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^ to borrow an inspired response from our 16th president:

'for all the people who like that sort of thing, that's exactly the sort of thing those people will like.'

this will get tiger to come back to dove mountain for sure! hellyeah!.....

more of the same in the old pueblo. hit snooze.

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Developer to pay state millions for blading prime Pinal County desert

Since you have to log in to see some Daily Star stories now:

The state sued developer George H. Johnson in 2005, alleging he bulldozed trust land, destroyed archaeological sites and brought goats into an area where they infected desert bighorn sheep with disease.

The state trust land was in and near the Ironwood Forest National Monument and Los Robles Archaeological District. About 270 acres of saguaros, creeks and washes were flattened. About 2,000 acres of private land in the Santa Cruz River valley also was cleared without permits, destroying portions of seven major Hohokam archaeological sites.

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Longer story appeared in today's paper:

Builder agrees to pay state $7M

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With similar agreements reached with two other defendants, including the company that did the blading for Johnson, the state ultimately will collect more than $12.1 million.

That amounts to the largest civil penalty ever collected in Arizona in an environmental case, said Attorney General Terry Goddard.

Of that amount, $150,000 will go to create a new Heritage Preservation Fund. This is the first time the Arizona State Museum, which is charged with protecting the state's archaeological sites, will actually have money to do that job, said Beth Grindell, its acting director.

The balance, after reimbursement of about $500,000 in costs of investigating and prosecuting the case, will be divided among other state departments affected by Johnson's actions, including Land, Environmental Quality and Game and Fish.

The settlement is "a strong message to anyone who would seek to despoil our heritage," said Goddard.

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Downtown Marana?

Marana has been trying to create a defined Downtown for years, which is why the newer town hall and library are amongst cotton fields right now.

Straddling I-10 is not the best idea, I think, because then you're just going to encourage car traffic. They should really try to integrate it with some of these new developments coming in. New urbanism, maybe?

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