Suspected illegals shoot PCSO deputy – Manhunt currently underway (Updated)
An impressive amount of law enforcement is combing the Arizona desert southwest of Maricopa looking for five suspected illegal aliens who shot and wounded a Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Friday afternoon.
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Maricopa High places second in math comptetion
Maricopa High School placed second among all the schools that participated in the 34th annual Central Arizona Math competition held on April 15th. Over 62 MHS students participated in the event.
Sara Troyer and Jenna Davila won the Level 1 Team Competition which consisted of 75 teams.
After the qualifier, David Westermayer, Trista Eckert, Victoria Piceno, Cole Davis, Cara O’Neal, Karissa Browning, Karla Munoz, Carson Rose, Tony Shum, and Jaden Warren qualified for the individual competition.
Most of these students placed in the top 25 individually in the competition out over 600 students participating.
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Martin: Governor should have also pushed for increased border enforcement
Arizona State Treasurer Dean Martin thanks Governor Jan Brewer for heeding his call to sign HB1070 into law, despite the harmful delay.
Martin said, “Despite her initial delay, I’m pleased Governor Brewer will sign SB1070. This legislation gives law enforcement the tools they need to keep people and property in Arizona safe. Unfortunately Arizona became a national spectacle as Governor Brewer waited until this week to read a bill that was introduced and debated months ago. It was troubling that it took the urging of myself and many others before she felt compelled to act on an issue that has affected Arizona for decades.”
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Hess: Position Statement on SB1070
The Governor and others have fooled the people of Arizona into thinking this bill has something to do with fixing the problems created by illegal immigration—it does not. Even a cursory reading of the bill makes it abundantly clear that it serves only to infringe upon the rights of all Arizonans by effectively creating a national ID while giving officers of the State complete immunity for violations against individuals’ rights, and making the taxpayers foot the legal costs that will inevitably follow.
The legislation purports to give police officers (and others) the authority to stop suspected illegals and detain them indefinitely until proof of Citizenship is established. Even before the legislation goes into effect, the police have already begun what is bound to be an aggressive policy of profiling, stopping and harassing legal Citizens with impunity. Skin color has nothing to do with it.
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City statement regarding today’s student protest
Friday morning, students from Maricopa High School assembled to protest the passage of SB 1070 (the immigration bill). The protest, organized by students, began peacefully at the high school. Upon being asked to return to class by school administrators, students took the protest to the streets, where one student was detained for obstructing traffic when he stood in front of a car. The student was taken inside, issued a civil traffic citation and was released.
Students fearing that he had been arrested began to march to Maricopa City Hall to protest his alleged arrest. A group of more than 100 students stood across the street from the east side of the building, chanted and several students participated in civil conversations with two City of Maricopa police officers.
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Orbitel sponsoring scholarships for Maricopa High Seniors
Orbitel Communications is sponsoring $1000 in scholarships for Maricopa High School seniors at awards night on May 13th. The two Orbitel scholarships in the amount of $500 each will recognize the student’s achievements in leadership, community service, and academics.
“As a local corporation, it is important to take a portion of our customers’ dollars and invest in the community,” said Keith Kirkman, CEO and President of Orbitel Communications. “These scholarships will help fulfill the dreams of young adults and help advance our community.”
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MUSD Business Department awarded Certificate of Excellence
Earlier this month, the Maricopa Unified School District won the Association of School Business Officials International’s (ASBO) Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Program (COE) for excellence in the preparation and issuance of the fiscal year end 2009 school system.
The award recognizes the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year end 2009.
The Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Program was designed by ASBO International to enable school business officials to achieve a high standard of financial reporting. The award, the highest recognition for school district financial operations offered by ASBO, is only conferred to school systems that have met or exceeded the standards of the program.
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Healthy families through drug intervention
FLORENCE, AZ – Sometimes mottos like “just say no to drugs” are not effective in deterring kids from experimenting with drugs. An early brush with law enforcement can be enough to straighten out bad behavior. Other times, the young person finds refuge in drug use and becomes a repeat offender. That is when a judge may recommend the repeat offender enter the Drug Court, a special court program with the objective of intense intervention to get these young people living a clean, drug-free lifestyle.
Every Wednesday in Casa Grande, Pinal County Superior Court Judge Stephen McCarville presides over a courtroom of youth and parents and reviews each case individually with the Drug Court team. The Drug Court team consists of the judge, a prosecuting attorney, the youth’s defense attorney and sometimes a counselor, probation staff or someone from the school.
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Opinion: Arizona tired of illegal immigration
In a speech this morning, just before Arizona House Bill #2070 was signed into law, President Obama called Arizona’s efforts to legislate illegal immigration “misguided”. The representatives of the people have spoken. This afternoon, our governor ratified the law passed in our legislature. Misguided or not, the people have spoken.
We have said that we are tired of both the federal government and local law enforcement looking the other way on the issue of illegal immigration. We are tired of being rear-ended by Juan Pedro, finding out that he has no insurance, no drivers license, and then watching as he walks away to do it again another day – because the officer handling the call couldn’t ask if he were a legal citizen of the United States.
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Rios elected Chairman of Pinal County Board, Martyn chosen as Vice-Chair
FLORENCE – There will be a change in the leadership of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors beginning May 1st.
District 1 Supervisor Pete Rios was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Board until August 31st, 2011. District 2 Supervisor Bryan Martyn was unanimously chosen as the Vice-Chairman. During a four-year term, the chairmanship role is put up for a vote three times. District 3 Supervisor David Snider served as chairman since August 2007.
“I am honored to be selected as the chairman,” said Rios. “I have served as chairman of several committees during my time in the state legislature, but this position for the Board of Supervisors carries more duties and responsibilities. I look forward to the challenges that await me and my fellow board members.”
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