VOL. 17 ISSUE NO. 25   |   JUNE 22 – 31, 2011

JUNE 29, 2011

Judge Clancy Jane’s breakfast with Russell Pearce

Help needed at Pioneer Living history Museum

July 1, Friday, 7 a.m., have breakfast with the Judge, a public meeting - Wolfley's Neighborhood Grill, Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum Blvd. #96, Phoenix. Special guest speaker, Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce. $15 cash payment for breakfast buffet will be collected at the door.

Help needed at Pioneer Living History Museum
We're asking for help repairing the Gallows. It's a one-day job if we have enough people beginning early in the morning.
Please RSVP to Jim at [email protected] or call 623-465-1052. Work has begun, but is halted until we get extra hands ... tomorrow is NOT too soon. Thanks!

Wednesday, June 29, Thursday, June 30, Friday, July 1 – Boys & Girls Club arriving 9 a.m. - docents/guns of pioneer needed.

Saturday, July 16, 9 a.m. - Volunteer Roundtable. Bring your suggestions/questions to the Board of Directors – Opera House.
AND at 10:15 a.m. or after Roundtable, first Haunted History planning meeting – Opera House.

For more information contact Donna Gutowski: 623.465.1052 or [email protected].

JUNE 24, 2011

Governor Jan Brewer, AHCCCS Director Betlach File Response in Proposition 204 Litigation

State Asks Arizona Supreme Court to Deny Plaintiff’s Special Action and Request for Injunction

PHOENIX – Governor Jan Brewer and AHCCCS Director Tom Betlach today filed their response to a lawsuit brought against the state for its actions to reduce Medicaid spending in order to balance the budget.   Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 15, 2011

Pearce recall petitions indicate massive voter registration fraud

voter registration‘None of these purposes is served when individuals who are not citizens register to vote’

PHOENIX – Anyone who wants to see for himself just how rampant voter registration fraud is in Arizona might want to consider volunteering to check the validity of signatures on the Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Dist. 18, recall petitions.  Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 22, 2011

Council concerned about nominee’s LearnYes.org PAC affiliation

korrin rigginRiggin recognized for her volunteer work on behalf of open space

CAVE CREEK – Cave Creek Town Manager Usama Abujbarah and Cave Creek Town Council met on Tuesday afternoon for a retreat, which is basically an informal working session of council where they can openly discuss issues and policies they may or may not wish to place on a future agenda.  Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 22, 2011

Sixty percent of Arizonans can’t pass driving test

PHOENIX – In May 2010, GMAC Insurance (now ALLY), which began conducting its National Drivers Test survey in 2004, reported 20 percent of Americans could not pass the written test required for a driver license.  Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 22, 2011

Government becoming bigger and more ineffective than ever

Due diligence seems to escape every sector, either by design or incompetence

The safety and security of our country has been placed in the hands of bureaucrats overseeing what appears to be a sea of highly paid people sitting around collecting paychecks.  Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 22, 2011

ASU grads assist Cave Creek with sign ordinance rewrite

ana harpThe town’s goal should be to revise the sign ordinance with ‘sensible recommendations’

CAVE CREEK – When ASU planning school graduates Erin Bodine and Ana Harp agreed to assist Cave Creek’s planning department by reaching out to businesses to see what they wanted as far as a sign ordinance goes, they contacted 23 businesses, of which 14 stated they wished to participate.   Keep reading ...

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