Mesa In National News Again: "Lethal Lover" Jodi Arias + Premarital Sex + 2 Mormon Guys

A cross-the-line Arizona-Utah LOVE STORY that got another 'airing' on Valentine's Day in a series of interviews with friends of Travis Alexander broadcast on Front Line February 14, 2020. . . it attracted over 3 million viewers.
That was last Friday
Jodi Arias, now 37 serving time in jail for the murder of one boyfriend that jilted her after a detour to Utah to meet up with Ryan Burns, is now asking for a new trial after all these years
- it brings everything all back into the headlines and involves almost everything you can imagine including the prosecuting attorney who's now been appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court. . .

Nothing like sex, religion and murder and what may or not be a fair trial

Alyssa Choiniere

Heavy.com |                        

"Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias had a brief but passionate relationship that started with Arias leaving her long-term boyfriend and ended with murder.

Religion was a factor in their relationship, as it was in many of Arias’ previous relationships.
Alexander was a devout Mormon, and Arias converted to Mormonism because of their relationship. She was baptized into the Mormon faith in November 2006, according to the Associated Press. In her previous relationships, she would routinely explore the religion of the men she was dating, she said in her testimony at trial, according to ABC News.

Despite her claim of converting to Mormonism, Alexander’s friends were wary of Arias. He acted differently with her, and seemed to have a fiery, sexual relationship with the woman, although the religion he devoted himself to strictly forbade premarital sex . . . "

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AZCentral.com

Judge denies request to release Juan Martinez
investigation ...

Former County Attorney Bill Montgomery, now an Arizona Supreme Court  Justce ... is best known for prosecuting the case against convicted murderer Jodi Arias.

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Heavy.com

Ryan Burns & Jodi Arias: His Fling With a Killer

On the way, she made a detour and met up with Travis Alexander June 4, 2008 in Mesa, Arizona. They had sex and took provocative pictures of each other.

2 days ago

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The day before the FRONTLINE story ran on Valentine's Day, there was this revelation

Video shows Jodi Arias discussing what Mormon boyfriend wanted from marriage before she killed him

Leah Simpson

Here's a snippet, "

Killer Girlfriend: The Jodi Arias Story author Brian Skoloff tells how Alexander's relationship with the woman who ended up stabbing and shooting him dead was a complete contrast to what he was used to. 

'She was extremely sensual and sexual and Travis very attracted to that because he was not used to that with the women he had dated in the Mormon faith before,' Skoloff says in the special. . . "

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news

 

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AZFamilyJodi Arias prosecutor Juan Martinez on paid leave

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - The prosecutor best known for helping put Jodi Arias in ... for first-degree murder in the death of Travis Alexander at his home in Mesa.

5 days ago

 

ABC15 Arizona

Friends say they warned Travis Alexander that Jodi Arias
was ...

MESA, AZ — From the start of their courtship, friends say, Jodi Arias and Travis ... Although they lived in different states -- he was in Mesa, Arizona, and she was ...

2 days ago

ABC15 Arizona

Florida university class is teaching course on Jodi Arias

A Florida associate professor who has studied serial killers now teaches 'Jodi Arias' as a topic in her criminology class. Why? The case of Jodi Arias is so unique ...

2 days ago

 

 

 

Maricopa County Supes Appoint One-of-their-Own as New Assessor



Like so many in the usual 'trademark' pioneer get-up, Gilbert Town Councilmember Eddie Cook was elected unanimously on Friday to fill-in the vacant seat of former Maricopa County Paul Peterson after his forced resignation on January 7th left the unexpired term open until the end of the year. According to a a report in Community Impact , before deciding to run for higher office, Cook said he had intended to fill his final council term, which expires in January 2023
“This opportunity landed in my lap a little earlier,” he said.
“Some people I know said to throw your name in the hat and see what happens. . . " Cook also said he hopes to restore public confidence in the office and create a “one-team culture” in the office where team members feel valued.
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Same day February 14, the Chief Deputy Assessor Tim Boncoskey Announces Departure

Chief Deputy Assessor Tim Boncoskey will be leaving the Maricopa County Assessor's Office next month after 14 years of service to Maricopa County.

His last day of service to Maricopa County will be Friday, Feb. 14.

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Another story from Gilbert Sun News

Cook resigning Tuesday to become Assessor             

By Cecilia Chan, GSN Managing Editor

Feb 16, 2020   3 hrs ago

" . . . County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 last Friday to appoint Cook to the assessor job, one of five finalists chosen for interviews earlier in the week. 

