6. Sex Texting/Revenge Porn
So before yours truly hits the button SEND TO TRASH here are some titillating stories outlined with some details and comments.
The best is saved for last: Believe It or Not
How two twin-fiddler LDS brothers who attended BYU found their mission in music and a higher calling in pest control in their start-up small venue here on Main Street.
It's a story you can't find anywhere else but here on your hyper-local independent news.
Read on and have some fun! Guessing where this might be going . . .
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Anyone remember NY Mafioso figure Sammy "The Bull" Gravano who found a home here in Arizona in the FBI's Witness Protection Program?
He was later busted big-time for dealing in the illegal manufacture, sale and distribution in the disco-drug scene "Ecstasy" a couple of decades ago.
Looks like Ecstasy is still in-demand here in The Valley
ABC15 News did this piece:
'Large scale' international ecstasy operation busted in Valley
PHOENIX - Arrests have been made in Mesa, Glendale and at Sky Harbor Airport involving an international ecstasy operation capable of producing 15,000 pills per hour.
Court paperwork shows four people were arrested for alleged involvement in the production and distribution operation.Link to source: https://www.abc15.com/news
Haig says it's not uncommon for someone to buy this type of ammo, and at this quantity. He's an aerospace engineer and only sold ammo as a hobby. He doesn't sell it anymore, and he's not sure if he ever will again.
Source: http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news
Mesa dog groomer, boyfriend arrested in case of missing dog, dog still not found
By David Baker
Posted: Mar 01, 2018 8:12 PM MST Updated: Mar 01, 2018 8:28 PM MST
MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -
An employee at a dog grooming store and her boyfriend were arrested for stealing a dog from a customer, police said, but the dog is still missing
Source: http://www.azfamily.com
4. Re: Hollywood Pest Control
Mesa brothers aren’t fiddling around with pests or music
By Catherine Hathaway, Tribune Contributor
"Identical twin brothers Jeffrey and Jason Linford never gave up on their dreams. Now, with their company and music duo, the Hollywood Bug Guys, it’s paying off.
“It’s finally starting to get traction. It’s just super-exciting,” Jason said. “We’re on a mission to revolutionize the music industry through pest control. . . .
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Blogger Note: Image to the left taken from ldsliving.com .
It's been inserted by your MesaZona blogger. It is not the image selected by EVT contributing writer Catherine Hathaway featured to accompany her contribution to local news
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How'd' that happen? *
Here's a milestone in their career: they got a call from “The Gong Show.”
“The crazier the better, they said,” Jeffrey said.
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“Jason knew early on that that was an opportunity, being the twin fiddlers,” Jeffrey said. “We gradually expanded into our pest control, but it started with our music.”
Pest control wormed its way into their lives in 2004, as the duo used their profits to pay for collect. The brothers attended Brigham Young University. While there, Jeffrey was approached by a friend to start selling pest control.
“I thought, ‘Oh, no, is this what my life has come to,’” Jeffrey said.
Although initially skeptical, Jeffrey got creative. Instead of the traditional door-to-door pitch, he found a way to incorporate his love of music into the sell.
“I went with my violin and played some fiddle tunes,” Jeffrey said. “And I basically was like we don’t fiddle around with bugs. Then people would let us in and talk to us about our music and our pest control and I started signing up customers that way.”
Jeffrey did this for about a year until roping Jason into the job. Jason, who was pre-med and pre-film at BYU, was interested in pursuing his master’s degree, but Jeffrey knew there was a different plan.
“The economy just crashed in 2008 and 2009 and I realized all these great jobs are struggling, but pest control is still thriving,” Jeffrey said. “So, I thought, it’s good to go into a recession-proof industry. . .
Link to source: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/columns/money/mesa-brothers
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| The Practice Pad music venue site, June 2017 |
> El Rancho Del Arte opened in October 2015
> El Rancho Del Sol opened in November 2017
“We’re making our own little venue,” Jason said.
“It seats about 50 people and we’re going to open that sometime this year. We’ll probably have a concert about once a month there. We are getting more of an online following.”
_________________________________________________________________________The Hollywood Bug Guys – The Gong Show - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8L2Tx3VRo
Jul 6, 2017 - Uploaded by ABC Television Network
ABC Television Network.
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Back last year something' was buggin' your MesaZona blogger at the Grounding Ceremony for El Rancho Del Sol, Phase II of an inclusive affordable innovative workforce housing project by Community Development Partners, when Mayor John Giles showed up with two mystery dudes in baseball hats sitting in three chairs at the far right-hand side in the otherwise empty front row.
What you see in the image to the right taken on June 19, 2017 by your MesaZona blogger is the site of The Practice Pad at 711 East Main Street here in downtown Mesa sandwiched in between El Rancho Del Arte to the left at 719 E Main. Perlman Architects had to get creative in their design plans for a workforce housing
Nobody in the crowd knew who they were.
In a reply to an email inquiry sent to Melissa Randazzo in the Mayor's Office for Public Information she identified them: Jason and Jeffrey Lunsford
In a reply to an email inquiry sent to Melissa Randazzo in the Mayor's Office for Public Information she identified them: Jason and Jeffrey Lunsford
What you see in the image to the right taken on June 19, 2017 by your MesaZona blogger is the site of The Practice Pad at 711 East Main Street here in downtown Mesa sandwiched in between El Rancho Del Arte to the left at 719 E Main. Perlman Architects had to get creative in their design plans for a workforce housing
Related:
Perhaps Mesa Mayor John Giles likes
The crazier the better
Readers may like to note that Mayor John Giles, educated at BYU, has musical talent also just like the Twin-Fiddler Lindford Brothers.
