Miriam Hayenga isn’t your typical developer. For the most part, the Valley’s earth-movers and shakers tend to be conservative white guys. Hayenga’s not just female — she’s a lesbian. And that’s not all. They drive giant SUVs; Hayenga favors a sporty VW Bug convertible. They’re politically connected; Hayenga is out…
My wife and I have an argument going on about pirates. And since you are the source for all things Mexican. I’d thought I’d ask: While I know there were Spanish and Portuguese pirates back in the early 1600s and 1700s, were there ever any Mexican pirates? Not pirates from…
JOE AND HIS NAZIS It only makes sense: “Ja, Joe!” was interesting and seems reasonable and reasoned. It’s only logical that neo-Nazis would gravitate toward someone who, in large measure, shares their agenda. How far the MCSO has gone to gratify these slime buckets is surprising, but not too much…
Phoenix New Times writers won top honors for column writing and blogging at the Arizona Press Club’s annual awards banquet, held Saturday at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School in downtown Phoenix. In all, New Times brought home seven first-place awards. Sarah Fenske won the Don Schellie Award for feature column…
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:Supervisors Cave to Joe Arpaio, OK $1.6 Million for Harassing Mexicans in Maricopa County Up on…
Gabrielle Dawn Schoeneweis, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Scott Schoeneweis, was found dead in her Fountain Hills home. She was 39. According to an Associated Press report, Ms. Schoeneweis’ teenage daughter found her mother unresponsive on the floor of the master bedroom, and called police. A cause of death…
Rudi Apelt, a German national sentenced to death in Pinal County in 1989, cannot be killed because he is mentally retarded, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sylvia Arrellano ruled yesterday.Both Apelt and his brother, Michael, were sentenced to death after they brutally murdered Michael’s wife, Cindy Monkman, in hopes of…
A group of brave kids stepped up to the conference room platform to reveal the new name of the children’s hospital at Banner Health Desert Medical Center by flipping over cards with letters spelling out “ardon.”But where was the “C,” for Mesa developer and $10 million contributor Wil Cardon?They had…
Today the Arizona ACLU blasted Sheriff Joe Arpaio for locking down his jail facilities in response to a massive hunger strike inspired by the liquefied slop the MCSO feeds inmates on a daily basis. The civil rights organization denounced Arpaio’s confining inmates to their cells, denying them Television, telephone usage and visitations,…
Last month, the Arizona League of Cities and Towns defended the city of Phoenix’s $97 million CityNorth subsidy — going so far as to file an amicus brief asking the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the appellate decision that struck down the subsidy as unconstitutional.But last night, the city of…
A judge is set to decide on Monday whether a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Captain Joel Fox deserves to pay $315,000 in penalties for making an improper campaign donation. The upcoming ruling by Judge Thomas Shedden of the state Office of Administrative Hearings is expected to bring some finality to…
This just in: The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the state’s legislative districting plan, nearly seven years after it was initially adopted.A group of left-leaning advocates, including Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, State Representative Pete Rios and the Hispanic Bar Association Los Abogados, had originally challenged the plan in…
It all played out like political kabuki today at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. At issue was the $1.6 million the legislature, at the behest of neo-Nazi-hugger extraordinaire and state Senator Russell Pearce, granted Sheriff Joe Arpaio to hunt Hispanics as a part of the MCSO’s spendthrift racial profiling…
A few New Times employees were among the thousands of commuters stuck in an epic traffic jam this morning on Interstate 10, and so we pass along these cell-phone photos as a way to commiserate. The wreck was caused by a burglary suspect fleeing Tempe police who drove the wrong…
NASA can always depend on the Phoenix area for UFO reports. Our clear skies and large population apparently make the Valley number one when it comes to hysterical cries of alien invasion every time a research balloon goes up. Following yesterday’s media reports about the earthly origins of a spherical,…
Former lawmaker Greg Patterson thinks longtime editorial writer Doug MacEachern writes like a “coasting tweener.” MacEachern thinks Patterson is a “venal, simpering whiner with a Viagra-induced thing for the news business.” Isn’t that cute?…
Guess time off did the Arizona Diamondbacks some good. After spending the last few days watching torrential rain postpone a couple games, the D-Backs came out swinging in a 5-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night, following a whiz-bang seventh inning that featured the heroics of Gerardo Parra, the…
Republican legislative leaders will bring a budget proposal to an Appropriations Committee in the state Senate today. The proposal includes privatizing three prisons, and cutting $220 million from K-12 funding. Not included in the proposal is the tax increase Governor Jan Brewer pushed for…After declining to make a ruling from…
Just how far can you go with a record of political mediocrity, an absence of conscience and a boatload of ambition? As ex-Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano continues to prove, very far indeed. The Homeland Security czar is reportedly one of those being considered as a replacement for retiring U.S. Supreme Court…
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: Up on the Sun: You Asked For It: J.D. Stooks New Release Tuesday: Passion Pit Chow Bella:…
In a move that might cause a few sour notes, the Phoenix Symphony convinced its musicians to agree to a 17 percent pay cut over the next three years.The “landmark” deal between the Phoenix Symphony Association and Phoenix Symphony Musicians had to be done: The symphony says its contributions are…
Wal-Mart has agreed to pay Arizona $1 million to settle a 2006 consumer fraud lawsuit filed by Attorney General Terry Goddard.The retail giant has already shelled out $450,000 to the state for screwing over consumers with its inaccurate pricing. In a history laid out by Goddard’s office, from 2001 to…
