Baa-aaaaaad News  Business as usual: The winged wonder on
Sheriff Joe's profound respect for sheep, and on the demise of
Air America Phoenix  Firefighters! You gotta love 'em. They save
lives, they put out fires, they make a nice pot of chili. And
one of them tried to bone a sheep, too.  Now, The Bird tried
desperately to fly above this story, which the Arizona Republic
played straight (natch) in two tiny, buried items, but, God damn
it, New Times readers have a right to know the full story of how
Leroy Donald Johnson had a little lamb!  Especially after
Sheriff Joe Arpaio found the matter so pressing that he held a
press conference about it. You guessed it, he came out firmly
against lamb-fucking in our great state. Yes, our very own
Sheriff Goober even declared that sex with animals is a kind of
gateway drug for murderers and pornographers.  The Bird shits
you not.  Fact is, for a taloned reporter like yours truly, it
doesn't get any better than this! A deputy chief for the Mesa
Fire Department gets caught