Here's a vid from Mesa Morning Live with Giles Slow-Jamming
Slow Jam with Mayor John Giles - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTztXTWyphE
Apr 12, 2016 - Uploaded by MesaMorningLive
Mesa Mayor John Giles opens the April 2016 Mesa Morning Live show with a slow jam, performing with ...
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5. Sex Trafficking
5. Sex Trafficking
Police: Fifteen arrested in Mesa prostitution sting
ABC15 Arizona-Feb 6, 2018
MESA, AZ - Fifteen men were taken into custody after a prostitution sting in Mesa during a week in January. As a part of Mesa Police Department's initiative to raise awareness and stop human trafficking, detectives conducted "Operation Eagle's Nest," which sought out people seeking prostitutes online. Police say detectives ...
How Did a Nice Old Man Like Pimp Floyd Turn to Trafficking Women?
Phoenix New Times-Jan 15, 2018
There, top city officials described an undercover sting operation at a local massage parlor, which resulted in the arrest of 86 people. January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. City leaders talked of “disgusting, appalling” stories and decried why not every city has a vice squad. So when Mesa's vice squad, the ...
Montenegro, the Topless Text, and CD8 Race:
The Juicy Details Keep Piling Up
| February 24, 2018 | 10:22am
"Republican congressional candidate and former Arizona senator Steve Montenegro's "revenge porn" scandal looks like a good, old-fashioned Arizona dirty politics story.
This story has more holes than the border fence and more fun political intrigue than other news media are reporting.
More Fun:
But first, the latest:More Fun:
• Kent Lyons, the alleged ex-boyfriend of Stephanie Holford, the Arizona Senate staffer who sent Montenegro at least one topless photo of herself and maybe more, denied — through his attorney — stealing Holford's data and shopping it to the news media.
• Lyons, Phoenix New Times has learned, is the business partner and campaign consultant of State Senator Bob Worsley, a Mesa Republican. New Times could not immediately determine if Worsley is backing anyone in the Congressional District 8 race, and Worsley won't answer follow-up questions.• Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan tweeted on Friday night that Montenegro has had "extracurricular 'activities'" with "a House staffer, an ADE staffer, & now Senate staff? Worst kept secrets at the Capitol."
. . . Montenegro comes off in this looking like a dope and a moral hypocrite. The texts show he and Holford flirted, and that maybe they hoped to get physical at some point.
But his actions may not cost him the congressional primary. As New Times' Antonia Farzan reported on Thursday, more than three-quarters of voters have already mailed in their ballots.
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Who's Mugging Mesa? Sunday's Comic | Arizona Daily Independent
Arizona Daily Independent
Who's Mugging Mesa? Sunday's Comic.
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Who’s Mugging Mesa? Sunday’s Comic
Mesa’s ASU Project Needed To Make Good On Worsley’s “Bet”
Mesa public safety put at risk for risky investment
At the February 26 meeting of the Mesa City Council, Sen. Bob Worsley made a rare appearance in an effort to promote a proposal to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University. The senator’s appearance surprised many Mesa residents who had never before seen their representative show any interest in the City’s business.
It is not the city’s business however, that prompted the appearance by the wealthy developer/senator.
In May 2016, Mesa Mayor John Giles announced plans to build a new campus for Arizona State University (ASU) featuring film, media, gaming, virtual reality programs. In November 2016, Mesa voters rejected a sales tax that would have funded the project and public safety.
According to Mesa City Councilman Kevin Thompson, constituents “time and time again” told him that they would support the increase for public safety, but could not support using public money to build ASU a campus.
“As currently conceived, the downtown Mesa campus would include four buildings, three of them located in a new Mesa City Center planned for an area bounded by Main Street and First Street as well as Center Street and Centennial Way,” reported the Phoenix New Times in May 2016. “The other would be situated on Main Street, at the northern edge of the Mesa Arts Center campus.”
At the February 26 meeting, the Mesa City Council voted 5 – 2 to direct the City Manager to begin the process of developing an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Board of Regents for the development, operation, and maintenance of the ASU facilities….
To read more — Mesa’s ASU Project Needed To Make Good On Worsley’s “Bet” — click here
Mesa public safety put at risk for risky investment
At the February 26 meeting of the Mesa City Council, Sen. Bob Worsley made a rare appearance in an effort to promote a proposal to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University. The senator’s appearance surprised many Mesa residents who had never before seen their representative show any interest in the City’s business.
It is not the city’s business however, that prompted the appearance by the wealthy developer/senator.
In May 2016, Mesa Mayor John Giles announced plans to build a new campus for Arizona State University (ASU) featuring film, media, gaming, virtual reality programs. In November 2016, Mesa voters rejected a sales tax that would have funded the project and public safety.
According to Mesa City Councilman Kevin Thompson, constituents “time and time again” told him that they would support the increase for public safety, but could not support using public money to build ASU a campus.
“As currently conceived, the downtown Mesa campus would include four buildings, three of them located in a new Mesa City Center planned for an area bounded by Main Street and First Street as well as Center Street and Centennial Way,” reported the Phoenix New Times in May 2016. “The other would be situated on Main Street, at the northern edge of the Mesa Arts Center campus.”
At the February 26 meeting, the Mesa City Council voted 5 – 2 to direct the City Manager to begin the process of developing an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Board of Regents for the development, operation, and maintenance of the ASU facilities….
To read more — Mesa’s ASU Project Needed To Make Good On Worsley’s “Bet” — click here
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2018/03/04/whos-mugging-mesa-
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