BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 31, 2013
Utilities manager resigns
Marlow said she has been ‘presented with an exciting opportunity for career advancement, and will be accepting this new position’
CAVE CREEK – The day before Christmas, Utilities Manager Jessica Marlow (r) tendered her resignation effective Jan. 15.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 31, 2013
Rural/Metro agrees to settle false claims allegations for $2.8 million
‘The company expects to formally emerge from Chapter 11 within the next couple of weeks’
SCOTTSDALE – Last week, Rural/Metro, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Scottsdale, which through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides private ambulance and fire protection services in Arizona and nearly 700 communities in 20 states, agreed to pay the federal government $2,802,112 to resolve civil whistleblower allegations that various Rural/Metro ambulance companies violated the federal False Claims Act.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 31, 2013
Sorchychs victorious over Freemans as court of appeals affirms ruling
The superior court found the Sorchychs had established the Freemans ‘do not have the exclusive right to use the property in question’
PHOENIX – On Dec. 17, the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Mark F. Aceto’s entry of summary judgment against Gerald and Janice Freeman (r) finding they do not have an exclusive easement over property owned by Don and Shari Jo Sorchych.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 31, 2013
GRAA and Riders USA host second national ‘Stand Your Ground’ rally
‘There’s no victory until we get guns in schools and elsewhere to protect ourselves’
PHOENIX – Gun Rights Across America (GRAA) and Riders USA (United for a Sovereign America) are hosting the second Guns Across America nationwide rally to say, “Stand Your Ground!” at noon on Sunday, Jan. 19 at the Arizona State Capitol, 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 31, 2013
Illegal aliens may now practice law in California
Both bills, as well as a host of other bills protecting illegal aliens residing in California, will go into effect Jan. 1, 2014
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Back in October, California Gov. Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1024, amending Section 6064 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to attorneys.
