UPDATE: Hallman’s folks respond, at the bottom of this post.Although New Times called out then-Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman for touting an apparently fake endorsement from the city’s firemen and cops, we have not called out potential gubernatorial candidate Hugh Hallman for using an apparently fake endorsement from Tempe’s firemen and…
Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman today posted a statement on his website, saying he’s considering a run for governor.”Over the next few months, I will be traveling the state of Arizona to speak with and listen to people from all walks of life about what’s really important to them in…
To the credit of the Arizona House Minority Leader, Democrat Chad Campbell, he unveiled a pretty wide-ranging plan to change laws related to school safety, mental health, and guns.Unfortunately for Campbell, he’s in the blood-red legislature in Arizona, so let’s just say it’s the thought that counts…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proud to report that it has prevented 230 pounds of cheese from entering the United States of America.See also:-Drug Smugglers Now Shooting Weed Cannons Into United States-Border Crossing Gone Wrong: Jeep Gets Stuck on Top of 14-Foot Fence-Piñatas Used to Hide 425 Pounds of…
Although the election for the Phoenix City Council seat in District 8 — a seat that has been held by African-Americans for the past 46 years — is still months away, race is definitely going to be an issue.Several people, including leaders in Phoenix’s African-American community, already have publicly stated…
Here’s yet another way to end up in one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s press releases: bring along your 3-year-old daughter while you’re getting paid to smuggle people into the United States.Better yet, MCSO says the 3-year-old girl was “seated between two unknown males and not properly restrained by a seatbelt.”See…
African-Americans have held the Phoenix City Council seat in District 8 — which is currently held by Vice Mayor Michael Johnson — for the last 46 years.That streak could be in jeopardy later this year, since Johnson is term-limited, and the district doesn’t have the same demographic makeup as it…
The cause of the provisional-ballot uproar has not been solved. At least, there doesn’t appear to be an agreement over the cause.Although Secretary of State Ken Bennett said one of the people involved in an effort to register 34,000 new Latino voters admitted that they were checking the permanent early-voting…
Despite activists’ complaints that Latino voters were more likely to cast provisional ballots in this year’s election — and that elections officials were likely to blame — Secretary of State Ken Bennett pointed a finger back at the activists.Bennett recently testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee alongside other states’…
In a move that wasn’t exactly unexpected, President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry for the secretary of state post to replace Hillary Clinton.That reminds us of the moment earlier this month when Senator John McCain — who essentially forced out Obama’s original pick for the spot, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s joke of an “investigation” into President Obama’s birth certificate is still an issue.Now, even after President Obama’s re-election, Arizona Republican Party chairman Tom Morrissey — who insists he’s not a “birther” — says he does not believe the president’s birth certificate is authentic.See also:-Joe Arpaio’s…
Despite becoming the butt of jokes for his concerns about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Senator John McCain got his way — U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told NBC News she’s taking herself out of the running for the secretary of state post.In a letter to President…
The people who smuggle drugs into the United States from Mexico really have some ingenious ways of getting the goods over the border.There’s the old trick of hiding the drugs in fruit; we’ve even seen piñatas. We’ve also seen at least one instance of someone trying to drive over a…
Conservative political commentator Debbie Schlussel can sometimes wildly miss the mark on her points — occasionally dabbling in conspiracy-theory-level stuff — but she’s got one hell of a question for Republican Congressman Paul Gosar.If Gosar knew in 2011 that Abdullatif Aldosary was a “known terrorist” — which, above all, is…
Governor Jan Brewer’s brain-fart response last week to a KTVK-Channel 3 reporter’s question about global warming does not appear to be the only Jan bein’ Jan moment from that interview.According to a report, Brewer totally punched Channel 3 political reporter Dennis Welch.See also:-Jan Brewer Claims Weather May Be Caused by…
A Border Patrol agent was allegedly caught smuggling about 147 pounds of marijuana into the United States on Sunday.According to a federal complaint, Agent Aaron Anaya didn’t have much more to say than the fact he believes he’s “fucked.”…
The Associated Press has reported that Governor Jan Brewer is not in Arizona, and the public is not to know where exactly she is…
Michael Goodale, the Kingman resident who calls recently re-elected Republican state Representative Doris Goodale “mom,” is looking at some prison time after pleading guilty to a charge related to a Kingman Police Department heroin-trafficking investigation.According to the local paper of record, the Kingman Daily Miner, Michael Goodale pleaded guilty to…
Governor Jan Brewer declared late last week that the components of the weather in Earth’s atmosphere are caused by “different things,” creating another Jan bein’ Jan moment in the governor’s repertoire. The setup from KTVK-Channel 3’s Dennis Welch was asking the governor whether she believes global warming is man-made, and…
So, some of the media-types poked fun at Senator John McCain yesterday for comparing the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya to the bin Laden raid.As for the bigger picture, some people have started asking — especially after McCain’s proposal of a White House “coverup” of the attack…
It’s been a while since Senator John McCain has talked about a White House “coverup” of details in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya — although his spokesman wouldn’t tell us if he’s given up on that theory — but McCain still has complaints.One of these new…
Now that outgoing Republican Senator Jon Kyl doesn’t have to rely on votes from the anti-immigrant crowd, he and Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison have introduced a bill that’s kind of, sort of, similar to — but definitely isn’t — the DREAM Act.Whereas versions of the DREAM Act have…
