VOL. 17 ISSUE NO. 19   |   MAY 11 – 17, 2011

MAY 13, 2011

Information regarding the Arizona Department of Education’s Review of Tucson Unified School District’s Compliance with A.R.S. § 15-112

Due to a lot of misinformation being spread about the Arizona Department of Education’s (ADE’s) on-going review of the Tucson Unified School District’s (TUSD’s) Mexican American Studies Department (MASD) and its curriculum and classroom instruction, ADE compiled the below timeline and information:   Keep reading...

MAY 12, 2011

Phoenix censorship challenged

The Goldwater Institute today filed a lawsuit against the city of Phoenix, alleging unconstitutional suppression of free speech. The city in October last year had censored a set of gun-safety-training advertisements posted under contract by TrainMeAZ LLC, a coalition of members of the firearms industry. Keep reading...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | MAY 11, 2011

Las Ventanas files $10 million Notice of Claim against town

las ventanas.‘[T]he town … hid the true nature … of the WWTP by giving it a name most would associate with a water amusement park …’

CAVE CREEK – Last week, property owners within the Las Ventanas subdivision, an 80-acre development located at the northeast corner of Carefree Highway and 44th Street, comprised of 23 residential lots plus three separate tracts: A, B and C, filed a Notice of Claim against the town for $10 million, $1 million for each of the 10 lots.  Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | MAY 11, 2011

jim van allenCarefree’s only candidate for council seeks public support

CAREFREE – Jim Van Allen, who received an unprecedented number of votes as a write-in candidate in March, is now the only candidate on the ballot for the May 17 runoff election.  Keep reading ...

BY DON SORCHYCH | MAY 11, 2011

Help eliminate drugs in school

CAVE CREEK – It is common knowledge our schools are rife with drugs. Lately there is much talk of Heroin being the new drug of choice. That is hardly surprising considering that the drug of choice in Mexico is Heroin and schools all have their share of illegal aliens.   Keep reading ...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | MAY 11, 2011

arek fressadiArek Fressadi facing criminal damage charge

M&I Bank files motion to convert Fressadi’s bankruptcy to Chapter 7

CAVE CREEK – Despite M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank having filed a judicial foreclosure against his School House Road property in April 2010, Arek Fressadi has been undoing improvements made to the property, some of which were done prior to M&I making the loan. Keep reading ...

MAY 11, 2011

Greetings City of Scottsdale

Herein please find complaints and allegations of misconduct, conflict of interest, malfeasance, deflection of duty and conspiracy within departments to deprive the citizens of Scottsdale their rights for enforcement of the law and protection from basic public safety issues.  Keep reading ...

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