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TUCSON News:
20080422
-
 John
McCain -  Money
-  Politics
-  Military
-  Real
Estate -  Land
-  Lawsuit
-  California
-  Tucson
-  Arizona
-  Environment
- 2008
Election - "A
Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain." ...
"Donald R. Diamond, a wealthy Arizona real estate developer [based in Tucson,
Arizona], was racing to snap up a stretch of virgin California coast freed
by the closing of an Army base a decade ago when he turned to an old friend,
[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona] Senator John
McCain." ... "When Mr. Diamond wanted to buy land at the base, Fort Ord
[in California], Mr. McCain assigned an aide who set up a meeting at the
Pentagon and later stepped in again to help speed up the sale, according
to people involved and a deposition Mr. Diamond gave for a related lawsuit.
When he appealed to a nearby city for the right to develop other property
at the former base, Mr. Diamond submitted Mr. McCain’s endorsement as “a
close personal friend.”" ... "Writing to officials in the city, Seaside,
Calif. [California], the senator said, “You will find him as honorable
and committed as I have.”" ... "Courting local officials and potential
partners, Mr. Diamond’s team promised that he could “help get through some
of the red tape in dealing with the Department of the Army” because Mr.
Diamond “has been very active with Senator McCain,” a partner said in a
deposition." ... "A longtime political patron, Mr. Diamond is one of the
elite fund-raisers Mr. McCain’s current presidential campaign calls Innovators,
having raised more than $250,000 so far." ... "In California, the McCain
aide’s assistance with the Army helped Mr. Diamond complete a purchase
in 1999 that he soon turned over for a $20 million profit. And Mr. McCain’s
letter of recommendation reinforced Mr. Diamond’s selling point about his
McCain connections as he pursued — and won in 2005 — a potentially much
more lucrative deal to develop a resort hotel and luxury housing." ...
"In Arizona, Mr. McCain has helped Mr. Diamond with matters as small as
forwarding a complaint in a regulatory skirmish over the endangered pygmy
owl, and as large as introducing legislation remapping public lands. In
1991 and 1994, Mr. McCain sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that
resulted in providing him millions of dollars and thousands of acres in
exchange for adding some of his properties to national parks. The Arizona
senator co-sponsored a third similar bill now before the Senate." ... "Mr.
Diamond and his family have given more than $55,000 to Mr. McCain’s campaigns
(and more than $600,000 to other federal candidates). More significantly,
the developer has collected (or “bundled”) hundreds of thousands of dollars
in contributions from others, and is now serving as a national co-chairman
of the finance committee for Mr. McCain’s current presidential run." ...
"Mr. Diamond is close to most of Arizona’s Congressional delegation and
is candid about his expectations as a fund-raiser. “I want my money back,
for Christ’s sake. Do you know how many cocktail parties I have to go to?”"
... "“Don Diamond has done very well through these land exchanges,” said
Sandy Bahr, director of the Arizona chapter of the Sierra Club. “It is
the public that got shortchanged.” " (1, 2,
3,
4)
-By David
D. Kirkpatrick and Jim
Rutenberg with contributions by Kitty Bennett and Barclay Walsh
-NYTimes
"[MAP
GRAPHIC] Land Swap." ... "Laws in the 1990s, supported
by Senator John McCain, allowed private owners to exchange land near Saguaro
National Park for land elsewhere in Arizona and or for monetary compensation.
Mr. McCain co-sponsored a similar Senate bill in 2007."
-NYTimes
"[DOCUMENT:
John McCain letter supporting campaign contributor Donald R. Diamond.]"
