Former Councilwoman Peggy Neely created a video blasting her union-lovin’ opponents in the Phoenix mayor’s race. Wes Gullett, one of her challengers, fires back with his own video. Check it out…
Phoenix Councilman Claude Mattox won’t disclose how many Super Bowl games he attended, but New Times has been able to piece together that he may have attended at least three games.We posed the question as part of our ongoing examination of elected officials’ in jetting off to sporting events –…
Face II Face Events is gearing up for Friday Night Fights 2 on July 22 at the Madison Event Center, 441 W Madison Street in Phoenix.Doors open at 6 p.m., and the first bout starts at 7:30 p.m.Michelle Rosado, who heads up the fight promotions company, pulled off a successful…
Another list for you folks to mull over as the All-Star break nears and Phoenix gets ready to host Tuesday night’s game at Chase Field–this one (as the others) is obviously utterly subjective and subject to debate/dispute. We pulled up our most vivid ten D-Backs memories from the recesses…
The Tohono O’odham Nation was victorious again after a U.S. District Court judge declared unconstitutional a law allowing Glendale to annex the nation’s property. It’s the latest in a series of decisions that have gone in favor of the Nation, which plans to build a resort-style casino near Westgate City…
I’m cooking up some barbecued black bird for all of my colleagues in the local press who pooh-poohed the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce. First slice goes to lifelong hack Howie Fischer. The rest of the crow flesh is for all of the members of Horizon’s clown table, that circle…
Don’t take this personally, guys (I’m sure you could give a hoot), but here’s our least favorite D-Backs over the course of the team’s 11-year history. 1. ARMANDO REYNOSO–Was popular in the clubhouse, but the right-hander from Mexico drove us crazy during his 66 starts here by being the slowest…
As baseball fans from around the nation and, indeed, the world, trickle into the Valley of the Sauna for the All-Star festivities, we thought this would be a fine time to shout out a few lists. We’ve literally been on hand since the first pitch (by right-hander Andy Benes, March…
Wielding a knife and out to settle a score, a Mesa woman allegedly broke into another woman’s apartment on July 4, punching her in the face and binding her hands with duct tape. Emily Daykin, 26, told police that she and three others — Christopher Endicott, an unidentified man, and a…
Governor Jan Brewer held a ceremonial signing in her office on Thursday for a new law that strikes the “R-word” from state statutes.When it takes affect on September 30, the law will replace “mentally retarded,” “retardation” and “crippled” in state code with gentler phrases like “children with intellectual disabilities,” “physically…
Prince Fielder’s got to be having regrets… Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Justin Upton really has shown Fielder the error of his ways in the last few games. Fielder dissed Upton by naming somebody else to his National League home-run-derby team for All-Star festivities at Chase Field here. The derby is Monday…
Online bookselling giant Amazon.com has three distribution facilities in Phoenix and is planning a fourth. Despite the massive movement of sold books through Arizona, Amazon — like most other online retailers — neither collects from its customers nor pays, according to the state, any state sales tax.That’s one of the…
More than a year ago pro-immigrant organizations were demanding that the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game be moved from Phoenix to punish Arizona for passing one of the harshest immigration laws in the nation.Among those organizations was the Phoenix-based immigrant-rights coalition Somos America, but MLB did not heed activists’ demands and the game…
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:…
Despite massive amounts of votes from Arizona Diamondbacks fans, and even some support from Senator John McCain, pitcher Ian Kennedy lost out on his last-minute shot at making Tuesday’s All-Star Game at Chase Field. The D-Backs pitcher came up short in MLB’s All-Star Game Final Vote contest, where baseball fans from…
Last Week, New Times brought you a story about Ashton Kutcher’s panic-inducing campaign against child sex slaves based on inaccurate statistics.This week, we take a look at how CNN reporter Amber Lyon is adding another dose of fear to the factually muddled conversation. …
A school bus aide for the Washington Elementary School District was arrested yesterday on suspicion of molesting an 11-year-old special needs student.Andres Mendoza, 70, was booked into jail in connection with 30 counts of child molesting and six counts of sexual conduct with a minor.Mendoza’s an aide on the bus…
As Sheriff Joe Arpaio plots to humiliate Arizona by deploying a chain gang of illegal immigrants to clean up around Chase Field, where the Major League Baseball All-Star Game is scheduled to take place July 12, there’s ample evidence Arpaio should be in stripes right along with them, cleaning the…
The July 5 dust storm was among the most “significant” ever seen by National Weather Service experts who have been in the Valley 30 years, according to a new online report.Everything you wanted to know about the meteorology of the storm that sand-blasted the Valley on Tuesday is contained in…
Collin DeWitt, Gilbert Town Manager, stands behind his city’s decision to create a shorter work week and says the “four-10” schedule will save money and help customers.DeWitt returned our phone message from yesterday, (which we left after an assistant town manager failed to get back to us), to answer questions…
Check us out on 12 News’ Lunchcast, with Brahm Resnik, talking about: “The Numbers Game,” our main feature story in this week’s New Times. And read the New Times story that Resnik had us on to talk about. It’s about Phoenix police Sergeant Phil Roberts — the man behind allegations that Phoenix intentionally inflated kidnapping stats to get federal funding…
