Saturday, May 07, 2022

Ripples of History from Mesa's Colonial History to The Present Days

Intro: In 1890 the practice of Polygamy was forbidden by The Church causing some families to escape south of the border to escape the laws. One family - the Le Barons - established a colonia in the State of Chihuahua while others became "Land Barons" here in the-then Territory of Arizona owning vast tracts of acreage that turned into real estate empires.
We were reminded of one part of that extensive history caught in the following headline over one 'shocking episode' that was followed up by a drowning in the floods on the Tonto River Basin by members of the same colonia that resulted in the deaths of three children.

06 November 2019

The Latter-Day LeBaron Family Here In Mesa > Shocking Road-Side Slaughter In Mexico Recalls A Long History

This is LeBaron Building here on Main Street before the City's Façade Improvement Program changed the exterior on the sidewalk frontage forever.
Way back in 1888-1896 William Johnson LeBaron was the mayor for eight years.
In a post on this blog from 24 August 2018 , it was noted that The LeBaron Building, sold last year, has a lot of history to tell how early Mormon family business owners - and six generations of their descendants - expanded into other finance and insurance enterprises, and real estate speculation here in downtown Mesa.
You can find out in the following official historic preservation sources: 
1 https://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/historic-preservation/robson-historic-district
2. https://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/historic-preservation/evergreen-historic-district 
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In an earlier post from March 2017, it was also noted that Milo LeBaron – LeBaron & Carroll Insurance - is on The Board of Directors for this organization that had Andy Biggs address a luncheon crowd, that listed one other family member along with 30+ other individuals and the companies they represent:
01 March 2017
2017 East Valley Statespersons’ Luncheon – Sponsored by APS
April 19, 2017  from 11:30am to 1:30pm 
ASU Memorial Union Ventana Ballroom
 
Dedicated to the PHX East Valley
The East Valley Partnership is a coalition of civic, business, educational and political leaders from Apache Junction, Chandler, Florence, Fountain Hills, Gila River Indian Community, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek, Salt River Pima- Maricopa Indian Community, Tempe and Pinal County dedicated to the economic development and promotion of the East Valley of Greater Phoenix, Arizona.
 
One more related post from the year before
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The one-story LeBaron Building, on the north side of Center Street just east of Country Club Drive and a Valley Metro Light Rail station platform, is likewise getting "a face-lift" in the neglected downtown area that now qualifies as an Opportunity Zone with long-term tax incentives for real estate developers, depending on the regulated improvements and use of the buildings. 
Looming behind is the tallest building here in downtown Mesa, the 15-story Courtyard Towers, an assisted-living facility.
 
Here are two updates (from 2019 and 2022)
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After the Façade Improvement Project
[image taken 15 Oct 2019]
It's next to the stark-white Oro Microbrewery where there's a sign painter up on a ladder. 
There's a FOR LEASE sign by CBRE in front, along with a "Stiletto" piece of public art that has since been re-located to another location. 
212 W Main remained a vacant commercial storefront for a while as you can see by the sign in front of the right portion of the original Le Baron Building now sporting a striped awning.
There's a new business there now - Gus's Fried Chicken
 
> 212 W. Main (now vacant and available for lease)
Address212 W Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201
Parcel ID138-55-001
Property classStore Building - Commercial (1120)
Buildings on lot2
Square footage6,464
Year built1945
Stories1
5 Star DJ Center (Five Star DJ Center) has been open and operating in the valley since 2004 and specializes in DJ Sound, lighting, electronic repair (synthesizers included).
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> National Comedy Theatre
Address214 W Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201
Parcel ID138-55-011
Property classStore Building - Commercial (1120)
Buildings on lot2
Square footage4,900
Year built1940
Stories1                                        
 
---- that's included in the video tour for this press release from the City of Mesa Newsroom:

Funding Announced to Help Downtown Mesa Small Businesses

April 19, 2022 at 4:38 pm
 

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> National Comedy Theatre
Address214 W Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201
Parcel ID138-55-011
Property classStore Building - Commercial (1120)
Buildings on lot2
Square footage4,900
Year built1940
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PLACE YOUR BETS: The Allure of Gambling on Bloodstocks...Chances-to-Win

Intro: The writer of this report on Bloomberg has obviously done his homework ahead of time to trace this thoroughbred's pedigree. David Papadopoulos has even calculated some odds for readers, leaving it all open-ended in the pursuit of payoffs for win, place or show
Pursuits

One Kentucky Derby Bet Has Already Made a 1,600% Profit

White Abarrio, with jockey Tyler Gaffalione up, wins the Holy Bull Stakes in Hallandale Beach, Florida.Photographer: Liz Lamont/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM/Shutterstock
 
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Friday, May 06, 2022

BLEEPING COMPUTER REPORTS: Security, Technology, Crypto Currency, Software, and Government

Intro: On the subject of incorrect claims by ISPs for high-speed fiber internet connections, the Federal Trade Commission is starting to enforce honesty - stop "lying" to its customers and support its high-speed internet claims.
supply chain
Security

NIST updates guidance for defending against supply-chain attacks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance on securing the supply chain against cyberattacks.