... "A letter from Senator John McCain may have helped Donald R. Diamond,
a longtime friend, gain the rights to develop property at a former Army
base. Mr. Diamond has raised more than $250,000 so far for Mr. McCain’s
presidential campaign." -NYTimes
20070619
-
US
Immigrant - Political
-
 Government
- Law
-  Enforcement
- Tucson
- Arizona
- "US
agencies disobey 6 laws that president challenged:
Officials regarded some as advisory." ... "Federal officials have disobeyed
at least six new laws that [Republican] President Bush challenged in his
signing statements, a government study disclosed yesterday. The report
provides the first evidence that the government may have acted on claims
by Bush that he can set aside laws under his executive powers." ... "Bush's
signing statements have drawn fire because he has used them to challenge
more than 1,100 sections of bills -- more than all previous presidents
combined. The sample the GAO studied represents a small portion of the
laws Bush has targeted, but its report concluded that sometimes the government
has gone on to disobey those laws." ... "For example, one law requires
the Customs and Border Patrol to relocate its illegal immigrant checkpoints
near Tucson [Arizona] every seven days to prevent smugglers from being
able to predict where they are, but the agency failed to do so. The border
patrol told the GAO that the law is flawed because it "diverts resources,"
and it characterized the requirement as "advisory."" ... "In his signing
statement of Oct. 18, 2005, Bush instructed the border patrol to view the
"relocation provision as advisory rather than mandatory" on the assertion
that only the president has the constitutional authority to decide how
to deploy law enforcement officers." -By Charlie Savage-BostonGlobe
20051129
-
 US
-  Mexico
-  US
Immigration - 2006
Election - Politics
- Police
-  Worker
- Tucson
- Arizona
- "Bush
revives immigration reform push: Switching priorities,
he only touches on guest-worker plan." ... "President Bush promised a renewed
push for changes in immigration law Monday, reversing the priorities he
had set out nearly two years ago by emphasizing tougher border enforcement
and mentioning his controversial guest-worker program almost as an afterthought."
... "Bush joins several congressional Republicans in Congress, including
several likely presidential candidates, who intend to make an overhaul
of the nation's immigration laws a priority heading into the 2006 midterm
elections." ... ""Illegal immigration is a serious challenge," Bush told
a gathering of border enforcement officials in Tucson [Arizona]. "And our
responsibility is clear. We are going to protect the border."" -By
Carolyn Lochhead -SFGate.com
20031203
-
-
- "High
court clears Raytheon in refusal to rehire worker:
Drug user accused Tucson [Arizona] plant of bias." ... "[U.S. Supreme Court]
Justices ruled 7-0 that a Raytheon Co. plant in Tucson has a legitimate
reason to refuse to rehire workers who break rules, including former employees
with addictions." ... "But the court dodged the more significant question,
whether the more than 5 million workers with substance-abuse problems have
workplace protection under the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act."
-By Gina Holland -AP
via -azcentral.com
20031023
-
- WEST
NILE VIRUS
- "Tucson
woman contracts West Nile: Victim near Downtown
has severe form of disease." ... "The West Nile virus has now struck at
the heart of Tucson, infecting an elderly woman near Downtown, who is struggling
to recover from severe illness." ... "This is the second human in Arizona
known to have contracted the disease in-state. Both cases have occurred
in Pima County, with the first reported west of the city - in Sells on
the Tohono O'odham Reservation - last week." -By Carla
McClain and Joseph Barrios -DailyStar.com
20031008
-
-
-
-
- "Limits
of disability act tested: The high court considers
Wednesday whether a former addict should be afforded employment protections."
