They’re BAAAACCK! It’s our annual political sign season and the self-serving politicians will be busy posting ugly candidate signs by the thousands all over our city controlled easements at most intersections.

Arizonans who don't believe the federal government has done all that it can to secure the border now have a chance to put their money where their mouth is.

Arizonans who don't believe the federal government has done all that it can to secure the border now have a chance to put their money where their mouth is.

“Why is it so difficult for Gilbert citizens to understand that Linda Abbott was a prime mover and pusher for Prop 406, a 17% tax which was soundly defeated as it was found that it was totally unnecessary. She may be a nice lady but terribly wrong in decisions affecting taxpayers. Victor Petersen would be an excellent replacement for her. He is an honest financial expert.”

Regarding Dan Zeiger’s article about election signs (Tribune, Dec. 3), the whole Valley doesn’t have to suffer the political sign mess. Most of the signs are illegal according to two Arizona State laws — ARS 9-500.14 regarding electioneering on city controlled property, and ARS 15-511 regarding electioneering on school district property, which carries a $500 per violation fine. Google them to see for yourself.

Chandler has pledged $400,000 to Gangplank, a technology-oriented nonprofit, to help redevelop a historic downtown building, the first such project to fall under new guidelines aimed at transforming the downtown into a thriving community core.

A Superior Court judge has issued an order that will allow the Julio César Chavez Campeones restaurant and entertainment center to proceed to an opening in mid-October.

Fans of boxing great Julio César Chavez will have to wait a little longer to see him at the grand opening of his new restaurant in Mesa.The $4.5 million project at Southern Avenue and Country Club Drive has been delayed for at least a month by a legal dispute.

HOBOKEN, N.J.  — Even in the state of "The Sopranos" and "On the Waterfront," where corruption seems institutionalized, the arrest of a neophyte mayor in office a mere three weeks stands out.

A west Mesa park-and-ride lot appears headed to a site near Country Club Drive and Baseline Road, close to a Home Depot store.

“Have you heard — it isn’t necessary to pay your taxes by April 15. You can wait until you have been nominated as a cabinet member.”

A $5,000 grant to help pay for an equestrian trail represents a small step toward Queen Creek’s goal of building a 143-mile multi-use network that will one day criss-cross the town.

The owner of a single piece of property is standing in the way of a new natural gas pipeline to serve central Arizona.

A decision on a potentially altering an equestrian trail in Northsight Park to accommodate adjacent residential development has been postponed until the Dec. 9 Scottsdale City Council meeting.

Scottsdale's City Council could decide Tuesday to narrow an equestrian trail at Northsight Park to accommodate private development, a move which horse enthusiasts say would be dangerous.

A key Pinal County bridge east of Queen Creek has been closed to traffic for more than three years after a flood scoured the bed around the bridge's supports and destabilized it in Queen Creek Wash.

Neighbors of Northsight Park are questioning whether city planning officials' endorsement of a privacy wall means Scottsdale is compromising its principles on equestrian trails in a giveaway to developers.

A Queen Creek school for troubled boys has lost in the state court of appeals in its effort to halt Gilbert's plans to condemn a pipeline easement through its horse pasture so the town can install a waterline from a nearby treatment plant.

Gilbert residents will be getting two new parks in the oldest part of town before the end of the year, and are getting the chance this week to give their takes on naming these bridges between the past and present.

The Center for Practice, Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education is looking for senior citizen volunteers to tutor students in math from kindergarten to fourth grade at elementary schools. Training will be provided.

 Short takes from the Tribune Editorial Board.

Margo Cibella for years has allowed the public to use a privately owned alleyway behind her north Scottsdale home to access Mescal Park.

Queen Creek resident Jill Charette feels betrayed as she watches a raised median being installed in front of her home on Ocotillo Road.