BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011
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Property tax for fire protection rears its ugly head, again
The whole idea behind refinancing Spur Cross and paying it off early was to do away with the property tax sooner rather than later
CAVE CREEK – Council held a workshop on Monday evening to re-urge the subject of property taxes for payment of fire protection services. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011
Pressing on to promote perversion
Herding ‘human capitol’ into deviant lifestyles for federal employment
WASHINGTON – President Obama proclaimed Dec. 10, 2011 Human Rights Day and the week beginning Dec. 10 as Human Rights Week, to “renew our commitment to upholding and advancing human dignity.” Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011
Scottsdale teen arrested at Village Apartments
CAVE CREEK – Scottsdale resident Shane Michael Banks, 19, was arrested early Wednesday morning while visiting a friend in an upstairs apartment of the Village Apartments located at 6434 E. Cave Creek Rd. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011
Walmart associate arrested in fake bomb scare
Intentionally or knowingly engaging in conduct that is likely to impart the false impression that an act of terrorism is taking place
CAVE CREEK – Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Walmart Associate Joseph Charles Granillo, 39, on Dec. 3 in conjunction with the bomb scare that evacuated the Cave Creek Walmart store shortly after 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving for nearly seven hours, just as the store was gearing up for its heavily-promoted early Black Friday. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011
Carefree embraces home detention program in lieu of jail
‘I think we have a winner here’
CAREFREE – As the state legislature passes laws increasing the mandatory minimum jail sentences for DUIs, which, for first offense extreme DUIs can be as many as 45 days, it has also come up with a novel way to allow some defendants to sidestep that harsher punishment, at least in part. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011
Carefree moves toward extending sign moratorium
‘This is the notice to shopkeepers – If we do nothing, A-frame signs go away in 30 days’
CAREFREE – Town council mulled over the first reading of an ordinance during the Dec. 6 meeting that would extend the moratorium on the sign ordinance prohibiting A-frame or “sandwich” signs for an additional 18 months. Keep reading ...
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Treasurer Doug Ducey presents to the House Appropriations Subcommittee On Debt
NobBudgetsSurplus until the balance sheet and a rainy day fund are addressed
PHOENIX – Treasurer Ducey was invited to present today to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Debt. After providing a brief update on the state’s cash flow his message to the Legislature was clear; our state government needs to clean up the State’s balance sheet and plan for the next financial emergency. Keep reading ...
DECEMBER 14, 2011
ALG thanks Rep. Franks for opposing Internet censorship bill in committee
FAIRFAX, Virg. – Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today praised Rep. Trent Franks, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, for opposing legislation he said would “give the government power to censor the Internet.” Keep reading ...
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Report challenges attack on Secure Communities
Allegations of wrongful arrests of U.S. citizens are false
WASHINGTON – A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies examines the outcomes of ICE’s Secure Communities program and how those outcomes have been misleadingly described in one widely circulated study published by the Warren Institute at the University of California, Berkeley Law School. Keep reading ...
