Monthly Archive for Arizona
Arizona Stories Posted in May 2008
Some Payday-Loan Foes Drop Initiative Support
Category: Arizona · State: Arizona · Source: Arizona Daily Star
An initiative drive to put the payday-loan industry out of business in Arizona may falter because of a split among supporters. Members of an organization dubbed Stop Payday Predators announced Friday that they no longer are backing the initiative. State Sen. Debbie McCune Davis, D-Phoenix, who is chairing that group, said she believes the money being raised to put that measure on the November ballot would be better spent killing an industry-backed initiative that would make payday-loan stores a permanent presence in Arizona. That leaves only the Stop Payday Loans committee, headed by Rep. Marian McClure, R-Tucson, to pursue the initiative to abolish the industry. McClure said Friday that she is counting the signatures already collected and will decide in the next two weeks whether to pursue the ballot measure.
Group Organizes Recall Effort Against Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon
Category: Immigration · State: Arizona · Source: The Arizona Republic
Anti-illegal-immigration activists will attempt to recall Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon for policies they say are too soft on those who enter the country illegally. A group calling itself American Citizens United, which includes members of organizations involved in recent anti-illegal-immigrant protests, filed paperwork Wednesday to create a political-action committee. "Phil Gordon has operated the Mayor's Office with malfeasance in refusing to execute his sworn oath of office," the group said in its filing. advertisement It accused Gordon of "disregarding the will of Phoenix citizens by refusing to allow the Phoenix Police Department to impartially enforce laws against violators of laws on illegal immigration and human smuggling."
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