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“Camp Titties and Beer,” a Country Thunder Campground Occupied by Tucson Police Officers is Where a DPS Office Was Attacked. Paul Babeu’s Office Wanted This Covered Up

By Monica Alonzo

With his office already under fire over allegations that it improperly deleted e-mails and himself under fire for allegedly threatening his gay ex-lover with deportation, it appears that a member of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s command staff  asked that an arrest record be scrubbed from a DPS database. The arrest record belongs…

Russell Pearce Just Like Raul Grijalva, Says Pearce Opponent Bob Worsley

By Stephen Lemons

Republican candidate for state Senate Robert Worsley, a conservative Mesa entrepreneur with a track record of success in the private sector (unlike his government-mooching opponent in Legislative District 25, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, natch) is speaking out in opposition to Pearce’s boycott against local businesses that advertise with New…

Joe Arpaio’s Reign of Terror Blasted in New Documentary Two Americans

By Stephen Lemons

Anyone who knows award-winning Phoenix journalist Valeria Fernandez knows that for four years now she and her collaborator, filmmaker Dan DeVivo, have been working on a documentary about Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s reign of terror and error in Maricopa County, a film ultimately titled Two Americans.Fernandez and DeVivo’s film is finally…

Russell Pearce, Serial Liar, Endorses Mitt Romney, Tells the Truth for Once

By Stephen Lemons

According to a recent item in the Washington Post’s Election 2012 Blog, recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary, more than a month after Romney won Sand Land’s GOP contest. As a result, Romney immediately called a press conference and conceded the general election…

Russell Pearce — Infamous Already for Assaulting Arizona’s Economy — and His Ban Amnesty Now Hate Group Attack Local Businesses With Boycott

By Stephen Lemons

Funny how some conservatives are always against boycotts affecting Arizona businesses, unless they’re the ones doing the boycotting. I say this as the nativist hate group Ban Amnesty Now fires up its promised boycott of New Times’ advertisers, with shrill messages on BAN’s website and Facebook page.  Weirdly, the brain surgeons…

Don Bivens Follows My Advice, Drops Out of U.S. Senate Run

By Stephen Lemons

Phoenix attorney and ex-Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Don Bivens removed himself from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate today, leaving the way clear for former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona to snag the Dems’ nod for the post.In a statement to the press, Bivens claimed that he was taking a…

Joe Arpaio and the “Birther” Gang Gather at the Capitol, Where Carl Seel Likened His “Birther” Bill to Women’s Suffrage

By Matthew Hendley

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the “birther” gang — now including legislators — held a press conference at the capitol today to push state Representative Carl Seel’s “birther” bill.Seel’s bill, as you may recall, is the watered-down, penis-free version of last year’s bill, which  forces presidential candidates to sign…

Russell Pearce’s Ban Amnesty Now Announces Boycott of New Times

By Stephen Lemons

It’s pretty easy for a scribbler in this town to know when you’ve drawn blood from local hypocrites: Those skewered squeal like hogs being boiled alive in Karo syrup.Recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce is no exception, despite his tough-guy pose. Make that double for his mini-me enabler Sean McCaffrey,…

Joe Arpaio Heads to Trial July 19 in Racial Profiling Lawsuit

By Stephen Lemons

More than four years after it was first filed, and more than three years since the American Civil Liberties Union lodged its amended complaint in the case, the big racial profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio —  Melendres v. Arpaio — will finally go to trial this summer. That is, if…