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Lawsuit pits Ahwatukee HOA against its parent BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
B NEWS ............... 12 Phoenix's lack of an ethics commission frustrates residents.
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attle lines have formed in Maricopa County Superior Court between a homeowners association and a related sub-association in far west Ahwatukee. The lawsuit filed by the Foothills Reserve Parcels A-1 & A-2 Owners Sub-Association against the Foothills Reserve Master Own-
ers Association partly involves allegations of improper and unauthorized expenditures from a $6.5 million partial settlement the parent group won from the Arizona Department Transportation. Although the suit does not specify the amount of money spent so far, it contends some of the “unfair and unreasonable” expenditures have benefitted the other two parcels in Foothills Reserve with road main-
tenance and repairs the two other parcels don’t receive. It also accuses the master association of paying for street repairs and maintenance that it “is not required to maintain or repair” on “property owned by the Arizona Department of Transportation and possibly the City of Phoenix.”
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Battle of comics here includes former doc BY CECILIA CHAN AFN Staff Writer
COMMUNITY ...... 22 Y OPAS volunteer has contributed much.
GET OUT ............ 34 Rebranded space center is out of this world. COMMUNITY ............................ 22 BUSINESS ................................27 OPINION ................................. 30 SPORTS ................................... 32 GETOUT ...................................34 CLASSIFIEDS ........................... 37
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r. Lynette Charity has gone from putting people to sleep in the operating room to tickling their funny bones while on stage. Ahwatukee residents will have a chance to see the 71-year-old former anesthesiologist as she takes on a dozen other comedians at 7 p.m. next Tuesday, July 11, at Cactus Jack’s Bar & Grill, 4747 E. Elliot Road on the southwest corner of 48th Street. Tickets are $20 at tinyurl. com/HAHAFPVC. Charity and the other comedians are vying for the title of “Funniest Comic in the Valley.” All 13 comedians survived weeks of elimination rounds at Cactus Jack’s in a competition that local comedian Anthony Solimini started several months ago to bring more laughter to Ahwatukee. Until now, that goal has largely fallen on the
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Cactus Jack’s Bar & Grill in Ahwatukee will host 13 comedians in a contest for the title of “Funniest Comic in the Valley.” Among the 13 Valley contestants is Dr. Lynette Charity, who became a comedienne after a long career as an anesthesiologist.
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