The Red Mountain Tea Party bills itself as the largest weekly Tea Party meeting in America, and organizers were proud to get Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to speak tonight.Arpaio blew the teabaggers off, though, because the sheriff had “an emergency that came up in his schedule that he could…
A Democrat hasn’t held a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona since 1995, but a recent poll suggests that the seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl is within reach for Arizona lefties.According to the pollsters at the left-leaning Public Policy Polling, Republican Congressman Jeff Flake — the presumed GOP…
She’s been shot in the butt.Criticized for questionable deals.Indicted twice by a grand jury — only to see her charges dropped and her accuser face potential disbarment.But Mary Rose Wilcox, one of five members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors since being elected in 1992, isn’t giving up her…
As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio stands by his hawkish approach to solving the illegal immigration problem, Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, the man who hopes to put an end to Arpaio’s reign, has come out in favor of a more moderate approach to immigration reform.Stauffer, a life-long Republican who’s running…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Bnbk, 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 presidential candidate Herman Cain…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo of presidential candidate Herman Cain in the midst of a rather epic brain-fart for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest.If you missed Cain’s cranial flatulence, click here to watch the…
Yuma Border Patrol agents on Wednesday found about 220 pounds of marijuana in the desert south of Dateland — we’ll bet some of you wish you did, too.But Agent Ken Quillan advises against going on your own “treasure” hunt, despite the fact that smugglers do occasionally drop loads of dope…
If you happen to be someone other than Mesa businessman Wil Cardon, you probably would beat Cardon in the GOP Senate primary, according to a recently released poll.Cardon, who is running to replace retiring Senator Jon Kyl — and subscribes to immigration policies similar to those of ousted Arizona Senate…
In honor of presidential candidate Herman Cain’s brain fart earlier this week, we’ve chosen the above photo of the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO — mid-brain-fart — for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.If you missed Cain’s cranial flatulence when he was asked whether he agreed with the…
Border authorities shut down a tunnel Tuesday that ran 70 feet from a U.S. home in Nogales, Arizona to Mexico. Pictures just released show the builders of this tunnel, which was obviously used for smuggling, were no amateurs. And we’re betting they got a Lowe’s gift card as an early…
El Mirage officials are planning to declare victory regarding the narrow approval of an $8.5 million bond at a special City Council meeting this afternoon.Their adoption of election results comes two days after the Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into whether the city improperly used public resources or employees…
Natalie Wisneski, the former chief operating officer for the Fiesta Bowl, has been indicted in federal court on charges that she tried to cover up illegal campaign contributions by bowl employees, and that she filed false financial records, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today.Wisneski is the first person to be…
U.S. Senate candidate Wil Cardon apparently didn’t get the message when ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce got a voter-assisted boot from office last week.Pearce’s historic downfall — combined with a recent poll showing that the vast majority of Arizonans support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants — seems…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Andrew Thom Ass, 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 ousted Arizona…
Presidential candidate Herman Cain is the latest politico to join the campaign brain-fart club thanks to comments made to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s editorial board — which include “[I] got all this stuff twirling around in my head” — when asked whether he agrees with how President Barack Obama handled the…
Presidential candidate Herman Cain is the latest politico to suffer a public bout with brain flatulence — an affliction with which Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is all too familiar.Cain recently met with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s editorial board. He was asked whether he agrees with how President Barack Obama handled the…
Arizona Senator John McCain — who spent the better part of five years getting tortured by North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War — took to Twitter this morning to let some of his fellow GOPers know that he’s “very disappointed” in their positions on waterboarding, a controversial CIA interrogation…
State Senator Steve Pierce was pegged by his Republican Senate colleagues to replace ousted former Senator Russell Pearce as the president of the Senate — and Arizona Democrats aren’t thrilled with the GOP’s pick.We commented yesterday that Pierce’s taking over as Senate president seems like a standard case of “meet…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is often compared to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for several reasons — his crusade against illegal immigrants, and love of TV cameras, to name a few.There’s another similarity: dude can raise cash.Babeu announced last week that he’s considering running for Congress. Since his announcement,…
As if the ouster of former Senator Russell Pearce wasn’t enough of a signal to border-hawk Arizona politicos that it’s time to perhaps reassess their positions on immigration, a poll released yesterday shows that the majority of Arizonans prefer a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, as opposed to simply…
Ousted former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce went On the Record With Greta Van Susteren last night to discuss his getting booted from office — and piss and moan about Jerry Lewis, the man who beat him in Tuesday’s historic recall election.Van Susteren asked Pearce whether he and Lewis are…
State Senate Republicans confirm to New Times that GOPers have selected a replacement for ousted Senate President Russell Pearce following his historic loss in Tuesday night’s recall election. The new Senate President: Senator Steve Pierce, a Prescott Republican.Pierce is one of three possible replacements for Pearce Senate Republicans considered. The…
