VOL. 18  ISSUE NO. 49   |    DECEMBER 5 – 11, 2012

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  DECEMBER 5, 2012

Fifth time’s a charm for Park West

paul gilbertFrancia stated, ‘I’m not cuddled by the desert. I’m in an area that is surrounded by commercial’

CAVE CREEK – Council voted unanimously to reappoint John Ford and Ted Bryda to another three-year term on the planning commission but not before first failing to appoint Sharon McCarthy to the commission by a vote of 3-4 with Mayor Vincent Francia, Vice Mayor Ernie Bunch and Councilman Dick Esser voting in favor.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  DECEMBER 5, 2012

Rio Verde fails second attempt to form fire district

Flynn is credited with getting legislation passed since that time specifically to make the formation of county island fire districts easier

RIO VERDE – The year-long petition drive to form a special taxing district for fire protection in the Rio Verde Foothills area ended in failure on Nov. 30.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  DECEMBER 5, 2012

ACLU files complaint over Brewer’s driver license directive

PHOENIX – Last Thursday the ACLU filed a class action complaint in federal court on behalf of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition against Gov. Jan Brewer, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Director John Halikowski and ADOT Assistant Director Stacey Stanton over Brewer’s executive order denying driver licenses to illegal aliens granted deferred action under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  DECEMBER 5, 2012

Arizona formally declines to set up state health insurance exchange

‘The fight to contain and control the wide-ranging damage of the ObamaCare legislation is far from over …’

PHOENIX – On Nov. 28, Gov. Jan Brewer formally advised the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the state of Arizona will not pursue creating a state-based health insurance exchange and will instead participate in a federally-operated exchange, as per the guidelines of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare.

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Constitution Party – CPUSA – On the move

TPATH – During the past several weeks TPATH has posted updates relating to the need for a constitutional and conservative alternative to both the Democrat Party and the GOP.

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