In case you dozed off somewhere in the middle of the Star's extensive story on Frank Antenori's speeding ticket/suspended license woes, you might have missed this gem from the penultimate paragraph:

A Phoenix police officer testified against the measure last week, saying he believes it will lead to more accidents and deaths. That led the House Transportation Committee to kill the measure, and triggered an angry shouting match between Antenori and the officer outside the hearing room.

More from the Huffington Post (sigh) via the Arizona Guardian:

A Republican Arizona state senator running for the U.S. House seat vacated by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) slammed a local police officer for opposing his legislation in a committee hearing, calling the officer a "six-foot-four, 250-pound crybaby," according to the Arizona Guardian.

State Sen. Frank Antenori laid into Phoenix police officer Walter Olsen Thursday when the officer testified against Antenori's bill aimed at reducing the number of drivers caught running red lights by cameras. Antenori accused Olsen of lying to the committee while swearing loudly and pointing his finger at him, the Arizona Guardian reports.

"I was very upset and I raised my voice but I never touched the guy," Antenori said afterward, according to the Guardian. "Trust me, if I assaulted him he'd know it. I can't help that a six-foot-four 250-pound crybaby felt intimidated by a little legislator."

Oh, Frank. You can't even stop yelling at people when you're running for Congress, can you?

The area around the east side of Ajo Way and Interstate 19 is a little congested this morning, what with all the Pima County Sheriff's Office vehicles surrounding an urgent care facility with some ... minor damage to its back wall, compliments of an SUV crashing into it during a high-speed chase.

According to PCSO, it all started a little after 2 a.m. when deputies were called to a home on the southwest side in response to a home invasion. Several suspects were later spotted in a white Jeep Cherokee, and after the vehicle failed to stop for deputies it lead them on a chase down Valencia, then onto I-19 and eventually the northbound Ajo exit. It was at that point when the SUV lost control, went over the median and hurtled down a hill and crashed into the back of the urgent care building.

Two people in the SUV were killed, two others were hospitalized, PCSO said.

Not that it makes much difference for Democrats or Greens, but if you're planning on voting as a Republican in the CD8 Special Election in the April 17th primary, you'll need to be properly registered by midnight tonight (the 19th). It's incredibly easy to register, re-register, update your address, whatever — just as long as you have an Arizona driver's license or state issued ID card. Just head to the Service Arizona website. If you don't have state issued identification, you're on your own. See you at the polls, fellow Republicans!

After an obscene amount of Lone Star beer, numerous stops at various food trucks, an untold number of incredible shows, three band-aids applied to scrapes and cuts, and fourteen hours plus of driving back to Tucson, my time at SXSW has come to a glorious end. Here’s the last round-up.

Mutillation Rites - Caught this scorching black metal band at an all-day Prosthetic Records at the down ‘n’ dirty Long Branch Inn. This incredible and LOUD four-piece played with such ferocity they blew a circuit not once, but twice. I talked to the drummer afterwards, looks like they’re planning a trek through the southwest over the summer. If you’re a fan of Deicide, Discharge and Mayhem, make sure to check ‘em out.

State Rep. Matt Heinz says he plans to continue running for Congress, even though Ron Barber, the former Giffords' aide, announced today that he plans to run in Congressional District 2 in the fall.

"My plans have not changed," Heinz tells The Range. "It's an open seat in CD2. We always expected a large field of candidates. … We always knew it was going to be a competitive race and we look forward to a robust and healthy and very positive discussion with the voters of CD2."

Heinz, who stepped away from running in the special election to determine who will complete Gabrielle Giffords' term in Congressional District 8 to allow Barber to avoid a primary, says his endorsement of Barber in the CD8 race still stands.

"The priority in the CD8 special election is to maintain Democratic control of the seat," Heinz says.

State Rep. Steve Farley, who last month announced his plan to run for Congressional District 2 later this year, says that with Ron Barber now in the congressional race, he'll go back to his original plan of running for the Arizona Senate.

"I'm doing everything I can to help (Barber) out in the fall and I'll do anything he thinks would be helpful," Farley says. "I'm going to focus back on the Senate race in District 9 and see if we can retake that majority."

Democrat Ron Barber, the longtime aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who is already seeking to complete her term in Congressional District 8, just announced on a conference call that he'll also be seeking to run in Congressional District 2 later this year.

"I have made a decision that I'm going to run for Congressional District 2," Barber said.

Barber's plans will upend the plans of several over local Democrats—including state Reps. Steve Farley and Matt Heinz and state Sen. Paula Aboud—who had already announced their plans to seek the CD2 seat in the fall, but had pledged their support to Barber in the June 12 special election for CD8.

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I'll generally try anything, but I'm going to draw the line at drinking tea made from panda feces. Previously, that line was set at "The McRib", but this is definitely worse.

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From Jeff Biggers piece that you can read here:

Consider this: If Tony Diaz were TUSD superintendent, tiny little children would not be patted down by security officers and police before entering a school board meeting (such as this incident from last Tuesday), but given free books, such as the celebrated Arizona masterpiece, La Maravilla, by Alfredo Vea.

If Tony Diaz were superintendent of Tucson schools, children would learn how to emulate their teachers and education leaders and use civil discourse in discussing the state’s diverse populations....

The refreshingly positive and joyous celebration of the Librotraficantes transcends such dehumanizing language with the power of poetry, fiction and essay. Galvanizing students and teachers and community members into a national movement for literature, Diaz and his Librotraficantes are on the verge of sparking a veritable book revival....

In a school district where 62 percent of the students come from Mexican American households, could Superintendent Pedicone—or Arizona education chief John Huppenthal, and school board members Mark Stegeman and Michael Hicks, all of whom have made disparaging comments about Latinos—even pass a pop quiz and name four Mexican American and four Native American writers, educators and social figures from Arizona?

With Diaz’s assistance, Pedicone, Stegemen and Hicks—and even state officials like Huppenthal and Horne—can learn the answer to that pop quiz by checking out the extraordinary Mexican American Studies curriculum that has been banned from Tucson.

Or, they can join the Librotraficante caravan.

After the jump, a bonus video of Biggers' appearance during the recent Festival of Books: