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Freedom Fighter Kills Photo Radar Tax Collector
by Thomas Patrick Destories Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009 at 11:32 AM

Thomas Jefferson and George Washington would be proud of Arizona citizens who have finally after years of tyranny started shooting photo radar tax collectors!

According to the report, a witness saw a Chevrolet Suburban, later identified as Destories' vehicle, pull up behind Georgianni's van about 8:45 p.m. Sunday, leaving the witness with the impression that the SUV was having trouble.

When the Suburban pulled up to a stop light at Seventh Street and Loop 101 a couple of minutes later, the witnesses realized there was no trouble and noticed the driver: a man with unkempt hair and a long moustache.

That description, along with good observation by a Department of Public Safety officer who used to live in Destories' neighborhood, led authorities to believe Destories might be involved, according to the police report.

After officers watched Destories' house and saw him move a Suburban matching the description of the suspected shooter's vehicle behind his house, they arrested the Cave Creek resident.

Investigators said Georgianni was sitting behind the driver's seat doing paperwork when the Suburban pulled up behind his van and somebody fired the shots.

The van was hit five times with large-caliber bullets, according to the report, with three of the five shots grouped in a tight pattern around the driver's side window, near where Georgianni was seated. The shooting prompted both companies that operate photo-enforcement programs in the area to pull the mobile units from highways and roads while they reassess security measures.

Destories had an initial appearance on Monday. He could face charges of first-degree murder and is being held on a $2 million cash bond.

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Naughty Santas giftwrap Tempe traffic cameras
by Santa Claus Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM

Santa impersonators wrapped-up red light and speed enforcement camer as as a holiday gift for drivers.

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Thomas Patrick Destories - Freedom Fighter
by Thanks Dude!!!!! Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2009 at 12:53 PM

Thomas Patrick Desto...
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Thomas Patrick Destories - Freedom Fighter


Thanks Dude!!! Because of you there is one less government tryant in the world.

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this guy wrote the article
by mark Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009 at 3:30 PM
moreorlesh@aol.com

ok let me get this straight , This nut job wrote this article too! This guy needs a mental hospital... shame it didn't happen in Texas.. he'd be dead already

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Slaying of tax collector fuels debate over speed cameras in Ariz.
by The only good tax collector is a dead one Monday, Apr. 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM

The debate over the first statewide speed camera enforcement program in the nation has reached a boiling point following the fatal shooting of a camera operator.

Critics of Arizona's program condemned the killing but vow they'll continue to fight what they call unfair and overly intrusive government. Supporters of the program say camera opponents have inflamed the public, and that the speed cameras have made highways safer.

Doug Georgianni, 51, was killed on April 19, as he operated a speed-enforcement van on a Phoenix freeway. Thomas Patrick Destories, a 68-year-old Phoenix man, is being held in Maricopa County jail on a first-degree murder charge in the death. He has declined to comment.

Authorities haven't said what they believe the motive might be, but said the two men had never met. Many simply assume the killing was the latest and most extreme backlash against Arizona's photo-enforcement program.

Arizonans have used sticky notes, Silly String and even a pickax to sabotage the cameras since September when they began snapping photos of highway speeders driving 11 mph or more over the speed limit.

State lawmakers have proposed two bills to do away with the cameras, and three separate citizens groups are targeting them in initiatives for the 2010 ballot.

"The conversation on everyone's mind in Arizona is the photo radar killing. That's what everyone is talking about," said Shawn Dow, a volunteer with the citizens group CameraFRAUD.com.

CameraFRAUD.com is the largest and most organized of the groups going after the cameras. Its initiative would ban photo-enforcement cameras throughout Arizona, including those in the statewide program and those run by individual municipalities, such as red light cameras in Tempe.

Dow said the Arizona Department of Public Safety and camera operator RedFlex Traffic Systems Inc. put Georgianni in danger by having him in a marked law enforcement vehicle even though he was a civilian.

"They're putting these people in marked police vehicles that are civilians that have no training, no way to defend themselves," Dow said. "We should have trained police officers - cops, not cameras."

DPS spokesman Lt. James Warriner said the department is working with RedFlex to decide how the vans will operate in the future, and that they may be unmanned.

The speed vans were pulled from Arizona freeways Monday; fixed cameras are still operating.

