Before I begin my response to Supervisor Stephen Miller taking a knee in support of the CDC's bad policy, I would like to address him attacking my staff. I hired four of the hardest working people in Pinal County. Each week they read over one-thousand...
Opinion
Chairman Offers Apology Regarding COVID Grant Vote by Pinal Supervisors
On Sept. 1, 2021, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors acting as the board of directors for the Public Health District meeting turned down 3.2 million dollars of federal grant money to help the county with the COVID-19 pandemic. In my opinion, this decision was...
Pinal County Supervisor, District 1
On Wednesday, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors rejected over $3.3 million dollars from the federal government. The $3.3 million dollars would have required Pinal County to create a Vaccine Equity Coordinator who would be in charge of federal communications...
Chairman Offers Apology
On Sept. 1, 2021, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors acting as the board of directors for the Public Health District meeting turned down 3.2 million dollars of federal grant money to help the county with the COVID-19 pandemic. In my opinion, this decision was...
Why Would Cavanaugh Vote to Reject Multi-Million Dollar COVID-19 Relief Funds?
On Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2021, the Pinal County Supervisor for the mountain area and District 1 voted with two other conservative members of the board to reject $3.4 million (from the State of Arizona and federal government ) that was to be used for COVID-19 relief and...
Education Critical to Our Future in the Copper Corridor – Visit to Helios Inspires Collaboration
Recently, the mayors and school district superintendents of Globe, Superior, Miami, Hayden, Winkelman and Kearny were all invited to visit the headquarters of Helios Education Foundation in Phoenix. The purpose of the meeting was to learn more about the current...
AFGHANISTAN: A soldier’s perspective
By Gary Michiel Montiel Anyone who is old enough to remember the events of 9/11 and the vivid imagery and raw emotion that day instilled in our country understands the reason we invaded Afghanistan. We were attacked on our own soil and we were compelled to defend...
Rural Arizona Redistricting and the 5 Eastern Counties
Many of you are learning about this redistricting issue for the first time. It happens every 10 years following the national census. In Arizona, we have a commission appointed to draw the new districts for Congressional and Legislative districts in our state. We...
Mayor’s Minute: Catching up on all things Superior!
Mayor Mila Besich What a busy year 2021 has been – it is hard to believe that half of the year has passed! It’s been a while since I have written a Mayor’s Minute column, and I wanted to take a minute to update our residents on a broad range of important...
From the Mayor’s Desk: Water Issues, A New Manager and the Kearny Ambulance
Hello there! February was a busy month for the town. Let me tell you about it. This update is to inform you and provide some transparency as to what is going on with the town and at the council meetings for those that may not be able to attend. Meetings are held on...