Author name: Toni Denis

Council Needs to Reassess Retaining Paladini’s Attorney Services

Lack of Ethics, Disrespect for Citizens Should Be Cause for Complete Termination Legal Definition of Moral Turpitude: 1: an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community 2: a quality of dishonesty or other immorality that is determined by a court to be present in the commission of a criminal offense

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Hypocrisy, Ethics, Self-Dealing, and Greg Mengarelli

Greg Mengarelli, incumbent and Mayor candidate, says he makes decisions based on his Christian values. Yet multiple times a week his campaign, of which he is the Chair, sends out mailers and newspaper ads attacking his opponent with lies. Nightly, Mengarelli’s campaign runs ads attacking his opponent on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and the History Channel

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Citizen Opinion Piece Crystallizes Candidates’ Failures

Prescott voters have been making their voices heard objecting to rapid, damaging growth at City Council meetings, in letters in local publications and in opinion pieces. Most recently, the Daily Courier published a “Talk of the Town” column in which long-time Prescott resident Kathleen Murphy wrote about her disappointment in how past City Council members

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Mengarelli Campaign Treasurer Directly Connected with Dells Developer

Connecting the dots between Mayor Greg Mengarelli’s re-election campaign and AED’s Jason Gisi is indisputable thanks to writer Tom Cantlon’s excellent in-depth research and the assistance of some concerned citizens. Not only did Mengarelli accept donations from two principals of the development group in his first election, he also uses a campaign treasurer who works

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City Officials Should Be Working for Us—Not the Developers

Throughout the history of Prescott, whenever a rancher or landowner wanted to develop houses in the Granite Dells or in other areas of town, the City council often rubberstamped the project with no questions asked.  Now there is public pressure, as well as legal considerations before the Council can shove major projects through.  Some, like

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Conflicts of Interest Plague Mengarelli’s Bid for Re-Election as Mayor

Conflict of Interest: 1. a situation in which the concerns or aims of two different parties are incompatible. “the conflict of interest between elected officials and corporate lobbyists”2. a situation in which a person is in a position to derive personal benefit from actions or decisions made in their official capacity.—Oxford Dictionary Ballots for the Prescott

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