Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his “birther” chief Mike Zullo are balking at their chance to talk about their super official “investigation” of President Obama’s birth certificate in court, and Zullo tells New Times why — Orly Taitz.Taitz told us yesterday that she’s very upset with Arpaio and Zullo, since she’s…
Michael Turley — also known as the magician “Gianni” — pleaded not guilty today to charges related to his alleged role as the director of a movie that was produced to “test” the Phoenix Police Department’s response to a terrorist situation.Turley was arrested last month after it was discovered that…
One of the latest political ads that’s emerged in the fight for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat attacks Democrat Richard Carmona over an incident he says never happened. Congressman Jeff Flake, the Republican running against Carmona, released a 30-second ad claiming Carmona has a temper and doesn’t play well with women…
The Maricopa County Elections Department says a small number of people received a document that listed the wrong election date — put only in the portion of the document printed in Spanish.The estimate from the elections office is that fewer than 50 people received this document — it’s likely fewer…
Arizona’s anti-immigration laws and policies were center stage during part of the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York. President Barack Obama criticized Governor Mitt Romney for pledging to veto the DREAM Act and saying that “self deportation” was his plan to address the millions of undocumented immigrants…
Erik Twist, the headmaster of a Phoenix charter school, blasted an e-mail to school parents outlining the reasons to vote against Proposition 204, an initiative estimated to generate about $1 billion a year mostly for education funding — including for charter schools. It’s causing a stir among some parents. Arizona…
A campaign-finance complaint has been filed against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, mostly related to the oodles of cash he’s sent over to his campaign manager Chad Willems’ company, Summit Consulting.While we were adding up how much Arpaio’s forked over to Summit (more than $1.5 million since January), we happened to notice…
It’s not every day that a Republican congressional candidate releases an ad that probably requires the consumption of hallucinogenic drugs to get the full effect.Yet, Republican CD9 candidate Vernon Parker has this downright groovy ad out that’s just too awesome to ignore, regardless of the political content.See also:-Can Kyrsten Sinema…
According to the latest poll of Arizonans, President Obama’s ahead of Mitt Romney by two percentage points, which qualifies as being “dead even.”This poll comes from the Behavior Research Center, which is notably the only polling outfit that’s shown an Obama lead in Arizona out of the eight companies that…
Above is the ad we referenced yesterday, in which Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign pals introduce their own artistic interpretation of what happened between Arpaio-challenger Paul Penzone and his wife in a 2003 altercation.See also:-Joe Arpaio Creates His Own Version of What Happened in 2003 Altercation Between Paul Penzone and His…
Former Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone once again explained the 2003 altercation with his ex-wife, after Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign released an ad on the matter, which says there’s no excuse for “hitting a woman.”The incident the Arpaio ad is attempting to reference was explained by our colleague Stephen…
The libertarian Cato Institute has not been taking it easy on Arizona — it has consistently said the state’s immigration laws are no good for the economy, and now it’s giving Governor Jan Brewer a “D” in fiscal policy.The idea behind the grade is simple: “governors who have cut taxes…
President Bill Clinton was on his game Wednesday night in Tempe as he stumped for Arizona’s Senate candidate Rich Carmona. More than 5,500 people turned out to Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Performance Lawn for a Get Out The Vote rally for Carmona — and more would’ve packed in…
Councilwoman Joyce Clark is making some twisted comments about Latinos in her campaign literature as she seeks re-election to the Glendale City Council. In her campaign fliers, Clark criticizes fellow Glendale Councilwoman Norma Alvarez because she “has endorsed and is solely supporting Latino candidates for mayor and council.” See also:…
Former U.S. Surgeon General Rich Carmona and Congressman Jeff Flake are fighting hard to win the senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl…
State Representative Ben Arredondo has become the fourth member of the state Legislature’s current class to resign because of some sort of scandal.Arredondo, who pleaded guilty to two felony charges last week, was ordered to resign from the House as part of his plea agreement.See also:-Ben Arredondo Pleads Guilty to…
The FBI says there are “strong preliminary indications” that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was killed by friendly fire last week near Bisbee, in an incident that also landed another agent in the hospital.Thus, it appears that Governor Jan Brewer “Paul Babeu’d” herself, by handing out political blame for deaths…
Soon-to-be-former state Representative Ben Arredondo pleaded guilty today to two felony charges, including one that wasn’t even mentioned in the original indictment.Arredondo pleaded guilty to one count of “honest services mail fraud” — related to the ticket-bribery exchange he had going on with undercover FBI agents — but also pleaded…
The Arizona Democratic Party has sent out a couple of mailers targeting the Republican candidate in CD9, Vernon Parker, and they’re bright any colorful ads — except for Parker’s picture.Not only has Parker made it known that he thinks the ad is an offensive shot at his race, it also…
A change-of-plea hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow in the bribery case involving state Representative Ben Arredondo, meaning he’s scheduled to plead guilty.Arredondo was indicted in May on charges of bribery, fraud, attempted extortion, and making false statements for allegedly getting the tickets from a company — a fake company,…
The following post was written by Sam Levin, an editorial fellow at New Times’ Denver-based sister paper, Westword. Although Senator John McCain easily won Arizona in the 2008 election, team Obama believes Arizona is in play this time around. Read on for observation and analysis from last night’s debate. President…
As much as Congressman Jeff Flake and his supporters want voters to believe his Democratic opponent, Rich Carmona, is BFFs with President Barack Obama — Carmona hasn’t shot hoops with the prez like Flake has. Here’s a photo of Flake and Obama sharing sweat on the court…
