If you enjoy the pleasures of two-wheeled vehicles like we do, you know why we had goosebumps after hearing about the fatal car-bike collision on Sunday in north Scottsdale.The victim, 53-year-old Shawn McCarty, was doing everything right. He had a helmet on and was riding in a bike lane. It…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s heard the news that several California porn-production companies may be planning to come out to Arizona, partially due to Los Angeles’ new law requiring porn actors to wear condoms.Now, Montgomery’s warning that bare-backing it on camera in Arizona may qualify as prostitution.”Under Arizona law, anyone…
Even as Phil Gordon, former Phoenix mayor, fades into the political background, his one-time gal pal, Elissa Mullany, has injected herself back into the public eye. She wrote a letter to Phoenix taxpayers that appeared in the Arizona Republic on Monday to bring them “up to date on what’s been…
Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce is actually going to defend Senate Bill 1070 before a US Senate Subcommittee in April.The spokesman for New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer just sent the information over, saying Pearce will answer questions before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration the day before the Supreme…
The political-correctness police over at the Arizona Republic have decided this week’s “Doonesbury” comics won’t be showing up in the dead-tree editions of the paper.The week-long story arc of the comic mocks the abortion laws in Texas, including a woman having a seat in the “shaming room,” meeting with a…
A light flashed during Fox 10’s traffic report last week, and since it’s Arizona, it turned into a nationwide international story.Example headlines: “Mystery surrounds bright light explosion caught on live television in Phoenix” from Fox Los Angeles, “Unexplained ‘Phoenix Lights’ explosion caught live on news broadcast” from Yahoo! News, and…
One step forward and one step back. That’s how one might describe the last two Phoenix Suns games, as Planet Orange got an upset 98-91 win over the Memphis Grizzlies over the weekend and then suffered a 127-124 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves last night. After experiencing the thrill of…
The Arizona Senate is currently considering a bill that would keep all of the existing prescription drug coverage for any medications your doctor prescribes for you, unless it’s contraception.It’s been the law in Arizona since 2003 that prescription contraception is treated just like any other medication for drug-coverage purposes, but…
Joe at the CSPOA. If you don’t want to watch 30 minutes of blather, the highlights are belowThe mutual embrace of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and far right wing extremist groups has been going on for some time now, Arpaio’s ludicrous foray into the conspiranut world of birtherdom being but the…
Two days after the news broke that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, actor Steven Seagal, and others were named in a lawsuit stemming from a raid last year where Arpaio and his boys brought the dog-and-pony show to arrest a single cockfighting suspect, the sheriff’s office tried that one again.This…
The Arizona Senate is currently considering a bill — which has already been passed by the House — that would keep all of the existing prescription drug coverage you’re getting through your employer or health insurance company… if you’re a dude.If you’re a woman, and Jesus or a similar figure…
For nearly two years, Veolia executives have sat across the table from union representatives for Phoenix bus drivers in an attempt to hammer out an employment contract for workers. No deals have been reached, and finally, union officials called for a strike on Friday night. Tempe bus drivers — who…
Police have arrested the seventh person in connection with the murders of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro or Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet.Maricela Sanchez has been arrested on a warrant for Gaudet’s murder — and related robbery and kidnapping charges — Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesman Jerry Cobb confirms…
We recently came across a February 27 segment from Jim Sharpe’s talk show on KFYI about Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s time as headmaster at the DeSisto School in Massachusetts — a school for troubled teens where state officials found sexual and physical abuse was occurring. Sharpe and his on-air…
If you’re depending on a bus ride to get somewhere in Phoenix, good luck with that.The Amalgamated Transit Union went on strike this weekend to protest contract issues with Veolia Transportation, the French-based company that’s under a $388 million contract to run the city’s buses.As of 6:45 a.m. today, Veolia…
Suddenly, the Suns are surging. But even with their fifth straight home win — a 98-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies — the Suns are still two games under .500 and several games back from 2.5 games out of the eighth seed in the NBA’s Western Conference playoff picture…
As unsophisticated, marble-mouthed and ham-fisted former state Senate President Russell Pearce is as a politician, his brother, Justice of the Peace Lester Pearce, makes him look like Jack Kennedy by comparison.You may recall that Judge Pearce was linked to the Tea Party plot to put sham candidate Olivia Cortes on the…
In July of 2009, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a bald-faced lie to the media when he claimed the SCA scandal “has absolutely nothing to do with the Sheriff’s Office.” He knew it did. But even worse, Arpaio still hasn’t explained why he didn’t take action against his top…
Ralph Moreno, an unemployed ex-con on food stamps, is fighting with the federal government to keep $76,000 in cash seized at his west Phoenix home by FBI agents.State records show that Moreno and his wife, Wilma, of Phoenix, haven’t earned wages for at least 10 years, and that Moreno received…
Well, Tempe police aren’t suspecting “the Left” or blog commenters are responsible for the vandalism at Congressional Candidate Wendy Rogers’ house on Saturday.Nor did police mention that they “recommended they investigate because of the coincidental timing of this attack with Rogers’ campaign announcement amid the backdrop of recent history of…
Flying injured hikers from mountaintops twice in three days tested the skills of veteran rescue pilot Hunter French.This dude gets an A-plus.On March 2, the Arizona Department of Public Safety chopper pilot helped rescue a Washington hiker who’d fallen into a crevice in the Superstition Mountains.Three days earlier, French was…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio put out a press release today to brag about how many friends he has on the Internet — again.We’re not aware of any 15-year-old girls who run large law-enforcement agencies, but we’re pretty sure this is the exact kind of thing they’d write a press…
