The campaign for Glendale mayor is getting really heated, folks — candidate Manny Cruz released a video of his opponent, Republican state Representative Jerry Weiers, moving a planter at the state capitol.It’s actually a really big planter — Weiers had to tie it to his truck to move it –…
As our colleague Stephen Lemons reported last night, Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell set the record straight about the early-ballot collections — it is not illegal for someone to deliver your early ballot to the elections office for you.Purcell also addressed the multiple errors on county elections office materials, which…
Bad news, rapists (good news, society): Customs and Border Protection says officers caught a woman attempting to enter the United States with 310 vials of a “date rape” drug.According to CBP, 51-year-old Josefina Irene Dominguez was pointed out for additional questioning and a vehicle search at the Mariposa Port of…
The Maricopa County Elections Department documents showing the incorrect date for the election — but just in Spanish — were not the only things offering the wrong date for Spanish speakers.See also:-Helen Purcell Urged to End Confusion Over CBS 5 Early Ballot Report-Maricopa County Elections Department Prints Wrong Date in…
As evidenced by Secretary of State Ken Bennett’s dabbling in the “birther” theories, elected officials around the state have probably received a decent amount of phone calls and emails asking them to help further the embarrassment of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into President Obama.One such recipient of that attention is…
Folks, take your early voting ballots and throw them straight in the garbage — KPHO, Channel 5, has already “called” the election for President Obama.”The 2012 presidential election is still more than two weeks away, but on Friday a CBS News affiliate in Arizona called the race for President Barack…
Don’t like readin’? Then say hell no to Proposition 204, because that monster is 15 pages long. It practically makes War and Peace look like a pamphlet, and we might as well just vote on enacting the Lord of the Rings trilogy into law while we’re at it…
It’s elections season, which means it’s time for claims of “voter suppression” across the country — claims that will also become convenient excuses after a given candidate loses their election.That said, it’s not too surprising that MSNBC jumped on the Spanish error printed on a handful of elections-registration documents here…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his “birther” chief Mike Zullo are balking at their chance to talk about their super official “investigation” of President Obama’s birth certificate in court, and Zullo tells New Times why — Orly Taitz.Taitz told us yesterday that she’s very upset with Arpaio and Zullo, since she’s…
Michael Turley — also known as the magician “Gianni” — pleaded not guilty today to charges related to his alleged role as the director of a movie that was produced to “test” the Phoenix Police Department’s response to a terrorist situation.Turley was arrested last month after it was discovered that…
One of the latest political ads that’s emerged in the fight for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat attacks Democrat Richard Carmona over an incident he says never happened. Congressman Jeff Flake, the Republican running against Carmona, released a 30-second ad claiming Carmona has a temper and doesn’t play well with women…
The Maricopa County Elections Department says a small number of people received a document that listed the wrong election date — put only in the portion of the document printed in Spanish.The estimate from the elections office is that fewer than 50 people received this document — it’s likely fewer…
Arizona’s anti-immigration laws and policies were center stage during part of the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York. President Barack Obama criticized Governor Mitt Romney for pledging to veto the DREAM Act and saying that “self deportation” was his plan to address the millions of undocumented immigrants…
Erik Twist, the headmaster of a Phoenix charter school, blasted an e-mail to school parents outlining the reasons to vote against Proposition 204, an initiative estimated to generate about $1 billion a year mostly for education funding — including for charter schools. It’s causing a stir among some parents. Arizona…
A campaign-finance complaint has been filed against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, mostly related to the oodles of cash he’s sent over to his campaign manager Chad Willems’ company, Summit Consulting.While we were adding up how much Arpaio’s forked over to Summit (more than $1.5 million since January), we happened to notice…
It’s not every day that a Republican congressional candidate releases an ad that probably requires the consumption of hallucinogenic drugs to get the full effect.Yet, Republican CD9 candidate Vernon Parker has this downright groovy ad out that’s just too awesome to ignore, regardless of the political content.See also:-Can Kyrsten Sinema…
According to the latest poll of Arizonans, President Obama’s ahead of Mitt Romney by two percentage points, which qualifies as being “dead even.”This poll comes from the Behavior Research Center, which is notably the only polling outfit that’s shown an Obama lead in Arizona out of the eight companies that…
Above is the ad we referenced yesterday, in which Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign pals introduce their own artistic interpretation of what happened between Arpaio-challenger Paul Penzone and his wife in a 2003 altercation.See also:-Joe Arpaio Creates His Own Version of What Happened in 2003 Altercation Between Paul Penzone and His…
Former Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone once again explained the 2003 altercation with his ex-wife, after Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign released an ad on the matter, which says there’s no excuse for “hitting a woman.”The incident the Arpaio ad is attempting to reference was explained by our colleague Stephen…
The libertarian Cato Institute has not been taking it easy on Arizona — it has consistently said the state’s immigration laws are no good for the economy, and now it’s giving Governor Jan Brewer a “D” in fiscal policy.The idea behind the grade is simple: “governors who have cut taxes…
President Bill Clinton was on his game Wednesday night in Tempe as he stumped for Arizona’s Senate candidate Rich Carmona. More than 5,500 people turned out to Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Performance Lawn for a Get Out The Vote rally for Carmona — and more would’ve packed in…
Councilwoman Joyce Clark is making some twisted comments about Latinos in her campaign literature as she seeks re-election to the Glendale City Council. In her campaign fliers, Clark criticizes fellow Glendale Councilwoman Norma Alvarez because she “has endorsed and is solely supporting Latino candidates for mayor and council.” See also:…