Warriner said critics have blamed his agency for the killing "when all we're doing is administering a program that was mandated by state Legislature and the former governor.

"Because of (critics') vocalness, you could almost say they've led to this, too - because of their protests, the encouragement of people to strike out," he said.

Warriner said Georgianni's killing will not stop photo enforcement.

Karen Finley, president and chief executive officer of RedFlex, said in a statement that the company is being "deliberative and prudent" in its review of establishing criteria to redeploy mobile speed cameras. She declined to comment further.

Republican Rep. Sam Crump of Anthem, who is seeking to ban speed cameras on state highways, condemned Georgianni's killing.

"While we don't know at this time what the motives were for this senseless killing, many have understandably speculated that it was due to anger against the speed cameras," he said in a statement the day after the killing. "To the extent there is any truth to that, I call on all individuals to reduce the war of words on this topic. Whatever the motives for this crime were, there is absolutely no justification for such a heinous act."

The photo-enforcement program was launched under former Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano.

Civil violations are punishable by a fine and surcharges totaling $181. Through Jan. 31, 34,000 motorists had paid their tickets.

Tyler Bennett, a 23-year-old Glendale resident who recently got a photo radar ticket on a Phoenix-area freeway, said he's against the speed cameras but he was "dumbfounded" when he heard about the killing.

"That really kind of hit me, to be honest," he said. "It's kind of fun to dog on the whole photo radar thing, but this whole thing is completely different."

He said he doesn't think DPS, RedFlex or critics of photo enforcement are to blame - just the person who pulled the trigger.

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Attacks kill 7 Mexican police in Tijuana
by Freedom Fighter Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2009 at 9:51 AM

When Americans start attacking the police and government like this we will be on the road to a new freedom! Down with the American police state!

TIJUANA, Mexico - Near-simultaneous attacks have killed seven police officers in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.

Police say four officers were killed when gunmen opened fire on their patrol cars in front of an auto parts store. Some of the officers got out of their cars to fight back.

Minutes earlier, gunmen attacked a police station in another neighborhood, killing two officers. Two other attacks left one officer dead and another injured.
Threats against police were heard on radio frequencies soon after Monday night's attacks.

The Tijuana city government says federal police and soldiers will step up patrols Tuesday in response to the attacks.

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Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon hobnobs with kings and sheiks of the Arab theocracy Dubai.
by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM

Hey Mayor Gordon why are you partying with kings and sheiks who operate a religious theocracy? Don’t you have more important things to do like make sure the garbage gets collected? Last time I checked the City of Phoenix was a city – Not a country.

Phoenix partners with Mideast city of Dubai

Effort aims to promote trade, investment, energy

by Scott Wong - Apr. 29, 2009 12:00 AM

The Arizona Republic

Phoenix officials are creating a strategic partnership with the wealthy Persian Gulf city of Dubai, culminating a two-year effort to forge ties they hope will lure investment and create thousands of jobs.

Mayor Phil Gordon and His Excellency Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai City, will sign a partnership agreement today designed to foster business between the two desert cities and an exchange of scientific research.

The deal, part of Gordon's long-term strategy to attract global investment in Phoenix, places particular emphasis on cooperation on solar and other clean-energy projects, as well as efforts to launch direct flights between the two cities.
The Cooperation and Partnership Agreement, which has received support from the U.S. State Department, essentially clears the way for Dubai's biggest companies to do business in Phoenix. Most firms in Dubai, one of seven city-states that make up the United Arab Emirates, are partially or fully controlled by the government and require state approval.

The agreement is more of a vision for the future than a concrete business plan. It lacks specifics, containing no financial commitments or timetables. And Gordon was unable to provide an estimate of how much money Dubai might invest in Phoenix in the coming years.

But he said, "The dollars will flow once the relationships are established and the (private sector is) working in both places."

His Excellency Sultan Bin Saeed Almansoori, economy minister of the UAE, said Dubai has penned similar agreements with a handful of cities in the Midwest, Asia and Europe. But, he added, Phoenix is unique because of the similarities it shares with Dubai, most notably their desert climates, commitment to renewable energy, and real-estate and tourism industries.

"They are very much international cities," said Almansoori, who, like the Dubai mayor, spent time in the Valley while studying engineering at Arizona State University. "They are far away from each other but are very close in how they foresee the future."


