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Fear, frustration grip East Valley communities after …

1/8/2024
Parents of Gilbert teens remained guarded into the new year, more than two months after the death of a student at a Queen Creek party brought unrest about youth violence to a head.  

Last of Gilbert's summer ethics complaints allowed to …

12/13/2023
The era of Gilbert’s former ethics code for its council and commission members came to a quiet, if bewildering, end at the Gilbert Town Council meeting Dec. 12.   Council took no …

Last complaint against Gilbert council member …

12/8/2023
The last of the ethics complaints filed against Gilbert Town Council members last summer has been recommended for dismissal.   Independent investigator Sarah Barnes made the recommendation …

Gilbert's first ethics mediation reaches impasse

12/7/2023
A town council member and the resident who filed an ethics complaint against him can agree on one thing: Gilbert’s mediation process is “weird.”   Beyond that, the two …

Gilbert's new ethics complaint process getting tested

12/1/2023
The first ethics complaint filed under the town of Gilbert’s new rules for handling such incidents has hit a snag before the newly required mediation.   Complainant Maureen Hoppe has …

Gilbert Town Council sets course for steep but …

11/30/2023
Gilbert residents can expect to pay an average of $17 more on the water portion of their town utility bills starting next April if town council approves a proposed rate increase in February.   …

Gilbert Town Council requests mayor get more training

11/29/2023
Expressing disappointment in how an ethics complaint investigation was conducted, Gilbert Town Council voted to accept an independent investigator’s report but not his findings on Mayor …

Landowner's concerns about Gilbert councilmember now …

11/17/2023
The last unresolved ethics complaint from a spate of seven filed against Gilbert council members during the summer has expanded since it was filed and now includes a recording of a prominent …

Gilbert resident's ethics complaint dismissed under …

10/30/2023
A Gilbert resident’s new ethics complaints against a council member have been dismissed on a technicality.   But Maureen Hoppe said all she ever wanted an apology and a meeting with …

Resident files new complaints against Gilbert council …

10/21/2023
A Gilbert resident who filed an ethics complaint in July against two Gilbert Town Council members has filed two more this week, though she said she would have preferred not to do so.   But …

Gilbert council dismisses three ethics complaints, …

9/20/2023
Gilbert Town Council dismissed ethics complaints against three of its members Tuesday, but voted to allow an investigation of another complaint against Mayor Brigette Peterson to move forward.   …

Gilbert council to consider ethics complaints

9/18/2023
The Gilbert Town Council will take up consideration of four ethics complaints that were filed in July and August against various members when council meets for its Sept. 19 regular meeting.   …