AltWeeklies Wire
'Til Death Do Us Partnew
Arizona's dangerous love affair with guns.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
02-14-2013 |
Policy Issues
Solar Eclipsed: Why the Sun Won't Power Phoenixnew
The Valley of the Sun, more than any other metropolis in the United States, ought to be awash in solar panels. But for what you get, the cost of solar power has been much too high.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-27-2012 |
Environment
Sheriff Joe Arpaio Should be Charged, Eric Holder Told in Letternew
A group of former prosecutors sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today asking him to have Sheriff Joe Arpaio charged for abusing his power.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
04-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Joe Arpaio
DOJ: Arpaio Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. Historynew
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office didn't just commit racial profiling of Latinos. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling by a law enforcement agency in U.S. history.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-15-2011 |
Race & Class
Bad News Day for Sheriff Joe Arpaionew
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was slammed in a damning AP story about how his agency bungled hundreds of sex-crime cases.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-06-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Obama's War on Weednew
In a strange about-face, President Obama tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
10-25-2011 |
Policy Issues
A Cadre of Karate Instructors Wind Up Dead or Facing Prison Timenew
Twenty gallons of gasoline were poured into a 400-square-foot room. The pungent liquid soaked the floor, desk, and computer inside the small office. It was about 12:30 a.m. on the cool Sunday morning of June 14, and the room was dark.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
01-26-2010 |
Crime & Justice
How ICE Turned All Local Authorities into La Migranew
The real change for illegals is that once their status is discovered, Arizona cities get help from ICE that was unheard of two years ago -- help ensuring that nearly every illegal immigrant arrested by any local police agency will be removed quickly from the country.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
10-07-2008 |
Immigration
Mesa Police Chief George Gascon Stares Down Sheriff Joe Arpaionew
Gascon squashed Arpaio's attempts to round up votes by rounding up illegal immigrants.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
07-16-2008 |
Immigration
Real Estate 'Guru' Mark Bosworth is in Crash Modenew
Anybody reading a recent Better Business Bureau report can sum up Mark Bosworth pretty quickly: a big shot with baggage. The report lists him as the CEO of Mark Bosworth and Associates LLC. It states he also does business as Property Masters of America, Home America Property Management, GoRenter.com, and other LLCs. And it lists 52 complaints against him and his companies in the past three years.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
05-21-2008 |
Business & Labor
Alternative Fuels Aren't Solving Phoenix's Air-Pollution Problemnew
And it's doubtful that they will anytime soon.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
04-22-2008 |
Environment
Border Checkpoints: The Nation's Biggest Weed Trapsnew
Border Patrol checkpoints near Yuma, Ariz., use K9 dogs to nab hordes of pot users headed back from the beach.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
03-18-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Hungry For Respect's Dirty Tricksnew
In its war for new members, a labor union is using dirty tricks to turn Hispanics against a grocery chain.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
01-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Information Blockadenew
The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media -- the public's right to know be damned.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-18-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Bulgarian Jobnew
An immigrant wills his estate to a convicted killer from his homeland and dies the next day -- anything smell fishy?
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
10-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