Paving the way

The deal caps the Valley's two-year push to forge a formal business partnership with Dubai.

In February 2008, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council hosted a Dubai business delegation during Super Bowl XLII. A month later, Gordon visited the port city to discuss establishing a direct Phoenix-Dubai flight.

An Arizona delegation, represented by GPEC, Phoenix and the state, followed suit last fall under the banner of the Phoenix Global Trade Initiatives, a privately funded group Gordon had formed to seek out international business opportunities for Phoenix.

This week, the Dubai delegation will meet with developers and solar researchers, visit energy-efficient buildings, ride light rail and take a helicopter tour of the Valley. ASU will showcase its Decision Theater, which uses 3-D technology to help make better decisions on urban planning, water and population growth.


The appeal of Dubai

Much of Dubai's oil and natural-gas reserves have already been exhausted. But, in recent years, wealth from neighboring oil-rich governments fueled a construction boom in Dubai, turning the tiny emirate into a financial center, real-estate hub and tourist destination.

The agreement between Phoenix and Dubai comes in the midst of a global recession in which both cities have been hit hard by collapses in the real-estate market, which had driven their economies during the recent boom.

In the first quarter of 2009, home prices in Dubai fell by more than 40 percent; the emirate's economy grew by only 1 percent during that period.

Professor John Mathis, director of the Global Financial Services Center at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, called the agreement a "good move" that will help Phoenix bolster its presence on the international stage. But he warned that because Dubai's economy has primarily relied on banking and real estate, it is more susceptible to recessions.

"It doesn't have a strong supporting domestic economy, either driven by oil or something else, to support itself. That has made it vulnerable," said Mathis, who has witnessed Dubai's economic triumphs and setbacks during 20 years of traveling to the Persian Gulf city. "Dubai will be more vulnerable to business cycles (than other cities). It may be a good investor in good times and, in slow times, it may be less than a good investor."

Local business leaders praised the pact, saying that an economic slump is precisely the time cities should be investing in business relationships.

"I think the actions that people take in the downturn of a cycle indicate who the winners are in the upturn of a cycle," said Bob Johnson, former chairman and CEO of Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace, who lived in Dubai for more than two years after the emirate's royal family hired him in 2006 to launch a $15 billion aerospace company.

Mathis said Dubai has emerged as a sort of financial "clearinghouse" for wealthy Middle East investors. Phoenix officials hope that, in the coming years, some of that cash will land here to build offices and solar-energy plants.

Some of those investments already have arrived. In 2007, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, the firm formerly headed by Bob Johnson, paid nearly $2 billion to buy a Tempe-based aircraft-maintenance and -repair firm, Landmark Aviation.

Gordon said he hopes his broader efforts - including trips to Israel, Canada and Washington, D.C., where he has been lobbying for federal stimulus money - will lure hundreds of firms to Phoenix and create thousands of new jobs.

Rolling out the red carpet
Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai City, and Sultan Bin Saeed Almansoori, United Arab Emirates' economy minister, are no strangers to the Valley. Both received engineering degrees from Arizona State University. But given the financial stakes, Phoenix and ASU hope to make a good impression on their foreign guests.

Highlights of their stay:

Today

• Guided tour of Phoenix Convention Center.

• U.S. Green Building Council Greenbuild Leadership luncheon, Arizona Biltmore Resort.

• Signing of Cooperation Agreement.

• Meeting with Steve Ellman, president of developer Ellman Cos.

• Dinner reception hosted by Phoenix Global Trade Initiatives at McCune Mansion in Paradise Valley.

Thursday

• Travel to ASU by light rail.

• Learn about ASU's Decision Theater 3-D technology.

• Visit APS' Star Center for solar research.

• Lunch hosted by Greater Phoenix Economic Council.

• Helicopter tour of region.

• Visit ASU's Water Cronkite School of Journalism in downtown Phoenix.

• Meeting with Steve Cowman, chief executive of Stirling Energy Systems Inc.

• Dinner reception hosted by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and sponsored by Arizona Contractors Association.

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The city of Phoenix cuts a deal with a Muslim theoracy run by Sultans, Kings and Sheiks!
by Sultan, Sheik and Mayor Phil Gordon Thursday, Apr. 30, 2009 at 9:54 AM

Phoenix-Dubai agreement aims to promote business


After a two-year courtship, Phoenix and the Persian Gulf port of Dubai made their relationship official Wednesday in a ceremony packed with smiles and handshakes, gift exchanges and goodwill.

