A look at Arizona news, views and images—via Arizona tweets.
CONCEIVED AND COMPILED BY @MikeTheSauce
OF HOMELESSNESS AND TASTELESSNESS
Downtown Phoenix advocate Sean D. Sweat tweeted: “The new coffee shop on Roos/7thSt openly exploits homeless ppl on their fb page. I’ll never give them a single dollar”
COURTESY NOT CONTAGIOUS
Coyotes player Paul Bissonnette: “If you don’t wave as a thank you a fellow driver who let you cut in you are a piece of trash.”
IT’S THE MOST VICARIOUS TIME OF THE YEAR
Iraq War vet and State Rep. Mark Cardenas: “Fantasy football draft! That time of year when we kids who weren’t good enough at sports get to feel like we still can participate.”
REALITY-CHALLENGED
Yuma TV reporter Patrick Hayes: Watching WWE while setting my lineups for Fantasy Football. Clearly I have a problem with reality. “#tomorrowwillbebetter”
MARTHA KNOWLEDGE
Gadsen Records CEO Cyrus Igono of Tempe: “whoa @MarthaStewart was a model? how come you never told us!”
THE MOST LONG-DISTANCE DRIVING MAN IN THE WORLD
C.J. Matson of Lake Havasu City: “I don’t often drive long distance just for hell of it, but when I do, I prefer to eat, drink and be merry w/ friends.”
1,000-CALORIE TREAT TWEET
Troy Hayden of Fox 10 tweeted: “Ice cream eating contest for me today. Look at this sundae!”
VEGGIE RANT
Brenna Moses of Phoenix Fashion Week: “You would be a bitch too if this was your snack…”
FREE POPCORN!
Darnell Dockett of the Cardinals: “I’m going to movies I’m gonna bring 20 people with me from Arizona my treat popcorn and all!! If I send u a DM then ill tell u when and where”
SERIOUS, SYRIA
AZ Democrat Emily Verdugo of Coolidge tweeted: “I say no to a U.S. attack on #Syria… history shows domestic policies always get pushed aside when we start being interventionists. #CIR”
ONE FABULOUS BOMBING
PR guy Jason Meyers of Phoenix: “Instead of bombing #Syria, let’s ask #Obama to #glitter bomb #Russia. #lgbt #ShockAndAwe #Fabulous”
OF BATHS AND WAR
KFYI radio talk show host Jim Sharpe tweeted: “Since I’m against the war in #Syria, does that mean I’m a ‘war protester’? I mean, I can still do things like, take a bath, right? #PRWar”
FINGER FLIPPIN’ FAREWELL
ASU Sun Devil Jordan Tygh of Tempe: “Some random weirdo from my apartment complex angrily flipped me off from his deck as I was leaving. People can be bizarre.”
RED STORM RISING
Stormchaser Mike Olbinski of Phoenix: “Red rain.”
GOT OUT DUST IN TIME
Photographer Rob Schumacher tweeted: “Last plane leaves Sky Harbor as dust storm hits Phoenix.”
