VOL. 16 ISSUE NO. 49   | DECEMBER 8 – 14, 2010

BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 8, 2010

Rural/Metro to upgrade radios

gary zalimeni
‘This is no longer going to be a quiet matter’

CAREFREE – During Call to the Public, Gary Zalimeni told council about the runaround he had received over the past two months from NewPath Networks, now Crown Castle, Team Fishel, Crown Castle’s subcontractors, and their various insurance companies.  
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BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 8, 2010

mike rigneyCave Creek Bicycle Festival an ‘absolute, unqualified success’

CAVE CREEK – During Monday’s Call to the Public, Assistant Utilities Manager and Cave Creek Bicycle Festival Event Director Mike Rigney showed a short video taken with a helmet cam as he thanked all involved with making the second annual event more successful than the first. 
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BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 8, 2010

Dismissal of one Obamacare complaint good news for another

van irion
‘This reasoning would allow Congress to order all Americans to buy a car, join a health club, eat certain food, take certain vitamins, etc.’

CHATTENOOGA, Tenn. – On Nov. 4, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Curtis L. Collier, a Clinton appointee, dismissed a complaint challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, otherwise known as Obamacare, filed by Tennessee Attorney Van Irion on behalf of approximately 25,000 plaintiffs.  Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 8, 2010

‘Culturally competent court’ comes at immense taxpayer expense

‘… working with culture might mean altering the way the courts traditionally have done business …’

PHOENIX – Last week Maricopa County Superior Court issued an administrative order regarding an “urgent need for a qualified English-Marshallese court interpreter …”  
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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Scottsdale seeks to fill board and commission vacancies

SCOTTSDALE – The City of Scottsdale is recruiting citizens to fill vacancies on nine advisory bodies that consider issues and provide recommendations to the city council.  Keep reading

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Obituaries

Mel Clingan
Jerry DeSantis


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