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vartian: The town council voted 5-0 in favor of the action; Mayor Ed Foster did not attend the emergency meeting Sunday afternoon. Gilbert reportedly said the action was needed because Jennifer Jones was "inciting riots" after videos of her arrest at the meeting sprung up across the Internet.

While certainly not in the martial law category, declaring a state of emergency because people are pissed you arrested a journalist and "riots are breaking out" is a hell of a claim to make.

Somethingvery strange is going on in this town. According to the mayor, someone has been writing checks to the sum of ~$200,000 per year for the last several years and nobody can get the town council to release information on who is getting the checks. Link (new window)

Aarontology: Why was the reporter arrested in the first place?

From the Mayors blog that I posted above

2011 -- 30 JUNE
"The statements she was making pertained to the improper adoption of new rules of procedure -- some of which are in violation of Arizona's Open Meetings Law. [Fewer people are allowed in the room, standing is prohibited, photography and videography are only allowed from one small area and Chief of Police Jeff Gilbert even attempted to force publisher Doug Guilford to choose between speaking and video recording the proceedings.]

To attempt to prevent her -- or anyone else -- from speaking only invites disaster. Seemingly bent on destroying the meeting, Joe Winslow shouted for her to be removed, even going so far as to take a vote of the council [all of whom went along with this ridiculous ploy.] "

This is a little town seriously out of control.

Aarontology: Samuel Beale's Ghost: This is a little town seriously out of control.

That's a town with something MAJOR to hide.

Are there any AZ Tfers? I would love to get an inside opinion on this town.

violentsalvation: Samuel Beale's Ghost: Aarontology: Samuel Beale's Ghost: This is a little town seriously out of control.

That's a town with something MAJOR to hide.

Are there any AZ Tfers? I would love to get an inside opinion on this town.

It is like 2 stop signs and a restaurant. I think this is just small town politics. So small in fact you really don't know who to believe, all stories I find covering this are uncredible online rags.

I can verify this. Two stop signs. Three gas stations. I've never stopped there for anything but gas on the way to Lake Havasu from Phoenix. They have an RV shindig once a year that's fairly popular. A lot of rock shops. That's about it.

timujin: Get the hence and get us the straight dope

Yes, timujin and HakunaMatata , you two have just been promoted to be the TFARK crack investigatory team, kind of like a 21 century Woodward and Bernstein. Lets get to the bottom of this. I see a Pulitzer in your future

Marcus Aurelius: I can't wait to see the follow-up stories.

Mayor caught in bed with a dead hooker AND a live boy.

violentsalvation: Even though this is a WND article Link (^) I think it covers the story better than anything I have found. Also it shows how the police chief is a total asshole.

From the link-
"The next regularly secheduled council meeting is slated for this Tuesday night."

Road trip, anyone?

Samuel Beale's Ghost: vartian: The town council voted 5-0 in favor of the action; Mayor Ed Foster did not attend the emergency meeting Sunday afternoon. Gilbert reportedly said the action was needed because Jennifer Jones was "inciting riots" after videos of her arrest at the meeting sprung up across the Internet.

While certainly not in the martial law category, declaring a state of emergency because people are pissed you arrested a journalist and "riots are breaking out" is a hell of a claim to make.

Somethingvery strange is going on in this town. According to the mayor, someone has been writing checks to the sum of ~$200,000 per year for the last several years and nobody can get the town council to release information on who is getting the checks. Link (new window)

That is some Grade A corruption going on right there.

muck4doo: Samuel Beale's Ghost: vartian: The town council voted 5-0 in favor of the action; Mayor Ed Foster did not attend the emergency meeting Sunday afternoon. Gilbert reportedly said the action was needed because Jennifer Jones was "inciting riots" after videos of her arrest at the meeting sprung up across the Internet.

While certainly not in the martial law category, declaring a state of emergency because people are pissed you arrested a journalist and "riots are breaking out" is a hell of a claim to make.

