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"This proposition protects the rights of all property owners, rich and poor alike, from the misuse of eminent domain. The only people who stand to lose are politicians."
David Nolan, the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional District 8 seat introduces himself during an Arizona Daily Star Editorial Board meeting.
Arizona's voters and members of the media must give Libertarians and other third-party candidates the opportunity to be heard. Democracy suffers if voters don't have the chance to become familiar with all candidates and give them due consider
A civil liberties group is alarmed about a new program for Arizona police agencies that will allow them to track criminals — and monitor the whereabouts of regular citizens — using government cameras to scan the faces of passers-by.
[its not nice to tick off the speaker] Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation of a camping trip Congressman Jim Kolbe, (R-AZ) took 10 years ago that included 2 teenage congressional pages, a Justice Department spokesma
Arizona law officers now can use new technology to pick one face out of millions of faces. Facial recognition equipment has been linked with a database of more than 8 million photographs and new software at the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information C
I'm taking a day off to calm down and sift through the happenings of the last 48 hours. And then FreedomsPhoenix is going to share :)
Arizona's Attorney General said he will file an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court in an effort to reinstate a requirement that voters show identification at the polls. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction last week
This afternoon, Barry Hess, Libertarian candidate for Governor, accepted the endorsement of Mike Harris, former Republican candidate for Governor at the Arizona State Capitol Courtyard.
A Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally confronted Foley about his communications.
Phoenix is putting in place the final building block in its plan to construct a new downtown. Next week, it is scheduled to approve a blockbuster agreement with a Scottsdale-based developer that plans to build a $900 million project that will brin
A Tribune analysis of speeding citations showed a vast majority of tickets issued were for drivers going only slightly more than the posted 75 mph speed limit. The city has not yet done an analysis on whether it has reduced crashes.
The latest campaign — Operation Drive and Arrive — was launched in early September when the department asked that all 816 sworn officers in all divisions make traffic enforcement a priority and look for traffic violations.
[central planning] Thousands of people who drive to light-rail stations will be lucky to find parking, and those who do will have to leave their cars in the sun all day. Metro's eight park-and-ride stations will provide space for about 3,400 cars
[So Bidwell doubled his contribution to the stadium with the name deal alone.] The University of Phoenix will pay the Cardinals $154.5 million over 20 years to plaster its name on the inside and outside of the venue. [Pink Taco seems more appropriate
It's an idea that's worked in other cities, and Tucson police think it can work here. The department is working on a proposal to install crime-spotting cameras downtown. They would work similar to the traffic cameras already in place along
You’d have thought I’d written “Free Saddam Hussein from Satan Worshiping American Aggressors” in anthrax. The first mall cop who spotted it told me to freeze.
Create a display that brings attention to National Banned Books Week. Nearly 9,000 books have been banned or challenged in the past two decades. More than a book a day faces expulsion from free and open public access in schools and libraries.
Political groups nationwide take advantage of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says ethical canons can’t muzzle judges. The groups are now demanding answers to politically charged questions. Maricopa County judges got a taste of it recently from the
Adam Garcia attempted to fly a Mexican flag at his high school last March. Instead, he was arrested, jailed for a night, placed under house arrest for a month and expelled from Apache Junction High School in a high profile incident that came amid pro
[Why is the AG so desperate?] Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, who is running for re-election, has accused his opponent of a campaign-spending violation and of using illegal immigrants during the filming of a campaign ad.
The Republican Party canceled about $1 million in advertising support for Randy Graf, a blow to his chances of winning the congressional race in southern Arizona. Graf, a conservative who has campaigned mainly on a platform of zero tolerance for ille
"The buck stops here, Vasquez told the gathering of some 75 people on Sept. 14. I accept full responsibility for the actions of my officers. That's why I'm up here apologizing. I'm accountable. I will look into this. Any wrongdoing w
Scottsdale is doing just fine without a treasurer to make sure the city manager uses public money properly, the City Council narrowly decided.
If light rail eventually comes to Scottsdale, at least one group of residents appears ready to run city leaders out of town on it. A group of citizens staunchly opposed to the technology blasted a consultant's proposals, saying they would do i
Legislators decided to re-enact a law making bestiality a crime. Repealed 2 decades ago. Earlier this year a deputy Mesa fire chief was arrested after being accused of trying to have sex with a neighbor’s sheep. Could charge him only with disorderly
Valley Metro Rail has criticized the work of a firm it hired to power the Valley's light-rail system, saying an audit of documents indicated "a lack of commitment to quality." But Metro says all of the problems have been fixed.
Switching Loop 101 cameras on was a major decision. Turning them off could be equally challenging. The 9-month test project is set to end Oct. 23 and the decision on whether to make Loop 101 photo speed-enforcement cameras a permanent fixture on the
Libertarian Richard Mack plans to dog both Kyl and Pederson on the campaign trail. Mack, a former Graham Co. sheriff, is confident he could win "if I had had 1/10th the money either one of my opponents is spending." http://tinyurl.com/rjaa5
The slumping real estate market is beginning to show up in foreclosure rates. In August, more than 115,000 properties in the US entered some stage of foreclosure, a 24% increase from July and a 53% increase from August 2005, according to RealtyTrac,
