Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton, and Council members Freddy Rios, Mike Pastor, Jesse Leetham, Fernando Shipley, and Mariano Gonzales. All members were in attendance. Announcements Mayor Al Gameros said in the week of July 17-23 there were 40 new COVID cases in …
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City Council discusses flooding and City salary survey, adopts updated Historic Preservation District design guidelines at July 13 meeting Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton, and Council members Freddy Rios, Mike Pastor, Jesse Leetham, Fernando Shipley, and Mariano Gonzales. All members were in …
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City Council Adopts 2021-22 Tentative Budget at June 29 meeting Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton, and Council members Freddy Rios, Mike Pastor, Jesse Leetham, Fernando Shipley, and Mariano Gonzalez. All members were in attendance. This was a specially scheduled meeting to give …
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Council engaged in a lengthy discussion and public hearing regarding the allocation of $500,000 in the City’s 2021-22 CIP plan to fund rehab of the swimming pool at the community center. Council voted to approve funding of $500,000 for the community pool rehab, in the expectation of obtaining additional funding …
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Our coverage of the City Council meeting on June 22nd, continues with Part 2 covering the discussion and overview of the City’s Strategic Action Plan for 2020 through 2023, the City’s capital improvement budget, and the City’s operational budget for its wastewater enterprise, among other items. Members of the Globe …
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In a marathon meeting Tuesday evening – following the cancellation of Council’s previously scheduled meeting due to the Telegraph Fire – council discussed flood and mitigation efforts, the strategic action plan for 2023 and heard from residents before approving funding for the rehab of the long-neglected pool at the community …
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Dear Graduate, The root meaning of the word graduation is to step forward. When you graduate, you’ve taken a step ahead, or up. It’s a big, meaningful step, and you’ve worked hard, so you rightfully celebrate and receive lots of congratulations, and hopefully take a vacation to recuperate. It’s funny …
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The humble egg: you might eat them every day, but how much do you know about them? To answer your questions – and probably some you never thought to ask – we got answers from Aimee Mundy of Ellison Family Farm Eggs in Miami (along with some information from trustworthy …
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If the pandemic has brought one lesson home more than anything, it’s that teensy-tiny things can change the world. We’ve all had the experience of having a glochid stuck in your finger – those tiny bristles on some cacti – and how this can cause more discomfort and ruin …
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I read once about a psychologist who went to study people in Siberia, to find out how Siberians think. One question went like this: “In the Far North, where there is snow, all bears are white. Novaya Zembla (the name of a town) is in the Far North, and there …
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