Stop using Spanish in your column. I like reading your column, but when every other word is in Spanish, I don’t know what the hell is going on. It makes you sound like that nerdy kid who uses big words to try and sound impressive. Don’t be lazy, and just write…
PUBLIC’S DIME Bloodsucker lawyers cost public too much: Defense attorneys making millions off the public to handle indigent cases is a real problem — the Bentley that one of them in the [Jeff Martinson] case bought and the office building bought by the other only highlight the problem (“Public Money…
It’s a Saturday night at the Buffalo Chip in Cave Creek, and things are hopping. The Pat James Band is onstage, tearing through a craggy, soulful rendition of Toby Keith’s “A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action.” Boots hang from the ceiling of the bar, under which a…
When a man is so duplicitous as to mislead others about his faith, what does it say about his character? The question is more complicated in the case of former state Senate President Russell Pearce, because he’s been caught fibbing about his religion before, during his failed effort to win…
For one Phoenix man, there’s apparently only one thing left to do after allegedly going on a domestic-violence spree for a few hours — “wildly” swing a baby around in front of a group of people in a parking lot.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the wife of…
Phoenix attorney and ex-Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Don Bivens removed himself from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate today, leaving the way clear for former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona to snag the Dems’ nod for the post.In a statement to the press, Bivens claimed that he was taking a…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — whose likeness you may have seen on the cover of a recent issue of New Times with the phrase, “To Hell With the Children!” — wants everyone to know his deputies found people who treat kids worse than he does.According to the sheriff’s office,…
We’d like to point out that we were 100 percent correct about the emergency legislation last month to “ban” drugs known as “bath salts” — it doesn’t “ban” drugs being marketed as “bath salts” at all.”Bath salts,” for those joining late, is a name given to any number of synthetic…
A Superior Court judge yesterday afternoon granted a defense motion and ordered a new trial for convicted child killer Jeffrey Martinson…
Please see update below.Scottsdale Police Lieutenant and candidate for Maricopa County sheriff Mike Stauffer’s Twitter audience recently jumped from around 600 followers to more than 2,600 followers, thanks to a number of questionable accounts.Many of the new accounts seem fake, lack photos, and/or have zero or few Tweets. In some…
[jump] “At just after 9:00 this morning Phoenix Police officers went to the area on N. Central Ave./Roosevelt in response to a naked person standing by a statue. Upon arrival, the officers found a nude female. There was no complainant and the woman was transported to a Local Alcohol Recovery…
Last night in Mesa may have been the most dangerous time in the history of pizza.Shortly after 8 p.m. yesterday, two pizza delivery drivers — working for different companies — crashed into each other head-on, killing one of the drivers, a 53-year-old man.About an hour later, police say another pizza…
Yet again, Republican Wil Cardon’s U.S. Senate campaign has gone on the attack against his primary foe, Congressman Jeff Flake, over his travel habits.And yet again, Cardon appears to be confused about what Flake’s actually doing.It started with an ad called “Flake Air,” describing Flake as an “international jet-setter” for…
Good ballgame to watch last night down at the US Airways Center, but San Antonio’s veteran stars proved too much in the end, as the Spurs pulled away late from the Phoenix Suns to win 107-100…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, state Representative Carl Seel, and others held a press conference yesterday at the capitol to pimp out Seel’s House Bill 2480.Seel’s bill is the watered-down, penis-free version of last year’s “birther” bill, which forces presidential candidates to sign a sworn affidavit that they’re eligible in…
Matinee Energy, the Tucson mystery company with ties to two controversial brothers, has plans to build a large-scale, 120-megawatt solar-power plant in Benson.But even if the firm manages to complete the project, which claims a construction budget “up to the maximum of $444 million,” it isn’t clear who would purchase…
David Buot decided he was going to kill himself in October, 2010, and opted for one of the most unsafe methods for the rest of the people who felt like living another day — driving his SUV head-on into another vehicle.Buot failed at killing himself, but he did end up…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the “birther” gang — now including legislators — held a press conference at the capitol today to push state Representative Carl Seel’s “birther” bill.Seel’s bill, as you may recall, is the watered-down, penis-free version of last year’s bill, which forces presidential candidates to sign…
James Granvil Wallace, a 62-year-old murderer from Tucson who has been on death row for more than a quarter-century, now will spend the rest of his life in prison after a highly controversial Arizona Supreme Court ruling. The court’s unanimous reasoning for allowing Wallace to escape execution: “We find that…
We stopped at a red light at Central a few hours ago, ready to turn left onto Roosevelt. People who live or work in downtown Phoenix know the quirky little park at that busy intersection. Central and Roosevelt, 9 a.m. It’s the location of that magnificent 24-foot-tall metal sculpture of a “man”…
As a heads-up, there are some weirdos — possibly one weirdo — who have hid in some random places around Mesa and grabbed women from behind.Mesa police Detective Steve Berry tells New Times three women have reported being grabbed from behind by a guy, with two of those cases occurring…
Republican Leah Campos Schandlbauer has become the ninth person to announce a candidacy for Arizona’s newly formed Ninth Congressional District.According to her campaign announcement, Schandlbauer’s a Scottsdale resident, Hispanic Republican, and a former CIA operations officer. Her campaign says she resigned from the CIA to enter this race.For those keeping…
