Towing firms win delay on revised city towing ordinance
Towing firm operators urged Scottsdale to postpone adoption of a revised towing ordinance at a city council meeting. They argued rates of 22.50 for small vehicles and 40 for larger ones should rise or be eliminated as hourly fees. Police and council members debated regulation vs. commission oversight and bids to contract a single tow firm.
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Daniel Hay
Scottsdale Rd
Hay
Walter C. Nemetz
Nemetz
Richard V. Campana
Arizona Corporation Commission
Gutierrez Pushes Three Bill Package For Fiscal Reform
Senate Leader Alfredo Gutierrez and co sponsors recommend passage of a three bill package to raise fiscal accountability in Arizona. The measures would require a fiscal impact note on funding bills and create a Hoover Commission style panel to assess agency efficiency with a 50 000 to 90 000 budget cap. A third bill would require annual reports listing revenue losses from tax exemptions deductions and exclusions.
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Phoenix
Senate
Alfredo Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Hoover Commission
Arizona towns report mixed results in 1975 76 budgets
In Paradise Valley the eight month report shows income about 8 percent ahead of projection and expenses 25 percent under. Town Manager Oscar Butt notes McDonald Drive funds and bike path work as major items with federal aid smaller than expected. Other funds include general projects and highway uses.
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Paradise
Valley
Oscar Butt
Mary Ann Brines
McDonald Drive
McDonald
Former Houston bank executives freed on bond after indictment
James Robert Lyne Jr. and John B. Hooper, two former Houston bank officials, were released on $5,000 personal recognizance bonds after surrendering to U.S. Magistrate H. Lingo Platter. They face charges of misapplying funds from Franklin Bank of Houston, Northeast Bank of Houston, and Orange Bank in 1970 to 1971, plus conspiracy to misapply funds. The indictment alleges about $223,529 was improperly loaned and converted for personal use.
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Houston
Houston Bank
Paradise Valley
James Robert Lyne Jr
E. Mountain View Rd
John B. Hooper
U.S
H. Lingo Platter
Lyne
Hooper
Franklin Bank of Houston
Northeast Bank of Houston
Orange Bank
Orange
Franklin Bank
Northeast Bank
Residents oppose Mountain Bell addition in Paradise Valley
At the planning and zoning commission meeting in Paradise Valley residents opposed Mountain Bell’s plan for a 4,000 square foot addition at 6916 E. Doubletree Rd citing an eyesore and poor landscaping. The case was delayed to April 5 as the commission urged ground level equipment and denser rear landscaping. a roof unit was debated for cost. The cluster housing plan for Mummy Mountain West end was dropped from presentation.
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Paradise Valley
Mountain Bell Telephone Company
E. Doubletree Rd
Planning and Zoning Commission
Mummy Mountain
Commission
Mountain Bell
John Kennan
Man sues city and faces trial in weapon case
Daniel E. Hay 32 owner of Roll on General Tires appeared in superior court to answer a charge of exhibiting a deadly weapon not in self defense. The trial before Judge Philip W. Marquardt began this afternoon for an Aug. 9 Scottsdale intersection incident in which Hay and Joseph R. O'Donnell allegedly kicked an occupied car and threatened its occupants with guns. Hay had filed a suit against City Manager Franklin Aleshire assistant John Holmes and state Rep Americo Carvalho claiming they attempted to drive him from his business.
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Scottsdale
Daniel E. Hay
Scottsdale Rd
Hay
Joseph R. O’donnell
Second St
Franklin D. Aleshire
John Holmes
Americo
CAP bids open for Granite Reef Aqueduct Reach 10
Bids for Reach 10 of the Central Arizona Project’s Granite Reef Aqueduct opened at 10 a.m. in the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Auditorium. The 14.3 mile unreinforced concrete aqueduct is valued at 10 to 20 million dollars and will run from New River to Cave Creek Road north of I-17. CAP aims to deliver Colorado River water to Phoenix by 1985 with construction led by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Arizona Projects Office.
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Arizona
Granite Reef
Maricopa County
Phoenix
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Arizona Projects
Goldwater questions freebies and contractor trips
Sen. Barry Goldwater faulted defense officials for accepting hunting trips from government contractors and urged scrutiny of who pays. He cited dinners congressmen attend and questioned motives behind invitations in a Senate speech.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Ari
Goldwater
Defense Department
Special funds to aid cash flow says Castro
Gov. Raul Castro announced the temporary use of money from agency and special revenue funds to avert a cash flow crisis in the general fund. He claimed Arizona is operating on a balanced budget and urged no IOUs. He urged long term review of spending and tax collection to align with receipts, noting large prepayments to schools strain liquidity.
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Raul Castro
Arizona
Castro
Scottsdale plans reviewed for 160 unit McCormick Ranch complex
Scottsdale Development Review Board will assess EJM Development Corp plans for a 160 unit apartment complex on a 1 acre site at Hayden Road and Via de Ventura. The plan includes 92 one bedroom and 68 two bedroom units in two 5 building north and south complexes with recreation buildings and pools. A 5,300 square foot professional office building at Thomas Road and Civic Center Plaza is also under review along with a 6.2 acre mini warehouse project at Thunderbird Industrial Air Park.
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McCormick Ranch
Scottsdale
EJM Development Corp
Hayden Road
Via de Ventura
Thomas Road
Civic Center Plaza
73Rd Street
Butherus Drive
Thunderbird Industrial Air Park
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STEP
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Gene Kidwell
CMA
Council
William C. Jenkins
Legislative Evaluation Committee
Hoover Commissions
Hoover
Associated Press
Talley
J. Fred Talley
Ned Warren
Maricopa
Robert Corbin
Warner Lee
Warren
Sues Markets
Associated Liquors Inc
Associated
Superior Court
A.J. Bayless Markets, Inc
Safeway Stores
Bashas’ Markets
Phoenix No. 3, Inc
Smitty’s Super-Value, Inc
Fry’s Food Stores of Arizona, Inc
Florence
Arizona State Prison
Harold Cardwell
Cardwell
Glendale
Sterling Ridge
Robert M. Hemby
Herman C. Asdell
Bruce E. Heatwale
Robert E. Bachman
Myra Page
Ridge
Butz
U.S. Agriculture
Earl Butz
Indiana
Albert Johnson
Helen Marston Memorial
Indian Bend Wash
Mountain Bell Addition
Leaners & Launderers Tive
Belleview
Granite Reet
Hank & Patty
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E. Shoeman Lane
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le Club
Zona Republican
Professional Cleaners
K-Mart
E. McDowell Rd
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