You’ve got to give it up for Meghan McCain, who came out against state Senator Russell Pearce’s racial profiling law yesterday, particularly since her opinion on the legislation is far more nuanced and thoughtful than her dad’s. U.S. Senator John McCain, long an advocate of immigration reform, has been doing cartwheels…
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: Rasmussen Reports 60 Percent of the (White) Electorate Support Racial Profiling, the Colbert Report, and…
Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, will be in court again tomorrow for her latest pre-trial hearing in her kidnapping case, and we’re waiting on pins and needles to see what sort of lunacy she brings to the courthouse this time.Johnson is the last known person to…
Scottsdale weightlifter Tim Isaac was sentenced on Monday to five years in a federal prison for selling a Viagra-type drug without prescriptions, cheating on his taxes, and fraudulently obtaining government benefits. Isaac, who ran a company called Ultra Health Products, and his business partners imported sildenafil citrate — the active…
Owen “Buz” Mills “fraudulently” deceived his former business partner in a lucrative cell-phone tower deal, the Florida Court of Appeals ruled back in 2002. The court ruling didn’t mean much to Arizonans back then. But now that Mills is running for governor, his political foes have dug it up to help push the idea that Mills isn’t…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a furniture truck at the Arizona/ Mexico border and, as luck should have it, the rig was hauling more than just furniture.Officers found about 330 pounds of weed stashed in a mattress in the back of the truck as the 30-year-old, Mexican driver…
An Arizona rehab center has apparently cured another pseudo-celeb of his addiction to sex.Jesse James, the bad-boy biker husband of Academy Award winning actress Sandra Bullock, was spotted outside of his California home — sans-wedding ring — after spending a few, short weeks at a rehab center in Tucson, where…
A night at a bar has landed a Mesa mother in jail because, rather than spend a little of her money paying a babysitter, she opted to bring her two kids with her, leaving them to sleep in her car in the bar’s parking lot as she drank inside.Rebecca Barrera, 27, was arrested early Sunday morning…
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – No Problemo www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Right-wing pollster Scott Rasmussen’s surveys sometimes resemble push polls, in that they are obviously intended to influence opinions as well as record them. One of these days,…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth continues to wage his debate over debates, and now he may have the ammunition necessary to bring his opponent in the GOP primary for Senate, John McCain, to the table.Hayworth delivered what he claims is more than 11,000 signatures to the Arizona Secretary of State’s office…
The Arizona Diamondbacks are off to a miserable start. Before Sunday, the D-backs lost seven of their last nine games — four of them by two runs or less. But this weekend offered a glimmer of hope for D-backs fans as the Rattlers took two of three games against the 2009…
Brandon Roy was the difference. That and uninspired play by the hottest team in the NBA at the end of the regular season. But this is the playoffs, and Roy, who had knee surgery just eight days before, was miraculously back in a Portland uniform, and it was the superstar swingman…
The Phoenix Coyotes will live to skate another day. They went down 3-2 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, but they pulled off a huge win on Sunday to force a game seven. Th Howlers lost 4-1 on Friday — thanks…
After protests at the state capitol over the weekend, vandals smeared swastikas made out of refried beans on the building’s windows. The vandalism was found this morning after thousands protested at the capitol over the weekend…About 200 Gilbert teachers are expected to get layoff notices after Tuesday’s meeting of the school…
Like you need more proof that Arizona has become a national joke due to its wingnutty gun laws, its conspiranutty birther bill, and its racist new immigration law SB 1070, Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update took aim at the state’s intolerance and fondness for racial profiling with the following swipe…
Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez exhorted an audience of thousands at the Arizona state Capitol Sunday to fight against the racial profiling bill SB 1070 recently signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer. Standing on a platform before a line of potential Dream Act students, he denounced the new state law,…
Firebrand Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez from Illinois will be joining opponents of the new SB 1070 law at the Arizona state Capitol Sunday, April 25 at noon to protest the legislation, which codifies racial profiling into state law.Gutierrez is a fierce, pull-no-punches advocate of immigrant rights and immigration reform. He’s…
Gustavo Arellano has some fun with Joe about 29 seconds inDespite horrendous mismanagement of his department, corruption, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into his office, and a federal grand jury looking to indict his sorry self, Sheriff Joe remains popular in some quarters outside of Maricopa County. Specifically, in…
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: Barack Obama Weighs In on SB 1070, Calls Russell Pearce Bill “Misguided” Jan Brewer Signs…
About 1,500 to 2,000 people who descended on the State Capitol today to protest anti-illegal-immigrant legislation were mostly peaceful, and state troopers arrested only four people. Three of the arrests were sparked in part by ice cream, of all things. At about 3:30 p.m., an ice-cream vendor reported to police…
It’s been said in political circles that Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been under a tremendous amount of stress in both his personal and public lives. And people aren’t sure what to make of some recent incoherent speeches Gordon has delivered to the public.The Republic has quoted Gordon verbatim on…
The Centerpoint towers at 6th Street and Maple in Tempe are going back up for sale, this time listed by realtor CB Richard Ellis. The history of the five-acre property and towers, and their financial collapse, were covered extensively in our October 15 edition. Earlier this month, ML Manager LLC, bought…