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Dubai Director General Hussain Nasser Lootah signed a partnership agreement aimed at promoting trade and foreign investment between the two cities.

"We see there is a future where we can cooperate. We see a future where we can work together," said Lootah, making his second visit to the Valley since he graduated from Arizona State University in the 1980s. "We can exchange best practices from the things you are doing here and the things we are doing in Dubai."
While touching on broad themes, the partnership specifically calls for more frequent visits by business delegations; collaborations on solar energy and other green projects; greater efforts to launch a direct commercial flight between the two cities; and a sharing of cultural ideas and scientific research.

The ceremony, which took place during a special City Council meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center, was attended by Sultan Bin Saeed Almansoori, the United Arab Emirates' economy minister, and other officials from the country, located along the Middle East's Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Dubai, one of seven city-states that comprise the United Arab Emirates, experienced a construction and real-estate boom in recent years, fed by investments from oil-rich neighboring governments. But similar to Phoenix, growth has slowed significantly in the emirate due to the global recession, which has tied up credit and pushed down property values.

Gordon and other Valley business leaders have been working on a deal with Dubai for the past couple of years. It's a relationship they hope will lead to Dubai investments in local construction projects, solar technology and education.

"This is an agreement and friendship between the fastest-growing and most dynamic city in the Middle East and the fastest-growing and most dynamic city in the United States," Gordon said. "This is about employment and direct investment."

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The city of Phoenix cuts a deal with a Muslim theoracy run by Sultans, Kings and Sheiks!
by Sultan, Sheik and Mayor Phil Gordon Thursday, Apr. 30, 2009 at 9:54 AM

Phoenix-Dubai agreement aims to promote business


After a two-year courtship, Phoenix and the Persian Gulf port of Dubai made their relationship official Wednesday in a ceremony packed with smiles and handshakes, gift exchanges and goodwill.

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Dubai Director General Hussain Nasser Lootah signed a partnership agreement aimed at promoting trade and foreign investment between the two cities.

"We see there is a future where we can cooperate. We see a future where we can work together," said Lootah, making his second visit to the Valley since he graduated from Arizona State University in the 1980s. "We can exchange best practices from the things you are doing here and the things we are doing in Dubai."
While touching on broad themes, the partnership specifically calls for more frequent visits by business delegations; collaborations on solar energy and other green projects; greater efforts to launch a direct commercial flight between the two cities; and a sharing of cultural ideas and scientific research.

The ceremony, which took place during a special City Council meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center, was attended by Sultan Bin Saeed Almansoori, the United Arab Emirates' economy minister, and other officials from the country, located along the Middle East's Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Dubai, one of seven city-states that comprise the United Arab Emirates, experienced a construction and real-estate boom in recent years, fed by investments from oil-rich neighboring governments. But similar to Phoenix, growth has slowed significantly in the emirate due to the global recession, which has tied up credit and pushed down property values.

Gordon and other Valley business leaders have been working on a deal with Dubai for the past couple of years. It's a relationship they hope will lead to Dubai investments in local construction projects, solar technology and education.

"This is an agreement and friendship between the fastest-growing and most dynamic city in the Middle East and the fastest-growing and most dynamic city in the United States," Gordon said. "This is about employment and direct investment."

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Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon hangs out with some real scum bags
by Sheik Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Saturday, May. 02, 2009 at 12:29 PM

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon just likes to hang out with the Sheiks, Kings and Sultans from Dubai. He just cut a deal allowing them to trade with the city of Phoenix. From this article it seems like Mayor Phil Gordon hangs out with some real sleezy scum bags.

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Sheik in videos to face inquiries from Emirates about torture

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Emirates will investigate a member of its ruling family because of videotapes showing the sheik torturing a man, the country's official news agency reported.

The move will be the first of its kind in the federation, where ruling families have remained untouchable and beyond reproach. The investigation could deeply embarrass this U.S. ally that promotes itself as a pro-Western nation catering to tourists and business travelers.

Allegations against Sheik Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan surfaced a year ago when his former associate, Texas businessman Bassem Nabulsi, filed a lawsuit in the United States against the sheik.

