Some counties in Arizona have turned to cremating the indigent. Citing budget woes, lack of space, and the high cost of burials, Yavapai, Navajo, and Yuma counties have begun cremating the indigent rather than burying them in paupers’ graves. Indigents are still buried in Maricopa County, but officials say budget…
Today, President Barack Obama buffaloed tens of thousands of activists demanding immigration reform in Washington, D.C., appearing via video on jumbo screens, and telling the masses, according to the New York Times that,”I have always pledged to be your partner as we work to fix our broken immigration system, and…
Jason Shelton (aka, “4409”) arguing against Pearce’s unconstitutional billState Senator Russell Pearce’s police state/bigot bill is under siege by the Libertarians and Ron Paul Republicans over at Ernie Hancock’s Web site Freedom’s Phoenix. As I’ve blogged previously, Hancock sent out a mass e-mail last week with a link to an article…
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: Chow Bella:Tammie Coe to Compete in Caramelapalooza Tasting.Man V. Food’s Adam Richman Takes a Bite Out of…
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, Brewers fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):Arizona Diamondbacks: D-back fans,…
The soon-to-be-disbanded Career Criminal Squad of the Phoenix Police Department has scored another W: The conviction of local cigar czar Dimitri Rozenman for contracting to have the mother of his two children and members of her family murdered.The jury delivered verdicts of guilty yesterday for Rozenman’s murder-for-hire scheme, as well…
Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley filed a precursor to a lawsuit today against the county and various elected officials — including himself — for alleged malicious prosecution and other grievances. He wants $5 million for his troubles. The notice of claim was filed with the Board of Supervisors, of which he is chairman, Sheriff…
If there is one thing we learned from last night’s episode of Police Women of Maricopa County it’s that if someone steals a Playstation game from you, you apparently have the right to beat the ever-loving shit out of them.Viewers followed Deputy Lindsey Smith in last night’s show as she…
Phoenix police have finally identified the officer who allegedly roughed up Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson early this morning as Brian Authement, 27, and police officials say he will remain on duty — for now, anyway.Department spokesman Trent Crump says Authement might even go back to work tonight, despite the media circus…
Even before this morning’s press conference to discuss the alleged abuse of power by an unnamed Phoenix police officer against City Councilman Michael Johnson, we’re told that top city officials met with local NAACP President Oscar Tillman, who was on the verge of calling on Harris to resign.Both City Manager David…
A federal judge today allowed the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office more time to sort through recovered e-mails for confidential info that doesn’t pertain to an ongoing racial-profiling lawsuit. The company that saved the recovered data has until April 11 to produce it for the lawyers on each side, says Cari…
An unnamed Phoenix police officer may have messed with the wrong bull. The Phoenix City Council will hold an executive session on Monday to try to get to the bottom of an incident this morning, where one of its members was handcuffed and thrown to the ground by a Phoenix…
Phoenix police imminently are expected to discuss a recent incident outside the home of Councilman Michael Johnson in which the cops allegedly handcuffed the elected official and dragged him across the ground. Sources from both the Phoenix Police and Fire departments confirm the situation, which allegedly happened shortly after an accidental fire at the residence of one of…
If you’re not howling for the Phoenix Coyotes yet, just watch a game. There was no shortage of excitement in last night’s game, as the Coyotes beat the Florida Panthers in a dramatic 4-3 thriller, breaking the franchise’s single-season win record with the Yotes 44th victory. If you caught the first…
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, Mariners fans, there’s nothin’ here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):Arizona Diamondbacks: The D-backs…
The Arizona Legislature advanced an abortion bill yesterday, while delaying a concealed-weapons bill. The abortion measure, which requires final passage before moving to the Senate, would require healthcare personnel who treat women with complications from abortions to submit a report to the state. The House delayed consideration of another bill,…
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: Russell Pearce Bigot Bill Scuttled by Freedom’s Phoenix? And Ernie Hancock Calls Pearce a “Judas…
Beware if you’ve got brown skin — Sheriff Joe Arpaio has begun another crime sweep. Maricopa County’s sheriff says he’s turning up the heat once again on illegal immigrants. His 14th such effort, according to the Associated Press, is focusing on “drop houses, drug violators and human smuggling vehicles.” If…
David Barnes, a onetime homicide detective with the Phoenix Police Department who is now under criminal indictment on perjury charges, was fired this afternoon. Sergeant Trent Crump, a spokesperson for the city agency, said Barnes (in the photo) learned of his termination from a supervisor during an in-person visit to…
A Scottsdale doctor has found a way to make fat look awesome: He turns it into titties.Dr. Todd Malan is the first doctor in the United States to use a new method of breast augmentation that takes stem cells found in fat, mixes it up a bit, and whamo! You…
Guess what? Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is no fan of the healthcare reform bill getting pushed through Congress, and she let House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid know about it in a letter penned yesterday. Not that they’ll care what she thinks.In the letter, partisan Brewer claims, “The devastating impacts…
They did it.The Phoenix Coyotes sold out a hockey game for the first time this season, and despite the ‘Yotes fan-friendly opponent, we have a feeling people are actually showing up to see the home-town team.The Coyotes will host the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night, and the Jobing.com Arena will…