Somethingvery strange is going on in this town. According to the mayor, someone has been writing checks to the sum of ~$200,000 per year for the last several years and nobody can get the town council to release information on who is getting the checks. Link (new window)

That is some Grade A corruption going on right there.

Reminds me of Bell, California Link (new window) but as violentsalvation says, it's hard to know who to believe.

ITT:

Herpa derp and-a derpa derp derp.

mfsteve: violentsalvation: Samuel Beale's Ghost: Aarontology: Samuel Beale's Ghost: This is a little town seriously out of control.

That's a town with something MAJOR to hide.

Are there any AZ Tfers? I would love to get an inside opinion on this town.

It is like 2 stop signs and a restaurant. I think this is just small town politics. So small in fact you really don't know who to believe, all stories I find covering this are uncredible online rags.

I can verify this. Two stop signs. Three gas stations. I've never stopped there for anything but gas on the way to Lake Havasu from Phoenix. They have an RV shindig once a year that's fairly popular. A lot of rock shops. That's about it.

They need an excuse to use all the cop equipment they have layin' around the station.

Rural Arizona towns are just plain weird. Especially those in the desert.

/Grew up in the state
//Left

A quick googlemaps search shows Quartzsite to be about three or four miles square.

They do have C.H.U.D.s, though.

/you oughtta seem them C.H.U.D.s go when they get whipped-up into riot-frenzy mode

Is it even possible for a (pissant at that) town to declare "martial law" ? That is something that usually requires the Army or National Guard to do.

God damn it, this is why we need The A Team. They would have solved this problem with a fist fight and a cannon that shoots sand.

Tin pot republican fascists did this in the city I grew up in too. The voters rewarded the tough guy routine with a corruption investigation.

This sounds like the end of a Stephen King novel where shiat starts to get seriously out of control.

Walker: Sounds like the Feds need to be called into this loony bin of a town run by a corrupt city council, mayor and police chief.

The mayor looks like he is trying to clean it up.

wraithmare: Rural Arizona towns are just plain weird. Especially those in the desert.

/Grew up in the state
//Left

Rural towns period are just plain weird. Doesn't matter where they are. I have yet to see a small town city council (and many larger city's councils for that matter) with any idea of how to act appropriately as elected officials.

vicejay: Videos:

Her arrest (new window)

Her return at the next meeting (new window)

I wanna see a transcript here. From what I can tell, she was recognized and given the floor, as she began to speak the Chair began to speak, motioned to remove her, and voted.

Not totally versed on Robert's Rules of Order, but you can't motion ANYTHING when you don't have the floor as a recognized speaker. This is just comic, farcical abuse of a meeting. Well, the video seems to begin midway, and the audio is unclear, but the speaker appears recognized. If she walked up and grabbed the mike, that's different, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

"You are in violation of MY rules of order!"
I'm outta order- you're outta order- this whole TRIAL is out of order!

muck4doo: Walker: Sounds like the Feds need to be called into this loony bin of a town run by a corrupt city council, mayor and police chief.

The mayor looks like he is trying to clean it up.

even though he's the cause?

violentsalvation: Samuel Beale's Ghost: Aarontology: Samuel Beale's Ghost: This is a little town seriously out of control.

That's a town with something MAJOR to hide.

Are there any AZ Tfers? I would love to get an inside opinion on this town.

It is like 2 stop signs and a restaurant. I think this is just small town politics. So small in fact you really don't know who to believe, all stories I find covering this are uncredible online rags.

It is on the border with California and it has a major rock festival that attracts buyers (think jewelers) from all over the country. I have been to the festival twice and the population booms to over one million if I remember right. As far as local politics go, I don't have any idea.

nu lamb fen: ITT:

Herpa derp and-a derpa derp derp.


Welcome to Fark, Mr. Mayor.

sxacho: This sounds like the end of a Stephen King novel where shiat starts to get seriously out of control.

I had the same thought.