  • Installing fiber internet
    Technology

    FTC to force ISP to deploy fiber for 60K users to match speed claims

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today proposed an order requiring Connecticut-based internet service provider Frontier Communications to stop "lying" to its customers and support its high-speed internet claims.

  • Cybersecurity Lock World
    Security

    Microsoft, Apple, and Google to support FIDO passwordless logins

    Microsoft, Apple, and Google announced today plans to support a common passwordless sign-in standard (known as passkeys) developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the FIDO Alliance.

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    US agricultural machinery maker AGCO hit by ransomware attack

    AGCO, a leading US-based agricultural machinery producer, has announced it was hit by a ransomware attack impacting some of its production facilities.

    QNAP 

    Security

    QNAP fixes critical QVR remote command execution vulnerability

    QNAP has released several security advisories today to alert its customers about various fixes for flaws affecting its products. The one that stands out is a critical RCE (remote code execution) in QVR.

    Bitcoin Cryptocurrency 

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    US sanctions Bitcoin laundering service used by North Korean hackers

    The US Department of Treasury today sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io used last month by the North Korean-backed Lazarus hacking group to launder funds stolen from Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge.

    NVIDIA 

    Technology, CryptoCurrency

    NVIDIA fined for failure to disclose cryptomining sales boost

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Friday that it settled charges against multinational tech firm NVIDIA for "inadequate disclosures" of cryptomining's impact on its gaming business.

    NPM

    Software, Legal, Technology

    SheetJS ditches npm registry over 2FA requirement and 'legal matters'

    In a surprising move, the popular open source project, SheetJS aka "xlsx," has dropped support for the npm registry. Downloaded about 1.4 million times every week on npm, SheetJS is relied upon by NodeJS developers looking to craft and parse Excel spreadsheets using nothing but JavaScript.

    Google 

    Technology

    Google Docs crashes on seeing "And. And. And. And. And."

    A bug in Google Docs is causing it to crash when a series of words are typed into a document opened with the online word processor. BleepingComputer was able to reproduce the issue last night and reached out to Google.

    red bird 

    Security

    New Raspberry Robin worm uses Windows Installer to drop malware

    Red Canary intelligence analysts have discovered a new Windows malware with worm capabilities that spreads using external USB drives.

    Hacking security 

    Security, Government

    White House: Prepare for cryptography-cracking quantum computers

    President Joe Biden signed a national security memorandum (NSM) on Thursday asking government agencies to implement a set of measures that would mitigate risks posed by quantum computers to US national cyber security.

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    Ukraine’s IT Army is disrupting Russia's alcohol distribution

    Hacktivists operating on the side of Ukraine have focused their DDoS attacks on a portal that is considered crucial for the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Russia.

    F5

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    F5 warns of critical BIG-IP RCE bug allowing device takeover

    F5 has issued a security advisory warning about a flaw that may allow unauthenticated attackers with network access to execute arbitrary system commands, perform file actions, and disable services on BIG-IP.

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    COLONIA LEBARON: Struggle for Community Control That Unleashed A Multi-Generational Crimewave

    Here's the series storyline for a documentary series: In the 1940s, a group of Mormon dreamers started a town in the Mexican desert.
    But what began as a utopian vision quickly turned sour when the founding family’s son, Ervil LeBaron, struggled for control of the community and unleashed a multi-generational crimewave – the ripples of which are still being felt today.
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    INSERT The LeBaron family (left to right) Ervil, Joel, Verlan, Alma, and Floren
    --- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The LeBaron family

    Ervil Morrell LeBaron (February 22, 1925 – August 15, 1981) was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders. He was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of an opponent, and died there in 1981. He had at least 13 wives in a plural marriage, several of whom he married while they were still underage, and several of whom were involved in the murders

    History

    After The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) officially abandoned the practice of polygamy in 1890, some polygamous Mormons, who were later excommunicated from the LDS Church, moved south to Mexico to continue the practice without the interference of U.S. law enforcement. Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr. was one of these people, and in 1924 moved his family, which included his two wives and eight children, to northern Mexico. There, the family started a farm called "Colonia LeBaron" in Galeana, Chihuahua.

