VOL. 20  ISSUE NO. 48   |   NOVEMBER 26 – DECEMBER 2, 2014

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Arpaio sues to halt Obama’s ‘amnesty by fiat’

joe arpaio‘This prayer for relief does not request legal authority for Arpaio to enforce the immigration laws of the United States …’

WASHINGTON – On Nov. 20, Attorney Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch filed a complaint on behalf of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio against President Barack Obama, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Director Leon Rodriguez and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asserting their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from June 15, 2012 and the Nov. 20, 2014 Executive Order Amnesty (EOA) programs are “unconstitutional abuses of the president’s role in our nation’s constitutional architecture and exceed the powers of the president within the U.S. Constitution.”

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Planning commission rejects multifamily for Hidden Canyon project

CAVE CREEK – Planning Director Ian Cordwell told the planning commission there were no cases scheduled for December.

Cordwell introduced the first agenda item, a general plan amendment to change the land use for the Hidden Canyon project from a designation of Desert Rural (DR) to a combination of medium density residential, high density residential and open space.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Thorstenson skates on charges

According to MCAO, the charges were dismissed due to a lack of reasonable likelihood of conviction

CAVE CREEK – Collin Leroy “T.C.” Thorstenson, owner of Hogs ‘N Horses Saloon, was arrested back in early March 2014 and charged with assault and indecent exposure.

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

'Ideological weathermen' threaten our economic future

They've succeeded in blocking the Keystone pipeline so far and have hampered affordable fossil fuel production

WASHINGTON, DC – While scientists caution that the Sun is cooling and a "mini ice age" is in the making, the ideological weathermen inside the beltway cling to the notion of global warming. 

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