Morning Poll: Should County Attorney Prosecute Potheads and Prostitutes?

Yesterday, we spoke with Michael Kielsky, the Libertarian candidate for Maricopa County Attorney.Kielsky has an interesting approach to law enforcement: using the County Attorney’s Office to go after crimes that have “real victims.”As Kielsky told us, prostitution and smoking weed don’t fall under his criteria of crimes with “real victims.”Kielsky…

Candidate for Maricopa County Attorney Says He Wouldn’t Prosecute Potheads or Prostitutes; Conservative Morality Cops Gotta Love This Guy

While former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas would prosecute…well…just about anybody, a little-known candidate in this year’s election for Andy’s old office tells New Times he’d take a slightly different approach.Michael Kielsky, the Libertarian for Maricopa County Attorney, says he wouldn’t prosecute prostitutes, people who hire prostitutes, or people who smoke…

Morning Poll: Should “Sham” Green Party Candidates Remain on Ballot?

In the past week, two judges have ruled against the Green and Democratic parties’ requests to have several Green Party candidates removed from the November ballot.The two parties feel the candidates are “sham” candidates getting used by Republicans to lure liberal voters away from voting for Democrats.Some of those candidates reportedly…

Congressional Dems Scaling Back Ad Budgets for Arizona Candidates

It seems some of Arizona’s Democratic members of Congress aren’t as vulnerable in their re-election bids as originally anticipated — at least the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee thinks they’re not.The DCCC reportedly is cutting the advertising budgets of Representatives Harry Mitchell, Ann Kirkpatrick, and Gabrielle Giffords because their opponents aren’t putting up as…

“Homeless” Green Party Candidates to Remain on Arizona Ballot — for Now

www.solarnavigator.com ​Green Party candidates — who the New York Times claims are “homeless” and who were dubbed by Arizona’s Green Party as “sham” candidates — can remain on the November ballot as the party’s nominees for several offices, a federal judge ruled.   This despite complaints that they’re being used by Republicans to lure…

Jan Brewer’s Best Decision to Date: No More Debates

KTAR radio host Larry Gaydos often describes Governor Jan Brewer as being  “intellectually bankrupt.” While we often find Gaydos’ assessment fairly accurate, Brewer reaffirmed today what might be considered the best decision of her political career: no more debates.Rather than allow an opportunity to redeem herself for her ghastly performance in…

Morning Poll: Are You Buyin’ Scott Rasmussen’s Latest Poll on Gov’s Race?

Yesterday, conservative pollster Scott Rasmussen released a poll showing that despite Governor Jan Brewer’s brain fart during the gubernatorial debate last week, her poll numbers have somehow gone up.You’ve probably already seen Jan’s infamous moment of silence, but for good measure (and because we just can’t get enough of it),…