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    From bank robbery to drug smuggling, auto theft rings to multiple murders, a deadly cult evolved into a sophisticated organized crime family. In Deliver Us From Ervil, journalist Jesse Hyde tells the story of Ervil LeBaron and the unlikely ensemble of reporters, cops, survivors and family insiders trying to halt his bloody legacy.

    Deliver Us From Ervil Novel (Society & Culture)        

    1: The One Mighty and Strong Deliver Us From Ervil

    • Documentary                    

    It’s 2022, and journalist Jesse Hyde arrives in Colonia LeBaron. It’s a strange but thriving Mormon town, deep in the Mexican desert. While investigating a cartel massacre, Jesse uncovers the story of the LeBarons – a family whose dreams of founding a utopian community swiftly turned into a dystopian nightmare, as a faction of their town transformed into a murderous cult. Jesse traces the origins of this place, from the 1940s to the present day, its founding family and the feud between Joel LeBaron and his fanatic brother Ervil that started it all.

     

    2: The Massacre in Los Molinos Deliver Us From Ervil

    Documentary                    

    Ostracised from his family and his home, Ervil continues to build his cult from across the border in the US. When he starts threatening Colonia LeBaron with an attack, the townsfolk prepare their defences and brace themselves for the worst. But when Ervil LeBaron’s followers eventually do act, they manage to catch their victims unaware. Jesse returns to the scene of a 1974 massacre, only to find some survivors with surprising loyalties, despite the devastation.

    Deliver Us From Ervil is produced by Novel for iHeartRadio.

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    Blast from The Past: SMOLDERING LANDFILL GARBAGE DUMP Salt River Landfill Fire

    From September and October 2019 --- THE LANDFILL ENTERPRISE OPERATION
    Subtitle: Please exercise a good heap of caution provided in economic predictions.
    Recycling used to be a source of profits for city government

    City of Mesa Landfill - A Dump - Near The Salt River Goes Up In Flames

    Spotlight on this > An environment hazard to have located a landfill where contaminants or toxic materials could leak into the ground or discharge pollution into the public waterways or underground aquifers?
    For the City of Mesa "the landfill enterprise operation" is a source of profits to the Community’s General Fund where they are used for the various services the community provides. "
    Firefighters battle flames at Salt River Landfill north of Mesa             
    MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- Over 40 firefighters are working to control a blaze at the Salt River Landfill north of Mesa early Friday morning.
    The fire broke out overnight near the Beeline Highway and Gilbert Road.
     
    Salt River Fire Department Deputy Chief Kevin Makil says the landfill fire did spread to a structure, one of the recycling buildings nearby.
    Firefighters are working to hold the fire to just the one building before it spreads to any other structures.
    He said a cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
     
    No further information was made available.
    Source: AZ Family 
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    Crews battle fire at Salt River Landfill in East Valley
    The Salt River Fire Department says the landfill fire is burning near the Beeline Highway and Gilbert Road and it began when cardboard caught fire at the recycling building late Thursday night
     
     
     
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    Landfill Use Program
    The City of Mesa Environmental Management & Sustainability Department offers an optional landfill service to homeowners paying for residential solid waste services (R1.2, R1.26 or R1.29 rate type).
    As part of this program, homeowners (R1.2, R1.26 or R1.29 rate type) may use the Salt River Landfill, Waste Management San Tan Transfer Station or Republic Services Transfer Station once per month to dispose of up to 1 ton of material for a $13.00 fee**.  For your convenience, this charge is added to your monthly utility bill so you do not have to pay when you visit the landfill. 
    What if I don't qualify for this program or need to make more than one trip?
    If you do not meet the qualifications to participate in the Homeowner Landfill Use Program or need to make additional trips during the same month, you may still use any of these facilities.  The only difference is that you will be required to pay while at the facility (CASH ONLY) and will be charged their standard disposal rate.
    Salt River Landfill
    Owned and operated by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
    13602 N. Beeline Highway (Gilbert Rd. and the Beeline Highway)
    (480) 941-3427
    Hours of operation: Monday-Saturday 6 a.m. - 5 p.m. (closed to the public on Federal holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day)
    Current disposal rates for Salt River Landfill. 
    CASH ONLY; Credit and debit cards not accepted
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    From Jill Adair on ---
    Salt River Landfill: Providing Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling
    On By jillbadair   
    What is it?
    “It is a comprehensive solid waste management facility that serves the cities of Mesa and Scottsdale and the town of Gilbert (temporarily) as well as the Salt River Pima-Maricopa and Fort McDowell Indian communities.
    All profits from the landfill enterprise are directed to the Community’s General Fund where they are used for the various services the community provides. "
    Did you know? We were told that 2,300 TONS of solid waste are buried in the land every day! That’s more than 4 million pounds every single day!
    Takeaway: RECYCLE!
    Mesa garbage trucks drive directly to the landfill to dump their loads.
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    29 September 2019
    SRP"s 2020 Economic Forecast Included A World Famous Economist and Mesa City Manager Chris Brady
    600 Arizona business leaders were chowing-down early on breakfast  in Scottsdale at the Thursday session.
    They also got a good heap of caution provided in economic predictions.
    Mesa City Manager Chris Brady said the recycling business is an economic stressor.
    Don't know if Brady is trying to punch above his light weight status matched up with a global economist.
    Take a look:
    “This year, we are faced with significantly higher recycling costs here in Arizona,” he said. “If we go back in time, we think about how we were taught recycling was going to save the Earth, but now it comes down to the cost of doing it,” said Brady.

