For the second time this month, a federal agent in Arizona has been charged with a corruption-based crime.The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that U.S. Border Patrol agent Abel Canales has been indicted for accepting a bribe to allow a U-Haul truck he thought was filled with either drugs or…
Forget China, the national debt, the failing economy, terrorism, and various other legitimate threats to the survival of the United States, according to fagala-phobic Congressman Trent Franks, letting gay people tie the knot is the real danger. Franks recently appeared on the Washington Watch Weekly radio show to talk about…
If next year’s presidential election were held today, President Barack Obama would carry Republican-leaning Arizona, according to a recent poll.According to a Rocky Mountain poll released yesterday, Obama leads all possible Republican candidates in Arizona by at least a five-percentage-point margin.Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the GOP candidate who…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Vic, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of shamed former Maricopa County…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced yesterday that he’s considering running for a currently non-existent Congressional seat.As you can see in the comment section of our story on the matter (which you can see by clicking here), Babeu’s potential candidacy hasn’t been well received by New Times readers. As we…
With just two weeks before Election Day, Phoenix’s two mayoral candidates aren’t letting up — taking political swings and slinging mud at each other. Phoenix mayoral candidate Wes Gullett says that if his opponent, Greg Stanton, is so adverse to lobbyists’ influence in city government, then why did he take…
After months of speculation that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu planned on seeking higher office, he announced this morning that he’s considering running for Congress.”I believe the real deficit in Washington is one of leadership,” Babeu says in a statement issued this morning. “Almost three years after the 800 billion…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo of shamed former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and one of his henchwomen, Rachel Alexander (who’s apparently dressed as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin) for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption…
A website touting support for a proposed $8.5 million bond in El Mirage is not only missing disclaimers about who paid for the site — it’s also misleads residents about who created it.And MoiaGroup, the Tucson-based web-design firm incorrectly linked to the site is pretty upset. So upset, in fact,…
In honor of the Arizona Bar disciplinary hearings that could potentially conclude with disbarments of disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon and the law-license suspension of ex-county lawyer Rachel Alexander, we’ve opted to go with a picture of the Alexander and Thomas for this week’s You Write…
As communities across Arizona — across the country — are desperately trying to attract new businesses and corporations to boost local economies, El Mirage is creating a headache for the city’s only gas station.We recently wrote about El Mirage city officials yanking their business from the Shell gas station on…
There is “reasonable cause” to believe that Arizona Citizens United, an independent expenditure organization that has poured more than $100,000 to ensure that Wes Gullett is Phoenix’s next mayor, has violated state campaign finance laws.Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett forwarded the case on October 13 to the Attorney General…
Yesterday, we watched as GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters that comments he made about his plan to install an electrified fence on the U.S./Mexico border capable of killing immigrants trying to come into the country illegally was just a joke.Then we watched him say he might seriously be…
Vice President Jan Brewer?If you just spit out your coffee, you can thank the Arizona Republic, which recently suggested the aforementioned absurd prophecy in one of its “Political Insider” posts.Check it out here.From the Republic:…
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was in Phoenix this morning, where she met with local politicos at the State Capitol to talk about illegal immigration and, to quote Senator John McCain, completing “the dang fence.”Aside from blowing a few kisses at the asses of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona…
Last week, we asked our readers to let us know what they would say to state Senate President Russell Pearce’s sham “candidate,” Olivia Cortes, if they bumped into her somewhere and got to tell her to her face what they think of her — and Pearce’s — sleazy attempt to manipulate Democracy…
Every Friday, we give our readers an opportunity to sound off about current events in the form of a contest we call You Write the Caption.In honor of sham Russell Pearce recall election “candidate” Olivia Cortes abandoning her “candidacy,” we’ve decided to change things up a little bit.This week, we’re…
Last time Minnesota Congresswoman/presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was in Phoenix, she told reporters she plans to target Arizona in her bid to become the Republican nominee for president.It appears she wasn’t kidding — Bachmann will be back in the Grand Canyon State on Monday to meet with members of the…
The “Dream” came true for illegal immigrants in California over the weekend — Governor Jerry Brown signed a version of the controversial Dream Act into California law Saturday. Now, local TV news station KPHO is suggesting the “Dream” may be coming to Arizona (insert Wayne Campbell’s “Shyeah…and monkeys might fly…
Mark Kelly, husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, spoke during an Arizona Democratic Party fundraiser at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix to salute the party’s grassroots volunteers.During his speech, the retired NASA astronaut, told the crowd that Giffords was excited for Greg Stanton to be Phoenix’s next mayor…
A Washington, D.C.-based firm conducted a poll in the Phoenix mayor’s race that reveals Greg Stanton has a 19-point lead over his opponent Wes Gullett.Robbie Sherwood, a spokesman for Stanton, said the poll wasn’t commissioned or paid for by the Stanton for Mayor campaign.”I haven’t seen that poll and don’t…
