Remember when John Lennon told a British journalist that he thought the Beatles were bigger than Jesus? True or not, it was probably a stupid thing to say — and he only pissed off Christians. It seems as though an Arizona congressman may have caught his own case of foot-in-mouth-disease in an…
Remember when the Arizona Cardinals used to ruin the careers of their own players? Well, it’s nice, for once, to see them do it to an opponent. Rewind to January 10, when the Cards went to Charlotte for an NFC Divisional Playoff game. QB Jake Delhomme (pictured above) had successfully overcome reconstructive…
Expect the Phoenix Suns’ fast start to the 2009-10 season to continue this weekend, when they open their home season at US Airways Center against two teams that are seriously in flux. First off is Friday’s tussle against the Golden State Warriors. If you recall, last season was a disaster…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is proposing a temporary sales-tax increase to prevent services and programs from being cut further. At a City Council meeting this week, Gordon said the city is facing an “economic emergency.” The council has already cut $270 million from the general fund…Playwright James Garcia has written…
Is Sheriff Joe “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” or “America’s Biggest Wimp”? That’s what I can’t help wondering as I read this latest press release from his PR staff. It lamely attempts to link the folks who protest Joe almost daily outside downtown Phoenix’s Wells Fargo Building — where Arpaio keeps two…
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: ABC 15 Flubs Joe Arpaio Poll Results, Arpaio’s Numbers Countywide, Not Statewide Up on the…
A U of A student died last week as he and several other students traveled to the base of Mt. Everest.Morgan Boisson, a 20-year-old U of A senior and member of the cheerleading team, was spending the semester studying in China, when he and about 13 other students decided to…
You’ve read about the battle being waged between Camp Creek cabin owners and one by-the-book park ranger in this week’s news short “Cabin Fever: Camp Creek’s Cabin Owners Say the New District Ranger Is Driving Them Out.” In the photos below, see some of the Camp Creek cabins and the…
One of three suspects in a deadly arson fire that destroyed the headquarters of a youth activity firm has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson of an occupied structure. Moniza Murillo, 20, (pictured right), had been facing first-degree murder charges along with two other suspects for the June 14…
Everyone’s seen the recent Cronkite/Eight numbers showing that Sheriff Joe Arpaio remains popular in Maricopa County, with a 61 percent approval rating overall, and a 65 percent positive rating of those with an opinion. The same poll showed Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard with a 55 percent approval rating statewide…
Police in Boulder, Colorado have identified the famous victim of an infamous crime that took place more than 50 years ago. The victim, known for decades as Boulder’s famous “Jane Doe,” is actually a Phoenix woman named Dorothy Gay Howard who was reported missing in 1954. Howard, according to the Boulder…
Shaquille O’Neal, the “Big Shaquisition” as he is now being called by Cavs fans, is hoping to become a deputized police officer in Ohio as he was in Florida, Virginia, and, of course, Arizona.After being traded from the Suns to the Cavs back in June, Shaq has applied to become…
For most people, retirement is a time to relax, catch up on some TV — maybe play a little golf. Not for Al Slusser. This 70-year old Arizona man has decided to spend one of his golden years walking across the country. If that sounds badass, get this: Slusser’s doing…
Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a…
Readers of this paper are likely to recall the Doug Grant murder case. emember, the onetime Phoenix Suns nutritionist who was convicted of manslaughter in the 2001 drowning death of his beautiful wife Faylene. (That’s the happy couple on the day of their second wedding, mere weeks before her tragic…
We’ve been checking the Web site of sweat lodge organizer James Arthur Ray just about every day, and it has proven to contain a never-ending fountain of insensitive comments. That said, even we were a little surprised today when the organizer of the “Spiritual Warrior” sweat lodge retreat that left…
The Mesa Police Department has announced that the city has seen the greatest reduction in crime since 1963. According to police, among other declines, there has been a 39 percent drop in auto theft and 31 percent decrease in homicides…
A fundraiser for potential Attorney General candidate and Anthem Republican Sam Crump was spoiled last month by the release of the infamous Desert Divas client list, according to Crump’s now former campaign manager Jeremiah Wilson. Wilson was canned by the Crump campaign earlier this week because the campaign couldn’t afford to…
One of the countless questions hanging over the Phoenix Suns’ 2009-2010 season was whether the team’s 35-year-old captain still had any hustle left despite his advancing age. Apparently, he does, since the dude pretty much single-handedly carried the Suns to victory on Wednesday night in its season-opener against the Los…
Citing falling tax revenues, the Regional Council of the Maricopa Association of Governments has voted to cut back on freeway-expansion projects. MAG cut the $16 billion program to $9.4 billion. The South Mountain freeway project, which would relieve congestion on Interstate 10, survived the cuts…Chandler police arrested a student at Chandler-Gilbert…
The corner of Cave Creek Road and Cheryl Street in Sunnyslope isn’t usually a roadside attraction. Occupied by dilapidated wingding-style apartments and auto body shops with barbed-wire fences, the area is especially dark at night, where a single streetlight beams down uselessly on one spot of asphalt. It’s easy to…
TOWERING MESS Ain’t it just perfect?: Ray Stern’s piece on the Centerpoint Condominiums debacle got at the heart of the greed and hubris of the development boom, not only in metro Phoenix but in other Sun Belt cities. First, the developers were proposing four towers! What were they smokin’?! Two…
