bY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 22, 2013
Abujbarah sues over termination and open meeting law violation
CAVE CREEK – On Wednesday, former Town Manager Usama Abujbarah filed a complaint and special action seeking mandamus relief in Maricopa County Superior Court against the town of Cave Creek, the mayor and town council for violations of Arizona’s open meeting law at the June 10, 2013 special meeting during which he alleges he was improperly terminated.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 21, 2013
Bicyclists show up by the score to support bike lane
Wright selected to fill vacancy on planning commission
CAVE CREEK – While town council was in an executive session with the town attorney to discuss Gerald Freeman’s lawsuit against the town prior to Monday night’s public meeting, scores of bicyclists poured into the parking lot.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 21, 2013
Judicial activism in juvenile court
‘A parent has a constitutional right to raise his or her child without government intervention’
PHOENIX – On Aug. 14, the Arizona Court of Appeals vacated a ruling by Superior Court Judge Pro Tem William Wingard that found a juvenile dependent after a juvenile court determined the Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES) failed to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the child was dependent.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 21, 2013
Federal judge slams EEOC, dismisses discrimination complaint
‘To require less, would be to condemn the use of common sense, and this is simply not what the discrimination laws of this country require’
BALTIMORE – On Aug. 9, U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus, for the District of Maryland, granted Freeman’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the discrimination complaint filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Freeman.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 21, 2013
Soetoro White House voter registration under investigation
‘[I]t is … the focus of an investigation into a specific alleged illegal act which could, if proved, result in civil or criminal sanctions’
WASHINGTON – A few weeks ago, we published an article: “Voter fraud at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?” exposing a voter registration under the name Barry Soetoro, the name President Barack Obama used while attending elementary school as a citizen of Indonesia, using the White House’s address.
AUGUST 21, 2013
House leaders call for President Obama and FEMA to reconsider emergency funding for Yarnell
STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Speaker of the House Andy Tobin (R-Dist. 1) and House Minority Leader Chad Campbell (D-Dist. 24) sent a letter to President Obama citing the reasons why it was necessary and important to grant Arizona’s request for Federal Disaster Relief for the recently devastated community of Yarnell.
Darrin Wayne Conrad was struck and killed on his bicycle on Cave Creek Road at New River Road last Friday. He leaves three children, a 19 year old girl, a ten year old boy, and an eight year old girl. He also had a six week old grandson. Darrin had no insurance and no savings. He has worked in the kitchen of various restaurants in and around Cave Creek for the past 18 years. His family and friends have set up an account at Parkway Bank: The Darrin Conrad Family Fund, for donations to help with his final expenses and his children. Please donate if you are able.