BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 12, 2013
Divided council publicly ‘lynches’ and ousts town manager
Mohr asked, ‘What is it you want to do that you cannot do with this man in this job?’
CAVE CREEK – Call to the Public began with Marc Peagler stating, “I know why we’re all here.”
He recalled the choices previous councils made over a decade ago to build the smallest sewage treatment system the county would allow in an effort to thwart development.
Peagler said, “This isn’t the place for vendettas.”
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 12, 2013
A matter of trust or an agenda?
‘They depicted Glassman as a spoiled rich kid with a frat boy sense of humor’
CAVE CREEK – Trust was the mantra chanted over and over again by newly elected council members and vendetta-driven citizens during Monday night’s meeting as Vice Mayor Adam Trenk and councilmen Mike Durkin, Reg Monachino and Charles Spitzer, after 7 days in office, voted to oust Town Manager Usama Abujbarah from his job of 17 years.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 12, 2013
PI continues to bombard town hall with records requests
CAVE CREEK – No sooner did town hall fulfill a batch of commercial records requests by William Loughrige, a private investigator from Tempe, Loughrige submitted a new batch of requests on June 5 and June 6.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 12, 2013
State reopens Section 32 to non-motorized recreational use
‘I appreciate your … careful use of the Trust lands in question, which will someday be sold to generate revenue for the beneficiaries …’
DESERT HILLS – Horseback riding enthusiasts were rejoicing last week after receiving notice that Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) Commissioner Vanessa Hickman signed an amended order with respect to the 2002 closure of Section 32, a 644-acre parcel between Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, bounded by Cloud Road to the south and Joy Ranch Road to the north.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 12, 2013
Carefree picks newest council member for vice mayor
CAREFREE – With councilmen Mike Farrar and Marty Saltzman absent, after Town Clerk Betsy Wise administered the oath of office to the mayor and council, Mayor David Schwan’s motion to elect the newest Councilman Les Peterson as vice mayor carried unanimously.
JUNE 12, 2013
Depletion of Social Security and Medicare funding is a 'clear and present crisis'
Dan Weber says he is shocked at the complacent attitude of the administration over the fate of these programs
BOHEMIA, NY – The latest review of Social Security and Medicare funding shows they are going broke, but Treasury Secretary Lew and Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius say there is little cause for concern.
JUNE 12, 2013
Klayman expands Obama-NSA-Verizon suit into class action
Senator Rand Paul expresses support for Klayman’s class action lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On June 10, Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and now Freedom Watch and a former Justice Department prosecutor, announced that he has expanded his lawsuit against President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, the heads of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Verizon, the entities themselves, and the federal judge, Roger Vinson, who signed the warrant allowing for the alleged illegal violation of the constitutional rights of well over a hundred million subscribers and users, to be a class action lawsuit.
JUNE 12, 2013
Scottsdale selects new transportation director
The city of Scottsdale has selected Paul Basha, a traffic engineering and transportation professional with nearly 40 years of experience, to lead its transportation department.
BY PETER WEHNER | JUNE 12, 2013
The exploding IRS scandal
The Congressional hearings turned out to be a disaster for the IRS and, more broadly, for the Obama administration.
WAYNE, Pa. – On June 14, 1777, within a year of achieving independence, the Founding Fathers gave the United States its first symbol with the message, “The Flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white, that the Union be 13 stars, white on a blue field representing a new constellation.”