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  New Arizona Law 01.01.2009   A new law, prohibiting any obstruction of your Arizona license plate, goes into effect on January 1, 2009.    Failing to completely display your rear license plate will result in being fined.  The fines vary by city, wth the average being $135.00.    This means no p...
12/11/2008
Six Year Old Boy Saves Family From Fire   Talk about a clear head and calm reaction!    Six year old Ervin Rodriguez is recovering from smoke inhalation at Banner Children’s Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa.     “He was a sick little kid when he came here,” said Lisa Hegarty, cli...
12/07/2008
Do away with ‘career’ politicians.  That will solve the majority of our problems. There is no way politicians would make the laws they do if they had to live by them after a few years in office. Put the original political process in place. People are elected to serve a term and then go back to th...
08/30/2008
  Politics through the eyes of a child   Back in the 90’s, during an election year, discussions about who to vote for took place on a regular basis.   Nothing new, right?   My niece had, since she was three years old, stated that she was going to be the first woman president of The United States....
08/03/2008
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  California Pizza Kitchen   Here's something I found out recently… California Pizza Kitchen has take out food. Not a new idea? Well, they have something even better than take out food. They have what I would call, take it out to you, food. California Pizza Kitchen has Curbside Service. How does ...
08/03/2008
  Water.  Something we take for granted almost every day.    Please consider donating water to the Mesa Hydration Donation Campaign.    The City of Mesa is collecting water donations. The water is distributed to valley shelters and agencies for the homeless, who must survive the extreme heat out ...
08/02/2008
Bicycle Safety in Tempe AZ   Tempe is a bicycle friendly community.  We have bike lanes on many of our streets and they are normally very easily defined.  I had to be out and about at around 4 AM this morning and had a bit of a scare.  Due to recent resurfacing on a major road here in Tempe, som...
08/02/2008
MACAYO’S AN ARIZONA FAVORITE   I’ve been eating at Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen for years! I ate there when I lived in Tucson and have been doing the same since I moved to the Valley of The Sun in 1983. For years, when I worked in Phoenix, we made Macayo a lunch stop on a regular basis. We have our ...
08/01/2008
  Ted’s Hotdogs Tempe Arizona     Are you from New York?     Do you long for a ‘certain’ type of dog?                 Well, we may have just what you need, right here in Tempe Arizona!           Located at the southwest corner of McClintock and Broadway you will find Ted’s Hotdogs.   What makes T...
08/01/2008
  ARIZONA REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX (RETT)  -  ONE MORE BURDEN ON TAX PAYERS     A few months ago, members of the Arizona Association of REALTORS® (AAR) received an informational mailing titled Support the No New Home Tax Ballot Measure.     Did you read it?  Since this has come up in the past, AA...
07/31/2008