On the same day the anti-illegal immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration endorsed former Congressman J.D. Hayworth in his bid to unseat Senator John McCain as the GOP candidate for Senate, the McCain campaign is calling on Hayworth to disavow the endorsement.”J.D. Hayworth’s lavish praise for the social theories of…
It has to be one of the biggest wins of the season for the Phoenix Suns, because so many things pointed to a loss as they headed into Oklahoma City on Tuesday night for their game against the Thunder: The Suns were only 14-16 on the road, the Thunder was…
The Department of Public Safety is considering lowering fines for criminal-speeding tickets. Because of budget cuts, the DPS says it doesn’t have enough officers to enforce the criminal tickets, and recommends all tickets be reduced to civil violations. That means all fines would run about $180, as opposed to the $235 base…
The House version of a Russell Pearce bill that would essentially make racial profiling a requirement of all local law enforcement agencies in this state hits the MAPS committee tomorrow, and let’s hope it gets lost in there.MAPS stands for Military Affairs and Public Safety, and as the Republicans control…
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: Mago Sculpture Dismantled, Rolling Stone Article Blasts Dahn Yoga as Cult Up on the Sun:…
Tiger Woods is back in Arizona, but not for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The blogosphere is buzzing with news that Woods’ private plane landed in Mesa, (or maybe Scottsdale), and that the golfing great and his wife may be headed to an addiction treatment facility in Wickenburg…
A Superior Court judge has ruled against several criminal defendants who wanted him to disqualify the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office from prosecuting their cases. Judge Wallace Hoggatt is the Cochise County jurist assigned to the sweeping case by a “special master” who is overseeing the myriad court cases stemming from…
Between a cult and the Cottonwood rednecks, whom do I chose? That’s the conundrum I’m left with at the news that the Mago “Mother Earth” statue has been dismantled. That’s to the delight of bigots in Cottonwood, Arizona, who decried the 39-foot statue (nearly 50 feet high when you count…
John McCain picked up a big-time endorsement today from one of his old political foes within the Republican party, while his primary opponent, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, countered with a big one of his own — an anti-illegal immigration group.Surprise, surprise.Mitt Romney came out in favor of McCain today, despite…
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald fought the law, and he actually won.We found out today that four of the gridiron great’s five photo-radar tickets, which received a fair amount of publicity last month, have been dismissed.Maricopa County Justice Court spokesman Terry Stewart says the tickets were dismissed by motions of…
In a unanimous vote at a hastily called meeting this afternoon, commissioners of the Housing Authority of Maricopa County unanimously agreed to place the agency’s executive director on paid leave, pending the outcome of an investigation.Doug Lingner, the agency’s director since August 2008, will not be permitted to be on…
According to Phoenix police, these guys really suck. Using a van equipped with removable floorboards and a 450-gallon tank, the suspects cruised around town and siphoned up rivers of gasoline from underground fuel tanks. We have to give them an A for effort. For the plan’s execution, though, the crime-class…
A federal court judge has set a date for one of the two upcoming trials for former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi.Renzi, who in 2006 was named one of the “20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress” by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, will begin his first trial on March…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is holding a press conference today in which he will seek a home for a pit bull named Queenie, which has been living in the Sheriff’s Department’s MASH Unit for about seven years.Whenever we hear about America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff”s” soft spot for any animal that can’t…
Police in Austin, Texas arrested a man earlier this month wanted by the Phoenix Police Department for the January rape and assault of a woman at a Phoenix truck stop.On February 11, Austin police arrested 40-year-old Darryl Clark after he was identified by Phoenix police as a suspect in the…
Rodney Glassman, Tucson’s vice-mayor and lone Democrat mulling a run for John McCain’s Senate seat, says he’s holding off on making his candidacy official until a budget is in place for Tucson.That’s a nice change of pace from the several state legislators who abandoned ship to seek the congressional seat being…
Looks like Ted Williams’ severed head isn’t the only cranium causing controversy. The family of a dead Colorado woman is fighting with Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extensions over the rights to the woman’s body-less head.Mary Robbins, a 71-year-old Colorado Springs woman, kicked the bucket a few weeks ago but not before…
A shooting at Luke Air Force Base killed one man and injured another. Air force base officials confirm that base security opened fire on two men who drove a stolen car through the base gate. Both men were taken to a hospital, and no one on the base was injured…
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: Russell Pearce’s Latest Unconstitutional Measure, Illegal Re-Entry Up on the Sun: Story of the Year’s…
In a press release issued last week, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office expressed “disappointment” with the fact that witnesses friendly to the sheriff, including Chief Deputy David Hendershott, hadn’t been called to testify at a Tuesday hearing.But if they were trying to blame the judge or defense attorneys, the Sheriff’s…
The Twitter direct message from Kirk Adams, Arizona House Speaker, looked suspicious at first glance: It turns out that someone may have hijacked the Speaker’s Twitter account temporarily and used it to spread a phishing scam that began blazing across the Internet this weekend. Clicking on the accompanying link takes computer…
The parents of the 14-year-old girl, who escaped from a bathroom where she had been held captive for nearly two months, pleaded not guilty this morning to child abuse and kidnapping charges in Maricopa County Superior Court.Scott and Andrea Bass, according to prosecutors, held their daughter captive in the bathroom as punishment…
