VOL. 20  ISSUE NO. 25   |    JUNE 18 – 24, 2014

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  JUNE 18, 2014

Specific Area Plan paves way for commercial on Carefree Hwy.

ron iversonIverson said compromises have been made by residents in the area but didn’t see any compromises being made by the church

CAVE CREEK – Ron Iverson (l) spoke during Monday night’s Call to the Public segment of the council meeting to ask council to take steps to correct its minutes, which he said were not representative of the meetings. Iverson said he hopes the town manager will do something to get better records.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  JUNE 18, 2014

Kerry Smith sues to enjoin recall against Durkin and Spitzer

Meanwhile, Cave Creek Caring Citizens Committee has restarted its efforts to recall Trenk and Monachino

CAVE CREEK – On June 4, ASU professor (Vincent) Kerry Smith, chair of the Citizens Concerned for Cave Creek Committee, which failed to obtain sufficient signatures to recall councilmen Ernie Bunch and Thomas McGuire, filed a petition for special action in Maricopa County Superior Court for a preliminary and permanent injunction to halt the recall against councilmen Mike Durkin and Charles Spitzer.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  JUNE 18, 2014

Shield Tactical and Riders USA rally to release Marine jailed in Mexico

Sullivan said some reports of the weekend’s rally said bikers were going to Mexico to break Tahmooressi out of jail, which was simply not true

SAN YSIDRO, Calif. – On Saturday, June 14, a group of about 40-50 bikers from Arizona, Texas, California and other states rode to the San Ysidro/Tijuana, Mex. border crossing to rally for the release of Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who has been jailed in Mexico since March 31 when he missed an exit as he was going to meet some friends for dinner in San Yisidro and accidentally wound up at the Tijuana border crossing with no way to turn around and with three firearms in his trunk.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  JUNE 18, 2014

Arizona’s redesigned driver licenses and ID cards

Persons with only a temporary document who need to travel should bring
additional forms of ID to assist in verifying their identity

PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has started a new centralized credential issuance process for driver licenses and identification cards.


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