Nabulsi's lawyers at the time showed the Associated Press still images from one of three videos, which appeared to show Issa sodomizing a man with a cattle prod. Other photos showed Issa beating the man with a plank and firing an automatic weapon around him.

Since then, parts of the videos have aired on television stations and appeared on the Internet.

The victim is believed to be a man whom the sheik felt had overcharged him in a grain deal, the lawyers said.

The government "unequivocally condemns the actions depicted on the video," state-run WAM news agency reported late Wednesday.

It said a government-run human-rights organization in the Judicial Department will fully review the matter.

Emirati officials declined to comment about the case, and Issa could not be reached.

Although most members of the ruling Al Nahyan family hold the presidency and other key positions in the government, Issa has no official role.

He is a half brother of UAE's president and a brother of the crown price.

Issa allegedly recruited Nabulsi to work as his personal business manager and trusted him with financial records, investment documents and the torture tapes.

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Thomas Patrick Destories is a hero like Larry Naman
by Larry Naman Saturday, May. 02, 2009 at 12:51 PM

Thomas Patrick Destories is a hero like Larry Naman who attempted to assassinate Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.

My only complaint with Larry Naman is that he is a lousy shot and hit Mary Rose Wilcox in the butt instead of the heart. Sadly Mary Rose Wilcox was not killed and is still alive and she is still a government tyrant micro-managing our lives.

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Fire destroys Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's garage
by Fire Tuesday, May. 05, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Terry Goddard lives at 7th Ave & Roosevelt in Phoenix

An early morning fire that burned through Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's garage was probably caused by an electrical malfunction with a refrigerator and the outlet it was plugged into, Phoenix authorities said.

The refrigerator, in a detached garage, or the outlet to which it was plugged into malfunctioned and the flames spread through the garage, said Shelly Jamison, of Phoenix fire.

Papers, boxes and files fueled the fire, Jamison said in a phone interview.
The blaze was reported about 4:40 a.m. by a witness who told dispatchers they could see 40-foot flames at a home near Seventh Avenue and Roosevelt Street, Jamison said.

“Its no surprise that it was cooking by the time units arrived. Everyone is asleep at that time,” Jamison said.

The flames did not reach the main residence.

Authorities previously reported that the fire was caused by a power line that snapped and fell to the ground.

Jamison later stated that the broken power line snapped as a result of flames that spread to a power line and caused it to fall.

A power company was called to cut off electricity to the line and the fire was contained in about 10 minutes, Jamison said.

“The power line made it a bit more dangerous for our firefighters, you don't want to get water or step on one of those,” Jamison said.

The family was home at the time of the fire but no injuries were reported.

The garage, which the family used as a workshop and storage facility, was declared a total loss.

Flames extended to two palm trees near the garage, a neighboring home and a power line, said Jamison.

“The neighboring building received only minor damage. They were able to get water on that very quickly,” Jamison said.

Authorities did not offer an estimate of damage.

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The only good tax collector is a dead tax collector
by Douglas Georgianni Saturday, May. 09, 2009 at 10:15 AM

The only good tax collector is a dead tax collector

The only good cop is a dead dead cop

Fuck the photo radar tax collectors

Fuck the police

Fuck RedFlex Traffic Systems

Fuck Douglas Georgianni

Lets hope that many more photo radar tax collectors like Douglas Georgianni are killed by freedom fighters like Thomas Destories!

Dead photo radar tax collector Douglas Georgianni from RedFlex Traffic Systems

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Death to David Dorn!
by Freedom Fighter Saturday, May. 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM

David Dorn is a stuck up asshole who claims to be a Libertarian. David Dorn is a hate monger who spreads lies about people he considers inferior to his perfect self. While David Dorn claims to be a Libertarian he sucks the government tit by using is insurance company Dorn Agency to sell insurance to government employees.

Death to David Dorn!

Fuck David Dorn!

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Lots of government tyrants need to be killed
by Ari Cohn Sunday, May. 24, 2009 at 4:47 PM

Landowner says he faces jail over weeds

Pablo Pescador, owner of a defunct Chandler landscaping business, says city officials have been waging "all out war" against him for two years, and now he is facing a three-month jail term.

