Arizona has license plates supporting breast cancer research, calling for child-abuse prevention, and for those supporting wildlife-conservation efforts, to name a few. Now, if two Arizona legislators have their way, the mantra of Tea Partiers across the country will be slapped onto the tags of any Arizonan who wants it.State representatives Vic…
Kyrsten Sinema’s pissed when she calls us back last night. “I didn’t mistakenly vote for shit!” she fumes. “They explained what we were voting on wrong.” The Democratic state senator’s ire isn’t directed at us, but rather at her Republican colleagues at the state Capitol — and also at Arizona Daily…
Since our earlier post about an internal investigation by the Phoenix Police Department into Officer Jeff Gordon — who happens to be the son of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon — the mayor has released a statement.”As Mayor, I cannot comment on a pending Police Department personnel matter. I can comment…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s son, a Phoenix police officer, has been placed on paid administrative leave from the department.Jeff Gordon, a department spokesman told the Arizona Republic yesterday, was placed on leave pending an internal investigation that “involves an allegation of inappropriate contact.”…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a message for the federal government: build tent cities along the U.S./Mexico border to house captured illegal immigrants rather than deport them.Joe’s suggestion comes after sheriff’s deputies pulled the bodies of three illegal immigrants from an irrigation canal in the west Valley last month…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been a frequent flier to Dubai, one of the states that makes up the United Arab Emirates. It’s never been entirely clear what goes on during the visits.But the National, an English-language newspaper in the UAE, offers a glimpse in an article it published on…
President Obama has signed into law a measure that requires that all prospective Customs and Border Protection employees undergo a polygraph test.It seems like a no-brainer, especially considering that federal officials who investigate corruption within the agency say that polygraph tests are an effective tool for weeding out bad seeds…
Outgoing Arizona Congressman John Shadegg has joined the ranks of conservative law professors, writers and policy analysts as a senior fellow at the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute.According to a post by the Institute on Sonoran Alliance, a right-wing blog: Shadegg will support the Goldwater Institute by sharing his experience and expertise…
(Updated with links to several documents, including Veolia’s performance records)Phoenix has given away more than $3 million – so far – to Veolia Transportation, a transit company that operates buses throughout the city.It’s $3,295,573.86, to be precise. That’s how much Phoenix would have collected in fines from the French transit…
A New Times story about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon advising a transit company that employs his girlfriend on how to muscle nearly $30 million from Phoenix has prompted an inquiry from the feds.The Federal Transit Administration, an agency that provides money for and oversees federally funded transportation programs, called Phoenix officials…
Candidates in the race for Phoenix mayor are tapping pockets across the Valley to build their campaign war chests.The Arizona Guardian reported that one candidate, Wes Gullett, is getting a little help from Arizona Cardinals President and CEO Michael Bidwill and the team’s star receiver Larry Fitzgerald. Guardian reporter Dennis…
Despite the efforts of anti-Arizonans like Congressman Raul Grivalva, a boycott against the state this year appears to have failed miserably. Grivalva was among the critics of Arizona’s harsh immigration law, SB1070, who called for the boycott. City councils across the country passed toothless resolutions in favor of boycotting the Grand Canyon State,…
Many neighborhood leaders and homeowners are sorely disappointed with a City Council decision that stripped building restrictions from Camel Square, a 17-acre site on the northwest corner of Camelback Road and 44th Street.And now area residents are floating the idea of filing a referendum, a process in which residents gather…
A northern Arizona politician may have taken the old political practice of kissing babies a little too far — way too far.Michael Adam Brown, 29, a candidate for mayor in Page, was arrested yesterday for allegedly having sex with a minor…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has agreed to return control of its civil litigation unit to the County Attorney’s Office, now that they’ve got a county attorney they like.The Arizona Republic reports this morning that new County Attorney Bill Montgomery and the Supes “will announce today” that they’re giving up…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office fears that two suspected illegal immigrants — both under the age of 18 — drowned in a canal near Gila Bend after fleeing a car pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy last night.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong says the sheriff’s dive team is headed to an…
An airport-based agent with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Atlanta, Georgia, believed he was shipping drug money and illegal guns to Mexican cartel members in Arizona, officials said Thursday. Agent Devon Samuels, 45, was among 13 people arrested today on suspicion of a multitude of crimes, including taking payoffs from — and providing…
The Phoenix City Council is expected to vote later today on whether or not to strip the northwest corner of 44th Street and Camelback Road of zoning restrictions that now limit the building heights to 36 feet.(Update: The council sided with property owners and removed the existing building restrictions; neighborhood…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wasn’t always a travelin’ man. Believe it or not, the man who is now jetting off to places like China, Qatar, Dubai, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, was once known for his aversion to hopping on a plane and leaving Phoenix. While he touts his travels…
Andrew Thomas, Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander, all late of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, were the key figures in a damning 76-page disciplinary report released yesterday. They’re the ones who stand to lose their law licenses. But if you just scanned the report by out-of-state investigator John Gleason, you might have missed a few interesting…
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush and a possible GOP presidential candidate himself, doesn’t like Arizona’s controversial new immigration law because, he says, his children might look suspicious if seen walking on the streets of Phoenix.Bush is a staunch conservative — speaking out against…
The Phoenix Police Department has identified two individuals arrested after cops busted up a Phoenix drop house where authorities found nine children being held captive.Jaime Cruz-Gutierrez, 44, and Olga Marinos Fuentes, 41, were seen leaving the house just before it was raided by police last night. They were taken into…
