The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix has finally confirmed what an anonymous source told us back in October: Backed-up toilet water really did drip into the open surgical wound of a veteran on an operating table. Still, we’re not terribly impressed with the records received from the…
Rachel Brock, the 21-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was released from jail on Friday, two days after being arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with the same minor her mother, Susan Brock, is accused of molesting.If you’re not familiar with the Brock family’s twisted affair, click…
Under an uncharacteristic — yet, seemingly appropriate — gray Phoenix sky, Governor Jan Brewer was sworn in this afternoon in front of the Arizona State Capitol to become the state’s 22nd governor.Brewer, who trounced her opponent — now-former Attorney General Terry Goddard — in the general election in November, spoke…
One of the brightest stars in the local Democratic firmament (such as it is) has opted out of the run for state Democratic Party Chair. While another is still considering a run, and will make a decision this week.Once and future Arizona Attorney General hopeful Felecia Rotellini, who despite her…
Proposed restrictions on Arizona’s voter-approved medical marijuana law are worse than illegal, says one Valley doc — they’re “cruel and unreasonable.” Edgar Suter, a Mesa doctor of nuclear medicine, writes in an a lengthy call-to-arms today that the state Department of Health Services’ suggested rules concerning Proposition 203 probably violate the 1998 Voter Protection…
(Updated with links to several documents, including Veolia’s performance records)Phoenix has given away more than $3 million – so far – to Veolia Transportation, a transit company that operates buses throughout the city.It’s $3,295,573.86, to be precise. That’s how much Phoenix would have collected in fines from the French transit…
Randomly firing bullets into the air as a means of celebration may seem like an incredibly stupid way to ring in the new year, yet people do it — often enough for lawmakers to pass a law that makes doing so a felony.Last week, the Phoenix Police Department, as well…
The Arizona Cardinals got clobbered 38-7 by the San Francisco 49ers yesterday, but there’s a silver lining: what’s been an atrocious season for the Cards is now over — with the team finishing in last place in the worst division in the NFL.As has been the narrative all season, the…
We got a chance to watch a lot of basketball on TV over the holiday, between, of course, doing chores and “catching up” with stuff around the house. We especially were interested in the start of the Pacific-10 basketball race, and what we expect will be a topsy-turvy season with…
A rookie on the NBA’s worst team had the best game of his young career on Sunday night as the Sacramento Kings dumped the Phoenix Suns 94-89 in Sacramento. DaMarcus Cousins, who was the fifth overall draft pick in 2010 NBA Draft, finally showed the league what he is capable…
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:…
Well that didn’t take long. As anticipated, state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce and his so-far compliant wingman state House Speaker Kirk Adams, are taking to court their bid to rig Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission.After being shot down yesterday by the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments, which showed some backbone and…
A Phoenix drug addict was arrested yesterday morning after telling cops to “come and suck it” as he was found naked and masturbating behind a Phoenix motel.About 4:30 a.m. yesterday, cops were called to the Super 8 Motel at 1242 North 53rd Avenue in Phoenix. The night manager told police…
The Phoenix Police Department is reminding city residents that just because we are about to embark on a new year, it doesn’t mean people need to fire bullets into the air to celebrate. Not only is blasting away at the sky discouraged, it’s also a felony.Tomorrow marks the 11th anniversary…
It seemed only a matter of time, but federal prosecutors in New Mexico have laid the groundwork to seek the death penalty for two Arizona prison escapees, and their female accomplice, for the murder of an Oklahoma couple committed as the escapees were on the run after breaking out of…
We’re not sure which is more gag-worthy — competing with your own mother for (among other things) a dude’s heart or going down on a 13-year-old boy. Rachel Brock, the 21-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, is alleged to be guilty of both.As we reported earlier, Rachel Brock is…
UPDATED: Click here for update.Like mother, like daughter… Rachel Brock, the 21-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and his wife, Susan, who is currently in jail on multiple charges related to an alleged sexual relationship she had with an underage boy, has been arrested for partaking in sexual…
I wish that when CNN news anchors have on a practiced prevaricator like state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce to discuss something as specific as the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, they would at least read up on the subject. Or failing that, have a Constitutional expert or historian on…
If you’re gonna be a dumbass and drive drunk on New Years Eve, Governor Jan “drive hammered, get nailed” Brewer’s Office of Highway Safety suggests you don’t do it in the East Valley — it’s gonna be crawling with cops.Governor Glug-Glug’s DUI Task Force will be heavily focused on the…
Good parents might think a grown woman repeatedly bringing their teenage son lunch at school and frequently picking him up might be a bit of a red flag — as did the parents of the alleged victim of Susan Brock, wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, who’s in jail on…
Jay Bennett is a “fan” of popular music in the truest and best sense of the word. How else could a 41-year-old copy editor with a house, a wife, and a profound love for Cheap Trick be persuaded to forsake the record collection he’s been lovingly curating for a quarter-century…
UNDER LA MIGRA-SCOPE You’d have to be an idiot: Too bad that Monica Alonzo’s excellent story (“Cloaked Brutality,” December 16) came out just as a U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed (“Fifth Suspect in Agent’s Murder Still on Loose,” Valley Fever blog, December 17). And, of course, the right-wing, racist…
