BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Split planning commission votes against Park West application
‘Be very careful how you develop this Western town’
CAVE CREEK – So as not to conflict with the Taste of Cave Creek event planned for Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 17 and 18, the planning commission announced it would hold the next planning commission meeting on Thursday, Oct. 4 instead.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Jury nullification alive and well
While jury nullification also became part of American constitutional law, courts often decline to advise juries of that right
CONCORD, N.H. – On June 18, 2012, N.H. Governor John Lynch signed into law HB146, which permits the defense in all criminal proceedings to inform the jury of its right to judge the facts and the application of the law in relationship to the facts in controversy.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
CBO says electric car subsidies must double to be cost-competitive
‘But even if electricity were free, the tax credits would still need to be about twice as high as the current ones …’
WASHINGTON – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report titled: “Effects of Federal Tax Credits for the Purchase of Electric Vehicles,” in which it concluded “the lifetime costs to consumers of an electric vehicle are generally higher than that of a conventional vehicle or traditional hybrid vehicle of similar size and performance, even with tax credits, which can be as much as $7,500 per vehicle.”
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Propositions not always what they’re labeled
Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 1020 will appear on the ballot as Proposition (Prop) 114, Crime Victim Protection from Liability for Damages, and in straight-forward, simple language proposes to amend the Arizona Constitution so that crime victims cannot be subject to a claim for damages by a person who is harmed while attempting to engage in, engaging in or fleeing after having engaged in or attempted to engage in conduct classified as a felony offense.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Costume competitions for adults, children planned for Wild West Days, November 2-4 in Cave Creek
CAVE CREEK – Wild West Days, Arizona’s largest western venue and a Cave Creek signature event, will be held from November 2-4, 2012 throughout the Town of Cave Creek. This year, the venue will feature a period costume contest for adults on Saturday, November 3 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
