Town Officials Reluctantly Comply With Disclosure Law
Arizona towns including Payson show reluctant compliance with a new honesty in government act by filing required financial forms. Legal battles loom as Patagonia and Wickenburg sue to declare the law unconstitutional while Mesa residents seek forced municipal compliance.
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Payson
Arizona
Arizona League of Cities and Towns
ALCT
State Attorney General's Office
Maricopa County
Cathy F. Connolly
Patagonia
Wickenburg
Kenneth C. Chatwin
Williams
Mesa
Robert W. Pickrell
League of Cities and Towns
Attorney General's Office
League
Michael M. Sophy
Bruce E. Babbitt
Miss Connolly
Avalon Hill club formed at Payson High School
A new club named the Avalon Hill club has formed at Payson High School per the Longhorn Trails. It focuses on skill based strategy games and war games, shunning luck driven titles. Chess is cited as a war game using logic. The club will hold short and long contests with prizes for winners.
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Avalon Hill Club
Payson High School
Avalon Hill
Payson Junior Women Fund Flagpole for Chamber in Payson
Payson Junior Woman's Club erected a 35 foot flagpole for the Chamber of Commerce to fly patriotic flags. The project involved donations from Vertilee Floyd's Bicentennial Committee, Senator Paul Fannin, and local residents who provided the pole, transport, top hardware, and digging. Planting grass flowers and shrubs are planned next spring.
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Chamber of Commerce
Payson
Chamber
Vertilee Floyd
Capitol
Washington, D.C
Paul Fannin
Arizona
Byron Simmons
Bill Morris
Ed Glascock
Dave Bacon
Mike Stevens
Harold Grabow
John Hines
Fred Smith
Payson Junior Woman’s Club
County officials take on state-wide duties to boost unity
Four top Gila County officials assume new roles to work with other counties and protect common interests. Lynn Sheppard joins the Legislative Committee of the Arizona Association of Counties, Judy Rasmussen becomes Second Vice-president of the County Administrators and Clerks Association, Miriam Vuksanovich is elected Secretary-treasurer of the Arizona Association of Assessing Officers, and Nolan Blake is named President of the County School Superintendent's Association. A roundtable source cites shared problems driving collaboration.
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Gila County
Lynn Sheppard
The
Arizona Association of Counties
Board of Supervisors
Judy Rasmussen
County Administrators and Clerks Association
Miriam Vuksanovich
Arizona Association of Assessing Officers
Nolan Blake
County School Superintendent’s Association
Snowstorms leave Rim Country with light injuries and travel
Two back to back winter storms dump heavy snow across Rim Country. Five weekend accidents reported by DPS none serious as roads iced and cinders applied. Pine and Strawberry towns see about 18 inches with schools closed. Temperatures range from 30 to 44 degrees as precipitation totals near three quarters of an inch.
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Department of Public Safety
Payson
Here
Town
DPS
Department of Transportation
Strawberry
Counter suit seeks fifty thousand from town attorney
School Board member Ira Murphy filed a counter-claim on February 13 in Superior Court seeking $50,000 in damages from Town Attorney Alan Slaughter, alleging defamation of character. The suits stem from a November 25, 1974 council meeting over alleged incompetence and mishandling of an assault case at Payson Rodeo.
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Ira Murphy
Alan Slaughter
Murphy
Slaughter
Ezra Peace
Slaughter and Peace
Payson
Jerry McMahan
Gila County
McMahan
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Brady
Mogollon Rim
Pine
R. Robertson
BS yGaan Es
Tom Burke
University of Arizona
Rim Country
Council
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