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August 16, 2000 Through July 16, 2001
From the July 16, 2001 editon of The AJ News
Developer Challenges Referendum
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July 4, 2001
Preparing For Battle
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July 12, 2001; 6:00 p.m.
BULLETIN: County Accepts Petitions, Predicts Law Suit 
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July 12, 2001; 9:03 a.m.
BULLETIN: Citizens Respond to Pinal County
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July 10, 2001; 6:15 p.m.
BULLETIN: Pinal County Moves Deadline
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July 9, 2001; 6:00 p.m.
BULLETIN: Anam Challenges Pinal County on Willow Springs Referendum
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July 8, 2001
Pinal officials: growth brings higher taxes, more crime
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From the July 6, 2001 edition of 
The Casa Grande Dispatch
Petitions likely to put SE Pinal project on ballot
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July 6, 2001
Oracle activists turn in referendum petitions
Robson Communities, Anam help fund anit-referendum movement
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July 2, 2001
Official claim of 'tremendous support' for Willow Springs questioned
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July 2, 2001
Bulletin: Willow Springs referendum successful
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 3,030 signatures required. Approximately 5,900 signatures delivered.
July 1, 2001
Letters of support missing from public record
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July 1, 2001
Robson enters the Willow Springs referendum fray, solicits ADEQ help
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July 1, 2001
Three Questions for the Area 4B Task Team
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June 27, 2001
Pinal County seeks public input on growth issues, citizen task force formed
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From the June 25 --July 1, 2001 Editon of AJ News
Pinal County Has A General Plan...Of Sorts
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From the June 16, 2001 Editon of AJ News
Pinal County Supervisors Under Fire Over Zoning Approval
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June 14, 2001
Supervisor Ruiz Claims Ignorance; Pays For Ad Promoting Willow Springs
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From the June 11, 2001 Editon of AJ News
Developer’s Foes Challenge County Rezoning— Referendum Begun
Opponents say county doesn’t have authority to rezone area; Pinal County researching the issue
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June 9, 2001
The Violations The Supervisors Ignored

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May 26, 2001
Behind Weasel Words, Arizona Keeps Losing Battle to Limit Sprawl 
Commentary by Jon Talton
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From the May 26, 2001 edition of
The Casa Grande Dispatch
Supervisors face legal challenge to decision on Oracle housing
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From the May 23, 2001 edition of . . .

Pinal County residents gather for more insight into Willow Springs last week
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May 17, 2001
ORACLE upset with 'village'
Developer says the location is perfect for capturing growth spilling from both Phoenix and Tucson
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May 17, 2001
Rezoning OK'd for 8,516 homes But some in Oracle intend to halt Willow Springs Ranch project
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May 16, 2001
Citizen's: Anam rezoning 'null and void'
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May 16, 2001
‘Village’ zoning OK'd in unusual hearing
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April 12, 2001
Informational Meeting Held
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April 19, 2001
Bulletin:  Planning & Zoning Approves Willow Springs Zoning, Commissioner Harlan Says Zoning Is "Speculative and Wrong"
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April 19, 2001
Arizona State Attorney General's Office Responds to Citizen's Complaint
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From the April2001 issue of . . .
Rush steps down; Town Hall elects interim leadership
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March 20, 2001
Oracle town hall steering committee has new leadership, reflecting a broad community base
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March 13, 2001
(updated March 19)
Closed meeting called to discuss regional water issues; affected residents to be informed later
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March 3, 2001
Residents ask Attorney General to investigate cover-up
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March 3, 2001
ADEQ mum on cover-up
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January 16, 2001
Letter to the editor and the people of Oracle
... on Willow Springs Ranch
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January 16, 2001
A look back at history in the making
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January 7, 2001
Oracle development foes submit petitions to put issue on '02 ballot
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December 25, 2000
Toxin may taint water near old Oracle-area landfill
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December 20, 2000
Robson spends $50k to derail petition drive
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December 18, 2000
CONTAMINANTS AGAIN FOUND IN MONITORING WELLS 
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December 15, 2000
Falcon Valley May Go To Vote
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December 11, 2000
Citizens Show ADEQ Evidence Of Cover-up; ADEQ Balks
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December 2, 2000
Officials Offer Contradictory Explanations of Cover-up
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December 1, 2000
Citizen Caravan To Deliver Petition Referring Rezoning To Voters
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December 1, 2000
Oracle Resident Responds To Threat By Turner Laboratories
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November 22, 2000
Oracle resident threatened with legal action over Page-Trowbridge water tests
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November 22, 2000
Recently declassified report raises new questions about UA map, other documents
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November 14, 2000
Tests Confirming Page-Trowbridge Leaking Into Aquifer Disproves Claim By Robson Communities
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November 7, 2000
U of A Officials Cover Up Test Confirming Contaminants In Page-Trowbridge Aquifer
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November 7, 2000
Robson Official Offers $5.5 Million To Pinal County To Quash Citizen Referendum
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November 7, 2000
U of A Map Showing Another "Atomic Burial Site" Near Page-Trowbridge Raises Questions
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November 7, 2000
ADEQ Official Misrepresented Status of Page-Trowbridge Landfill To Pinal County Supervisors
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November 7, 2000
Supervisors Ok Robson Development
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November 2, 2000
Pinal OKs plan by Oracle dump despite concerns
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October 25, 2000
ADEQ: We Don't Know If The Water Supply Is Contaminated or Not
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October 25, 2000
EPA Reviewing Design of Protective Cap Over Page-Trowbridge
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October 19, 2000
Robson Official Asked To Substantiate Claim or Rescind It
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October 17, 2000
Oracle Residents Banned From Public Meeting At SaddleBrooke
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October 17, 2000
SaddleBrooke Water Tested by Lago del Oro Water Company Last Week
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October 17, 2000
Testing Of SaddleBrooke Water Supply Bypassed Since 1998
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October 16, 2000
Testing Of Oracle Water Supply Bypassed Since 1997
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October 11, 2000
Concentration of Conaminant Found in Oracle Water May Have Been Double The Amount Reported
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October 11, 2000
Engineering Firm Guarantees "contaminants will never hit the Oracle drinking water"
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October 11, 2000
Engineering Firm: Possibility of Water Supply Being Contaminated By Radioactive/Toxic Waste Landfill is "Zero"
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October 11, 2000
Pinal County Supervisors OK SaddleBrooke Expansion, Eagle Crest Ranch
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October 4, 2000
Contaminants Detected At U of A Monitoring Wells
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October 4, 2000
Contaminants Detected In Oracle/SaddleBrooke Wells
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October 4, 2000
Robson Report Assuring Safe Drinking Water Flawed
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September 23, 2000
Watering the greens
Last year 3.8 billion gallons of groundwater was used to water Tucon golf courses. An additional 25 courses are expected to be built in the Tucson area during the next few decades.
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September 23, 2000
Dichloromethane Detected In Oracle Water Supply 
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September 15, 2000
Update: Supervisor Ruiz Refuses To Answer, Supervisors Kerr & Smith Remain Mum
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September 14, 2000
Supervisors Mum On Parton Report
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September 11, 2000
Discovery of 'Mystery Mound' Puzzles Local Citizens
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September 5, 2000
Robson Pulls Rezoning Request From County Supervisors Agenda
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September 4, 2000
Page-Trowbridge Ranch Radioactive/Toxic Waste Landfill Report Given To Pinal County Supervisors
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August 23, 2000
U of A Officials: Indication of groundwater contamination "an anomaly"
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August 16, 2000
Robson Officials: Wells at SaddleBrooke Ranch  to serve as "early warning system" for groundwater contamination
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