Email Author Terry Greene

1995 Stories by Terry Greene

• Quit Polluting Our Aquifers. Please. Pretty Please.

  published December 28, 1995

  Ed Pond was more than a little insulted. No company should have the kind of constant, easy access to high-ranking environmental... More >>

• Money for Nothing

  published December 28, 1995

  Fife Symington has long trumpeted himself as a conservative Western governor who also believes in preserving the environment. He has repeatedly... More >>

• Class Reaction

  published December 7, 1995

  In three weeks, the law firm that provides most of the free legal aid to Arizona's poor people will quit filing class-action lawsuits and slash... More >>

• MINES AND MEN

  published December 5, 1995

  There is nothing terribly offbeat about Becky Ruffner Tyler. She drives a Volvo. She's fashionably slim, and her thick blond hair is... More >>

• Owe You DON'T!

  published November 9, 1995

  There is no receptionist to greet a visitor venturing into the Law Offices of Bybee and Shaw. In fact, the law office lacks virtually all... More >>

• Ripe for Exploitation

  published October 12, 1995

  Illegal immigrants have been flocking to the orchards of Chandler Heights for more than a decade. The immigration authorities continue to ignore... More >>

• SENSITIVITY STRAINING

  published September 14, 1995

  Sometimes, Debbie McQueen wonders if people could possibly understand what she's gone through. The isolation. The struggles. The heartache of... More >>

• INSIDER CONNECTIONSA MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR PUBLIC PENSION FUND CAN BE A READY SOURCE OF FINANCING--IF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE

  published July 27, 1995

  Golf courses. Clubhouses. Swimming pools. "Active adults" enjoying the good life in their golden years. This is the vision the developers... More >>

• OH, GEORGE! ISN'T THAT A CHARMING MACHINE GUN?A TOURISM AGENCY PLANS TOURS TO STRIFE-TORN YAQUI SONORA

  published July 13, 1995

  Ignacio Alvaraz does not know much about the "cross-cultural two-nation vacations" being touted by the newly formed Center for Arizona-Sonora... More >>

• AFFIRMATIVE REACTIONCROATIAN DELEGATION, WITNESS TO GENOCIDE, HEARS OF POCAHONTAS AND OTHER DOMESTIC HUMAN-RIGHTS ABUSES

  published June 29, 1995

  Vernon Foster, of the American Indian Movement of Arizona, stood before a drum and looked straight at five weary Croatian human-rights... More >>

• WOMEN OF A FEATHER

  published June 22, 1995

  A dove settles on Loreen Bustardi's head. Happens all the time, says Bustardi, not to worry. The bird figures Bustardi is its mate. Sometimes, it... More >>

• SLOTS OF ALLEGATIONSTHE SALT RIVER TRIBE IS AWASH IN INTRIGUE OVER ITS GAMING FUTURE

  published June 15, 1995

  Gambling on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, which borders Scottsdale, could generate $450 million annually, projections show. At... More >>

• THE VET OFFENSIVE

  published May 25, 1995

  At first glance, Lionel Dela Rosa's lawsuit against Scottsdale Memorial Health Systems seems like just another ho-hum discrimination case filed by... More >>

• A STUDY IN INDIFFERENCEAFTER EIGHT YEARS, THE STATE STILL HASN'T FINISHED A PROMISED INVESTIGATION INTO THE MARYVALE "CANCER CLUSTER"

  published May 18, 1995

  Eight years ago, nearly 1,000 west-side residents crowded into the Maryvale High School auditorium to accuse doctors from the Arizona Department... More >>

• JUDICIAL INDESCRETIONSCONSERVATIVES PROPOSING NEW LAWS TO STEM FLOOD OF LAWSUITS BY INMATES

  published May 4, 1995

  Before she became a jailhouse lawyer, Christina Jay Acker preyed on old ladies. In 1990, Acker was sentenced to 36 years in prison for... More >>

• TRUST FUND TROUBLES

  published April 6, 1995

  Twenty-three years ago, Arizona lawmakers set up a trust fund for the state's prisoners. The lawmakers' idea was simple enough--profits generated... More >>

• AFTER THE TORTURE

  published March 23, 1995

  Santos Jaco, a small man barely five feet, four inches tall, stands on his toes and peeks over the shoulder of a bearded norteamericano wearing a... More >>

• THE MAN IN THE MAZEPIMA LEADER IVAN MAKIL SEEMS MOST ADEPT AT MAKING DEALS AND MAKING ENEMIES

  published February 23, 1995

  Ivan Makil sets down his chopsticks, gives the Szechuan chicken a rest. A slim guy, he watches what he eats. He's reminiscing about his... More >>