The full name, en francais, is the Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie, and it sounds about as strenuous as a sporting event.
And Roy Pell, executive pastry chef at the Phoenician, will be on Team USA (along with team captain David Ramirez from Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida, and Remy Funfrock from The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs), competing against top pastry chef teams from 19 other countries.
You're the city's chief spokesman, home on administrative leave for allegations your bosses won't specify to the public. A reporter calls, and you tell him you don't want to say why you were put on leave. And then you say, out of the blue, "In my career, I have never touched anyone inappropriately."Yeah, we think that's really weird, too. But that's what former interim director of the city's public information office, David J. Ramirez (pictured), reportedly told Arizona Republic rep
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David J. Ramirez has now been reassigned to work as PIO at Sky Harbor.David J. Ramirez, who was until August 31 the acting public information director for the city of Phoenix, has officially been demoted and given a $19,000 pay cut after complaints from two subordinates.
The complaints focused on religious and sexual harassment. Employees allegedly complained that Ramirez talked about masturbation, made jokes about the Mormon faith, and called a
Footage from Channel 12's report -- a letter that raises more questions than it answers.City Attorney Gary Verburg was asked by Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio whether his "past business relationship" with the Gila River Indian community affected his participation on the Loop 202 issue.But did DiCiccio bother to tell Verburg that the relationship was also, well, present? Damned if we know. We can't get Verburg to explain the details. In this week's print edition, New Time
