Sheriff Arpaio Gets Into the Foreign Aid Game (UPDATED)

Sheriff "I Just Love, Love, Love the Hispanic Folks" Arpaio has been spending RICO funds to train Honduran police in a region of Honduras, a tropical paradise known for its sunny climes and great scuba-diving. 34 paid officer work weeks, over 30K in direct expenses, and an unspecified amount of equipment have headed south of … Read more

“WE NEED MORE TIME!”

by David Safier (TASL) In a predictable move, state legislators are complaining they can’t get the ELL funding together by the court’s March 4 deadline. They say they need more time. (See Meanwhile, in Phoenix… for background.) You want to talk time? OK, let’s talk time. Sixteen years ago, in 1992, a suit was filed … Read more

Meanwhile, in Phoenix . . .

by David Safier A few legislative updates. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-3 for Karen Johnson’s bill to allow guns in schools. It passed because she removed K-12 schools from the equation. It’s limited to public colleges and universities. (TASL) Education Superintendent Tom Horne plans to appeal the recent appellate court ruling on ELL, which … Read more

Election Integrity Hearing, 2/25/08

by David Safier At the Monday afternoon hearing in Judge Miller’s courtroom, words were spoken in heat, and nothing was decided except for a date for a two hour hearing in April. Here is a summary that I hope is accurate. Remember, I’m not a lawyer, and I don’t pretend to play one on this … Read more

Doodle and Shmoo

Meet Shmoo. I discovered this little critter at Walgreens and just had to have him. It may well be the best $5.99 I’ve ever spent: This little fella scared the daylights out of my foster dog, Doodle. He didn’t know what to make of it. As you can catch at the beginning of the clip, … Read more