As we noted this morning, Congressional candidate Matt Salmon’s got nothin’ but love for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio these days — ya know, now that he’s running for Congress and the sheriff sent a political endorsement his way, and all.But Salmon’s new-found appreciation for the 79-year-old sheriff doesn’t quite…
I’m more than a little concerned by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s announcement today of a “probe” into the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, which will be holding a public meeting today at 6 p.m. at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix.That meeting already promises to be a real donnybrook, with…
Yesterday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio penned a gushing, illegal immigrant-themed endorsement for District 6 Congressional candidate Matt Salmon. Salmon responded with a glowing review of the sheriff’s job performance — which is a far cry from what former Congressman Salmon had to say about America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” a…
Cox Communications has agreed to try and settle a lawsuit launched by Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office over the release of his “love letter” e-mails.Fox filed the federal complaint against Cox on the same day that New Times published excerpts from the emotional expressions of man-love…
I have to give a nod to the Arizona Republic’s Mary Jo Pitzl for nabbing a little item I’d been sitting on regarding a fundraising e-mail to fellow lobbyists sent from Mike Williams of the Phoenix firm Williams & Associates. This, on behalf of state Senate President Russell Pearce’s anti-recall…
State Senator Russell Pearce’s lawyer Lisa Hauser filed one of the lamest legal challenges in this history of civil actions today. This, to the so-far successful recall effort against Pearce, which has resulted in Governor Jan Brewer ordering a recall election in Legislative District 18.It’s not only lame, it’s laughable…
Governor Jan Brewer is helping raise money for the man many have called the de facto governor of Arizona: state Senate President Russell Pearce.In an e-mail blast sent out today, Brewer asks recipients to donate to Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall, and links to the organization’s Web site, protectanamericanpatriot.com.Needless…
The Latino population has risen significantly in the United States in the past decade, but not just because of immigration. Actually, a higher birth rate among Hispanic women is now the dominant factor in the rise, according to a new study.The driving force for this surge: Mexican-American babies. This, according to…
Andrew Sherwood, the Mesa Democrat who unsuccessfully took on Republican state Senator Russell Pearce in 2010 (before Pearce was Senate president), just called to let me know that he will not be throwing his derby in the ring for the November 8 recall election.Sherwood came in second in a three-way…
The United States government is revamping a program that will fly undocumented Mexican immigrants back to Mexico City, after they’ve been caught entering the country illegally.The feds claim this prevents deaths from dehydration and exhaustion from people crossing the Arizona desert during the hottest time of the year.But activists cry…
America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” spoke at the Conservative Leadership Conference/Joe Arpaio Comedy Hour in Las Vegas over the weekend, where he had the conservative crowd in stitches as he yucked it up about how he’d never heard of that pesky concept of “transparency” in government until three years ago.We’re gonna…
Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik has outed a possible challenger to state Senate President Russell Pearce in the November 8 recall election in Legislative District 18: Jerry Lewis, and, no, not the cheesy dude on the telethons.Resnik writes in his blog that,”This would be Lewis’ first run for elected office. He…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on the scene as his boys in beige raid a Valley bread company in search of illegal immigrants, the MCSO announced this morning.According to the MCSO, Arpaio’s boys got word that 31 employees at Mesa’s Alpine Bread Factory near 300 West Southern Avenue were…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s got a hankerin’ for rocker Alice Coopers’ two-foot wiener.Apparently so impressed with the two-foot hot dogs served at Coopers’ Cooperstown restaurant in Phoenix, the sheriff has challenged “any reporter” to an eating contest.”After signing autographs at Cooperstown yesterday, I’m now ready to challenge any reporter…
Marciopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed yesterday that “intelligence sources” tell him that illegal immigrants and drug smugglers are avoiding Maricopa County to avoid him and his tough guy antics.He says smugglers are now choosing to use alternate routes through Arizona after crossing the border.However, the claim came in the…
Maricopa County’s corrupt top cop, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, claims smugglers transporting drugs and illegal immigrants are avoiding Maricopa County to avoid run-ins with him.That said, 10 illegal immigrants smuggled into the United States on their way to California and North Carolina, were arrested by the MCSO’s Human Smuggling Unit in the…
Members of the human-rights group Puente greeted sports fans with anti-Senate Bill 1070 chants and signs outside Chase Field Tuesday, as the Major League Baseball All-Star Game got under way.About 100 protesters from Puente demonstrated against Arizona’s immigration law while baseball enthusiasts filed into the stadium.”In Arizona there is daily…
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. How do you get to the set of Good Morning America? Apparently, all it takes is acting like a dipshit at the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby.As we noted yesterday, Kingman resident Keith Carmickle nearly died when he tried…
I like Sinema, but she flubbed a couple of facts on OlbermannUPDATE, July 13 5:17PM: Sinema called me about her appearance on Olbermann. She explained that she didn’t call Parraz ahead of time because she didn’t know Olbermann was going to ask her about the recall. She knew it was going…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is littering social-media websites with alerts to his upcoming verbal sparring match with civil rights leader Al Sharpton. “Interview with host Al Sharpton on MSNBC today @ 6:40 est Last time we spoke he led thousands of protestors here and asked for me to quit,”…
Somos America, a Phoenix-based pro-immigrant group, has gained the first high-profile name for its white-ribbon campaign, which encourages players and fans to don a symbol of opposition to Senate Bill 1070 during Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field.Jackie Robinson’s daughter, Sharon, who will be at the All-Star Game, plans to wear…
A Mexican soccer match between Club America and Morelia at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday was hoping to draw 50,000 attendees, but fell way short of that mark. Actual attendance numbers were not announced, but a safe guess is less than 10,000.The fans’ favorite was America, which has a large following…
