BY LINDA BENTLEY | APRIL 7, 2011
Divided council approves faux cactus DAS permits for Crown Castle
‘It must be nice to sit here and vote no’
CAREFREE – Rep. Heather Carter, R-Dist. 7, asked to be placed on the agenda just so she could introduce herself to council and invite citizens to contact her at [email protected]. She said, “I respond to every e-mail personally.” Keep reading...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | APRIL 5, 2011
CCUSD sued to halt misuse of bond funds
Goldwater Institute challenges Barto’s unconstitutional special law
PHOENIX – On Tuesday, April 5, the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf of Jayne Friedman to bar Cave Creek Unified School District from entering into contracts or otherwise expending remaining bond funds on purposes not listed in the Nov. 7, 2000 Special Election Publicity Pamphlet. Keep reading...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | APRIL 6, 2011
Former Career Success student arrested for Walgreens robbery
MCSO converged on Career Success in March 2010 on an anonymous tip that students were in possession of heroin and Percocet
SCOTTSDALE – Charles Remington Dawe, 24, was arrested at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 3 by Scottsdale police (SPD) and booked into Maricopa County Jail on felony counts of robbery, possession/use of a weapon in a drug offense and possession/use of a narcotic drug.
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BY LINDA BENTLEY | APRIL 6, 2011
Cave Creek struggles through first read of medical marijuana ordinance
Arizona Department of Health issues 92 pages of regulations
CAVE CREEK – Town Attorney Marlene Pontrelli, after attending the March 31 planning commission meeting, discovered some commissioners were interested in stricter regulations regarding medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities, whereas, on Monday, town council, sought to limit restrictions. Keep reading...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | APRIL 6, 2011
Justice finally served in Top Rank boxing promoter fraud case
McKinn ordered to self-surrender on April 23, when he will have to trade in his skivvies for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s famous pink underwear
PHOENIX – Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Arthur Anderson suffered no fools on April 1 and moved forward with the mitigation hearing and sentenced former Top Rank boxing promoter Peter McKinn, 41, to five months in jail, six years of supervised probation and 150 hours of community service, despite McKinn filing a new motion to continue.
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APRIL 6, 2011
Study finds high welfare use by immigrants
57 percent of immigrant households with children receive Welfare
WASHINGTON – Census Bureau data show that the share of immigrant-headed households (legal and illegal) with children (under age 18) using at least one welfare program continues to be very high. This is partly due to the large share of immigrants with low levels of education and their resulting low incomes. The welfare programs examined in this report are SSI (Supplemental Security Income for low income elderly and disabled), TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), WIC (Women, Infants, and Children food program), free/reduced school lunch, food stamps, Medicaid (health insurance for those with low incomes), public housing, and rent subsidies. Keep reading...