Pescador, 48, says city prosecutors have hounded him continuously about the state of his one-acre property, on the north side of Chandler Boulevard just west of McQueen Road, demanding additional work every time he fulfills a cleanup order.

And now, he could go to jail because of weeds, he said.

"They want me to go to jail for having a tumbleweed," he said. "This is a serious abuse of power."

Collin Yu, an assistant city prosecutor, said the weeds are only a small part of the problem. Pescador has a history of flouting city law. Aside from the weeds, he earned his sentence by illegally operating an auto repair business on the site and for failing to remove large piles of debris and abandoned vehicles, Yu said.

"It was like a junkyard, essentially," Yu said.

Pescador's former business, Turfcare Landscape Concepts, presents a facade to the street of prolific and varied ornamental stonework. On closer inspection, however, the stonework is falling to pieces, and many of the windows have been boarded up.

The property's rear yard is vacant, save for a couple of old vehicles with Turfcare logos, a couple of pieces of large statuary, and some low, nondescript rubble.

VICTIM?

Pescador said he bought the property in 1998, soon after retiring from the U.S. Army as a captain, having served in the first Gulf War. His Turfcare landscaping business opened in 2004 to fanfare, with then-Vice Mayor Lowell Huggins in attendance, he said.

His troubles began in September 2005, when a fire damaged the rear portion of the main building. Pescador said he didn't have the means to bring the building back up to code in a reasonable amount of time to keep his landscaping business alive.

The business remained closed through 2006, and Pescador said city officials began accusing him of setting the fire deliberately, although nothing ever came of the allegation.

"They dragged my son in and out of the police station six or seven times for questioning," he said.

To get business moving again, he built a 1,400-square-foot masonry building at the back of the property in spring 2007. He admitted he didn't have the proper permits for the work.

"This is where I went wrong," he said.

Chandler inspectors came back out to the site in fall 2007 and cited him for erecting a building without a permit, and for operating a mechanic shop on the site without proper authorization and in violation of zoning laws.

Pescador said he wasn't operating a mechanic shop, merely helping out a friend by storing about 30 cars for a few weeks while the friend shipped them for sale.

As for the masonry building, Pescador said the city offered to allow him to bring it up to code, which involved getting things like engineering specifications and drainage plans, but the expense got to be too great, so he tore it down voluntarily.

Nevertheless, Pescador pleaded guilty to the two charges. He said that at the time, he didn't think he needed a lawyer to advise him.

But city inspectors came back in February 2008 demanding that he clean up what they called debris, and to get rid of a couple of weeds, he said. Pescador denied that the piles of material on the site were "debris."

"We have a lot of stone products, a lot of masonry parts," he said. "To me, those are materials that are worth money."

A few weeks later, city officials petitioned the court to revoke his probation and send him to jail, with a photo of a single weed on the site as evidence, Pescador said. That's when he hired a lawyer.

"I said, 'You know what? This thing is never going to finish,'" he said. "They are not going to let me go."

His lawyer, Jonathan Dessaules, said Chandler officials keep moving the finish line. Once Pescador complies with one order, they add more requirements, he said.

"Every time he goes out, he cleans it up, but they say, 'You didn't do X, Y and Z,'" Dessaules said.

Last week, Pescador was sentenced to 90 days in jail for failure to comply. Dessaules said the court misinterpreted the conditions of the original plea agreement, and that it's a "manifest injustice" to send someone to jail for weeds.

"We are appealing the sentence," Dessaules said.

Pescador said it's unfair to send him to prison for having a few weeds, when the original charges regarding the masonry building and the auto shop have been corrected.

"We want to be able to take it to the Superior Court and let them review the whole thing and decide if it was appropriate," he said.

SERIAL OFFENDER?

Yu, the assistant city prosecutor, said the case against Pescador included a citation for weeds, but it was only a fraction of the problem.

"Weeds were a part of it, admittedly, but a small part," Yu said.

He said Pescador has flouted city law going back to 2007, when officials charged him with building the masonry building and erecting a canopy without the proper permits, and that the structures were not up to city code.

Yu disputed Pescador's claim to have torn down the new structures voluntarily. He said the probation conditions of Pescador's 2007 plea agreement - after he had pleaded guilty - required him to demolish the structures and to refrain from using any building that doesn't have the proper permits.

