The now-infamous tale of the Jet Blue flight attendant who quit his job in grand fashion earlier this week didn’t occur in Phoenix, or even in Arizona, but that hasn’t stopped some area news outlets from trying to turn it into a local story.We figured we’d follow suit.If you’re unfamiliar…
DUCEY DISASTER You’ve got to wonder what was going through editorial board noggins at the Arizona Republic when they decided to give their endorsement in the Republican primary for state treasurer to Doug Ducey. The former CEO of pricey ice cream peddler Cold Stone Creamery is the favorite to take…
As a proud New Yorker, I gotta ask: What the fuck is up with Mexican food in this city? Sure, we’re used to getting owned by California and Texas and even Chicago when it comes to getting kick-ass, cheap, regional Mexican food. But I just got back from Philadelphia, where…
DREAM IN COLOR Tell us how you really feel: I just finished reading “Get Out.” I couldn’t agree with the author more. His message that the rednecks in Arizona should just go fuck themselves was made most elegantly. (And great caricature on the cover of the intellectually challenged Jan “Governor-by-Accident”…
Maria was drifting off to sleep on the bedroom floor. She could hear women getting raped in the next room. Only she didn’t hear screams — she heard the laughter of male guards. The women had been drugged by their rapists, who had done the same to Maria as soon…
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:…
A massive solar-energy project will be capturing the sun’s rays near the Cochise Stronghold area in southern Arizona within two years, Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on Wednesday. The Korean company intends to build a 150-megawatt plant in Dragoon, Arizona, and a 25-megawatt plant in nearby Cochise. The plants will…
Vernon Parker’s mouthpiece Jason Rose and other conservative politicos have been squawking much about the Ben Quayle connection to Nik Richie’s scandalously sexy website thedirty.com.It’s been part of the mudslinging campaign featuring Parker and Quayle — two of the candidates vying for a seat in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District.Ok, so…
Romley fights back against Arpaio and Montgomery in this new attack videoAlthough a Maricopa County judge today refused to halt Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s attack ads aimed at County Attorney Rick Romley, Romley has an answer for the guy Arpaio’s fronting in those ads: Romley’s GOP primary rival Bill Montgomery.In the…
Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris won’t tell Judicial Watch who asked him to write a letter in support of the feds’ anti-1070 lawsuit. And he won’t tell you, either. If you’ll recall, Harris’ declaration — which ended up attached to the federal filing — outlined several problems the double-dipping chief believed his officers would have…
It’s a shame Senator John McCain lost the 2008 presidential election. If he’d won he would have the power to grant a pardon to a certain 4-foot-9 “guidette” whose perpetual orange hue “The Maverick” finds “too good looking” for jail.The “guidette” that seems to have caught McCain’s eye is none…
John McCain’s campaign spokesman, Brian Rogers, says “The Maverick’s GOP primary opponent, J.D. Hayworth, has “clearly lost it.” That would suggest at one point Hayworth had “it,” which we would say is a stretch, but Rogers’ comment was in response to something Hayworth said that, on the J.D. Hayworth scale…
An escaped Arizona prison inmate and his fiancee have reportedly compared themselves to Bonny and Clyde, and they seem to be living up to the comparison. We’d argue a better comparison would be to the Hapsburgs — because the two are cousins…and they’re engaged…which is gross.So where better than the…
Congressional candidate Ben Quayle apparently decided to tell the world how he really feels about President Barack Obama in a new Web ad posted on his Web site this morning. In the ad, Quayle says, in no uncertain terms, that “Barack Obama is the worst president in history.” He goes…
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has declined to stop Sheriff Joe Arpaio from pounding Tom Horne and Rick Romley in a televised attack ad. Judge John Buttrick stated in his ruling on the matter this morning that state election law provides remedies for complaints like Horne’s, and an injunction against…
Sheriff Joe is a little like the alien life force in the classic Star Trek original series episode “Day of the Dove,” wherein the alien feeds off hate and can only be defeated with laughter.Witness Arpaio’s recent excursion to speak at a country club in San Diego. Protesters, of course,…
The “Overtime Bandit” is at it again — for the second time in three months he’s robbed the same Mesa bank.The bandit, dubbed the “Overtime Bandit” because he tends to strike on weekends or at the end of the work day, robbed the Desert Schools Federal Credit Union at 2355…
The murder of Chandler Detective Carlos Ledesma wasn’t the result of a legit drug-deal-gone-wrong as was previously thought. Rather, an ambush planned by the alleged killers to rip off Ledesma and other undercover officers for the 500 pounds of weed they brought to the buy.At the time of the shootout,…
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has been asked to intervene in a spat between Sheriff Joe Arpaio and two candidates running for political office this yearYou see, Arpaio’s started running TV ads he claims are in support of his re-election campaign — a lofty claim for a guy who…
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:…
A former NFL linebacker found himself smack-dab in the middle of some baby-mama drama Sunday night, which apparently turned physical and came to end when he was arrested by police.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Mark Fields, a former linebacker for the Carolina Panthers, was arrested Sunday night…
One look at Jason Rose’s Twitter page and you’ll realize the dude’s got a hard on for Congressional candidate Ben Quayle.In the past few days, Rose’s Twitter page has been bash-Ben-Quayle central, and with the latest news that Quayle may have been involved in the early stages of The Dirty,…
