beware a run on white…
Capitol Times’ readers picked Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton as Best Democratic Elected Official and Mesa Mayor Scott Smith as the Best Republican Elected Official. Great news for those guys, but even better for us is this video cooked up by the Cap Times and this bi-partisan duo — complete with…
As has happened numerous times before, we wrote about another ridiculous aspect of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” investigation earlier in the day, and it’s gotten more ridiculous just hours later.We told you just before noon about Arpaio submitting an affidavit to a Florida court to support an attorney’s…
Talking Points Memo has discovered some names behind the FBI’s investigation into state Representative/former Tempe Councilman Ben Arredondo and others, which has so far led to Arredondo’s indictment on charges of bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements.How did Arredondo end up getting suckered into allegedly taking $6,000 worth…
The campaign of former Phoenix Police Sergeant Paul Penzone says it is supporting a challenge to Scottsdale Police Lieutenant Mike Stauffer’s nomination signatures, a challenge that threatens to strike Stauffer’s name from the November general election ballot for Maricopa County Sheriff.Phoenix lawyer Andrew Gordon tells me the challenge will be filed today…
According to carbon dating, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio turns 80 tomorrow, and for a pre-birthday celebration, he’s participating in a Florida court matter related to his “birther” fascination.Arpaio is now helping an attorney in Florida challenge President “Barrack” Obama’s eligibility to appear on the state’s ballots in November, even…
It took help from the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI, but a first-edition Book of Mormon stolen from a Mesa bookstore has been located in Washington, D.C.The theft of the book did not make the Mormon community happy, as folks used to stop by Mesa’s Rare and Out of…
Ron Barber, a former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was elected yesterday to finish the remainder of Giffords’ term.Giffords resigned from Congress earlier this year to focus on her recovery after getting shot in the head during last year’s shooting rampage outside a Tucson grocery store. Barber also was…
The Texas Rangers relentlessly unloaded hits and homers upon the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday evening during a 9-1 thumping at the Ballpark in Arlington. So much for that nifty five-game winning streak that the Boys in Sedona Red had going up until last night. It was a rather inauspicious beginning…
Daniel Wayne Cook has a date with death, and it’s not the first time it’s been scheduled.After getting a last-minute stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court taking the bait more than a year ago, Cook’s execution now is scheduled for August 8, after the high court decided not…
A Worsley TV ad, part of a $10K ad buy, according to the Worsley campAs disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce recycles old signs from last year’s historic recall election, his GOP primary rival Bob Worsley is running $10,000 ad buys on cable TV and racking up endorsements from Mesa…
Rolling Stone did a wrap up about Arizona’s “really crazy” political climate — not that we needed a reminder. But, yeah, this is why the rest of the country is laughing at us. Bennett the Birther? Gould the Gunman? Kelly and his M-16s? Yee-ha! Read the Rolling Stone recap below:…
A pair of Valley motorists, on separate occasions, have smoked weed and apparently forgotten they had their children with them in the last week or so.First it was 19-year-old Catalina Clouser, who was getting high on June 1 before she buckled up her baby into her car seat and drove away — realizing…
Let’s try this one again: Daniel Wayne Cook has a date with death.After reaching into the excuse bag over and over again to avoid execution — with the U.S. Supreme Court taking the bait at the last minute more than a year ago — Cook’s execution now is scheduled for…
We will know in a few days if Michael Marin, the onetime attorney and Wall Street trader now on trial for allegedly torching his Biltmore Estates mansion, will be taking the stand in his own defense. County prosecutors have been trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Marin burned down the…
It’s been a year since the American Civil Liberties Union demanded immigration officials fix the conditions in which immigrants are detained at the Pinal County Jail, and if you ask the ACLU, it’s no better today.The ACLU’s now asking that Department of Homeland Security officials remove immigrants from the jail, or actually…
A Tempe man who tried to rape an employee at Phoenix’s Arizona Grand Resort in December pleaded guilty to a pair of charges related to the attack.Michael Robert Martinez, 31, pleaded to attempted kidnapping and attempted sexual assault this morning, more than five months after he failed to rape the…
Channel 3’s report on Farinas’ death Given Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s track record when it comes to dead inmates, it’s difficult not to anticipate foul play in the death of Raymond Farinas, the latest Latino to die in MCSO custody. Particularly when Arpaio-victim Marty Atencio’s family just filed notices of claim…
You may have heard last month that Congressman Ben Quayle accused Congressman David Schweikert of sending a spy to Quayle’s office, which the Quayle campaign has dubbed “Spygate.”Ahead of the Republicans’ impending primary battle in Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District, the Quayle camp says a suspicious volunteer came into the office in…
