A standing-room only crowd of more than 150 Corona del Sol football parents waited dubiously on Monday night for Zane Zamenski to explain himself.

May 3, 2005

Here are the final two paragraphs of a column I wrote last January:

October 23, 2004

How well will Arizona State bounce back from the drubbing it received from top-ranked USC last week?

The Higley Unified School District governing board approved a plan this week to move forward with two middle schools next school year by leasing property.

WASHINGTON — Pleading for unity in a newly divided government, President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival for an anxious nation, declaring in his State of the Union address Tuesday night: "We will move forward together or not at all."

A $9.3 million project to narrow Arizona Avenue through downtown Chandler will move forward over the objections of several area business owners and with only the thinnest margin of support from the City Council.

Mesa Police Department plans to move ahead with design and construction of five major capital improvement projects in the next fiscal year, including choosing a site to replace the existing Dobson Police sub-station, buying an evidence freezer, and improving security at its Center Against Family Violence, which helps victims of physical and sexual abuse.

 The trial of Baseline Killer suspect Mark Goudeau will move forward despite an attempt by his lawyers to send the case back to the grand jury.

The Maricopa County Community College District's governing board will move forward on firing a psychology professor suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with one of his students who died.

NEW YORK - While BET is seen in more than 80 million homes, it's not everywhere. So when Reginald Hudlin recently found himself in New Hampshire - a state where the population is less than 1 percent black - he realized he needed to be creative to convince operators of a cable system to add the network to its lineup.

Mesa is moving forward with plans for a $521,000 lighted and landscaped pathway to link the Mesa Arts Center with parking lots and city facilities to the north.

January 28, 2005

Neighborhood activists are taking Scottsdale's conservation ethic beyond the city's nature preserve.

Editor's note: This is an open letter to John Huppenthal, Arizona's superintendent of public instruction.

Mesa’s Falcon Field is undergoing more than $3 million in ramp and lighting upgrades to increase safety and functionality.

Dear Mikey,

Dear Mikey,

A state judge has ordered Gov. Jan Brewer to finally fully implement the 2010 voter-approved Medical Marijuana Act, saying she acted illegally in holding it up.

Thirty six acres of land off Chandler Boulevard and 50th Street may be transformed into 422 apartments and retail space in the coming years if the city approves developers' plans.