INSANE PLACE Stupid people electing stupid people: Thank God New Times has the guts to tell the truth about the illegal-immigration situation. Michael Lacey’s assessment of what’s happening was pitch-perfect. But you guys at New Times shouldn’t think you’re convincing the majority of the public in Arizona that you’re right…
As you read this, my trusty burro, pigtailed chica and I are crisscrossing Aztlán researching Mexican food. So now is as bueno as any time to do some housecleaning for the columna. Hay que start with a letter from the Mexican’s longtime amigo, William Lobdell. For years one of the…
Anthony Jones grabs a pinch of fluffy green herbs and stuffs it into the bowl of his glass pipe. The pipe, decorated with bright orange, wavy lines, is coated on the inside with layers of thick, dark resin. It’s well used. Jones empties the bowl with one long, hard draw…
The primary candidacies of Renz Jennings and John Dougherty, for Arizona Corporation Commission and U. S. Senate, respectively, deserve your attention and your vote. We note with regret that the American electoral system too often presents the voter with a choice between Tweedle-Dumb and Tweedle-Dumber. In Dougherty and Jennings, you…
SMACKING KYL Of all the un-American schemes to pop from the cranium of neo-Nazi-hugging state Senator Russell Pearce, his plot to deprive American-born children of birthright citizenship, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, is clearly the most despicable. Pearce has been pushing to subvert the citizenship clause of the Constitution’s…
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:…
The county-funded lawyer for Lisa Aubuchon submitted a $966 bill to the county for hiring private investigators to tail the lawyer appointed to investigate Aubuchon and former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas. An expense sheet submitted to the County Attorney’s office contains the entry for the amount and the company…
Can you believe this nonsense? First, former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his deputy, Lisa Aubuchon, claim that county officials misused public funds by sweeping their offices for hidden listening devices. Then, last month, a high-ranking sheriff’s official publicly accuses county officials of a felony related to the sweeps, despite the fact…
Is there a bigger bomb on the horizon than the “dirty” bomb that hit Congressional candidate Ben Quayle last week?One of his opponents, Steve Moak, suggests there might be.We contacted Moak’s campaign spokesman, Jerry Cobb, today to see if Moak was planning on responding to some questions posed by Quayle…
On the same day gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard issued a press release slamming Governor Jan Brewer for “letting the prison system fall apart,” we got word from the Arizona Department of Corrections that another inmate has escaped custody.Jan’s not gonna like that.DOC spokesman Barrett Marson tells New Times 44-year-old Jeffrey…
Two Republicans running against Democrat Ed Pastor in Congressional District 4 give voters a distinct choice between moderate and extreme right-wing views on immigration. Once they get to the general election, neither Jose “Joe” Penalosa nor Janet Contreras probably stand a chance in the heavy-on-the-Dems district that encompasses parts of Phoenix, Laveen…
Well, the sun came out today, which, here in the Valley, often means a local law enforcement agency needs the public’s help in tracking down some bozo who robbed a bank.The latest bank heist is brought to you by the Phoenix Police Department, which announced today that it’s looking for…
The longer Arizona fugitives Casslyn Welch and her would-be cous-band, John McCluskey, are on the run, the more tidbits of information we find out about the first-cousins, who also plan to marry (yep, we’re gonna beat the incest drum until it breaks).The latest news: one is missing part of a…
“Tempe is too hot — so stay out!”That’s the message the Tempe Police Department wants to send to heroin dealers following a seven-month heroin trafficking investigation that resulted in the arrest of 40 people — 15 of whom were heroin dealers from 10 different Mexican trafficking networks.Tempe Police Sergeant Steve…
If you get the majority of your news about the crowded District 3 Congressional primary from the mainstream media, you probably think candidate Ben Quayle’s ties to the Scottsdale-based sleaze site “The Dirty,” has sent his poll numbers into the tank.That’s because several news outlets covering the race are citing…
The Arizona Diamondbacks scored two runs in the first inning of last night’s 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in Phoenix last night, and that’s about all they did for the rest of the game.Chris Young led off in the first with a single for the D-Backs. The next batter,…
The results of a poll published by the Arizona Capitol Times are making the media rounds this week.The poll focuses on the Distric 3 Congressional primary and shows a dramatic shift in numbers from a poll taken a little over month ago. According to Yellow Sheet, the Cap Times exclusive…
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:…
Richard Burke is a soldier currently serving in Iraq. Up until a few days ago, he was also renting an apartment in Mesa, and was in the process of buying a new truck. Sort of.It turns out one of Burke’s high school buddies saw his deployment less as a noble…
What the U.S. Department of Justice needs to grok about Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his upper echelon is that they are consummate prevaricators. Period. They’re sleazy weasels of the worst type. Essentially, the MCSO, as run by Arpaio and minions such as Chief Deputy David Hendershott, is akin to a mafia enterprise. With…
Average folks struck back at criminals recently in two separate incidents. In the most dramatic of the cases, two men rescued a baby who was being threatened by a suspected armed robber inside an east Phoenix laundromat. The disturbing crime began at about 3:15 a.m. Monday morning at the laundromat at…
Since our earlier post about letters exchanged (and distributed to the media) between Congressional candidates Ben Quayle and Steve Moak, Moak’s campaign got back to us and answered some of the questions posed in Quayle’s letter.In case you missed it, Moak sent Quayle a letter bashing the 33-year-old candidate for…
