A look at Arizona news, views and images—via Arizona tweets.
CONCEIVED AND COMPILED BY @MikeTheSauce
SHE’S GOT GAME
Beverly Kidd of Phoenix: “Who camps out at GameStop til midnight waiting for a new game to debut at midnight!?! A mom with teenage boys!”
A MILEY TWEET THAT DOESN’T MENTION TWERKING
Christ follower, runner and optimist Christina Tetreault of Chandler: “I just don’t understand why Miley always must be in white or nude underwear in videos.”
POLI-TICKED OFF
Information technology consultant Stephen McLean of Scottsdale: “I’d like 2 thank #ESPN & #MNF 4 injecting politics into 1 of our favorite sports! We don’t need Obama in the opening promo or ANY politician.”
WORDS NOT NEEDED
Marketing guru and “undisputed king of stuff” Jon Gabriel of Mesa tweeted just an image:
WESTERN UNION
New York Times bureau chief Fernanda Santos: “A Cave Creek cowboy & baby buffalo face off w/ 3 Scottsdale cops on horseback for title of West’s most Western town.”
BREAKING SYRIA NEWS
Scottsdale’s own David Spade tweeted: “This just in… Syria has agreed to keep making us look like assholes.”
THROWING PITCHFORKS
Burns and Gambo of Arizona Sports Radio 620 tweeted: “Mark May kept his promise to @BurnsAndGambo and threw up the ASU pitchfork Saturday night.”
MISSING MISS AMERICA
Kati Spencer of Phoenix: “Apparently there’s some controversy around the newly crowned Miss America and I wonder….wait! We still have a Miss America pageant???”
CARTEL-FREE BISBEE
“Drunk, comedian, obsolete” Doug Stanhope tweeted: “Hey @glennbeck this is us ‘in constant fear of drug cartels’ today, in Bisbee AZ, where I live.”
JUST THE FACTS
President of Rainmaker Integrated PR firm Jackie Wright of Phoenix tweeted: “Dear Media… SLOW DOWN on all the navy yard shooting reporting. It’s about getting it right, not being first!”
POLICE, DONUTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Mesa Police Department’s media relations supervisor Sgt. Tony Landato: “The many uses of Social Media…Finally this is explained to me in a language I can understand.”
THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL
TV agent Micah Johnson of Scottsdale: “Speechless. Imagine coming home from work: ‘Hi honey, what’s for supper?’”
HEAD GAMES
NFL Access tweeted: “Pretty cool picture of Calvin Johnson and Patrick Peterson from today’s game.
WEIRDEST ‘W’ EVER
Photographer Rob Schumacher tweeted: “#SunDevils head coach #ToddGraham walks off the field in disbelief after beating #Wisconsin 32-30.”
EARNED VIEW
The city of Scottsdale tweeted: “Make the climb up Camelback Mountain and get rewarded with a view like this…”
WEEKEND WORRIER
CBS 5 Morning News anchor Nicole Crites: “That moment when you violently bolt out of bed thinking you are late for work, to then realize its Saturday…”
RIP JON FLORA
Johnjay and Rich of the Johnjay and Rich radio show based in Phoienix tweeted: “I’m not sure if we’ve met a more generous person. Without Jon Flora, Christmas Wish would not have been possible over the years. Prayers.”
