Top news story in Phoenix Friday surprised many. An investigative reporter for the Phoenix New Times revealed heretofore unpublished information about Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. The report claimed two things: that Babeu is gay and that he threatened his former boyfriend with deportation, providing evidence of both. Local stories are not often of interest [...]
Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu resigned as Mitt Romney’s campaign co-chairman, and also came out of the closet to admit that yes, he is a homosexual on Saturday, in response to media charges that he threatened to use the power of his office to keep his lover from telling the world about their relationship. Many people may know Sheriff [...]
AZ Gov. Jan Brewer and President Obama (Photo Courtesy The Associated Press) The State of Arizona is, once again, taking on the Federal Government. Before, it was on illegal immigrants and the lack of Federal involvement. This time the fight centers around the healthcare law: Commonly called “Obamacare” or “Harrycare” (after Senator Harry Reid). Arizona [...]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords released a video on her YouTube website today announcing that she will be resigning from Congress this week. Her announcement comes almost one year to the day of the shooting, which is now one of the most tragic events in American history.
In response to the allegations made today by Gloria Allred, Mr. Cain will conduct a press conference on Tuesday, November 8th at the Scottsdale Plaza in Phoenix, Arizona at 3:00 pm local time. It is noteworthy that Gloria Allred is a celebrity lawyer who specializes in generating publicity for herself and her clients. Ms. Allred [...]
HOUSTON, Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For years, NASA’s Desert RATS – or Research And Technology Studies – team has been trekking to the Flagstaff, Ariz., area for its annual tests. This year the public can come see what they have been up to. Students and space fans young and old are invited to the Desert RATS Community [...]
A 62-year-old Arizona man, Frank Ballesteros, ”needs one little word” to help him out of his economic situation. The word is not “hope” or “God” or “patience”. Perhaps the word is ”j-o-b”? Well, think again. What Mr. Ballesteros says he needs is the word “three”. Frank would like for Arizona’s legislature to make a “small word change, from ‘two’ [...]
You have absolutely GOT to be kidding me! I should have known. We have reached a point in our society where nothing makes sense anymore! Up is down, right is wrong, wrong is right, white is black, black is white…. and I could go on and on with analogies. However, that will get us nowhere, [...]
A coalition of representatives from some 3300 Teaparty and other activist groups held their first ever National Conference on Friday, Feb 26th in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the noted speakers were Tim Pawlenty and Ron Paul. What is also noteworthy, were the missing Republicans, most of which had the weekend off . Invitations were sent out and pretty much [...]
Today, tragedy struck Tuscon Arizona. A gunman shot a congresswoman in the head, seriously wounding her, and killed six other people in a shooting rampage at a public meeting in Tucson Saturday. – Reuters CDN live-blog of the unfolding story here (newest information at the top): [liveblog]
rizona Governor, Jan Brewer signed her State’s new tough immigration bill into law this week. There is heavy support from Arizona residents, but firm opposition from liberal-leaning organizations.
Arizona has been pleading for assistance from the Federal government for years, so this is not a new problem, nor did Obama cause it. Immigration was a problem Obama had promised to solve in the first year of his presidency and his failure to follow-through has given Governor Brewer no choice but to act at the State level.
