BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
Council nixes GP amendment for Area 25, passes Area 18 and Area 10
‘Phoenix has given us lights, noise, traffic and, now, empty buildings’
CAVE CREEK – Planning Director Ian Cordwell gave a brief overview of three general plan amendments brought forward by the town to change the land use designation in three areas surrounding the intersection of Carefree Highway and Cave Creek Road from Desert Rural to mixed use, paving the way for commercial rezoning in the future. Keep Reading...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
Council takes on land, water and golden parachutes
CAVE CREEK – Council voted unanimously Monday night in favor of recommending approval for a Series #12 Restaurant Liquor License for Janey’s Coffeehouse and to reauthorize an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for reciprocal borrowing between the town and Maricopa County Library District for fiscal year 2010-2011. Keep Reading...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
Monday afternoon gas leak has section of Cave Creek Road blocked off
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies cordoned off Cave Creek Road in both directions between Spur Cross Road and Skyline Drive at around 3:30 p.m. on Monday as Southwest Gas employees worked to repair a gas leak. Photos by Linda Bentley
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
Bullingtons no closer to agreement with Walmart
‘I don’t believe the negotiations are serious’
CAVE CREEK – A planning class from ASU attended the Sept. 16 planning commission meeting, providing a larger audience than generally in attendance.
However, the planning commission voted unanimously, with Commissioner Shelly Anderson absent, in favor of staff’s request to withdraw an ordinance to repeal and replace Chapter 8 Open Space Zoning Districts from the agenda. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
Ike needed birth certificate to run for president
‘Ike had nothing to hide!’
CAVE CREEK – Glen Fairclough, a reader from Salt Lake City, Utah, sent us an e-mail last week to express his gratitude for publishing the recent article regarding President Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate. Keep Reading...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
RID files $40 million lawsuit to clean up contaminated groundwater
‘RID had no alternative … because many of these parties have resisted multiple invitations to voluntarily come forward and do the right thing’
PHOENIX – In late July, the Roosevelt Irrigation District (RID) filed a complaint in federal court (Roosevelt Irrigation District v. Salt River Project) against a large number of potentially responsible parties (PRPs) identified as possible contributors to groundwater contamination in the West Valley. Keep Reading...
Arizona Sheriff Larry Dever elected Southwest Border Sheriff’s Coalition Chairman