Wow, I guess I asked for it. In the eyes of Sam Stone, communications director for U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva's challenger, Ruth McClung, I am a blogger and therefore only worthy of getting comments via e-mail. I called Stone to discuss issues he had with our last few posts regarding McClung backing out of a League of Women Voters' debate scheduled for Oct. 18.

I also called about an audio file released today by Grijalva's campaign of a voicemail message left by a McClung campaign worker on Oct. 13 regarding changing the time of the debate from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Stone was just about to explain that Grijalva's campaign team had been unreasonable working with the McClung campaign because of the town hall she had scheduled at the Mission Library that same evening, when he stopped talking and said, "It's simply my policy ... because you’ve demonstrated that you are a blogger and not a journalist, like the Tucson Citizen ... We only give comments in writing to bloggers."

Like any good blogger, I e-mailed Stone the audio file and asked for a comment, and this is his e-mailed reply:

"This phone call was from October 13th, five days before a Town Hall which had been scheduled weeks in advance and for which the Grijalva campaign was notified of our schedule. We attempted to make the debate work, but subsequent to this call another 24 hours passed before we were offered a compromise on the time of the debate. At that point, we decided that we were not willing to cancel our Town Hall on such short notice. Our supporters deserved respect for the work they put in in organizing and promoting our Town Hall which drew over 100 people to the Mission Library. There are serious issues in this campaign, and the fact that the Grijalva camp continues to harp on what is clearly a minor issue shows just how poorly he is fairing in this race."

You can listen to the audio file right here for yourself, or read the transcript after the jump.

John Dougherty was on the KAET Horizon 8 show on Oct. 18 to discuss his claims regarding Gov. Jan Brewer's health:

Newest ad from Penny Kotternman's campaign for Superintendent of Public Instruction:

From a University of Arizona press release on the new Pac-10 Pac-12:

Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott today outlined divisional alignments for the Pac-10 Conference, to begin with the 2011 football season.

Scott spoke at a news conference in San Francisco, and provided details on new football divisions, which puts the University of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah, USC and UCLA in the new Pac-12 South for football. Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, California and Stanford will make up the Pac-12 North.

"The objective was to create a modern 12-team conference for the long term," Scott prefaced in his remarks.

Another key for the unanimous move forward — with all schools' CEOs voting favorably — was a revenue-sharing model that will become equal in several years.

The league's football teams will continue with a nine-game schedule, with teams playing each of their divisional partners every year and playing four of the cross-divisional opponents. However, also approved was a guarantee that the four California schools will meet each year in football, and alternate only two cross-divisional games.

Additionally, the Pac-12 will hold a football conference championship game in 2011, to be held at the home field of the team with the best overall conference record, using a tie-breaker system if necessary.

Men's and women's basketball will continue with an 18-game conference schedule including home and home games with natural rivals (ASU in UA's case), plus six rotating home and home matches with teams and six single-game annual matches with other league squads. All other sports will not involve divisional play, he said....

Scott said the Pac-12 football championship game would be licensed on its own, as opposed to being part of the league's TV contract, which expires at the end of 2011.

The Pac-12 basketball tournaments are expected to include all 12 teams, Scott said, although details have yet to be worked out.

We just got off the phone with the folks at the new Don Pedro's Peruvian Bistro at 3386 S. Sixth Ave., Suite 120, and they are open for business. The restaurant made the move to Tucson after spending six years serving Peruvian food down in Rocky Point.

Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday. Visit their website for more information.

(UPDATED with photo at 7 a.m., Friday, Oct. 22.)

• The tallarin saltado a la criolla and causa de atun at Don Pedro's.

Todd Brinkman, who heads up the resort's beverage program, was obviously proud of his beds of chocolate mint, cinnamon basil, dill, sage and other herbs at a media dinner held at the resort last night. I had a pisco sour infused with cinnamon basil, and although the drink was free (an ingredient that obviously enhances a drink's flavor) I would've gladly paid top dollar for it.

U.S. Congressman Raúl Grijalva, on the Oct. 19 Ed Show, talks about his campaign against challenger Ruth McClung, and the racist tactics (the bandito mailers) being used by his opponent and the Republican Party:

Death row inmate Jeffrey Landrigan is scheduled to be executed by the State of Arizona on Tuesday, the state's first execution since Robert Comer was executed in May of 2007. While it appears the last-minute appeal process will unlikely lead to a stay of execution for Landrigan, an interesting discussion broke out over where the drugs that will be used will actually come from. Sodium thiopental, a barbiturate used as part of the lethal injection drug combination, hasn't been produced in the United States since 2009, which has led to delays in executions nationwide as a source for the drug hasn't been secured. When the warrant for Landrigan's execution was scheduled, the question arose of where the sodium thiopental had been obtained. Landrigan's attorneys attempted to force the state to disclose where they had purchased the drugs, questioning whether they could be purchased without violating FDA regulations, while the state's representative cited a state law which protects the identity of executioners as reason not to provide the source of the necessary drugs, with Assistant Arizona Attorney General Kent Cattani telling the Arizona Republic, "We think the department has lawfully obtained the drug."

Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court sided with the state, with Judge Andrew Hurwitz seemingly dismissing the concerns by noting that the drugs are, in the end, intended to kill someone.

Gene Armstrong had some nice things to say about local rapper Savant's self-released EP, "The Delayed Entry" in this week's issue, calling it a "savvy, literate and completely satisfying EP that bobs and weaves, floats on waves of energy and muscular momentum and doesn't sacrifice hardness when he waxes sentimental."

Savant, who (like all cool people everywhere) follows us on Twitter asked that we mention that the EP is available for free — and legally, even — on his Bandcamp site. The process is completely painless and in a few minutes, you'll be bumping along to some local hip hop. Also, if you'd like to see Savant perform live (and based on some of the videos on his Facebook page, he has a better live presence than most rap acts), he's on a bill with the Indigo Kids at Club Congress this Sunday night.

Indigena Imports is having a benefit sale and exhibition of Mayan traditional textiles on Oct. 29 through 31 at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, 602 N. Wilmot Road, in the Parish Center. There will be approximately 250 handwoven Mayan pieces for sale.

The opening reception and sale on Friday, Oct. 29, will be from 5 to 8 p.m., and feature Swiss pianist Ralph Zurmuhle. The sale continues Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Saturday, fry bread and Indian tacos will be on sale after 11:30 a.m.

All activities are open to the public. Admission is free Saturday and Sunday. For Friday’s opening reception and music, planners request a $10 donation, which may be applied to a textile purchase.

For more info, see the Guatemala Project's website.