If you thought Joya Bonner was a kick-ass investigative reporter when she went after Sammy “the Bull” Gravano in the novel FUNERAL HOTDISH, imagine what she's like when she goes after sex trafficking of her honorary niece in the sequel, THEDEADGIRLINTHEVACANTLOT. A sampling reads: Joya could taste the bile rising from her stomach as [...]
Investigative reporter Joya Bonner finds herself at the intersection of Central and McDowell in Phoenix, Arizona, lost in thought until the wail of police sirens bring her back to reality. Thedeadgirlinthevacantlot reads: What the hell could be happening in Phoenix, Arizona at 4 a.m. on a January morning to bring out [...]
The only Democrat who voted for the disasterous state budget was Sen. Carlyle Begay of Ganado, who represents the Navajo Nation. He's on television this morning saying he doesn't vote for political parties, but for what's good for Arizona. Come on. Senator, you voted for the budget because the Republicans threw you a bone--$1.2 million [...]
Did Arizona's universities take a collossal cut in their state funds because lawmakers were ticked off that ASU President Michael Crow DARED speak out against cuts? Is it possible that the Republican-led Legislature is so petulant and so childish that it would cut things EVEN MORE to show Crow who was boss? That has been [...]
The Republican-led Legislature and Gov. Ducey have given Arizona a disgraceful budget that cuts deeply into the lives of most Arizonans and threatens the state's economy. In their zeal for "no new taxes"--translated in Republican jargon to "no help for anyone for anything because I'm a selfish fool"--they've in effect GROSSLY RAISED TAXES on virtually [...]
I don't know if the stupid stick has hit the Goldwater Institute. I don't know if Tea Party is capable of recognizing facts when they see them. But I do know this: both are lying to Arizona about Common Core. They insist this is a "nationally imposed" standard, and a trick by President Obama to [...]
Arizona has another awful distinction--it's one of only TWO states in the nation that does not prohibit texting while driving. Not because Tucson Democratic Senator Steve Farley hasn't been trying--for nearly a decade! But every year when he introduces the bill (which 44 other states have passed since he began, joining those already smart enough [...]
First off, Republic Editorial Writer Doug MacEachern is a personal friend of mine and has been for decades. Second off, sometimes Doug is blind as a bat. Including his Sunday column, when he took off on Schools Superintendent Diane Douglas for her suicidal attack on Governor Ducey last week. He and I agree she was [...]
Grotesque is the most outrageous word I know to describe the Attorney General's fight against a lawsuit filed by a civilian teacher who was raped in prison by a sex offender. The AG's office argued she didn't have a right to sue because she knew she was in a dangerous place and this too: "Of [...]
Please take your blood pressure medicine before you read this post, because it is going to tick you off, royally. The ONLY reason Arizona has a "prison crowding problem" is that it is the ONLY state in the entire nation that demands everyone convicted of anything--including minor, non-violent crimes--MUST serve 85 percent of their sentences [...]