FLAGSTAFF—A group of Northern Arizona University students will perform Echoes of Flagstaff this Friday, July 27th at 6 p.m. at Heritage Square in Flagstaff.
The play is an off-shoot of a play from May by the NAU College of Arts and Letters. Actors will recreate interviews and stories of some of Flagstaff’s former residents.
The performance is free.
FLAGSTAFF—Flagstaff Attorney Gary Robbins announces his write-in candidacy for Division 5 of the Coconino County Superior Court as a Republican. Republican write in candidates need at least 361 voters to write in their names on the ballot to be listed on the November election ballot.
Mr. Robbins joined the race because he is outraged that Cathleen Nichols would use a technicality to have incumbent Judge Joe Lodge removed from the primary ballot, leaving herself as the only person on the General Election ballot. Mr. Robbins states that the voters of Coconino County deserve a choice, and right now, the voters don’t have a choice.
“Although the Governor, Coconino County voters and Coconino County Superior Court judges have rejected Cathleen Nichols’ quest for Coconino County Superior Court judge on four prior occasions in 2010, Ms. Nichols is again attempting to become a Superior Court Judge. However, this time, to ensure her success, she has successfully knocked the incumbent opponent off of the primary ballot on a technicality,” his press release stated.
A July 13 article in the Arizona Daily Sun, indicates that Joe Lodge, a Democrat, may be running as a write in candidate on the Libertarian ticket.
Lodge would need only 15 write in votes, but unlike the Republican primary only Libertarians can vote in the Libertarian primary. An independent or non-partisan voter may go into the polls August 28th and ask for the ballot of any of the other major parties and vote in that primary. Thus, independents can write in Gary Robbins on the Republican ballot.
“A candidate for judicial office should not take the position to take away the voter’s choice,” Lodge said of Nichols. Cathleen Nichols is currently serving as Justice of the Peace in Flagstaff.
Mr. Robbins, a resident of Coconino County for almost 20 years, has been practicing law for 35 years. Instead of hearing traffic tickets in the Flagstaff Justice of the Peace Court for the last seven years, Mr. Robbins has practiced law in the Arizona Superior Court as a trial attorney for the last 31 years, appearing in thousands of hearings, after serving for nearly two years as a Staff Attorney for the Arizona Court of Appeals where he wrote draft opinions for the Court to issue.
The only other Republican candidate in the county is Glen Davis who is running for the office of Sheriff of Coconino County as a write in candidate.
WILLIAMS—The Third annual Williams Gun Show will be at the Rodeo Barn on Saturday from 9-5 and Sunday from 9-3. Admission is $7.
(Reuters) – The California Senate passed a bill on Thursday that seeks to shield illegal immigrants from status checks by local police and challenges Republican-backed immigration crackdowns in Arizona and other U.S. states.
On July 5, the California Senate passed their TRUST act which prevents their law enforcement officers from stopping or catching terrorists entering the country illegally. The law has been called the “Anti-Arizona” law passed in response to the recent supreme court decision on SB-1070.
From the bill’s front page:
This bill would prohibit a law enforcement official, as defined, from detaining an individual on the basis of a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold after that individual becomes eligible for release from criminal custody, unless the local agency adopts a plan that meets certain requirements prior to or after compliance with the immigration hold, and, at the time that the individual becomes eligible for release from criminal custody, certain conditions are met.
“Today’s vote signals to the nation that California cannot afford to be another Arizona,” Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat who sponsored the measure, said in a statement.
California, of course, could not become another Arizona until they start teaching the Constitution of the United States of America in public schools. This bill is an obvious reason that Arizona should not be teaching the Constitution as they do in California.
The bill supported by 100 illegal immigration groups supported the bill which passed the Democrat State-Assembly 47-26. Final approval is expected in August and it will be sent to the desk of Governor Brown for his signature.
Recently it was revealed that a local traffic stop in Boston, Massachusetts revealed an illegal alien running a flight school which was responsible for issuing at least six pilots licenses to illegals. This is a very similar situation to the manner in which SB-1070 would be enforced.
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1. Reuters
2. San Jose Mercury News
3. LA Weekly Blog
While TSA fondles American citizens and keeps a “no-fly” list to keep us “safe,” they have no mechanism to prevent illegals from attending flight school and obtaining a pilot license. TSA is apparently responsible for ensuring flight school security. Those on the “no-fly” list, numbering about 500 according to the Associated Press, are allowed to learn to fly.
“I was stunned. That just caught me completely off guard, and I’m pretty angry about it,” Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said after a hearing Wednesday to examine the Homeland Security Department’s programs to screen foreigners who want to attend flight schools. “Everybody should be concerned.”
According to Homeland Security Today, ICE detectives “…investigated a flight school in Boston, Mass., and discovered 25 illegal aliens taking pilot training there.”
The article does not report that the flight school in Boston was run by an illegal alien. Six illegal aliens were able to obtain pilots licenses. The activity went unreported until the illegal alien owner of the flight school was stopped by local police for a routine traffic violation. Such an event might be caught in Arizona if all of SB-1070 were ruled constitutional.
WILLIAMS—Election time seems to bring out the prankster or just plain viciousness of people. That can probably be traced in part to the campaign ads that declare a candidates qualification for office is that they are not as bad as the other guy and not what they intend to do for the country or their knowledge of the Constitution.
During the campaign for Justice of the Peace in Williams some years ago, someone drew lewd objects on the signs of one of the candidates. In Williams recently two signs of Will Cardon were discovered in a trash can.
Arizona Revised Statute makes it illegal to remove or tamper with political signs for candidates and propositions except in certain instances. If a sign is placed on your private property without your permission, for example, you can remove the signs.
The period of effect for this law is from 45 days before a primary to 7 days after the general election.
The Law does not specify, but as a courtesy you could call the number on the sign and ask to have them picked up. In addition, a candidate, or organization supporting or opposing a proposition, should make every effort to ensure their signs are retrieved and properly disposed of after the general election. Signs can sometimes be found months after a general election cluttering up our land and forests.
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PHOENIX—Sheriff Joe Arpio of Maricopa County is scheduled to hold a press conference tomorrow, July 17th at 2:30 p.m. concerning the Obama birth certificate. The press conference will be streamed live on the Internet at WND.TV. The press conference promises major revelations since the last press conference.
WILLIAMS—In the early morning hours you may have to detour your travels around the new Italian Bistro. Apparently, Shamrock has dispensation to park where ever they want blocking traffic.
WILLIAMS—The Coconino County Health department is holding an assessment of health services and asks the help of the public. The last session is to be held in Williams on Tuesday, July 17th from 10:30 to 11:30.
People are welcome to go to the event and participate.
As an enticement they offer refreshments and snacks at the event. However it is the Health department so don’t expect donuts and pastries.
WILLIAMS—The Northern Arizona Authors group will meet in Williams at the City Council Chambers across from the Post Office on 1st Street. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. All are invited to attend.