"EdWatch - Education for a Free Nation" - Tuesday March 6th
Ernest HancockMesa Community College - Navajo Room March 6th – 7:00 P.M. – no charge "The Federal Government's International Education Plan."
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Colleges say yes to travel, nepotism, ethics reforms
• Arizona RepublicThe Maricopa Community Colleges board ratified a string of over 40 reforms aimed at curbing excessive spending, nepotism, inflated enrollment and theft in the 10-college system, forming a whistleblower system and ethics training.
City requires landowners use its water and not private companies
• East Valley TribuneA town ordinance based on state urban conservation policy requires that all urbanized property of five acres or more receive the town’s treated nonpotable water, and plant low-water-use landscaping approved by the state.
Fast-track plan eyed for light rail
• East Valley TribuneLight-rail officials said they’re exploring a $1.7 billion plan to speed construction. The extensions are now slated to be finished by 2025, which could be moved up to 2020 if Arizona loans METRO money to speed things up.
Sobriety checkpoint statistics speaks for itself
Terry BressiI first reported on the Pima County Sheriff's Department sobriety checkpoint program on labor day weekend of last year. Since that time, far more comprehensive n
Mesa officer helped hooker run Web site
• Arizona RepublicA Mesa police officer who maintained a Web site for a known prostitute was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer, police officials said. Officer Jeffrey Beaulieu was suspended Jan. 9 after he was accused of having inappropriate activity with
Speed cameras busy: 263 nabbed in 12 hours
• Arizona RepublicThe program is the prototype being considered by the state for other Arizona freeways. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is now studying other areas that could benefit from freeway photo enforcement.
Chandler cops illegally stop motorists for not wearing seatbelts
• azcentral.comChandler police illegally snagged 115 motorists not wearing seat belts last week during a safety enforcement detail geared to remind people to "click it or ticket." The three-day enforcement nabbed not only seat-belt violators, but also chi
Ex-Pinal manager admits fraud, will repay $639,035
• azcentral.comA public corruption inquiry that began with an investigation into former Pinal County Manager Stanley Griffis' misuse of $21,000 ballooned into a criminal indictment that left him pleading guilty to six felonies, agreeing to pay over half-a-milli
Virtual strip searches begin this weekend at Sky Harbor
• azcentral.comA controversial anti-terrorism tool that takes remarkably clear X-ray photos of the human body will finally be up and running at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport this weekend. The technology, called backscatter, has been likened to a "vi
Report details expenses of National Guard soldiers on border
• KVOAThe Army National Guard spent at least $9 million dollars in 6 months last year on food and lodging for troops deployed to Arizona. Spent at posh digs in Tucson's Foothills like Loews Ventana Canyon Resort and the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa.
Bill to ban political opinions in classes
• Arizona RepublicClassrooms should not be forums for schoolteachers and college professors to espouse political opinions, a group of lawmakers concluded. A proposed law would prohibit any instructor in a public school or college from advocating or opposing a polit
Legislature trying to reign in the voters on ballot measures
• Arizona RepublicState lawmakers indicated that Arizona's citizen-initiative process should be changed. A House committee preliminarily approved a handful of measures that would let the Legislature modify a citizen-approved law four years after enacted and ostens
Senate panel endorses toll lanes in Arizona
• Arizona RepublicA Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed bills to let motorists pay tolls to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes on Phoenix-area freeways but rejected one aimed at opening the door for new all-toll highways. The Transportation Committee dealt with a va
Prisoners still tried for having sex with guards in Arizona
• East Valley TribuneArizona is one of only two states in the country where prisoners can be charged with a crime for having "consensual" sex with guards. But a proposal that would protect prisoners from criminal prosecution in such cases has rankled some la
Tenant bucks light-rail path eviction
• Arizona RepublicTom Hays is light rail's last man standing. The 43-year-old truck driver is the only person who has not vacated his premises after the rail project has displaced 250 commercial or industrial occupants and 17 residential tenants.
Loan officers ask state for monopoly
• Arizona RepublicIt's estimated that there are as many as 18,000 unlicensed people taking mortgage applications, negotiating rates and getting loan commissions statewide. If House Bill 2320 is passed, it will require the licensing of mortgage loan officers and o
Mesa police to charge $150 fee for towing
• East Valle TribuneThe law states that police officers must impound vehicles from drivers without a driver’s license or with a revoked or suspended driver’s license. It also affects drivers involved in collisions that damage life or limb if the drivers lack a va
Activist gets the state to scold government panel
• Arizona RepublicTransit activist Dianne Barker is a well-known presence at public meetings, a self-appointed watchdog with an exhaustive knowledge of laws, procedures and bus routes. Only 3 members of the 7-member committee were present at the public meeting. The th
Forum shows varied views on light rail
• Arizona Republic"Light rail up Scottsdale Road? Over my dead body!" bellowed one man during a public forum on transit.
New minimum wage hurting teenagers
• Arizona RepublicOh, for the days when Arizona's high school students could roll pizza dough, sweep up sticky floors in theaters or scoop ice cream without worrying about ballot initiatives affecting their earning power. That's certainly not the case under
Governor bans propane/LPG powered vehicles from HOV lanes on freeways
• Arizona RepublicBad news for the roughly 10,000 "bifuel" vehicles in the state that run on gasoline and an alternative fuel such as propane. Those vehicles, which have been allowed to use carpool lanes, will be banned from them in 90 days.
Bill to limit teen driving advances
• Arizona RepublicInstead of giving teens carte blanche when they get their driver's license, they would face an overnight curfew on driving. And they would be limited to one passenger under the age of 18, unless those passengers are brothers or sisters.
Arizona Senate Committee Denies Public Input on Photo Radar
• thenewspaper.comBy a narrow 3-2 vote, the Arizona Senate Transportation Committee voted yesterday to deny residents a say in whether or not freeways statewide will be monitored by photo enforcement.
Ten protesters arrested in McCain's office
• CNNU.S. Capitol Police arrested 10 anti-war protestors in Sen. John McCain's Capitol Hill office. The protestors, members of the anti-war organization "Code Pink," said the demonstration was one of more than two dozen similar protests held
Who is Tom Rawles?
• East Valley TribuneAlma Jones, an organizer in the Marlborough neighborhood of Mesa, said she has invited Rawles to Christmas toy drives and Easter events without a response. “If he was a politician he would be at some of our events — everyone here he knows he’s not fo
Veterans object to councilman’s protest
• East Valley TribuneTom Kozak stood on the sidewalk outside of the Mesa Council chambers Monday dressed in an American flag T-shirt, sporting a three-day stubble on his face, loudly proclaiming that Councilman Tom Rawles could protest anything he pleased.
Requiem for a Nation, or a Call to Rebirth? NeoCons Ousted from the Republican Party of Arizona
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterThis came across my desk this morning. If you are following the action with the NeoCons or even what is going on in presidential positioning for 2008 you need to read this. I don't know the guy – but he nailed it. Melinda Pillsbury-Foster
Bill aims to stop congregation of day laborers
• Arizona RepublicLawmakers today took their first stab at stopping day laborers from clogging public sidewalks and private properties, approving a bill that many said they are skeptical would do much about the problem.
Lawmaker: Toll roads a way to pay for highways
• Arizona RepublicToll roads could be in Arizona's future under a newly proposed solution to the state's lack of money for highway construction. Sen. Jay Tibshraeny, R-Chandler, wants to give cities and counties the power to collaborate with private companies
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