Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle R Russell73, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest. On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of the Internet’s…
Former Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Don Bivens announced yesterday that he’s running for the United States Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl…as a Democrat.Aside from the obvious challenges Bivens faces by being a Democrat in a “red state” like Arizona, he’s also likely to have to face Congressman…
Adding insult to injury, Olivia Cortes, the “sham” recall candidate whose paid petition gatherers admitted she was a pro-Russell Pearce plant meant to “dilute” the vote, is playing the race card in a press release published on the right wing Sonoran Alliance Web site.Titled, “Olivia Cortes: Racism is Alive and…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
UPDATE 7:11PM IN A DISAPPOINTING DEVELOPMENT, TOM RYAN INFORMS ME THAT HE’S RETHINKING WHAT TO DO WITH THE LAWSUIT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND SOME HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT, AS IS MENTIONED BELOW. WHETHER OR NOT HE’LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE IT IN ANY…
When a Glendale woman awoke from a vodka and Xanax-inspired nap Thursday night, 56-year-old Michael Thorson was in the town house she’s sharing with a friend — and his fingers were in her vagina.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the 53-year-old victim and her female roommate were at the…
Merry Shaydak went to work as usual at the Mexico border on a very chilly March day in 2010. Cute dog photo #6,432 She was a waitress at the Turquoise Valley Golf and RV Park in Naco, which sits right on the line a few miles south of Bisbee. …
A Federal appeals court today upheld the death sentence for kid-killing rapist Richard Stokley. No execution date has been set, but Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne doesn’t want to see Stokley’s date with death delayed any further.”The date for Stokley’s sentence to be carried out has not been set, but…
Wes Gullett, a Phoenix mayoral candidate, doesn’t mince words when it comes to his opposition to the most recent water rate increase in Phoenix.”I opposed it,” he said during the first mayoral debate in the runoff election between him and his opponent, Greg Stanton. “We didn’t need it … It…
The Maricopa County Community College District board is considering adding transgendered people to its list of groups protected from harassment.Arizona State University and the University of Arizona have included transgendered people in their anti-discrimination policies for years. Currently, the community colleges recognize things like race, religion, and sexual orientation in…
Don Bivens, the former chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party, made it official this morning: he’s running for the United States Senate.Bivens, a Phoenix-based attorney, announced on his campaign website this morning that he’ll seek the Democratic nomination to run for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.”I’m…
Three games into the 2011 NFL season, and the Arizona Cardinals aren’t off to a great start — they’re now 1-2 following a 13-10 loss to the Seahawks in Seattle yesterday afternoon.Cards quarterback Kevin Kolb passed for 252 yards in the loss, but only managed to find the end zone…
We spent a few hours last Saturday night at the 5th annual Jason Schechterle Scholarship Ball, and enjoyed ourselves immensely. Schechterle’s name (and his face) are recognizable to most Valley residents: He’s the former Phoenix cop who was rear-ended by a speeding taxi in his Ford Victoria cruiser a decade…
Check out these two segments of a recent interview done by Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik of state Senate hopeful and conservative Republican Jerry Lewis, who is looking to topple state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 recall election.In them, Lewis takes on the issue of immigration directly,…
A triumphant energy filled Chase Field this past weekend as the Arizona Diamondbacks swept the San Francisco Giants and won the National League West championship in the process. The D-Backs were in a mood to party all weekend as they crushed the playoff dreams of the defending World Series champions…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo of the Internet’s latest “sensation,” George Lindell, for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest..Lindell is now Internet famous for his enthusiastic (to say the least) account of a car wreck…
The judge plays defense for Pearce loyalist Pat Oldroyd at a recent LD 19 meetingLester Pearce, brother to state Senate President Russell Pearce and longtime Justice of the Peace for the North Mesa Justice Court, allegedly has been campaigning on behalf of his embattled sibling, despite a prohibition on such…
It’s official: The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the playoffs. Kirk Gibson’s squad grabbed ahold of the National League West crown tonight after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. And, in what has become the norm for Arizona this season, it was a come-from-behind…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
Hot off the presses: A lawsuit brought by elections law attorney Tom Ryan on behalf of Legislative District 18 voter Mary Lou Boettcher, challenging the legitimacy of Olivia Cortes, the so-called “sham” recall candidate put forward by friends, family and supporters of state Senate President Russell Pearce.Ryan was responsible for…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed this afternoon what has been assumed since Wednesday: the two unidentified men killed in a car wreck on US 93 Tuesday night were BMX racers Rickey Bates and Gary Dimartine.Bates, 25, from Florida, was driving the gray 1995 Ford Explorer that collided head…
One look at convicted sex offender Jamal Mitchell’s most-recent arrest report, and you’d think the guy’s incapable of taking a breath without breaking the law, which wouldn’t be too far from the truth. A convicted sex offender/multiple felon who’s served time in prison, Mitchell’s now charged with a laundry list…
