Contributions to congressional hopeful Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu barely trickled in during March, with the once-popular lawman pocketing a mere $6,700 in the wake of multiple scandals that have enveloped him, his agency and his campaign. By comparison, Congressman Paul Gosar, who is also running for a seat in…
Next week’s U.S. Senate immigration subcommittee hearing on Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 is shaping up to be more exciting than initially billed — at least as “exciting” as something aired on C-SPAN can get.Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce, the author of the bill, has already committed to being in…
Last year, people were creating a stink after it was discovered that some Arizona legislators got tickets and trips to sporting events thanks to the Fiesta Bowl.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery explained in December that none of the politicos would face charges, saying prosecutors were unable to “find evidence leading to…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas held a press conference on Wednesday to complain about the decision by an Arizona Supreme Court disciplinary panel to strip him of his license to practice law.The Feathered Bastard Stephen Lemons was there, as Thomas compared himself to Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King…
Details are still pretty light in the case of two illegal immigrants shot and killed Sunday night near Eloy, after they were “ambushed” by an unknown number of people in camouflage getup.Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy Dawn Barkman told New Times on Monday that there may have been as many as…
While House Democrats were calling for now-former state Representative Daniel Patterson to resign or be expelled, Patterson changed his party affiliation to Independent, citing his disapproval of “party politics.”When Patterson resigned from the House yesterday, he changed his party affiliation back to Democrat, which would let Democratic party officials would…
It looks like Governor Jan Brewer’s only taking her battle against the federal government so far.Brewer vetoed House Bill 2434 yesterday, which would have required federal law-enforcement officers to notify county sheriffs “before taking any official law enforcement action.”If that federal officer forgot or otherwise didn’t inform the sheriff beforehand,…
State Representative Daniel Patterson resigned from the House yesterday, before a vote on his expulsion could take place.The House Ethics Committee unanimously voted earlier yesterday to boot Patterson, which was apparently enough of an indication for Patterson to just take off early.”I have been forced to resign due to the…
It looks like sympathizers to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” movement are still looking for politicians to support the Obama’s-from-Africa conspiracy theory, and it’s still not working.That’s really not all that surprising, but the way Arizona politicians are issuing their awkward responses to “birther” inquiries makes you wonder why anyone would…
State Representative Daniel Patterson resigned from the House today, before a vote on his expulsion could take place.The House Ethics Committee unanimously voted this morning to boot Patterson, which was apparently enough of an indication for Patterson to just take off early.”I have been forced to resign due to the…
Democratic-turned-Independent state Representative Daniel Patterson released his 19-page response to the investigation done on behalf of the House Ethics Committee that was just about full to the brim with allegations against the legislator.Patterson rejected most of the accusations point-by-point in his response, while kind of rejecting the rest of the…
Two illegal immigrants were shot and killed last night near Eloy after being “ambushed” by an unknown number of people in camouflage getup, police say.According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, the call came into the Eloy Police Department around 10:30 p.m. yesterday about shots being fired at an “illegal…
Last week, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery shipped off a letter to the Justice Department, demanding the department’s evidence of botched sex crimes by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.Montgomery wrote that withholding that evidence “may needlessly jeopardize prosecutions,” and also asked for any evidence of racial profiling by the MCSO.The…
According to voters for a TIME magazine poll, Shakira and Lady Gaga are more influential than Governor Jan Brewer.Brewer, or more likely, her flak, even took to social media today asking people to vote for her as one of the world’s most influential people, saying “liberal websites, media and bloggers…
Representatives of the “meth lab of democracy” are apparently comedy gold for The Daily Show, as U.S. Senator John McCain was featured in one of the show’s segments earlier this week.McCain’s appearance was actually in the same episode as Michael Hicks, a Tucson Unified School District governing board member, who…
In Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s first Congressional campaign video — a 30-second spot posted on YouTube — he tells viewers that he is “still the conservative fighter who stood up to Obama over border security. And I’m still the pro-life candidate who will fight for new jobs and against…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery stepped up for Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday, saying the Justice Department was “reckless” to assert county residents are being negatively affected by the sheriff’s office unless Montgomery gets the evidence.Montgomery sent a second request to the Justice Department for more information, and said it was…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery today released letters that show his defense of Sheriff Joe Arpaio from what he calls a “reckless” Justice Department.One of the letters, by deputy assistant Attorney General Roy Austin, also states that the feds have discovered new evidence that Arpaio’s office botched sex-crimes investigations.The April…
The National Republican Congressional Committee has been increasing press-release blasts to some of its targeted districts recently, including two already today.The releases mostly tie local candidates to the Obama administration and the current Democrats in Congress, just plugging in the name of the local Democratic congressional candidate.In Arizona’s newly formed…
The report from an ethics investigation into state Representative Daniel Patterson was released Monday, as team of lawyers selected by House Speaker Andy Tobin found quite a few reasons as to why they believe Patterson should be expelled from the House.Among several other things in the report, investigators claim Patterson…
After reading the investigation done on behalf of the House Ethics Committee, a handful of legislators were ready to punt state Representative Daniel Patterson out of the House today, but that didn’t happen.Among several other things in the report released yesterday, investigators claim Patterson routinely ignores House rules, “verbally abuses,…
Arizona’s House Bill 2549, which was labeled by one critic as a “bill to censor electronic speech,” has been stopped, according to one of the bill’s sponsors.As we’ve already mentioned twice before, the bill was never transferred to the governor, contrary to the numerous media reports saying it has. The…
