The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps announced this week that it will disband as a corporation. However, as a hate-mongering group of anti-immigration fanatics, local factions of the organization will continue to “stand guard” at the border, according to the group’s president.Carmen Mercer, president of the Minutemen, tells New Times that…
A Phoenix firearms dealer once accused of supplying ruthless Mexican drug cartels with guns is suing the state, city of Phoenix and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard for malicious prosecution. Last spring, state and federal authorities thought they had nailed George Iknadosian, (right), owner of X-Caliber Guns, for knowingly selling guns to…
After the controversial healthcare bill became law yesterday morning, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin unveiled her political hit list of the members of Congress she hopes to see voted out of office in November.In the Palin-ator’s crosshairs are three of Arizona’s five Democratic members of Congress, including Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle…
In a battle between a former and current police officer, the Phoenix police union’s sticking with the cop on the job. Even though the former cop is Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson, a longtime union supporter. Better to stand by Officer Brian Authement, a two-year officer who wrestled Johnson to the ground…
A member of GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth’s campaign staff apparently thinks Senator John McCain — Hayworth’s opponent in the Republican primary — “turned [his] back” on his Navy colleagues.Shane Wikfors, Hayworth’s campaign field director, takes a jab at McCain on Twitter, attacking his service to the United States Navy, where…
State Attorney General Terry Goddard, the lone Democratic candidate for governor, has lost his once vast lead over all Republican candidates, the latest poll shows.He still trounces Governor Jan Brewer, though (no shock there)…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth is speaking out against the controversial healthcare reform bill that passed Sunday night, and he’s using a bunch of shoulda, coulda, woulda’s to blast John McCain, his opponent in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.Hayworth says if he’d been in the Senate in December — when the…
Phoenix police have finally identified the officer who allegedly roughed up Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson early this morning as Brian Authement, 27, and police officials say he will remain on duty — for now, anyway.Department spokesman Trent Crump says Authement might even go back to work tonight, despite the media circus…
Even before this morning’s press conference to discuss the alleged abuse of power by an unnamed Phoenix police officer against City Councilman Michael Johnson, we’re told that top city officials met with local NAACP President Oscar Tillman, who was on the verge of calling on Harris to resign.Both City Manager David…
An unnamed Phoenix police officer may have messed with the wrong bull. The Phoenix City Council will hold an executive session on Monday to try to get to the bottom of an incident this morning, where one of its members was handcuffed and thrown to the ground by a Phoenix…
Senator John McCain’s lead over J.D. Hayworth in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate has shrunk dramatically, according to the latest Rasmussen poll, but that doesn’t have the McCain campaign singin’ the blues just yet.The poll, which the Hayworth campaign announced this morning, shows that Hayworth, who trailed McCain by…
As much fun as it’s been to watch Senator John McCain and J.D. Hayworth duke it out over who has the most racist supporters — William Gheen’s endorsement of Hayworth takes the cake, of course — the political grappling has shifted to a new battlefield: earmarks. Yesterday, the McCain campaign put out…
Senator John McCain’s now dubbing J.D. Hayworth, his U.S. Senate opponent in the GOP primary, as “the earmarker” in his latest Web ad attacking Hayworth’s Conservative principles.Unfortunately, he lost us with Glenn Beck.McCain’s new ad, entitled “Earmarker” begins with a clip from the Glenn Beck Program, where we can’t tell…
Maricopa County’s brown-bashing sheriff, Joe Arpaio, is still considering a run for governor, and as luck should have it, he’s got a super-secret plan to help ease the state out of its budget woes.He says we’ll have to wait for him to announce his candidacy before he dazzles us all…
Jason Rose, the high-powered public-relations guru, who’s handled everyone from Joe Arpaio to Phil Gordon, is jumping ship on the J.D. Hayworth Senate campaign because Hayworth has failed to enter a contract with Rose’s firm.Rose tells New Times that his firm began working for Hayworth without a contract out of…
The latest controversy surrounding the endorsement of ex-Congressman J.D. Hayworth by the controversial Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), now involves another Hispanic Republican group, this one with ties to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and to a blog allegedly written by a Maricopa County prosecutor.The American Post Gazette, an ultra-conservative blog linked to Andrew Thomas’ office, published…
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants to run as a publicly funded candidate for governor, and he claims today that he’s got everything he needs to do it.Goddard announced that he has received the 5,000 $5 donations and the 8,000 petition signatures needed to qualify as a publicly funded candidate…
William Gheen, organizer of the controversial Americans for Legal Immigration, is calling on Senator John McCain to apologize for a “smear campaign” his campaign has waged, suggesting the group has racist leanings.This is the same guy who just yesterday told New Times he has used the term “wetback” to describe Mexicans in…
The Hispanic Republican group Somos Republicans says it’s “rejecting” Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth over an endorsement he accepted from the anti-immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration.ALIPAC is a controversial organization for a few reasons: It has the support of cuddly organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and former “Grand Wizard” David Duke,…
Former state Senator Jim Waring seems to be the man to beat in the GOP primary for the district three Congressional seat but Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, might be the man to beat him — despite having no apparent campaign platform other than his last…
As the endorsement war wages between GOP Senate primary candidates John McCain and J.D. Hayworth, “The Maverick” picked up a big one today from the brother of an old, political foe.Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and brother of “Dubya,” whom McCain feverishly battled in the 2000 presidential primary,…
Even Jared will have to take a little break from “eatin’ fresh” if he goes to the Subway sandwich shop at 1950 W. Indian School Road, thanks to a deal the store made with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office over a violation of the state’s employer-sanctions law.Danny’s Subway has agreed to…
