Alberto grew up in Phoenix, after his illegal-immigrant parents took him here when he was two years old. The young man, now 18, left town this summer for New Mexico to escape Arizona’s oppressive, anti-undocumented fervor.Santa Fe’s New Mexican newspaper details his story in its online edition today, reporting that he’s…
The Arizona Green Party wants a federal judge to block the names of 11 candidates from appearing on the November 2 ballot, saying the candidates are “shams” who don’t represent the party.The lawsuit and request for immediate hearing comes a few days after the state Democratic Party accused former state…
A 27-year-old tarot-card reader, reportedly homeless and with less than a dollar to his name, is among the candidates running to serve as Arizona’s State Treasurer?Thank Steve May.May, a Republican running for a House seat in District 17, once told the nation that he had “chosen to live…life with integrity.”What’s happened…
Rodney Glassman, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, would make the Bush-era tax cuts permanent for the middle class, says his spokesman, Blake Morlock. The candidate’s spokesman, Blake Morlock, called us after reading this morning’s blog post about Glassman’s stance on the tax cuts. Despite Glassman’s earlier position, vis-a-vis a news…
Rodney Glassman, the young, rich, Democrat running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican John McCain, loves the tax cuts put into place by former President George W. Bush. It’s surprising to hear any Dem praising a move by Bush, who still gets the credit by President Obama for today’s…
Republican Senator John McCain and his Democratic contender, Rodney Glassman, will match wits later this month in a televised debate. The political show-down will take place in the studios of Channel 3, (KTVK-TV) and air at 6 p.m. In announcing that Glassman will take part, the Democrat’s election crew took the opportunity for a bit…
By now, much of the country has seen the horrendous debate performance Monday night by Governor Jan Brewer. Let the parodies begin. (Full Disclosure: Um, we know this child.) Next up is a video that’s garnered a few thousand hits with Brewer played by a drag queen:…
It’s no secret — not really — that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s son is seriously mentally ill. During her years in the state Legislature and as a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, she mentioned it often in passing, and earned a reputation as a big-hearted advocate for…
Now that Jan Brewer’s proven herself a space-case of a public speaker, her Democratic competitor, Terry Goddard, is renewing his call for a whole series of debates. The milqetoast candidate, son of former Arizona governor Sam Goddard, would just love watching a repeat or two of last night’s gaffe, we’re…
If you missed the hour-long gubernatorial debate on Horizon last night, you missed a train wreck performance by Gov. Jan Brewer. The hour-long session with the Brewer (Republican), Terry Goddard (Democrat), Barry Hess (Libertarian) and Larry Gist (Green) started off bad for Brewer and just kept getting worse.Brewer kicked it…
Arizona has had more than its fair share of bad characters in the governor’s chair for too many years. Ev Mecham: Impeached. Fife Symington: Convicted. Jane Hull: Alt Fuels. Napolitano: Credit Card’s Maxed Out — Time to Quit. Now we’ve got these bozos to choose from…
Patrick Chorpenning, the former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services, pleaded guilty today to two corruption-related felony charges. He’ll be sentenced on October 6 by Judge Susan Brnovich, but prosecutors have already agreed to a sentence that includes only probation. However, Chorpenning also agrees to pay back $451,351…
One look at the tax plan of Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd and you’d think the guy’s a Republican.Hulburd’s plan includes things like extending the Bush tax cuts through 2012, permanently lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, and making permanent the current tax rate for…
No recounts will be needed in any state or county race following last week’s primary election, says Matt Benson of the Secretary of State’s office. As of late-afternoon Tuesday, all the votes statewide have been counted. Some races got within a rat’s hair of forcing a recount, like the Democratic one for…
Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd, who’s squaring off with Ben Quayle in the District 3 Congressional race, went On the Record with Greta Van Susteren last night, and he would have looked great — if he were a Republican.Hulburd’s appearance with Greta came on the same day we received a press…
Abandoning a sinking ship — more times than not — is a good decision. Jumping aboard, not so much.That’s what crossed our minds yesterday when we heard U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman’s campaign manager had bailed on the campaign and had been replaced. Today, just a day after announcing he…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon isn’t supposed to be meddling in discussions or matters involving Veolia Transportation, the company that operates most of the city buses and has Gordon’s girlfriend on its payroll. Gordon declared a conflict of interest during several public meetings and abstained from voting on (most) council agenda…
It’s been fairly clear the past few days that former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas was gonna lose the Republican primary for state attorney general to Tom Horne. But he refused to concede.Can’t blame the guy for not throwin’ in the towel — it was a close race. But today…
Rodney Glassman, the Democratic Senate candidate hoping to unseat Senator John McCain, has filled one of the several holes that were left in his campaign staff following the alleged “jumping ship” of three of his top aids.The new kid on the block over at Glassman HQ is veteran Democratic strategist…
As absurd as it may sound, Hooman Karamian (a.k.a. “Nik Richie”), the founder of “The Dirty” is taking some of the credit for Congressional candidate Ben Quayle’s victory in the District 3 Congressional primary.In case you forgot, which we’re sure you haven’t, Richie’s the guy who outed Quayle’s ties to…
Former Tucson City Councilman (if you ask him “vice mayor”) Rodney Glassman is off to a sluggish start in his bid to unseat Senator John McCain.His former colleagues are bashing him — hard — and people on his own campaign have abandoned ship because they aren’t happy with how he…
News release from county just in: 2010 PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS August 26, 2010, 4:25PM, Phoenix, AZ – Maricopa County Recorder, Helen Purcell, says every effort is being made to complete final counting for the August 24 Primary Election by Saturday, August 28, 2010. “We’ve tabulated 57,231 early ballots today. We…
