The remaining ballots cast in the Phoenix council election have been tallied, and it’s unofficially official — District 4 candidates Justin Johnson and Laura Pastor, and District 8 candidates Kate Gallego and Warren Stewart will face-off in a November 5 election. (The vote counts don’t become official until the City…
Galdino Sierra, a California sex offender whose family was gunned down in Mexico by rival factions of his Indian tribe, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for returning illegally to the United States. Tucson lawyer Roger Sigal says that Sierra, 26, a Chatino from the state of Oaxaca,…
More than a year ago, Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced his team had developed “probable cause” to believe President Obama’s birth certificate was a forgery.Most people just laughed their rear-ends off and got on with their lives. Others, however, have spent a considerable amount of time proving that every allegation –…
Phoenix voters returned Councilman Sal DiCiccio and Councilman Jim Waring to the Phoenix City Council, and appear to have narrowed the crowded field in District 6 and District 8. City election officials posted unofficial results at phoenix.gov, and note that those figures include early ballots, and that counts will be…
We can finally say we’ve been featured in “The Dirty.” And we’re not even embarrassed. Nik Richie, the gossip site’s operator, gave New Times a shout-out Tuesday for our walk down memory lane of some of his best news scoops, mentioned a few we missed, and announced he’s working on…
On a deserted stretch of Interstate 8, “Minuteman” Richard Malley and two buddies hunt for illegal immigrants. Back in Phoenix, at 13 Danny’s Family Car Wash locations across the Valley, Obama’s modern-day INS, some dressed in ski masks and toting assault rifles, are basically the same thing. At least, they…
Scottsdale-based Go Daddy wouldn’t be the world’s largest seller of Internet domain names — by far — without its stable of scantily clad sex kittens. Now that Christine Jones, former general counsel for the company, is running for governor, we can’t help wondering how she’d look in some of the…
Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman and Republican operative Jason Rose go way back in political circles. Hallman has long relied on Rose for political navigation, including hiring Rose to help him with his 2008 Tempe mayor’s race. And that’s why the tweet above caught our attention — Rose ranking Christine…
Andrew Thomas finally has found the perfect home for his quasi-intellectual, right-wing screeds: The pro-national-sovereignty Selous Foundation. This little-known, Washington-based think-tank, founded by a former Marine turned mercenary/pundit, operates from a hippie-ish office on Pennsylvania Avenue above a wig shop and sandwiched between a bar and a liquor store…
The legislature’s not in session at the moment, but that apparently doesn’t mean the nutty legislators go back to normal during this off-season.Take Republican Representative Bob Thorpe, who seems very concerned about issues involving black people in this country — and not in a good way…
In Arizona, Republican citizens are more than just Obama-hating, gun-toting, free Americans.Although a lot of people are only Republicans for one day every couple of years (on Election Day), some are much more dedicated to the party than others. Check out our field guide to 10 types of Republicans you’ll…
Much to the dismay of many Moon Valley residents, it looks like a Goodwill store is going to open in their neighborhood.A couple of months ago, New Times obtained several e-mail chains among residents of the North Phoenix country-club community, including former Republican U.S. Congressman John Shadegg, rallying others to…
Governor Jan Brewer still hasn’t made up her mind on whether she’s running for a likely unconstitutional third term.We say “likely unconstitutional” because the Arizona Constitution says a governor can’t hold office “for more than two consecutive terms,” and we’re under the impression three is more than two…
Guess who is complaining about unions again? Councilman Sal DiCiccio is defending his District 6 seat against Karlene Keogh Parks, senior vice president of an international insurance firm. Keogh Parks has secured the support of police and firefighter unions and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton. DiCiccio has in his corner the…
From what we can tell, Governor Jan Brewer didn’t do anything obnoxious to the President of the United States today.It appears that the governor avoided embarrassing the state’s residents again, by choosing to keep her finger away from President Obama’s face on this occasion…
Mayor Greg Stanton briefly spoke with President Barack Obama when he arrived in Phoenix to speak about the U.S. housing market. Along with a welcome, a handshake and a half-hug, Stanton had a letter for Obama written by a local Dreamer — Antonio (Tony) Valdovinos. The letter thanked the president…
Oh, boy. Governor Jan Brewer plans on running into President Obama during his visit to Phoenix on Tuesday — on an airport tarmac.Remember, when Obama came to town early last year, Brewer greeted Obama on the tarmac at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport with a finger right in the president’s face…
Phoenix City Manager David Cavazos announced on Thursday that he is calling it quits in Phoenix. Cavazos, the first Latino to serve as city manager, has brokered a deal to become the next city manager in Santa Ana, a community in Orange County with about 300,000 residents…
Laci Caldwell’s vagina may hold less cargo than Claudia “Home of the One-Pounder” Ibarra’s, but the 25-year-old accused smuggler wins points for creative storytelling. Caldwell was stopped on Monday while walking from Mexico at the San Luis port of entry south of Yuma after agents noticed she “seemed to be…
Senator John McCain certainly has a strong opinion on reports that the Russian government has granted temporary asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden.McCain’s trying to bring hatin’ on Russia back in style, issuing a statement that says, in part, “We cannot allow today’s action by Putin to stand without serious…
The clipboard-wielding people are getting a little hard to avoid — whether at your home, or out in public, there always seems to be someone with a clipboard, who wants your signature for something.Right now, there are nine applications with the Secretary of State’s office to gather signatures for initiatives…
Equality Arizona is endorsing efforts to let voters decide whether to keep a recently approved law that makes sweeping changes to the election process. Protect Your Right to Vote, a political committee, is backing the referendum of HB 2305, a law opponents say suppresses voters ability to get on the…
