A long-planned freeway for the fast-growing west Valley is ambling along in the slow lane as state officials, local communities and an influential developer try to figure out just where the road should run
David Spade doesn't forget his roots.
The former Valley resident cut a $100,000 check today to fund the purchase of new rifles for the Phoenix Police Department.
In a news release, (reprinted below), police say Spade "had been made aware" of a program -- covered in a previous Valley Fever blog post -- to equip officers with high-powered rifles.
Spade, the star of the CBS sitcom, Rules of Engagement, lives in a Malibu mansion but keeps his eye on the happenings in
When he's not voting for public art or voting against a recommendation to make horse-tripping illegal, Claude Mattox likes to jam out with his classic rock band, the Screamin' Javelinas.
The Phoenix City Councilman has been playing at city and charity events for the last few years, and his band is scheduled to perform at the city's light rail opening party this coming Saturday afternoon from 12:30 to 2:30 at the Montebello and 19th Avenue station, near Christown Spectrum Mall.
City officials are weighing a plan to consolidate elections in the city of Phoenix -- one that could give Mayor Phil Gordon and certain council members an extra two years in office without being forced to run for reelection, New Times has learned.
On January 9, a group called "Phoenix Election Consolidation Committee" quietly filed papers with the city clerk, establishing a political committee to support a new ballot issue.
Currently, council terms are staggered, with some members
Saying it was a "distraction," Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has asked supporters to back off a plan that would have kept him in the mayor's office until 2014.
The plan, first revealed by New Times in this blog, would have consolidated municipal elections in Phoenix. Currently, half the City Council and the mayor are up for reelection in 2011; the other half will run this fall. The new plan, which would have required an amendment to the city charter, would put everybody on the same
It's kind of creepy:
There's a sudden knock at the door. You check to see who it is -- and it turns out to be someone trying to save your soul.
Or maybe they just want to sell you something. Either way, you wonder if they would have tried the door and maybe burglarized the place, had you not answered.
Sal DiCiccio, the recently installed city councilman, wants to come up with a solution. He's instructed his staff to come up with ideas for an ordinance dealing with door-to-door soliciting.
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Local radio station KTAR (92.3 FM) is giving New Times some competition in the joke article department, telling its audience today that Phoenix is getting 350 federally funded speed cameras.The online article ran with this hilarious map -- which alone should have been a dead giveaway for readers. The audio version made it tougher for some listeners to guess what was going on, since it contained actual sound-bites from Phoenix City Councilman Claude Mattox and U.S. Congressman John Shadegg.KTAR c
Image: Wikimedia CommonsPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Councilman Claude Mattox and officials with the Sister City program will kick off a fundraising effort this morning to benefit families of children burned in a Mexico day-care facility fire.
At least 44 children were killed in the blaze. About 142 kids aged 6 months to 6 years were in the day-care center when the fire started. Investigators believe the cause was a faulty air conditioner located in a next-door warehouse.
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