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Mayor Greg Stanton Switches Gears on Food Tax Repeal

By Monica Alonzo Fri., Mar. 22 2013 at 5:23 PM

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Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, who pledged during this 2011 mayoral campaign to repeal the city's 2 percent emergency food tax by April 1, is not likely to deliver on that promise.

Stanton says he not betraying public trust.

"I believed the economy was going to be in a better place, and a lot of economists also believed that," Stanton says. "And during the campaign, I was criticized for taking the cautious even approach."

That approach was couching his pledge to repeal the food tax with a qualifier -- saying he was in favor of repealing the tax in a responsible way that protects public safety.

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food tax, greg stanton, mayor, phoenix, sal diciccio

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Grenades Aren't the Best Thing to Pack in a Suitcase, Mesa Airport Passenger Discovers

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Mar. 4 2013 at 11:16 AM

Categories: Almost-Great Ideas, Blowin' Up Stuff

moronregistry.com

Believe it or not, grenades are not allowed on airplanes in this country.

That fact was apparently discovered by someone Sunday as they tried to bring a grenade in their luggage at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

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airport, arizona, grenade, idiots, mesa, mesa police department, phoenix-mesa gateway airport, tsa

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Jaica Rowley Didn't Want Her Son to Leave Home, So She Zip-Tied Him in the Backyard

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Jan. 25 2013 at 11:35 AM

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MCSO

Jaica Rowley

Out of all the parenting methods used to keep an kid from leaving the house, keeping him zip-tied in the backyard probably isn't the best way.

According to the Mesa cops who found a bloody 11-year-old boy with his feet zip-tied together, and his hands zip-tied to a porch in his mom's backyard, it's child abuse.

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arizona, child abuse, grounded, jaica rowley, mesa, mesa police department, zip-ties

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White House Responds to Secession Petitions, Explains How America Works

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Jan. 16 2013 at 11:35 AM

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chronicleoftheoldwest.com

Thanks to President Barack Hussein Obama, this is not the new flag for Arizona.

Although the meaningless online petition begging the federal government to let Arizona secede didn't even get enough signatures to warrant a response, eight other states' petitions did.

To paraphrase the White House employee who responded to the petitions, "No."

See also:
-Arizona Secession Movement Can't Even Gather Enough Support on Meaningless Online Petition
-Obama Haters Are So Upset That They're Asking the White House to Let Arizona Secede
-Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan
-Best Reader-Submitted Name for Arizona's (Imaginary) New Government?

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arizona, barack obama, civil war, election 2012, president obama, republicans, secede, secession, we the people, white house

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Arizona Secession Movement Can't Even Gather Enough Support on Meaningless Online Petition

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Dec. 12 2012 at 12:12 PM

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chronicleoftheoldwest.com

The national flag of the "Republikkk of Dumbfuckistan."

Don't worry, folks -- President Obama will not have to take into consideration the thousands of people who wanted Arizona to secede from the United States.

It's not like the president would've given a rat's ass either way, but one of the young bucks at Cronkite News Service noticed that the online petition for Arizona's secession didn't even get enough signatures to reach the White House's threshold for consideration.

See also:
-Obama Haters Are So Upset That They're Asking the White House to Let Arizona Secede
-Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan
-Best Reader-Submitted Name for Arizona's (Imaginary) New Government?

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arizona, barack obama, civil war, election 2012, president obama, republicans, secede, secession, we the people

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Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Nov. 14 2012 at 11:13 AM

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chronicleoftheoldwest.com

With President Obama's re-election, the empty threat from the people who just loathe the Leader of the Free World has changed from "I'M MOVING TO CANADA" to "WE'RE SECEDING."

By "we're seceding," we're referring to the roughly 18,500 people who signed a petition on the Internet, asking the White House to let Arizona secede and start its own government. To those 18,500-plus, allow us to point out some things you may have overlooked in the planning process.

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-Obama Haters Are So Upset That They're Asking the White House to Let Arizona Secede

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arizona, barack obama, civil war, election 2012, president obama, republicans, secede, secession, we the people

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"Sovereign Citizen"/Alleged Weed Salesman Fails at Bartering for Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Oct. 8 2012 at 2:32 PM

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Steve Baker

The "sovereign citizen movement" movement still exists, as evidenced by Steve Baker's alleged offer to a Phoenix police officer last night -- if the cop just let him go, Baker said he wouldn't have to place a lien against the officer's own home.

That didn't go over in Baker's favor, and according to court documents obtained by New Times, the bags of marijuana in his car didn't help his cause.

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arizona, marijuana, phoenix, phoenix police department, sovereign citizen, sovereign citizen movement, steve baker

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Sheriff Candidate Bails Out Inmate Who Claims Jail Guards Beat Him; MCSO Calls B.S.

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Aug. 3 2012 at 3:51 PM

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MCSO

Kolten Clark

An inmate was recently bailed out of the Fourth Avenue Jail by Democratic Maricopa County Sheriff candidate John Rowan, after the inmate told his family he'd been beaten by jail staff.

That inmate is now facing another criminal charge, as the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says it has evidence that Kolton Clark fabricated the whole story.

The Arizona Republic wrote last week about Rowan bailing Clark out of jail -- where he was being held on assault charges -- noting that the "video that capture[d] Clark's entire time in custody" didn't show detention officers beating up Clark.

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arizona, election 2012, joe arpaio, john rowan, kolten clark, maricopa county sheriff's office, terri woodmansee

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Brent Anderson Finds Out That Allegedly Kidnapping His Daughter and Moving to Mexico Doesn't Get Him Off the Hook for Child Support

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Apr. 4 2012 at 3:30 PM

Categories: Almost-Great Ideas, Another Stupid-Criminal Story, Bad Parents

MCSO

Brent Ian Anderson, who has not conducted extensive research on the legal system in the United States.

In late February, Brent Ian Anderson decided the best way to avoid paying child support was to take his 3-year-old daughter to Mexico and not tell the kiddo's mother about it.

Turns out, Anderson was incorrect about that, because the authorities just flew him and the youngster from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Phoenix yesterday, and he was booked into jail.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Anderson and the baby's mama had a court-ordered custody plan, but that was violated on February 22 when Anderson didn't return his daughter.

None of Anderson's family members knew where he went, although Anderson had previously threatened to take the youngster to Mexico rather than pay for child support, according to the documents.

Luckily for the authorities/kid/kid's mother/everyone not named Ian Anderson, Anderson's new wife blabbed to all the neighbors that she and Anderson were moving to Mexico with his daughter.

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arizona, baby mama drama, brent ian anderson, child support, kidnapping, mexico

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Important Legislation Alert: Bill Proposed to Criminalize Jumping Off Cliffs

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Feb. 17 2012 at 4:24 PM

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tiogaadventures.com

"Cliff jumping: So much fun it ought to be illegal," said no one ever.

There's a very important piece of legislation proposed in the Arizona Senate that could affect people all across the state.

Yes, jumping off cliffs could become a crime.

Senate Bill 1499 is the work of Republican State Senator Judy Burges, and would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to "knowingly jump or dive" from a cliff or rock formation into water in any public park or state land.

We're guessing these arrests would be made by the fun police.

This only applies to cliffs 10 feet or higher, so pack your tape measure the next time you're planning on jumping off big rocks.

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