BADLANDS Find a way to welcome immigrants: While I am very sympathetic regarding the death of Mr. Rob Krentz and feel very sorry for his family, I don’t think the state of Arizona is doing the right thing to enact this law. Nor do I think [SB 1070] is going…
I had been dying to get Norris Church Mailer’s book. Dying! Some friends gave me a Barnes & Noble gift card for my birthday, and I haunted the shop at the Town & Country Shopping Center, waiting for A Ticket to the Circus, Norris’ memoir about life with the brilliant…
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:…
At the risk of being labeled a sadomasochist, I checked out Sheriff Joe’s first Webcast today, which his PR apparatchiks say he’ll be doing every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. for five or 10 minutes at a time. Those apparatchiks were on the show with Joe, flanking him on either side: Lieutenant Brian…
The theory is that all dogs go to heaven — their owners, however, don’t have the same guarantee, especially if they leave their dogs out in the hot, Arizona sun with no shade or water.A Phoenix man, police say, did exactly that, which ultimately caused the death his pet pooch…
If you think the Arizona Diamondbacks’ bullpen sucks now, wait until the trade deadline — things could get even worse.With the All-Star break less than three weeks away, and the trade deadline just a few, short weeks after that, the movers-and-shakers in Major League Baseball are assembling shopping lists of…
Somehow, someway the United States got the job done. With Phoenix’s own Robbie Findley suspended for piling up yellow cards, the US turned to other players to try to punch in a few goals. And though they had numerous chances (and also had another goal taken away bad a terrible…
Living in the Sonoran Desert, it seems Saguaro Cacti are everywhere — that’s because, in these parts, they are. But that doesn’t mean they’re yours for the taking. The rest of the world isn’t as blessed with the prickly foliage, so the federal government — through the Lacey Act –…
I’m not sure what good a “feel-good” boycott of Arizona over SB 1070 does, and that seems to be the kind of boycott the Los Angeles City Council wants.Back in May, during a peak of national outrage over Arizona’s new “papers, please” immigration law, L.A. city council members voted to ban future…
Here’s a word we never thought we’d hear to describe a candidate for the U.S. Senate: J.D. Hayworth is a “huckster” — at least according to a new Web ad pimped by Senator John McCain’s campaign.For anyone unfamiliar with the term, a “huckster” is someone who peddles crappy merchandise on the street,…
If you missed the “Clean Elections” Republican state Attorney General debate last night on Horizon between state schools superintendent Tom Horne and former Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas, it was a real cage fight. I’m surprised blood didn’t spatter the TV screen. Fortunately, if you enjoy mortal combat, you can watch…
Glenn Beck took time off from weeping over the word “America,” gushing over the founding fathers, and scaring the ever-loving shit out of his far-right followers with his chalkboard of doom to call Arizona’s GOP Senate primary. Nearly two months before primary day, Beck says Senator John McCain will win.Beck, often quick to…
Harold Hurtt, a former Phoenix police chief, has been selected as a national community liaison for the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE hired him as the new director for its Office of State and Local Coordination in Washington D.C., where he’ll work on “outreach and communication” between ICE and local cop shops,…
It’s been nearly a month since ASU student Kyleigh Sousa was killed during a robbery-gone-wrong in the parking lot of a Tempe International House of Pancakes, and nobody should be comforted by the fact that the killer is still on the loose.Sousa’s mother and brother, Karen Montenegro and Bernie Sousa,…
Phoenix police are looking for two men involved in a robbery at a Circle K convenience store last week that began with a request for a cigarette and ended when the victim got beat up after reaching in the suspects’ getaway car and stealing the keys. The suspects, however, took the…
In a flash, the dream is over. A mere 36 hours after the first pitch was thrown, the Sun Devils are done after getting embarrassed 11-4 by South Carolina. Two games and out. Elimination from the 2010 College World Series. Poof. Good luck next season…
Dan Haren nearly matched Andy Pettitte for seven innings, but once again, it was the Arizona Diamondbacks’ bullpen that let it get out of hand. With the New York Yankees leading just 3-2 after seven innings, Esmerling Vasquez entered the game to relieve Haren, but Vasquez gave up five runs…
At a recent meeting of Teabaggers here in Arizona, Senator Jon Kyl made the stunning allegation that during a private conversation he had with President Barack Obama, the president basically told him he was holding lawmakers “hostage” by not securing the border in order to get some form of comprehensive…
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:…
Both the Anti-Defamation League and the nation of Mexico have filed separate amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in the big anti-SB 1070 lawsuit that the ACLU, MALDEF, the NAACP and other groups filed in federal district court on May 17 against Arizona’s counties.The complaint, known as Friendly House,…
The Scottsdale Police Department announced today the name of the mother of the baby found dead in a Scottsdale apartment over the weekend, as well as the less-than-frantic 911 call placed by a neighbor who made the gruesome discovery.”I’m telling you this baby is cold; this baby is dead,” the…
A new poll was released today in the ruthless dogfight that is the Arizona Republican Senate primary, and, as has been the case in several other polls, Senator John McCain is hovering around 50 percent — something that has pollsters like Scott Rasmussen and McCain’s opponent J.D. Hayworth saying “The…