     

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    Thursday, May 05, 2022

    INVISIBLE AND DENIABLE : Actionable Intelligence Intended to Kill

    Intro: After this article published, Adrienne Watson, a National Security Council spokeswoman, said in a statement that the battlefield intelligence was not provided to the Ukrainians “with the intent to kill Russian generals.”
    The administration has sought to keep much of the battlefield intelligence secret, out of fear it will be seen as an escalation and provoke President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia into a wider war.

    U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say

    A Russian tank stuck in the mud in Zavorychi, outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, in early April.

    (Credit: Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times)

    WASHINGTON — The United States has provided intelligence about Russian units that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action in the Ukraine war, according to senior American officials.

    Ukrainian officials said they have killed approximately 12 generals on the front lines, a number that has astonished military analysts.

    The targeting help is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine. That intelligence also includes anticipated Russian troop movements gleaned from recent American assessments of Moscow’s secret battle plan for the fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the officials said. Officials declined to specify how many generals had been killed as a result of U.S. assistance.

    The United States has focused on providing the location and other details about the Russian military’s mobile headquarters, which relocate frequently. Ukrainian officials have combined that geographic information with their own intelligence — including intercepted communications that alert the Ukrainian military to the presence of senior Russian officers — to conduct artillery strikes and other attacks that have killed Russian officers.

    U.S. intelligence support to the Ukrainians has had a decisive effect on the battlefield, confirming targets identified by the Ukrainian military and pointing it to new targets. The flow of actionable intelligence on the movement of Russian troops that America has given Ukraine has few precedents. . .

    The administration has sought to keep much of the battlefield intelligence secret, out of fear it will be seen as an escalation and provoke President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia into a wider war. American officials would not describe how they have acquired information on Russian troop headquarters, for fear of endangering their methods of collection. . .

    Asked about the intelligence being provided to the Ukrainians, John F. Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said that “we will not speak to the details of that information.” But he acknowledged that the United States provides “Ukraine with information and intelligence that they can use to defend themselves.”

    After this article published, Adrienne Watson, a National Security Council spokeswoman, said in a statement that the battlefield intelligence was not provided to the Ukrainians “with the intent to kill Russian generals.”

    [.  ] But American intelligence was critical in the deaths of other generals, officials acknowledged. . .The Biden administration is also supplying new weaponry that should improve Ukraine’s ability to target senior Russian officers. The smaller version of the Switchblade drone, which is now arriving on the battlefield, can be used to identify and kill individual soldiers, and could take out a general sitting in a vehicle or giving orders on a front line.

    American officials have acknowledged publicly that the United States began giving Ukraine actionable intelligence in the run-up to Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24.

    . . .While the information the United States has provided Ukraine has proved valuable, Russian generals have often left themselves exposed to electronic eavesdropping by speaking over unsecure phones and radios, current and former American military officials said. . .

    “Clearly, we want the Russians to know on some level that we are helping the Ukrainians to this extent, and we will continue to do so,” said Evelyn Farkas, the former top Defense Department official for Russia and Ukraine in the Obama administration and currently the executive director of the McCain Institute. “We will give them everything they need to win, and we’re not afraid of Vladimir Putin’s reaction to that. We won’t be self-deterred.”

    But intelligence sharing is considered a safe form of help because it is invisible, or, at least, deniable.

    “There’s a significant amount of intelligence flowing to Ukraine from the United States,” Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate panel on Tuesday. “We have opened up the pipes.”

    (Michael Schwirtz contributed reporting from Ukraine.)

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