Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley has filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for Congress in Arizona’s newly created 9th District.The County Supervisor has served as one of five members of the Board of Supervisors since 1996, and is currently suing the county for $15 million due to his…
UPDATE: We played phone-tag with Patterson for a few hours last night, but while we had him on the phone, he very much denied what he called “false” accusations.Sixteen Democrats in the Arizona House signed off on an ethics complaint against fellow Democratic Rep. Daniel Patterson, of Tucson, following a…
If anyone can match the millions raised by six-term congressman Jeff Flake in his bid to replace retiring Senator Jon Kyl, it’s Valley businessman Wil Cardon.It was Cardon’s family that provided $10 million to help build the Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa, and Cardon has put more than a…
New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer sent a letter to Governor Jan Brewer yesterday, asking her to give testimony before his Senate Subcommittee on Immigration about Senate Bill 1070.According to a release from Schumer’s office, the point of Brewer’s testimony would be “to hear whether she still believes the law…
The Republican Presidential debate in Mesa just wrapped up a few minutes ago, and in the mid-debate words of Mitt Romney, “I didn’t follow all of that, but I can tell you this…” Among the few Arizona-related topics discussed included, unsurprisingly, immigration and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. CNN moderator…
For some reason, a few legislators weren’t fans of Arizona Congressman Trent Franks naming his bill for a federal ban on race/gender-based abortions after Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony.The bill was submitted by Franks under the name “Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Non-discrimination Act of 2011,” but…
Millions of people will tune in to the Republican presidential candidate debate in Mesa tomorrow, an event that could help decide the outcome of the upcoming primary election.Yet it’s possible (and just about as likely as a summer snowcap on Piestewa Peak) that voters have made up their minds based…
Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva released a statement about State Senator Sylvia Allen’s bill to create a volunteer militia to guard the border, and as you can imagine, he’s not too hip to the idea.”This legislation is not just silly and irresponsible, it’s a public safety threat,” Grijalva says. “To arm…
With nearly 200 days to go before the August 28 primary between Republican Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert in Arizona’s newly formed sixth Congressional district, there’s already drama.It started earlier this week, with the Schweikert campaign sending an email to supporters about Quayle’s intention to “carpetbag” into the new…
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks recently addressed accusations that his attempt to ban the imaginary problem of race/gender-based abortions in the United States was just part of some agenda to end all abortions in the country.Well… yeah.Franks was on the Concerned Women for America radio show last weekend to pimp his…
There’s a new addition to the growing field of candidates eying the Congressional seat vacated by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — state Senator Paula Aboud announced this morning that she will seek the Democratic nomination for the seat.”We have all been moved by the strength and courage of Congresswoman Gabrielle…
Phoenix has made public portions of the logs that former Mayor Phil Gordon’s security-detail once maintained to track how they spent their time. Though much anticipated, the documents hardly read like declassified top-secret Pentagon documents. Partly because their release comes more than two years after they were originally requested…
Republican Arizona Representative Kimberly Yee has taken a page out of fagala-phobic abortion bully Trent Franks’ book, and is taking it upon herself to attempt to dictate when women in Arizona can have an abortion.Yee introduced a bill into the Arizona Legislature yesterday that would ban abortions of fetuses that…
“Caylee’s Law,” a bill inspired by the alleged murder of Caylee Anthony that would make it a felony for a parent to not report their child missing within 24 hours of his or her disappearance, was approved by the Arizona House of Representatives yesterday.Caylee’s mother, Casey Anthony, as you probably…
In what comes as no surprise to anyone who keeps tabs on Arizona Congressional politics, Republican Congressman Ben Quayle announced today that he plans to run in Arizona’s newly formed sixth Congressional district — which is likely unsettling news for GOP Congressman David Schweikert, also is running in District 6. Because…
According to Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, “abortion is the leading cause of death in the black community” — a claim he makes in a memo to House Republicans urging them to vote for a bill introduced by fagala-phobic Congressman Trent Franks that would make it illegal for a woman to…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton posted on his Facebook yesterday that “heaven has another angel today,” referring to his mother, Mary Ann Stanton. He writes: My dear mother, Mary Ann Stanton, passed away peacefully in her sleep this morning. She committed her life to her family and serving others, especially those…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is one step closer to completing his team of advisors with the appointment of Phoenix College faculty member Trino Sandoval as Senior Policy Advisor on Education. Sandoval, who is “on loan” from Phoenix College, will take the lead on the Mayor’s education agenda, which includes strengthening…
State Representative Matt Heinz announced Tuesday that he’s running for the Congressional seat previously held by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.Giffords, as you probably know, resigned from the seat last week so she can focus on her recovery after getting shot in the head during last year’s shooting rampage in Tucson. Heinz…
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords resigned from her seat in Congress last week in an emotional farewell speech read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.State Representative Matt Heinz, an openly gay Tucson Democrat, announced yesterday that he wants to be Giffords’ replacement.”It is with deep respect for Congresswoman…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle david saint, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they thought would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer…
For a lot of Arizonans, the photo taken last week of Governor Jan Brewer sticking her finger in the face of President Barack Obama was humiliating. If you’re like us, you spent the past several days explaining to out-of-state friends that not everyone in Arizona is a classless sand-billy –…