The appointment roils Gilbert politics in a number of ways, creating the first of two vacancies that will be filled by appointments rather than voters and setting up a potentially wide-open race for mayor that already includes incumbent Councilwoman Brigette Peterson.

Eddie Cook was without his trademark cowboy hat when he addressed the county suopervisors (sic)  Friday after they named him the new County Assessor. He’ll leave Gilbert Town Council with a farewell address on Tuesday and next day start his new job; that open position in Gilbert will be filled by appointment. As you can see in the image included in Chan's story, there was one person sitting in the background during the press announcement. Most people had their minds on other things - Friday was Valentine's Day for one thing. Keep in mind also that February 14th was the day Arizona became the 48th state in 1912.

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11 applications were received with 5 finalists getting selected to be interviewed for Maricopa County Assessor position at the beginning of the week.

There's been a lot of shuffling on board seats: After Denny Barney left to become chief executive officer of the East Valley Partnership, Steve Churcri was got that job. Newest member Jack Sellers came from the Arizona Department of Transportation. . .

Eddie Cook said he thought his work serving on regional boards, such as the president of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association helped him gain the coveted county position.

> Chucri made the motion to appoint Cook.

> Cook still has two years left on his council seat, which means someone will be appointed to fill the remainder of his term.

> Cook said he plans to run for a full four years as assessor now that he’s got the job.

“I’ve talked to my campaign people that if this happened this is what we should be doing,” Cook said. 

> “This appointment is very important for a number of reasons,” Chucri said.

“I’ve known Eddie Cook for eight years.

He’s the right leader for the right time.”

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The county assessor’s office

> locates all taxable property in the county,

> identifies who owns the property and

> determines how much the property will be taxed.

> The assessor’s office also determines which properties receive tax exemptions and deferrals and

> maintains the tax assessor parcel maps.

It is an elected position . . .Cook said he intends to run for election for the assessor’s position in November as a Republican, though it will require him to gather more than 4,000 signatures in seven weeks.

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Cook's appointment lays bare a record of using the same tactics to gain seats of power:

1. A vacancy is created

2. Fill it with an appointment to get a chosen one on the job

3. Deliver the votes when it's for an election

4. Repeat

It's a formula game-plan that works time-and-time again!

In the case of Gilbert:

> Former mayor John Lewis resigns to get an LDS mission to Cambodia

> Jenn Daniels gets appointed to fill the vacancy as the incumbent, and gets elected

> This year Jen Daniels resigns after a divorce, creating a vacant for a new appointment

> This year with the resignation of Eddie Cook, it's double - creating the first of two vacancies that will be filled by appointments rather than voters

In the case of Mesa:

> Former mayor Scott Smith resigns to create a shoe-in to the mayor's office for John Giles, who runs un-opposed to get elected in 2014

> Termed-out Councilmember Chris Glover endorses his own cousin Jake Brown to run for office, saying at that time "he's the right person at the right time". Brown got defeated.

> When Jerry Lewis announced his campaign to gain a seat on the Mesa City Council, he was endorsed by both Scott Smith and John Giles on the same day. He was defeated.

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Outside of the public sector, Eddie Cook has spent more than 30 years in the high tech tech industry.

> He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Arizona State University

> He has worked for large companies including NetApp, Silicon Graphics, Parametric Technologies, Motorola, and Orbital Sciences. 

Reference: https://mcassessor.maricopa.gov/news/news.php

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AZ Department of Revenue Approves 2021 Notices of Value

"The fruit of our hard work to assess more than 1.6 million parcels in Maricopa County accurately and fairly has been a tremendous success."
(All got done while Bill Wiley was the interim assessor)
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The Arizona Department of Revenue approved our 2021 Notices of Value earlier this week. "Because of the great work by your team, no equalization is necessary," they wrote.
View more of the statement below and be on the lookout for your 2021 Notice of Value in late February!

