The nominating petitions for Jose “Joe” Penalosa, a Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat Ed Pastor in Congressional District 4, won’t be tossed, a judge has ruled. An elections complaint filed last week against Penalosa alleged that he didn’t live within the boundaries of CD4, that one of his petition circulators…
Tom Horne, Arizona’s superintendent of schools and candidate for state attorney general, is standing by his comments that terrorism is no longer a problem in Israel after they built — in the words of Senator John McCain — a “danged fence.”At a Tea Party rally earlier this month — in a…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is center-stage in highlighting the evils of SB 1070. He has become a champion to many in the Latino community for publicly condemning the misguided law that makes it a crime for illegal immigrants to be in Arizona.And he’s milking it.On Sunday, Gordon received a standing ovation…
In a political move only newsworthy because of its high-level of tackiness, U.S. Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman actually put out a press release last night to make an announcement regarding his campaign wardrobe: In addition to the U.S. flag lapel pin he wears, he will begin wearing one of the Arizona flag. Stop the presses!…
Lisa Hauser, an attorney for Governor Jan Brewer, blasted Arizona’s Citizens Clean Elections Commission after its members refused to take further action on matching funds for this year’s election cycle.In a tense, two-minute speech, Hauser blasted the commission for “turning your backs on participating candidates.” She also questioned the commission’s…
On the heels of saying he’s contemplating dropping out of the race, residentially challenged Republican State House candidate Augustus Shaw now says he’ll stay in the fight. We’re not sure why he’s bothering — it certainly appears he tried to pull a fast one on voters by claiming he lives…
HOA lawyer Augustus Shaw tells New Times today that he’s “strongly considering” dropping his run for the State House following an official complaint that he doesn’t live in the right legislative district.Shaw, a Republican, wants to represent District 17 in Tempe, but the complaint alleges that he actually lives in south…
The feds are finally getting serious about folks like Evelio Padilla-Ortega. Padilla-Ortega served just six years in a Mexican prison for a 1988 murder he committed in California, then snuck back into the United States. The Mexican national, now 47, was caught by U.S. authorities in 2003 and deported. The…
On Wednesday, both the Chicago City Council and the San Jose City Council approved resolutions that call for a quasi-boycott Arizona. Unlike other cities that have opted to boycott Arizona in retaliation for SB 1070, the San Jose and Chicago boycotts don’t end any current contracts the cities have with…
Following our post today about Augustus Shaw, who’s running for the State Legislature, a reader pointed us to an Arizona Guardian article published today that spells even more trouble for the ethically challenged HOA lawyer. Shaw lied about where he lives in official election documents, according to the law firm…
Augustus Shaw IV, a Republican candidate for state representative in Tempe’s District 17, has been disciplined twice by the State Bar and was scolded by a judge in 2006 for his aggressive tactics as an HOA lawyer. The case, easily findable with a Google search for Shaw’s name, spurred a Maricopa Superior Court judge to write in…
Yesterday, disgraced, former Washington D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff was released from the Maryland prison he’s called home since 2006. Simultaneously, Senator John McCain and his opponent in the GOP Senate primary, J.D. Hayworth, are bickering over which of the two is more of a lobbyist. As you’re probably aware — and…
The Chicago City Council passed a resolution today urging city departments not to sign any new contracts with Arizona companies because of SB1070. The resolution, which passed on a 46-2 vote, doesn’t have any real teeth or affect current contracts. An existing contract with Redflex that brought in $48 million…
With the latest leg of the John McCain/J.D. Hayworth saga focusing on which of the two is more of a lobbyist, it seems only fitting that one of the most scandalous lobbyists in history just got released from prison.Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Washington D.C. lobbyist who many credit with Hayworth’s failed re-election…
We checked in yesterday with Tom Horne, the state Superintendent of Schools running in the Republican primary for Arizona Attorney General against former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas.As we pointed out in this blog post, Horne is surely one of the big winners in yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to block Clean…
Yesterday, gubernatorial candidate and state Treasurer Dean Martin unveiled his plan to combat illegal immigration and called for — among other things — a statewide “Tent City” for illegal immigrants arrested in Arizona. In his announcement, Martin was sure to point out that his plan got a wink and a…
Want to know how to get love as a Republican candidate for just about any office in Arizona RIGHT NOW: Drop to your knees and pucker up to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ass.Smooch, smooch, GOPers (that’s you Vernon Parker, J.D. Hayworth, and Andrew Thomas.) And now that’s you, too, Dean Martin. Republican gubernatorial candidate…
The so-called “debate over debates” seems to have spilled over from the GOP Senate primary and found its way to the left side of the aisle where former Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman is in a primary contest with — among others — former New Times columnist John Dougherty.Dougherty issued…
As attorneys at the Goldwater Institute stressed in a conference call with reporters this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to block matching funds — effectively stopping their dispersal for the 2010 election cycle — is hardly shocking. Astute observers had anticipated the possibility of such action for more than…
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning put a halt to the matching funds portion of Arizona’s Clean Elections program.The decision blocks matching funds for publicly funded candidates until the Supreme Court either hears the case brought before it or decides not to review it. This almost certainly means matching funds will not play…
Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin is holding a press conference this morning where he claims to have a “major announcement” regarding his candidacy for governor. Governor Jan Brewer, according to the latest Rasmussen poll, has about a 27-point lead over not only Martin but any other candidate in the race. Brewer…
Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin, currently running in the GOP primary for governor, announced last week that he would hold a press conference tomorrow where he would make a “major announcement” regarding his campaign. Today, Martin announced the announcement again only now he says “immigration leaders” will be joining him at the…
