BY LINDA BENTLEY | OCTOBER 9, 2013
Carefree/Cave Creek Municipal Court consolidation a go
Council voted unanimously to grant Cave Creek Museum a special use permit, finally making the museum a legal conforming property
CAVE CREEK – During Monday night’s council meeting, Mayor Vincent Francia announced he and a number of members of council would be attending the Scottsdale City Council meeting at 5 p.m. the following evening and said citizens probably all knew why.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | OCTOBER 9, 2013
Concerns over debt, taxes and road closures
Swanson complained about the street closures and said with streets closed 16 nights in a month they could not make up that loss in revenue
CAREFREE – During last week’s town council meeting, Rep. Karen Fann, R-Dist. 1, led the town in the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced herself as Carefree’s representative as a result of last year’s redistricting.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | OCTOBER 9, 2013
CSHS drama teacher suspended
The play is chock full of graphic, sexually explicit language and material that centers on bestiality, pedophilia, incest and child rape
CCUSD93 – Cactus Shadows High School Drama teacher Andrew Cupo was suspended with pay on Monday while outraged parents are seeking answers from the Cave Creek Unified School District regarding the choice of material his sophomore students were required to perform.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | OCTOBER 9, 2013
Former Scottsdale CPA found guilty on all 30 felony counts
Wise has 102 felony counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and transactional money laundering currently pending in federal court
PHOENIX – On Monday, a jury found Danny Wise, a former Scottsdale CPA, guilty on all felony charges, which included 22 counts of theft and eight counts of fraudulent schemes and artifices, in Maricopa County Superior Court.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | OCTOBER 9, 2013
Death row inmate executed for 1978 murder
PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced the execution of 71-year-old Edward Harold Schad Jr. at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence.
The execution by lethal injection commenced at 10:03 a.m. on Oct. 9 and Schad was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.m.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | OCTOBER 9, 2013
AZ Department of Real Estate streamlines with use of more technology
CAVE CREEK – Monday night’s council meeting included a presentation by Arizona Real Estate Commissioner Judy Lowe. Lowe, appointed by Gov. Jan Brewer, has served in that post for about four years. She said the department’s mission is to protect the public interest through licensing.
OCTOBER 9, 2013
WWII Memorial in Phoenix nears completion
PHOENIX – Although the federal government closed down national parks and veterans memorials around the country, Arizona’s new WWII Memorial is nearing completion and will be open and formally dedicated on December 7, 2013.
