Ben Quayle, son of potato-plagued former Vice President Dan Quayle, says he will officially announce his candidacy tomorrow for the Congressional seat being vacated by Congressman John Shadegg. Quayle, who was only rumored to be running until his father unofficially let the cat out of the bag in an interview on Fox News…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Royals fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): Arizona Diamondbacks:…
Maricopa County officials voted yesterday to give their lawyers permission to file a lawsuit over a $456,000 bus the Sheriff’s Office bought to transport inmates. County officials question the legality of the purchase, because it wasn’t put out for competitive bidding. Sheriff Joe Arpaio defended the purchase, saying he has…
Gilman’s latest on Obama’s hypocrisyYou might as well put a bounty on their heads. The undocumented, I mean. Though Barack Obama came to power dismissing as ludicrous the idea that we can “deport ’em all,” ICE’s Office of Detention and Removal Operations continues to demand just that with a quota of…
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: Joe Arpaio on False McDonald’s Arrest: Take All Brown People into Custody, Release Citizens Later…
Much to our dismay, the Ron Paul Revolution apparently isn’t over, and at a John McCain campaign stop in Mesa on Saturday, the “revolution” was televised.Cameras rolled as a man, who identified himself only as Alex, was tossed out of the event — where former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin…
An Apache Junction motorcycle dealership will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. tonight to discuss ways to keep the Lost Dutchman Park open during the state budget crisis. Mark LeResche, owner of Superstition Harley-Davidson, says all money raised tonight will be handed over to the Arizona State…
Not a week goes by, really, without someone contacting us about the welfare of Joey the Chimp, a.k.a. “Felonious Monk.” We wrote about Joey’s legal problems a few years ago in a cover story. (That’s not Joey in the photo, but we liked the image, so….) It told how Arizona…
A Phoenix mom, who plead guilty to the second-degree murder of her 4-month-old son, was sentenced to decades in prison today in Maricopa County Superior Court.The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced that 25-year-old Katherine Hatten got 37 years in prison for the murder of her infant…
Rochelle Lambert and her two sons have been locked in a heated prank war for nearly 15 years.As the battle waged, everything from Vaseline on the toilet seat to blue food coloring in the shower heads have been used as weapons, but a little baking soda and a jar with…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has authorized a lawsuit against a company that sold Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office a $465,000 bus But county officials still aren’t stating any precise allegations against the company, Motor Coach Industries. The company appears to be little more than a pawn in the ongoing…
Senator John McCain’s GOP primary opponent, J.D. Hayworth, is using the killing of a prominent Cochise County rancher to question McCain’s stance on immigration, despite there being no confirmation that an illegal immigrant had anything to do with the murder.Robert Krentz was found shot to death on his ranch just…
Is it a mere coincidence that state Senator Russell Pearce’s chief critic on the House Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee, Representative Daniel Patterson of Tucson, has been removed from that committee, just as Pearce’s police state legislation SB 1070 is scheduled to run through MAPS on March 31?You’ll recall…
Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber,” the conservative icon from the 2008 presidential election, paid a visit to the state capitol to oppose Governor Jan Brewer’s proposed one-cent sales tax increase and to help organize Arizona’s budding Tea Party movement.”The Plumber” spoke to dozens of tea-baggers as part…
Attorney Kathy Zatari, who served as administrator of the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for 3 1/2 years, has filed a notice of claim against the state, alleging she was fired for reporting possible violations of state policy to her supervisors.Those violations, according to the claim, partially involve Zatari’s one-time employee, Jeri Auther. But,…
It’s not often that a team clinches a spot in the playoffs and a player musters a Gordie Howe hat-trick in the same game, but both happened on Saturday during the Phoenix Coyotes thrilling 6-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche in Glendale. The Coyotes clinched a spot in the Western Conference playoffs…
Here is your guide to today’s spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday’s games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Reds fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): Arizona Diamondbacks: The…
Friday’s home game against Coach Mike D’Antoni’s New York Knicks and yesterday’s road contest against Coach Kurt Rambis’ Minnesota Timberwolves both looked like blowouts in the first halves — only the Phoenix Suns wound up actually embarrassing the Knicks 132-96 while barely hanging on to beat the Wolves. The difference in the two games? Suns…
A huge fire early this morning at a Salt River Project substation sent a big smoke plume several miles to the west. The burning transformer, at the SRP substation near 121st Avenue and Broadway Road, hasn’t caused any reported power outages so far. A dozen firefighters battled the blaze through…
Arpaio shrugs off his arrest of an innocent American girlIf you’re Hispanic in Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe’s goons have probable cause to arrest you on suspicion of being undocumented. Hey, they can always release you later.That’s the word from the elephant’s mouth after an MCSO raid on four area McDonald’s…
Puente activist Sandra Castro’s interview with Rev. Jesse JacksonI want to turn your attention to these two videos by Sandra Castro, an activist in Sal Reza’s Puente Movement, which is based here in Phoenix. This footage of the Rev. Jesse Jackson was taken at the big pro-immigration rally in Washington,…
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: Janet Napolitano Gives Lip Service to Immigration Reform at ASU, while Partnering with Joe Arpaio…
