Dawson’s Round Table Discussion involves little Discussion

Jim Moss, heads up a large coalition of area residents and businesses who are opposed to siting a private prison here. He,and several others attended Dawson's Round Table on Tuesday to present nearly 3000 signatures and postcards in opposition.

This last Tuesday, a group of area residents and business owners attended Shirley Dawson’s Round Table Discussion. She began holding these ‘forums’ several months ago in an effort to make herself more available to hear from her constituents and discuss topics of interest. Last month it was medical marijuana. I missed that one, but if it was anything like the this week it wasn’t a big loss.  On this weeks agenda it was “barking dogs” and “horses kept in small spaces.”  Community Development Director, Bob Gould, was on hand to “discuss ordinances and how they are developed”, although he had little to offer on the issue of barking dogs and penned horses except to say it’s a “difficult” situation and not much can be done. … Continue Reading

Senator Bill Hardt: Mr Rural Arizona

By Jim Turner, Arizona Historian
If you enjoy driving Arizona’s scenic highways, you may often wonder why we honor certain people by naming roads after them, such as the Senator Hardt Highway. Read on, and you will wonder no more, at least about that one. … Continue Reading

Gila County Property Tax takes a Dive

By: Contributing writer, LeeAnn Powers

Gila County property owners received a bit of shock this last week when their property tax bills came in the mail. Due to an error in calculation,  the Globe Unified School District portion of the bill was calculated at $4.88 per $100 of assessed value, or almost double the $2.80%  that it was expected to be. … Continue Reading