Respect Arizona, the group attempting to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio from office, may yet prove the naysayers wrong. At a press conference Monday in downtown Phoenix, about 20 members of the group gathered to announce that, so far, they have collected 200,359 valid signatures to recall Sheriff Joe. See also:…
I’m heartened to see local Democrats unabashedly supporting the effort to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio, which is spearheaded by Respect Arizona, and assisted by Citizens for a Better Arizona, headed by everyone’s favorite kick-ass activist Randy Parraz. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Boasts 169,283 Valid Signatures, 166,034 More Needed by…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is gettin’ real popular with some in the pro-immigration reform crowd. Never mind that he collaborates with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in prosecuting undocumented workers, while ignoring those who hire them. See also: -Bill Montgomery’s Victims Rot in Jail, While Arizona Republic Praises His Hypocrisy on…
Above is the video clip we referenced Monday, the one in which Sheriff Joe Arpaio successfully used the explosions at the Boston Marathon for some attention on Fox News.”They’re even after the sheriff here,” Arpaio told Fox’s Neil Cavuto.See also:-Boston Marathon Explosions: Fox News Goes Straight to Clueless Joe Arpaio-Boston…
Now, a news flash from inside the stultifying atmosphere of the Arizona Republic’s editorial bubble: Hypocrisy is a good thing. Particularly as practiced by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. See also: -Joe Arpaio, Bill Montgomery Lose Again: Undocumented Worker Found “Not Guilty” -Bill Montgomery’s Deaf Victim Diana Blanco Honored by…
The news is still unfolding about the explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon today, but Sheriff Joe Arpaio already has managed to exploit the situation on national television, thanks to Fox News.”They’re even after the sheriff here,” Arpaio told Fox’s Neil Cavuto.See also:-Two Explosions and Dozens of…
Anyone who actually would be proud to be the great grandson of John Philip Sousa, a third rate 19th Century composer of marching tunes whose music could bore you right into a coma, must have a screw loose. See also: -Joe Arpaio Takes Full Advantage of Scary Box in Mail:…
A man who was arrested in September after he and his dog both allegedly bit Mesa police officers inside a Target store has filed a federal lawsuit against that Target store.In the lawsuit, Samkeita Jurden (whose first name was misspelled “Samkeith” in county court filings) pretty much admits to all…
Authorities in Flagstaff discovered a package with a rudimentary explosive device addressed to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the Sheriff pulled out all the stops for this one.Trump up reality? Check. Play the victim? Check. Blame Mexican drug cartels, try to associate the incident with unrelated murders for all the drooling…
Kudos to Puente and Las Cafeteras for this beautiful, moving message to Diana Blanco Only the crassest and cruelest of individuals will be able to watch the video above minus a moist eye. In it Diana Blanco, the young deaf woman, whose mother, grandfather and grandmother were arrested in Sheriff…
Miguel Angel Morales was not supposed win Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court. Charged with ID theft and forgery after he was arrested in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raid on Glendale’s United Construction in September, Morales has spent more than six months in Arpaio’s notorious jails, refusing to plead guilty while…
Arizona has a different reality for the undocumented than in most parts of the country. So there are different demands the pro-immigrant community should make on the U.S. Congress in regards to comprehensive immigration reform, if any positive effect is to be felt soon in Sand Land. See also: -Jan…
Breitbart.com, founded by the late Andrew Breitbart, made an unsurprising move this morning by publishing an article about the recall effort against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, effectively soliciting donations for the pro-Joe forces.What is surprising, however, is writer Warner Todd Huston’s revisionist explanation of Arpaio’s sex-crimes debacle. Actually, it’s more gross…
Here’s an oddity: Talmage Pearce, nephew of recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce and a stalwart defender of the Pearce clan, has been appointed to sit on the City of Mesa’s Human Relations Advisory Board. On April 1, the Mesa City Council unanimously approved Mayor Scott Smith’s memo recommending Talmage,…
There’s no end to how Sheriff Joe Arpaio can spin anything for a bit of shameless self-promotion. In West Virginia Thursrday, Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot while in his car on a lunch break. Moments later, and 1,950 miles away in Phoenix, this sad news is fed through…
Close to 1,000 people jammed the Painter’s Union Hall in Phoenix Thursday to hear the news that the recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio so far has scored more than half the signatures required to force a recall election on the octogenarian despot. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Has “Less Than…
A brilliant little gem from the makers of 9500 Liberty Believe it or not, once upon a time, Republicans were the ones fighting for the expansion of voting rights. Okay, so that was more than a century ago, following the Civil War. Still, it’s interesting to watch this short video…
As a tease to an event tonight, Respect Arizona, the group seeking to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio from office, has announced that it has fewer than 200,000 valid signatures left to score, with less than two months before its May 30 deadline. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall: A Chance to…
When the Goldwater Institute isn’t “lending” $1.9 million to some fatcat on its board or suing the state government over a fish-foot-sucking cosmetic practice, it’s arguing against the evils of expanding Arizona’s Medicaid program so as to cover hundreds of thousands of poor people and pump billions in the state’s…
Gilman and I get to know some of our fellow Sand Land-ers and reconnect with old pals like Buffalo Rick… There’s nothing more fun on a mild, sunny day in Arizona than getting out and about and talkin’ to ordinary folks. See also: -Jim Carrey, Right on Gun Nuts, Fox…
Cold Dead Hand with Jim Carrey from Jim Carrey I’ve lived in New York, Los Angeles and a few places in between, but only in Arizona have I ever felt like I actually might need a gun. Not to protect myself from armed robbers and whatnot, but to protect myself…
Cesar Chavez Day is upon us, and one way of honoring the spirit of the famed labor leader locally is by helping the organization LUCHA, Living United for Change in Arizona, by participating in its Cesar Chavez Day Raffle. See also: -Four MCSA/ACORN Members Freed after Being Arrested for Applauding…