 

 

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The Moon is a Door to Forever

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•Feb 15, 2020

So let’s go back, eh? More spacey stuff and some recommendations below ► Enormous liberties have been taken with this one; some of the footage isn’t from Apollo 11 (the mission we chat about here), but subsequent missions to the moon. Footage was really quite difficult to find, so hopefully you can forgive me playing a little visually loose with the truth. Also the Soviet space program was barely even mentioned in the video. I’ve often thought it’s a bit sad that the Soviet Union got the first satellite into space, the first doggos (let’s not discuss it), the first man, the first woman, the first probe to the moon, the first spacewalk, and the first robot on another celestial body – yet the winner’s medal generally goes to the US for reaching the moon, and doing it so brilliantly. (Which they did, and which it was.) Not in any way meaning to discredit the US here, I’d just like to urge you to spare a thought for those other clever men and women a continent away who were – at the very same time – also taking marvellous and brave strides into space. I’ve had quite a fascination with the Apollo program over the years, and space in general. If it’s something you’re interested in too, here’s the stuff I really, really enjoyed reading and watching. (No one’s paying me for this, I just dig them. The audiobook versions are great too.) Mike Massimino - Spaceman https://www.amazon.com/Spaceman-Astro... Robert Kurson - Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Men-Ody... Andrew Smith - Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth https://www.amazon.com/Moondust-Searc...

Foreign Born Population in the U.S. (1850-2019)

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This video shows the foreign born population of the United States by country of birth from 1850 to 2019. 

The term "foreign born" refers to people residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. 

This population includes:

• naturalized citizens, 
• lawful permanent residents (LPRs), 
• certain legal nonimmigrants (e.g., persons on student or work visas), 
• those admitted under refugee or asylee status, and persons illegally residing in the United States.

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Alphabet Likely to Be Next Target of FTC, Says Ives

Acquisitions are the target - big and small. Are we talking anti-trust here?
FANG

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Feb.14 -- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission just ordered major technology companies to fork over details on waves of small acquisitions made during the last decade.  Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities managing director, and David Kirkpatrick of Techonomy, react on "Bloomberg Technology."

here's The Official Resolution Details For Primary Election + General Election 2020

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4 Candidates will be elected: (1) for the Office of Mayor + (3) for the Mesa City Council in District 1, District 2, and District 3
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RESOLUTION NO. _____)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA,

• DESIGNATING ELECTION DATES AND PURPOSES OF EACH ELECTION;
• PROVIDING THE PLACE AND THE LAST DATE FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS;
• PROVIDING THE DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION; AND
• PROVIDING THE TIMES THAT POLLS WILL BE OPEN.  

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mesa, as follows: 

 

Section 1.  

> In accordance with the City Charter and applicable law,

August 4, 2020 has been set as the time for holding the Primary Election in the City of Mesa for nominating a candidate for Mayor and Councilmembers in Council Districts 1, 2, and 3, whose terms shall all expire in January 2025.  

> In accordance with the City Charter,

• if a candidate for Mayor receives at the Primary Election the number of votes constituting a majority of all of the valid ballots cast for the office of Mayor, that candidate will be declared elected without running at the General Election, and
• if a district Councilmember candidate at the Primary Election receives the number of votes constituting a majority of all the valid ballots cast for the office of Councilmember in that district, that candidate will be declared elected without running at the General Election. 

 

Section 2.  

> In accordance with the City Charter and applicable law, November 3, 2020 has been set as the time for holding the General Election in the City of Mesa for those seats where no candidate was elected at the Primary Election.

> For each such seat, the two persons (or more than two in the event of a tie vote) receiving the highest number of valid votes cast at the Primary Election for that office shall be the only persons named on the ballot at the General Election. 

 

Section 3. 

Candidates seeking municipal office may obtain nomination paperwork (petitions and other required forms) at the Office of the City Clerk located at 20 E. Main Street, Suite 150, Mesa, Arizona 85201. 

> In order for candidates to have their names appear on the Primary Election ballot, all nomination paperwork must be filed at the Office of the City Clerk

no earlier than 7:00 a.m. on March 9, 2020 and

no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 6, 2020. 

 

Section 4.   

> To be qualified to vote, citizens must be registered by July 6, 2020 for the Primary Election and by October 5, 2020 for the General Election. 

Maricopa County registration and voting lists will be used for the municipal elections. 

 

Section 5.  

Polling places will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. 

 

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Mesa, Arizona, this 24th day of February, 2020.  

APPROVED:  

________________________________________ JOHN GILES MAYOR

 

ATTEST:  

____________________________ DEEANN MICKELSEN CITY CLERK

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File #:

20-0179

Type:

Resolution

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council

On agenda:

2/24/2020

Title:

Calling the Primary Election for August 4, 2020; designating election dates; and providing the last date for candidates to file nomination papers. (Citywide)

Attachments:

1. Resolution