Arizona’s Guns-in-Schools Bill Makes a Comeback

For the second year in a row, legislators have proposed allowing people other than police officers to have guns on school campuses.Attorney General Tom Horne pushed for the legislation last year in response to the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre of schoolchildren, as he called for one person in every school to…

Animal Abuse Registry Proposed by a Pair of Arizona Lawmakers

Among the bills turned in early this legislative session is a proposal to create a registry of convicted animal abusers.The bill, sponsored by Democratic Senator Steve Farley and Democratic Representative Andrew Sherwood, calls for the Arizona Department of Public Safety to run the registry, similarly to how it currently operates…

Border Officers Unpack Phoenix Man’s Suitcase, Find Thai Woman

Today in Found at the Border: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspecting the vehicle of a Phoenix man on his way back into the United States found a Thai woman in the man’s suitcase.According to a CBP spokeswoman, the 56-year-old Phoenix resident — whose name wasn’t released — was…

Phoenix Employees Raise More Than $1 Million for Local Chairities

Phoenix employees are a generous people. As has become their annual tradition, city workers have raised more than $1 million for the city’s annual Community Service Fund Drive through payroll pledges and fund-raisers — money that will benefit various Valley charities, including Valley of the Sun United Way. In addition…

Former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon: “I’d Love To Be Mayor Again”

We shouldn’t be surprised that former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon appears to be exploring a possible run for mayor. This is the same elected official who tried a few times, albeit futilely, to extend the city’s two-term limit for mayor. During a recent television appearance on 12 News “Sunday Square…

Alan Korwin Fight With Phoenix in Appeals Court Over Censoring of Pro-Gun Ads

Phoenix officials and one of our favorite local curmudgeons, gun-law expert Alan Korwin, are scheduled for a courtroom showdown next month over banned firearms-training ads. The case was launched following the city’s move to censor 50 bus-shelter ads that Korwin had purchased in October 2010 for his firearms-training website, trainmeaz.com…