Monthly Archives: February 2015

How corporations secretly influence elections TLG attorney Jim Barton explains TCLG also helped guide Local 469’s successful campaign activities in Surprise, including those supporting Mayor-Elect Sharon Wolcott and councilmen Richard Alton and John Williams. TCLG client Arizona Pipe Trades hosts League of Cities and Towns reception TCLG’s Public Relations Account Executive Veronica Hernandez and Government […]

The Republic | azcentral.com 12:34 p.m. MST September 19, 2014 A former Surprise employee who managed city finances could face criminal charges after officials said she mishandled funds. The city fired Estella Sanchez, who worked as the revenue and utility billing manager, in March after officials determined she violated policy by cashing a $3,000 check […]

  City Parks • Section 10 – 24303 N. 183rd Ave. • Asante Park – 16763 W. Vereda Solana Dr. (164th Ave and Pat Tillman Blvd.) • Surprise Farms Park – 17894 W. Westpark Blvd. • Sierra Montana Park – 17680 W. Spring Ln. • Heritage Park at Marley Park – 15703 W. Sweetwater Ave. […]

Michael Frazier, Police Chief Surprise Police Department Michael Frazier was appointed as the Police Chief for the City of Surprise on February 14, 2011. surpriseaz.gov surpriseaz.gov/index.aspx?NID=1305 Jan 30, 2015 – “I’m hugely supportive of body cameras,” Surprise Police Chief Mike Frazier said, whose department bought 89 cameras for about $250,000 … Police seek help locating […]

According to analysis of Census data by Stateline, The PEW Charitable Trusts, Arizona had the largest “racial generation gap” in 2013 in which minorities made up only 18 percent of those 65 and older, while those under 18 made up 59 percent of the population.  

Surprise, AZ (February 17, 2015) IRIS USA, Inc, a subsidiary of IRIS Ohyama, Inc headquartered in Sendai, Japan, will build its new Western United States Regional Headquarters in Surprise. The new facility represents a $33-$40 million investment, 100 new jobs, and $800,000 of new city revenues in the first year of operations. In making the […]

  David Madrid, The Republic | azcentral.com Surprise residents opposed to high-voltage power lines skirting their community on Friday, Feb. 13, lost their fight to move the lines when the Arizona Corporation Commission voted against them. Arizona Public Service will resume power line work in their neighborhood Monday, Feb. 16. The commission, in a unanimous […]

  Surprise development Nick Cote Surprise development Rick West, left, president of Carefree Partners Investments and vice president Scott Phillips stand on a parcel of land in Surprise that they have plans to develop as part of the effort to build a downtown Surprise. Wednesday, February 11, 2015 (Nick Cote/Daily News-Sun) Posted: Thursday, February 12, […]