Tucson attorney John Munger officially ended his campaign for governor today, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene in Arizona’s Clean Elections system, which, we’ve come to find out, still may get its day in court despite this morning’s decision.”The Supreme Court’s decision to leave in place the ‘matching…
Here’s a new one.Deputy County Manager Sandi Wilson has filed a notice of claim against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas. But she’s not asking for big bucks.She simply wants a written apology.Wilson, a 17-year county employee who supervises the budgeting process, was named in the sheriff…
If you happen to be cheating on your significant other, you better be prepared to hide, wash, or burn your undies after the deed is done, thanks to a Phoenix laboratory that’s offering its DNA testing services to people who suspect they’re being cheated on.For about $100, Phoenix-based Chromosomal Laboratories…
Justice of the Peace John Ore, who’s handled traffic and misdemeanor cases for the Tempe area for 16 years and served as presiding judge of Maricopa County’s justices of the peace for the last four, will not seek reelection.Candidates were required to file by last Wednesday. Ore told New Times…
Ryan Gabrielson — the former reporter for the East Valley Tribune who (along with Paul Giblin) won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for exposing how immigration enforcement by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined criminal investigations and emergency response — has a new gig.Starting in August, Gabrielson, who has spent the past…
[jump] Fortunately, I was spared this grotesque sight as I was blocked by Arpaio henchpersons Lisa Allen, Lt. Brian Lee, and Deputy Chief Brian Sands. No New Times allowed in the room, particularly this New Times employee. Instead, they called out lovingly for Arizona Republic scribe JJ Hensley, and waved other media…
A Scottsdale man was pulled over by police for speeding on Sunday night and decided he wasn’t going down without a fight — and a fight he got, with several members of the Scottsdale Police Department.From the looks of his mug shot, he didn’t fare as well as he probably…
Imagine a society in which cops have the power to place GPS tracking devices on thousands of vehicles, arbitrarily, without need for a single warrant. We’re already there, says the Eighth Circuit Court. In upholding the conviction of Josue Acosta Marquez, (a.k.a. Martin Contreras-Pulido) in an interstate marijuana-smuggling case, the Circuit…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has refused requests from the Goldwater Institute to intervene in Arizona’s Clean Elections system — meaning that Clean Elections will begin to issue matching funds later this month.After a federal judge struck down the matching funds as unconstitutional, Clean Elections appealed. Last month, the…
The VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab has run into a bit of a production snag that has postponed taping of the upcoming season.While there is certainly no shortage of celebutards fucked up on drugs, there is a shortage of celebs willing to sell their souls to the reality gods and…
Police in Tempe busted a guy last night who they believe murdered his girlfriend on Saturday, and they caught him sitting at a bar just blocks away from the home where the murder took place. Wade Eugene Bradford is a regular at the bar at the Oregano’s restaurant in Tempe, so…
The Chandler Police Department is looking for a Chandler woman who they believe has been missing for more than two months. On Friday, the estranged father of 32-year-old Jamie Jean Laiaddee, who lives in California, called police after speaking to Laiaddee’s boyfriend who says he hasn’t seen Laiaddee in about 10…
We have learned this nearly a third of the way through the 2010 Major Leagaue Baseball season: No lead is safe with this year’s edition of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The word “relief” is a true oxymoron when referring to the D-Backs’ bullpen. Arizona was up by 4-0 early, and still…
It’s over, and nobody wants a reccap of the Suns’ 111-103 elimination loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals Saturday night. But since we’ve reported every Suns game this season, we feel duty-bound to pontificate about this incredible season — which went from a good start to a…
The Phoenix Suns — yet again — failed to earn a spot in the NBA Finals after the Los Angeles Lakers put the nail in the team’s playoff coffin on Saturday night but not before securing an NBA record for a certain point guard who can’t seem to find his way…
Democratic Diva’s Donna Gratehouse went in search of big companies being represented out at the pro-SB 1070 “buycott” at Tempe’s Diablo Stadium this Saturday. Know how many she found? Zip. Zilch. Zero.Well, Tempe’s Xtreme Bean Coffee was there. (Hardly a biggie.) But otherwise, it was just vendors selling buttons, flags,…
I mentioned in my roundup of Saturday’s big anti-SB 1070 march that local neo-Nazi Harry Hughes attended the pro-SB 1070 “buycott” rally at Tempe’s Diablo Stadium later that same say. Along for the ride was at least one other local neo-Nazi, Scott Hume.I’ve been getting e-mails aplenty about how white…
Despite threats of disruption from extremist elements, Saturday’s anti-SB 1070 demonstration produced a diverse, spirited crowd of anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000 that walked some five miles to the Arizona state Capitol without incident.The Phoenix PD made no arrests, and there was no clash between anarchists and cops, as there was…
Arizona Republic opinion writer Robert Robb just got the shellacking of his existence by our own Emil Pulsifer, a frequent commenter on this blog.Robb recently penned a column called, “A proposal for immigration reform light,” to which Pulsifer has written an extensive rebuttal. It’s so good, I’m publishing the entire thing here,…
How will “America’s Toughest Sheriff” respond to four undocumented students who will attempt to confront the geezer gendarme this coming Tuesday morning, by essentially daring the sheriff to arrest them?So far Arpaio’s playing possum with the Dream Walkers, a crew of undocumented college students who’ve been heralded in the media…
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: Feathered Bastard: Terry Goddard to Eric Holder: Don’t Sue Us Over SB 1070, Pretty-Please Jackalope Ranch: Fetish…
We just got word from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that the Incredible Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno, was officially sworn in as an honorary member of Joe Arpaio’s goon squad moments ago and he’s already been given a publicity stunt an assignment. Ferrigno, the Sheriff’s Office says, will act as Arpaio’s personal body guard…
