AZ Urbanathlon, an obstacle-course race scheduled to take place on November 5 near Scottsdale, has changed its name to AZ Urban Race following a federal trademark complaint.Rodale, the publisher of Men’s Health magazine, says it owns the rights to the name “Urbanathlon” in the complaint it filed last week. Men’s…
A Scottsdale man is accused of peeing on his girlfriend’s son — but that was only after he forced the boy to perform oral sex on him on multiple occasions. According to court records obtained by New Times, 32-year-old Ali Chitsaz, an employee at Chiropractic Leadership, is being held without…
In what looks like a less-than-smooth move by Democrats someone apparently attempting to help Republican Jerry Lewis’ challenge of state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 recall, a group incorporated as “Citizens United for Progress” has sent out pro-Lewis, anti-Pearce mailers without registering first with the Arizona…
In a performance worthy of a Mafia don, Sheriff Joe Arpaio dissembled under oath today in a disciplinary hearing for disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and Thomas’ ex-underlings, former deputy county attorneys Rachel Alexander and Lisa Aubuchon. During more than two hours of questioning, mostly by counsel for…
A man wearing a gas mask was involved in a shooting in Mesa early this morning during what appears to be a botched weed robbery.According to Mesa police, about 1 a.m. today, a Mesa cop made a traffic stop in the 600 block of South Mesa Drive. The driver, whose…
There is “reasonable cause” to believe that Arizona Citizens United, an independent expenditure organization that has poured more than $100,000 to ensure that Wes Gullett is Phoenix’s next mayor, has violated state campaign finance laws.Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett forwarded the case on October 13 to the Attorney General…
A Chandler dad who burned his 5-year-old son with a cigarette lighter because he thought the boy was possessed was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to child abuse last month.In addition to the 15 years probation, Maricopa County Superior Court…
We just wanted to make sure y’all had the link to watch Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio testify this morning in the State Bar disciplinary proceeding for his former political ally, County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Click here for the state Supreme Court’s Web site, then hit the either “in progress”…
Yesterday, we watched as GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters that comments he made about his plan to install an electrified fence on the U.S./Mexico border capable of killing immigrants trying to come into the country illegally was just a joke.Then we watched him say he might seriously be…
Vice President Jan Brewer?If you just spit out your coffee, you can thank the Arizona Republic, which recently suggested the aforementioned absurd prophecy in one of its “Political Insider” posts.Check it out here.From the Republic:…
Gilman slams Patterson in his latest. Nice laugh track, Dennis.In the wake of the Olivia Cortes flap in the Legislative District 18 recall race, the right-wing echo chamber has been trying its darnedest to gin up scandals involving Republican Jerry Lewis, state Senate President Russell Pearce’s challenger.First there was blogger-lobbyist Greg…
Presidential candidate Herman Cain met with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio this afternoon, but he was late to the meeting because of an unknown security threat.”We received some information that caused us to improve our security on the way over here, and I would like to leave it at that,”…
Eric Coulter, 18, fatally shot his former girlfriend in the face early Saturday morning. According to Coulter, it was an accident, which police find highly unlikely for a number of reasons.For starters, his explanation of how the gun “accidentally” went off makes no sense. Then there’s the fact that the…
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was in Phoenix this morning, where she met with local politicos at the State Capitol to talk about illegal immigration and, to quote Senator John McCain, completing “the dang fence.”Aside from blowing a few kisses at the asses of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona…
Part one of Gilman’s report from the front lines of Occupy PhoenixMy focus is, and must remain, through November 8, the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce in Legislative District 18. That means there’s a lot going on that I won’t be able to cover till after the recall…
The “Occupy Phoenix” protest against corporate greed, the Fed, the government, the banks, politicians, lobbyists, “the corporations” (etc., etc., etc.), has come to an end.(Ahem) Shockingly, nothing’s really changed — the Fed still exists, lobbyists still are lobbying, and “the corporations” are still in the business of making money.A few things changed…
Today, Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann both will be in Phoenix to kiss a little GOP ass/talk about immigration issues.Bachmann will be puckering up for Senate President Russell Pearce at 10:30 a.m., and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain will take a knee at the derriere…
Last week, we asked our readers to let us know what they would say to state Senate President Russell Pearce’s sham “candidate,” Olivia Cortes, if they bumped into her somewhere and got to tell her to her face what they think of her — and Pearce’s — sleazy attempt to manipulate Democracy…
“Legalize Marijuana. Gov. Brewer Has Alzheimers (sic). Lying Whore.”That’s what was written on the protest sign that welcomed us to the “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration in downtown Phoenix this afternoon — and at least that sign was spelled correctly (almost). There were hippies, teachers, communists, anarchists, stoners, militant black guys, people…
The “pre-occupation” of downtown Phoenix kicked off tonight with a march from the downtown Civic Space to Caesar Chavez Plaza — and it apparently was pretty lame.Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times there were no arrests, no mayhem, and nothing that will do anything to promote any sort…
Kudos to Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik for this story about state Senate President Russell Pearce landing in scalding H2O with his own Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was at the same recent Republican Legislative District 18 meeting, and when I learned about the footage of it available online…
Hundreds of angry protesters are expected in downtown Phoenix this afternoon to march from the downtown Civic Space to Cesar Chavez Plaza as the precursor to tomorrow’s scheduled “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration.However, “THIS IS NOT THE OCCUPATION,” the group behind the “Occupy Phoenix” movement says.Today’s march, scheduled to kick off at…