The probation was rescinded when the buildings were torn down, yet Pescador left huge piles of concrete and metal, vats of motor oil, and multiple vehicles on the property, Yu said.

He said the reason Pescador is now facing a 90-day jail sentence is that he pleaded guilty last year, in a separate case, of illegally operating an auto repair shop on the site. Of the other three pre-existing buildings on the site, the main building wasn't up to code after the fire, and Pescador was using the warehouse building as an unenclosed auto repair shop in violation of zoning laws and without the proper permits, Yu said.

The terms of the second plea agreement, entered last October, required Pescador to stop using the site for unauthorized business and to clean up the remaining debris, weeds and abandoned vehicles, Yu said.

This March, a judge ruled that Pescador had failed to clean up the site, and revoked his probation.

Yu said Pescador had plenty of opportunities to avoid jail time. He had months to clean up his property, but he failed to do it, Yu said.

The court still has the option of recommending that Pescador serve his time at home under house arrest, Yu said.

"The whole goal of this thing was to bring him into compliance," Yu said. "The fact that he couldn't afford to do it never came up."

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Petty Bourgeois faux-radical cruelty
by James Jordan Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 at 8:40 AM

THIS is what arizona indymedia has devolved into--petty bourgeois pseudo-radicals who take pleasure in the COWARDLY murder of some poor worker? All of you who take any pleasure in this are cowards and you're cruel and your lives are meaningless jokes. You people yourselves are already dead--it's just your bodies are still functioning. But your brains and souls are already in the graveyard. Cowardly, walking corpses is what you are.

Do you think murdering some poor half-cop, half-clerical worker in a photo enforcement ban is going to do anything to stop repression and oppression? I can't even stoop to arguing the issue or the tactics or the strategy behind this, because.... You who did this and you who think this was in anyway cool have allowed your souls.... I mean, I can't even call you "evil" because you don't have the balls to be "bad" in any upfront way. Slime, coming up on someone who didn't even have a chance to fight back.

This wasn't an act of revolution. That takes some planning and consolidation and reason and some popular support.

To the guy who did this: enjoy your new life. No more walks in the woods or the desert. No more nights out on the town with your friends. No loving sex. No making a decent meal with fresh ingredients that you grew or picked out yourself. No more meaningful interaction with society. No chance to build anything revolutionary or worthwhile.

Far as I'm concerned, someone like you deserves to be locked away in a cage. Have fun, you coward!

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courage
by Kevin Walsh Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 at 9:17 PM

He knew the risks and had the courage to take them. That's courage, not cowardice. It's a pity you don't know the difference. You always were a petit-bourgeois moral philistine, James Jordan. I'll give you credit for being more courageous than most who post here. At least you have the courage to post under your own name.

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Handy Dandy Photo Radar Camera Painter
by Photo Radar Freedom Fighter Friday, Jun. 05, 2009 at 2:35 PM

Here is a handy dandy device that can be used to
paint photo radar cameras.

http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2009/06/74407.php

Fuck the government photo radar tax collectors!

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Death to David Dorn !?
by Reply Sunday, Jun. 07, 2009 at 5:10 PM

M ike,

Everybody knows it was you who posted this. Everyone also knows that the source of the posting is logged in the public library computer you used to make the post.

This is enough to be considered a threat and enough to have you committed for psychiatric evaluation.
If you are ill you will be committed, if not found ill you go to tent city.

It is not as hard to find a homeless person as you think, there is no place for you to hide.


by Freedom Fighter Saturday, May. 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM

David Dorn is a stuck up asshole who claims to be a Libertarian. David Dorn is a hate monger who spreads lies about people he considers inferior to his perfect self. While David Dorn claims to be a Libertarian he sucks the government tit by using is insurance company Dorn Agency to sell insurance to government employees.

Death to David Dorn!

Fuck David Dorn!

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Why?
by B. Kalafut Friday, Jun. 12, 2009 at 10:35 PM

By all accounts, David Dorn is a good guy--as are you. Maybe it's futile to try to level with schizophrenia, but: you're doing yourself no favors with posts like this.

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Mr. Photo
by Photo Radar Saturday, Sep. 12, 2009 at 6:15 PM
radar@safetran-traffic.com 602-602-6020

Right on! This had nationwide effects.... Such as the tyrants at Redflex discontinuing their spy speed vans across the country. We owe you one, dude!

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