VOL. 20  ISSUE NO. 6   |    FEBRUARY 5 – 11, 2014

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Council rejects Freeman settlement agreement

gary birnbaumHe said the underlying question is whether Freeman, as an easement holder, can preclude the underlying landowner from using the easement

CAVE CREEK – With no one wishing to speak during Call to the Public, Monday night’s council meeting began with the town manager’s report.

Interim Town Manager Rodney Glassman told council about a new program to welcome new businesses to the town put together by Community Outreach Director Patty Pollnow.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Resolution commending Glassman ‘over the top’

Council unanimously rejects texting policy

CAVE CREEK – Mayor Vincent Francia moved agenda item four up, a resolution adopting a policy governing the use of electronic devices and texting during council meetings, to accommodate Peoria City Attorney Steve Kemp, who came to talk to council about the policy they recently put into place

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Setting the record straight on the recall

Trenk is calling the recall effort by concerned citizens who find his leadership unpalatable the ‘Toxic Sonoran News Recall’

CAVE CREEK – Despite Vice Mayor Adam Trenk’s claims in his e-mails, web posts and his latest mailer, Sonoran News is not conducting a recall.

He claims Sonoran News wants to waste money on a recall and “restore the regime that drove the town $60 million dollars (sic) in debt.”

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Glassman at taxpayer trough two more weeks

Glassman drove an average of 97 miles per day to host breakfasts, coffees, lunches and dinners at taxpayer expense

CAVE CREEK – With Interim Town Manager Rodney Glassman’s last day looming around the bend, taxpayers can soon breathe a sigh of relief that they will no longer have to pay for his extravagances.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Community rallies around citizen in need

CAVE CREEK – An elderly Cave Creek citizen who was ill, unable to maintain her house and grounds, while also appearing to be a hoarder, became the subject of a court-ordered cleanup after neighbors filed a complaint.


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Two more weeks of wining and dining at the taxpayer trough