In Arizona, you’ve got to get the justice you can when you can get it. That’s because in this state, particularly when it comes to public corruption or the abuse of power, you might as well wait for Godot if you think the wicked will be punished as part of…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has a fierce following among certain women. In fact, the guy’s got a whole cadre of gals willing to do his bidding, a veritable Praetorian Guard of political hatchet-ladies. Kathleen Winn, Horne’s outreach director and co-defendant in his campaign finance case, comes to mind. A…
Fortunately, I’ve not had to get too close to Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne lately, as the stench of desperation coming off the guy is practically visible, like the cloud of dirt that followed around Charlie Brown’s pal Pig Pen in the old Peanuts comic strip. Horne clearly hopes a…
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Christine Jones held a tele-town hall Monday night to address criticisms being leveled at her campaign from fellow Republicans. She deserves points for the effort, though with National Review Online digging up an old Facebook post of hers from 2012, encouraging people to “get excited” about Obama’s…
It’s like 2010 all over again, in more ways than one, when it comes to the self-described “conservative ice cream guy,” Republican state treasurer and wannabe governor Doug Ducey. Back in 2010, Democrat Andrei Cherny opposed Ducey in the treasurer’s race, and took aim at Ducey’s leadership of Cold Stone…
Christine Jones and firearms? Sounds like a fine way to spend a Saturday. Such was my thought when I found out Jones, a contender for the GOP nod for governor, would be at Shooter’s Vault, a gun shop in North Phoenix, for a campaign meet-and-greet. See, I had a few…
Do I really want to write one more word about recalled ex-state Senator Russell Pearce? Not really. But despite being rejected twice in his own district by a margin of 12 points, first in a historic 2011 recall election and then in the Republican primary for state Senate in 2012,…
Historians, psychologists, sociologists will all have a field day with the mass hysteria prompted by the child refugees from Central America, who came to this country fleeing poverty and violence. Stoked by irresponsible politicians and a too-compliant press corps, the widespread panic, fear, and animosity has been shameful to witness…
Danny Hendon, owner of the embattled Danny’s Family Car Wash chain and a longtime supporter of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today in federal court to identity fraud, the Associated Press is reporting. Several business entities under the DFC umbrella are scheduled for change of plea hearings today…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been whining about criticism he’s received for orchestrating a media circus and stirring protest in Oracle over a busload of a few dozen children from Central America that were supposedly going to be detained at a facility in that town. The children never materialized…
Tall with a buzz cut and a toothy grin, Dr. Ralph Heap is a banjo-pickin’ orthopedic surgeon with a handsome family and enough charisma to worry incumbent Bob Worsley in the GOP primary for state senator from deeply red Legislative District 25. Heap also is a colossal hypocrite — and…
You gotta love one thing about Republicans: With them, there’s always blood in the water. With erstwhile Go Daddy exec Christine Jones hard on his heels in the GOP primary for governor, and an awesome anti-Ducey ad by a pro-Jones I.E. in circulation, Ducey has fired back beginning today with…
Christine Jones puts the goober into gubernatorial. Indeed, the former GoDaddy pimp-ess and GOP candidate for governor’s rhetoric on the issue of “border security” is proving increasingly delusional. Jones has zero experience in politics, and it shows. Anyone proud to have the endorsement of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, aka,…
Congressman Luis Gutierrez is expected to attend an immigration rally in support of Mary Rose Wilcox’s campaign for a seat in Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District. And Gutiérrez’s staff turned to the U.S. Capitol Police for advice after being made aware of a letter written by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a desperate man. And a bully, says Illinois Congressman Luis Gutiérrez. “I am proud to stand with Mary Rose Wilcox and the people of Arizona who can see through the Sheriff’s publicity stunts and are not intimidated by his bullying,” Gutiérrez says in response…
More than a year has passed since former Minuteman leader Chris Simcox was arrested on charges that he molested three minors, including one of his own daughters. Simcox has refused a generous plea deal from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, and so he bides his time in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s…
Update 5:13 p.m.: Director of Sycamore Canyon Academy tells me that he has “no date and time” associated with arrival of children. Says he is not aware of children coming on Tuesday. See full update below. A longtime supporter of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu says the sheriff tipped him…
I’m supposed to be off this week, using vacation time I don’t normally use. But to quote Al Pacino in The Godfather, Part III, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” See, I happened to spot an item on Tucson Weekly’s website by writer David…
Home-based porn girl Emma Lovett appears to be enjoyed by at least one mounted Maricopa Sheriff’s Office deputy in a Fourth of July Twitter pic. “Peace,” officer!…
Putting the jerk in knee-jerk, Arizona State Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Doug Ducey has rolled out a new TV ad, trying like heck to look tough on the border. That’s no small task for a guy who either has the world’s worst barber or the world’s worst toupee, I’m…
Former Mesa Mayor and GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Smith, known as a relative moderate on immigration, is joining in the inflammatory anti-immigrant rhetoric of his colleagues in a bid to score campaign contributions. In an e-mail fundraising blast sent out to potential contributors on Monday, Smith bashed Barack Obama, unnamed…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu raised about $26,000 in the first five months of the year for his political action committee dubbed “Paul Babeu for Arizona.” You might wonder who’s donating to the border hawk Republican who derailed his own Congressional campaign by sending half-naked photos of himself and sexually…
