BY LINDA BENTLEY | JULY 4, 2012
GOP may only need 51 votes to overturn individual mandate
‘Those who have to pay the tax will pay an average tax of $1,200. And even if they pay it every year they still won’t have insurance.’
WASHINGTON – According to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate to purchase health insurance by declaring it a tax, Republicans will only need 51 votes to overturn the mandate if they gain control of the Senate in the 2012 election. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JULY 4, 2012
Cemetery etiquette, respecting the dead
‘One can tell the morals of a culture by the way they treat their dead’ ~ Benjamin Franklin
PHOENIX – Flag etiquette and hat etiquette are subjects I’ve covered from time to time over the past decade. During the past week a reader, who asked not to be identified, brought up the need to educate people on cemetery etiquette. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JULY 4, 2012
Bloggers who broke Fast & Furious file ethics complaint against Holder
‘ATF has earned a reputation for vindictiveness when it comes to retaliating against its employees’
WASHINGTON – As anticipated, the Department of Justice has declined to investigate or prosecute the criminal contempt of Congress charge against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JULY 4, 2012
Desert Ridge JP candidate Bill Ponath saves disabled vet from eviction
PHOENIX – Attorney Bill Ponath, a Republican candidate running in the primary election for Desert Ridge Justice of the Peace, offered his services, pro bono, to Richard Chadwick, a disabled veteran who served in both the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s, upon learning Chadwick was being evicted from his home. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JULY 4, 2012
Former Scottsdale CPA’s criminal cases drag on
Dow argued the computer would have shown ‘good faith’ on behalf of Wise and ‘lack of specific intent to commit the alleged crime of fraud’
PHOENIX – Former Scottsdale CPA Danny Wise remains out on bond as the two consolidated cases against him in state court on over 40 counts of fraudulent schemes and theft were again continued. Keep reading ...
JULY 4, 2012
Scottsdale city manager resigns
SCOTTSDALE – Last night, City Manager David E. Richert submitted his resignation effective immediately. Mr. Richert joined the city in 2008 and served the last two years as city manager. Keep reading ...