... "Would a company that refuses to rehire somebody who says he's overcome
his drug and alcohol addiction be guilty of violating the Americans With
Disabilities Act (ADA)?" ... "That is the question the US Supreme Court
takes up Wednesday in an Arizona case with major implications for companies
with zero-tolerance hiring and firing policies." ... "The case stems from
a lawsuit filed by Joel Hernandez, a 25-year employee of the Hughes Missile
Systems Company in Tucson." -By Warren Richey
-CSMonitor
20030812
-
-
-
- "Focus
on conservation as Bush visits the West: Trip
attempts to counter controversial environmental record." ... "President
Bush opened a three-week drive Monday to bolster his environmental image
by drawing attention to conservationist elements of White House policies
embraced by the oil, gas and logging industries." ... "Republican strategists
said the swing through the West was designed as insurance against expected
campaign portrayals of Bush as a negligent steward of the air, water and
land." ... "Bush flew from his ranch in Texas to a national forest near
Tucson to view the aftermath of the Aspen fire, an 85,000-acre wildfire
that destroyed 333 cabins and other buildings in June and July." -By
Mike Allen -WashingtonPost
via -SFGate.com
20030707
-
-
-
- "Firefighters
work to keep blaze from homes in exclusive Arizona enclave; cooler weather
helps." ... "Cooler, more humid weather gave firefighters
an assist Monday as a wildfire that already had ravaged a mountain community
burned to within a half-mile of an exclusive enclave in the foothills on
the [Tucson] city's northern fringe." ... "The Aspen fire, which started
June 17 and has burned at least 70,000 acres in the Santa Catalina Mountains,
skirted fire lines last week and destroyed six cabins higher in the mountains
during the weekend." -By Arthur H. Rotstein
-AP via -SFGate.com
-
- "Firefighters
take to hills above Tucson." ... "Officials urged
residents and guests of a desert resort to evacuate an exclusive enclave
on the city's northern fringe Sunday after a wildfire sped downhill, surprising
firefighters and threatening about 200 homes." ... "The area, called Ventana
Canyon, is a high desert enclave in the foothills of the Santa Catalina
Mountains. It includes upscale homes and the 400-room Loews Ventana Canyon
Resort, said George Heaney, a bureau chief with the Pima County Sheriff's
Department." -AP
via -CNN
20030704
-
- "Wildfire
Spreads in Ariz.; Trees Thinned." ... "The fire pushed
toward the foothills of the Catalina Mountains, coming within about three
miles of the visitor center of Sabino Canyon, a popular recreation area.
Heavy smoke forced the canyon's closure Wednesday, and fire officials were
asking residents of about 50 upscale homes in the area to evacuate."
-AP via -Guardian.co.uk
20030626
-
-
- "Calmer
winds help out Arizona firefighters: Benefiting
from calmer winds, firefighters made progress Wednesday against a wildfire
northeast of Tucson, Arizona, that has charred more than 30,000 acres since
it began last week and has destroyed more than 300 homes and businesses."
... "Thursday's forecast calls for more of the same with winds at 10 mph
to 20 mph, instead of the 40 mph to 50 mph gusts seen only a few days earlier."
-CNN
20030625
-
- "Wildfire's
growth rate slows: Arizona firefighters increase
containment." ... "The growth rate of a southern Arizona wildfire slowed
Tuesday evening as conditions improved and firefighters slowly built a
containment line around the fire that has raged for a week." ... "Firefighters
have faced six straight days of extreme fire conditions, the longest stretch
anyone involved in the firefighting effort can remember, said Rick Barton,
a spokesman for the firefighters. Conditions on Wednesday are forecast
to moderate." -CNN
20030624
-
- "Arizona
wildfire now covers 19,500 acres: Blaze roars
through new timber, brush." ... "Despite the work of more than 900 fire
personnel, a wildfire northeast of Tucson has roared through new mountain
timber and desert brush, increasing its size dramatically, a fire official
said." ... "From Monday afternoon into Monday evening, the Aspen fire grew
from 12,400 acres to 19,500 acres, according to Dave Root, a spokesman
for the National Incident Management Team, an increase of 57 percent. He
said the blaze is 15 percent contained. (Satellite
image)" -CNN
-
- "Arizona
Fire Only 15% Contained." ... "Firefighters moved
bulldozers north of Mount Lemmon on Monday to try to stop a raging wildfire
that destroyed more than 250 homes in a vacation community." ... "The blaze
has charred more than 19,500 acres of pine forest on the mountain just
north of Tucson and was only 15 percent contained, firefighters' spokesman
Gerry Engel said." ... "Crews planned to use the bulldozers to fight the
blaze's northward spread by digging a firebreak connecting roads, natural
features and an area that already was burned over last year."
-AP via
-CBSNews
20030623
-
- -
"Arizona
blaze only 5 percent contained." ... "Firefighters
armed with shovels and backed up by slurry bombers fought a pitched battle
with a wildfire that leapt across treetops and threatened surviving homes
in this mountain community." ... "The blaze has so far charred 11,400 acres
on Mount Lemmon just north of Tucson and more than 250 homes have been
destroyed. The blaze was only 5 percent contained early Monday." ... "On
Sunday, the wildfire was surging into a wilderness area down the north
slope of the mountain, and a youth camp and two ranches downhill were evacuated
as a precaution." -By Arthur H. Rotstein
-AP via -Salon
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