by News Staff | Aug 1, 2008 | Past Posts
After two months of deliberation, it was a toss up as to whether or not Hart/Howerton, the design firm hired to layout Snowcreek VIII, had delivered on the 90 framework questions the community had posed to them back in May. As part of the neighborhood district...
by News Staff | Aug 1, 2008 | Past Posts
To pressure lawmakers to pass a budget, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger resorted to extreme measures today. He signed an executive order to lower some state workers' pay and to eliminate as many as 22,000 part-time employees. Locally, workers at state agencies like...
by News Staff | Aug 1, 2008 | Past Posts
Waiting for help from the Small Business Administration, home owners and renters in the Oak Creek area near Independence have mostly found homes or rooms to rent temporarily. A huge rain event, flood and mudslide in mid-July tore down the Oak Creek drainage and...
by News Staff | Aug 1, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
The first of a new month. Seems somehow significant. We decided to check out August First. We found many curious and somewhat fascinating things. August First is the 213th day of the year with only 152 days left. We’re past the halfway mark. The first jeep was...