BY LINDA BENTLEY | MAY 6, 2015
Wright booted from planning commission
She claimed the call for her removal was in retaliation and said, ‘I will not be a political pawn’
CAVE CREEK – Vice Mayor Steve LaMar and Councilman Ernie Bunch brought forward an amendment to the town code to reduce the size of the planning commission from seven members to five.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | MAY 6, 2015
Liquor license application under scrutiny
Francia said he was troubled by a staff member not showing up when there’s a recommendation of denial
CAVE CREEK – At the beginning of what would be another three-and-a-half-hour meeting, Mayor Vincent Francia announced he didn’t have all the details but heard Saturday’s Home Expo was a success.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | MAY 6, 2015
Sen. Jeff Sessions’ top concerns regarding Trade Promotion Authority
‘The public has grown increasingly skeptical of these elaborate proposals, stitched together in secret, and rushed to passage …’
WASHINGTON – On Monday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., issued a critical alert outlining his top five concerns with the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that appears to be speeding through Congress as a fast-track procedure through which Congress would yield its legislative authority and allow the executive branch to implement one of the largest global financial agreements in our history.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | MAY 6, 2015
House committee takes up birthright citizenship issue
Feere stated, ‘Some clarity from Congress would be helpful in resolving this ongoing debate’
WASHINGTON – John Feere, legal policy analyst with the Center for Immigration Studies, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security last week on the issue of birthright citizenship.
