U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Doney Park, wanted to address many topics Friday at a town hall meeting in Flagstaff…"I got to sit at the table for two years, and I got to speak my piece," he said to the audience. For some, it was a chance to tell Gosar they didn't like his policies, particularly in environmental areas…Gosar cited his family's history opposing a proposed use of a nuclear device to aid mining where he grew up in Wyoming, and said it was safer to remove the uranium from the canyon than le...
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A high-tech computer model that is supposed to help manage precious local water supplies has instead been mired in controversy for much of 2011… The USGS gave a copy of the draft report to Prescott's water resources manager, Leslie Graser, because she had co-authored the report while working for the Arizona Department of Water Resources. But USGS told Graser she couldn't share it with other Prescott officials. Prescott and PV then secretly sought help from members of Congress. Then-Congressman J...
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By now, most of us have digested or discounted President Obama's jobs speech before a joint session of Congress three weeks ago: "You give me $447 billion more in taxpayer funds to spend on government subsidies and I'll give you a $240 billion payroll tax cut for employers and employees."… Barrasso and Pearce gave Obama examples: "For instance, Mr. President, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act offered by Congressman Paul Gosar [RáAriz.] would pave the way for a copper mine ...
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