Politics
Pinal County Sheriff's Surprising Home Away From Home
November 08, 2011
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu may hail from the Arizona outback - but his home away from home is a considerably more sophisticated place: Scottsdale.
For the past year Sheriff Babeu has been in and out of Scottsdale more than a Schwan's Food Service delivery truck. Babeu has discovered that the city's ultra-conservative Republicans are receptive to his brash brand of one-issue politics. The frontier sheriff has also added a new twist to the old political concept of "follow the money." Read More...
For the past year Sheriff Babeu has been in and out of Scottsdale more than a Schwan's Food Service delivery truck. Babeu has discovered that the city's ultra-conservative Republicans are receptive to his brash brand of one-issue politics. The frontier sheriff has also added a new twist to the old political concept of "follow the money." Read More...
Mayoral Candidates Hitting Reset Button For November Election
September 06, 2011
The mystery has been solved about which candidate will face Greg Stanton in the run-off election for Phoenix mayor. There are, however, several unsolved mysteries that linger after August 30th.
How was the Chamber of Commerce allowed to stage a debate with only four of the six qualified candidates without a wave of outrage from the news media? Channel 5 went ahead and broadcast the 60-minute debate that excluded Anna Brennan and Jennifer Wright after the Chamber cooked up arbitrary criteria for which candidates could participate - even though Brennan and Wright's names both appeared on the ballot. Read More...
How was the Chamber of Commerce allowed to stage a debate with only four of the six qualified candidates without a wave of outrage from the news media? Channel 5 went ahead and broadcast the 60-minute debate that excluded Anna Brennan and Jennifer Wright after the Chamber cooked up arbitrary criteria for which candidates could participate - even though Brennan and Wright's names both appeared on the ballot. Read More...
Are Phoenix Voters Ready For A Right-Wing Mayor?
August 17, 2011
As the Phoenix mayoral contest comes down the home stretch, the race is looking more like an obstacle course for Peggy Neely. The "Jobs-Jobs-Jobs" candidate is being forced to weave her way around a series of political potholes ... some of which she dug herself. Read More...
What Role Will the "It" Factor Play in the Phoenix Mayoral Race?
July 14, 2011
The lone Democratic candidate is leading in the "non-partisan" (wink-wink) campaign for Phoenix mayor.
Of the six candidates running, five are Republican. The only Democrat is Greg Stanton - who's leading the race, according to the survey his campaign released this week. But more than half of the voters surveyed are still undecided whom they will vote for when early voting begins in less than a month - a symptom of the sluggish start to the mayoral contest. Read More...
Of the six candidates running, five are Republican. The only Democrat is Greg Stanton - who's leading the race, according to the survey his campaign released this week. But more than half of the voters surveyed are still undecided whom they will vote for when early voting begins in less than a month - a symptom of the sluggish start to the mayoral contest. Read More...
"I Can See Carefree From My Balcony
May 26, 2011
We all should have seen it coming.
She made more public appearances in Arizona last fall than Governor Jan Brewer. Her daughter, Bristol, purchased a house in the bedroom community of Maricopa south of the Valley. And then there was the new lax gun legislation that's the siren's song for every gun nut in North America. Read More...
She made more public appearances in Arizona last fall than Governor Jan Brewer. Her daughter, Bristol, purchased a house in the bedroom community of Maricopa south of the Valley. And then there was the new lax gun legislation that's the siren's song for every gun nut in North America. Read More...
Wearing Two Hats Isn't Working For Wes Gullett
March 30, 2011
The Legislature's Latest Measure of Machismo
March 07, 2011
Could One Goofball Gum Up Phoenix City Government?
February 14, 2011
Politics As Usual After Attempted Assassination
January 12, 2011
Love At First Sight: Sal DiCiccio And The Goldwater Institute
November 24, 2010
Gordon and DiCiccio Tangle Over "The Truth"
November 22, 2010
Scottsdale Becomes Satellite Operation for SB 1070
November 08, 2010
Has Southwest Ambulance Blown Itself Up With Money Bomb?
October 27, 2010
Will The Third Time Be The Charm For Terry?
October 12, 2010
Scottsdale Chamber Ignores Vendetta To Focus on Vision
September 20, 2010
Brewer-Goddard Race Turning Into A No-Brainer
September 08, 2010
Primary Election 2010: Rotten Eggs And Bad Apples
August 24, 2010
Ben Quayle Reveals The Real Ben Quayle
August 16, 2010
Jan Brewer Is "Acting" Like A Real Governor
August 03, 2010
Three Campaigns' Costly Failure to Communicate
July 08, 2010
What Planet Is Mayor Jim Lane Living On?
June 07, 2010
Phil Gordon Going Gandhi on Immigration Issue
May 07, 2010
There's A New Sheriff In Town
April 22, 2010
Tale of Phil Gordon's Paradise Lost Takes New Twist
April 19, 2010
The Goddard Campaign Can't Win For Losing
April 08, 2010
Democrats Nervous Goddard Is Being Beaten To The Punch
April 05, 2010
A Lesson in "Situational Transparency"
March 30, 2010
The Republican Party's Right-Wing Freak Show
March 25, 2010
Selling The Sales Tax Is Off To A Shaky Start
March 04, 2010
Judge Monte Morgan Gets A Root'n-Toot'n Reprieve
February 22, 2010
Ed Phillips in the Eye of the Storm
February 11, 2010
More Rumors Than Resolutions For McDowell Road Corridor
February 03, 2010
Will Arizonans Send A Cartoon Character To Washington?
January 28, 2010
Doofus: The Smartest Guy in the Room
January 20, 2010
The Three Psychics: Pederson, Bowers and Little
January 13, 2010
What's Vernon Parker's Story?
January 11, 2010
"Uber Fuhrer" Comment Sends Chilling Message
January 04, 2010
Public Clowning Has Turned Into Political Campaigning
November 24, 2009
Don't Count Jan Brewer Out of Governor's Race
November 18, 2009
Dick Bowers Tells It Like It Is
November 04, 2009
Scottsdale Bids Farewell to John Little
November 03, 2009
KJZZ-Republic New Media Odd Couple
October 22, 2009
The Mother of All District Election Models
October 19, 2009
8,671 Magic Number To Recall Mayor
October 12, 2009
Think Tank Announces New Tooth Fairy Hotline
October 06, 2009
Mayor Lane's New Evil Empire
October 01, 2009
Is the City Clerk Next on the Chopping Block?
September 23, 2009
AZ Republican Party Is Out of Sync For 2010
September 21, 2009
Justice O'Connor Kicks Off Political Jubilee
September 14, 2009
Goldwater Institute Exposes Itself
September 08, 2009
Special Edition: Four Faces of Scottsdale Voters
August 31, 2009
Michael Crow: "We're Number 121!"
August 24, 2009
Playing Political Games With City Manager
August 17, 2009
Something Smells Fishy at the Legislature
August 12, 2009
Former Mayor is Haunting Scottsdale City Hall
August 03, 2009
The Game of Picking a New City Attorney
July 13, 2009
Special Session: Stepping Through The Looking Glass
July 06, 2009
Fife in the Center of Another UFO Controversy
June 29, 2009
Is It Transparent or Open?
June 08, 2009
A Lesson in Political Transparency
June 08, 2009
March Madness
March 17, 2009
A Higher Calling
February 25, 2009
No Experience Necessary
February 17, 2009