Dawn breaks quick and hard in the Superstition Mountains. Just after 6 a.m., the parking lot below the rugged road leading up to Tortilla Trailhead starts to fill up with trucks. First light is bright, but there’s a chill in the air at this spot, just beyond where the winding…
GOOD COPS, BAD COPS U.S. Marshal David Gonzales is a classy, tough lawman, the kind of fellow who can cite 16th-century English philosopher Francis Bacon while announcing the collaring of 239 fugitives, as he did during a recent press conference at the Sandra Day O’Connor federal courthouse downtown. “If we…
Doug Lingner finally quit his job as executive director of the Housing Authority of Maricopa County last Tuesday, not quite two years after he was hired — and not quite two months after he was put on leave following a New Times exposé detailing his mismanagement and penchant for nepotism…
Editor’s note: Readers were mostly ticked-off by Michael Lacey’s satirical article “Jew Roundup”. The satire’s intent was to show that if any other ethnic group were as abusively considered and treated as certain local authorities have Mexicans, there would be huge outrage. Many of the comments — most of which…
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: SB 1070 Fallout: Video of Yesterday’s Civil Disobedience, and the Capitol 9 Released from 4th…
I completely agree with Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva: It’s time to punish Arizona. If Governor Jan Brewer refuses to veto state Senator Russell Pearce’s bigot bill SB 1070, then those who oppose it need to support an economic boycott of the state.Tuesday on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, in a…
A Phoenix couple arrested on Monday for trying to sell pirated movies and music advertised their illegal products on Craigslist, cops say. That’s gotta rank right up there with leaving your wallet at the scene of a crime. Stormie and Eric Howard, who had just moved to Phoenix three months ago from…
Well… they really did it.The Arizona House of Representatives — well on it’s way to becoming the laughing stock of the entire country — passed the infamous “Birther Bill” this afternoon. If it becomes law, it would require President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate to the Arizona Secretary of…
Phoenix’s Steve Ellman is an international developer with a commercial real estate empire spanning more than 12 million square feet of retail, entertainment, and office space. Ellman is among the largest owners of real estate in the Phoenix metropolitan area.So why did Ellman hire Elissa Mullany, former fundraiser and current…
Interim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley released a list the folks at his office who were “let go” in the wake of Andrew Thomas’ resignation. *Miguel Martinez, Thomas’ brother in law, hired by Thomas despite not being a lawyer. Supposedly, he worked as a “community liaison.” *Phil MacDonnell, Thomas’ No. 2…
Feel like voluntarily ponyin’ up some of your hard-earned cash to help legislators dig themselves out of the budget crisis they created? Of course you don’t, but that didn’t stop legislators from taking time out of their day to pass a bill that asks taxpayers to do exactly that.The “I-didn’t-pay-enough…
Hard to fathom that there could be anything positive about state Senator Russell Pearce’s immigration bill, SB 1070, an extremist “solution” to undocumented immigrants in Arizona that makes their mere presence in here state a crime.The bill would also allow cops to check immigration status with nothing more than “reasonable suspicion” that someone…
It’s that special time of year in Arizona — flowers blossoming, the sun’s warming up, and as a result, rattlesnakes throughout the state are waking up from their winter naps That is, the vicious monsters are ready to bite the shit out of anyone they see. All right, rattlesnakes probably…
The NFL revealed the Arizona Cardinals 2010 schedule this morning, and not only will the Cards host a Monday night game in Glendale this Kurt Warner-less season, Jesus will have a little competition for a fan-base on Christmas Day.The Cards will host a somewhat-rare Christmas Day game against the Dallas…
A Phoenix auto mechanic is behind bars after police discovered that not only wasn’t he fixing people’s cars, but was stealing them, too.Kedrick Russell, 42, got pinched by the Phoenix Police Department earlier this week for stealing a car last December and because of the way he did it, cops feel there may…
State Senator Russell Pearce calls them “anarchists,” I call them a group of courageous young Americans.But don’t worry what a white-trash bigot like Pearce has to say about the nine who were arrested shortly after chaining themselves to the old Capitol building’s doors yesterday.Watch Dennis Gilman’s video above, and you’ll…
The advancement of the embarrassing “birther” bill in the Arizona House of Representatives yesterday has left people across the country questioning the sanity of Arizona legislators and, in-turn, the sanity of Arizonans.The conspiracy theorist’s wet dream controversial bill has now garnered enough negative attention to get a little love from…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Congressional candidate Vernon Parker will be hosting what could be seen by some as their own little slice of hell.For the bargain price of $200, you could spend a full day trapped on a bus with Joe and Vernon, as you tour the scenic Arizona/Mexico…
The Phoenix Coyotes have had trouble with the power play all season, and last night’s 3-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings was no exception.How do the Howlers fix their broken power play? Shoot the fucking puck.The Coyotes had six power plays in yesterday’s loss and didn’t cash in on…
Now that’s more like it. Following a humiliating loss to Portland to kick off the NBA playoffs, the Phoenix Suns returned to their ass-kicking ways by manhandling the Trail Blazers for 48 straight minutes to decisively win Game Two 109-90 on Tuesday night at US Airways Center. The series is…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ best pitcher had a rough night on the mound Tuesday against one of the National League’s best squads, the St. Louis Cardinals — but still won. Go figure. In the end, Dan Haren had one of the oddest pitching lines you’ll ever see for a guy with…
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: Activists Chain Themselves to Arizona Capitol to Protest Russell Pearce’s SB 1070 Up on the…
