Mesa, Arizona Police Officer Sargent Brandon Mendoza was killed by a wrong-way driver just about a year ago. We have heard far too many of these stories in recent months. ~Bill FOX 10 News | fox10phoenix.com MESA, Ariz. – Tuesday marks one year since a Mesa Police officer was killed in a wrong-way crash. Sergeant… Read More
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Police Officers… Here’s the good stuff
This is National Police Week. We’ve heard all the negative news. A little more difficult to find in the media but far more common are the positive things, the good and caring things Police Officers do for us every day. Here are just a few incidents that popped up in past 24 hours. Take a… Read More
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Gilbert AZ plans Viet Nam Memorial
From AZ Central / The Arizona Republic Operation Welcome Home AZ, a veterans organization, unveiled plans for a future Vietnam War Memorial in Gilbert on Saturday. The memorial plans were presented to a room full of city and state officials, veterans and their families. Celebrated veteran Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg was present, as well… Read More
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A 2015 Rent vs Buy Story
Buying Real Estate may not always make sense, but in 2015 the reasons for buying a home rather than renting, are multiplying fast, even faster than rental rates. Lots of people rent a place to live because they think they can’t buy. Maybe a financial event (for example bankruptcy, foreclosure, short sale) has dinged their… Read More
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Valley business owner starts a service project for Veterans that he’s hoping will go nationwide.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if businesses in every sector picked up on Brandon Wells’ Let’s Roll project and offered their services free of charge or at a substantial discount to Veterans? ~Bill by Chelsey Davis Posted by Steve Stout on CBS5-AZ Phoenix automotive shop offers free oil change to Valley vets PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) U.S. military… Read More
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9 simple ways you can help veterans
There are, without a doubt, a few drawbacks to being in the military, but the positive lessons like cooperation and compassion seem to stick with you long after you transition into civilian life. Every task in the military involves or is for the benefit of many others, and selflessness becomes unavoidable. Click through to the… Read More
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Wait times for VA patients, better or not? (Video)
In the video below, Chris Williams with 12News reports on continuing issues with wait times for Veterans at VA medical centers. It’s obvious that they’re working on it and in all fairness, wait times to see civilian doctors are generally about the same (if not worse). My thoughts are that the system had so many… Read More
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“Think like Monica Lewinsky” Is that something you’d say to your kids? Maybe
I readily admit that back in 1998 I was right there with the masses when they asked “What was she thinking???” In this TED Talk video, Monica Lewinsky tells us what she’s thinking now, and believe it or not we should all be thinking the same thing. ~Bill
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VA Healthcare Indecision, it’s Exhausting!
I really don’t find it hard to believe that this is still so far from being resolved, after all, looks who’s making the decisions. I do find the usual foot-dragging both disturbing and unacceptable. This is not a determination of whether or not we should build the infamous ‘Bridge to Nowhere’, people’s lives are at… Read More
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FHA Premium Pricing How Consumers Are Winning – CoreLogic
This is a somewhat lengthy and very detailed report on the CoreLogic web site. The upshot is that it’s looking like recent changes in the FHA mortgage system have been positive ones. Indications are that the real estate industry and potential homeowners can expect more favorable market conditions, at least for awhile. ~Bill an excerpt… Read More
