Moving Forward

Since many are unhappy about our decision and Councilman McAchran is claiming we are liars trying to discredit our group, we wanted to share a few documents with the town. After review these documents which are public record, we are sure you will agree that it is he who twist the truth and for that he will be delt with in time. For those who are intelligent and can not be easily fooled...here are the facts.

1. McAchran claims he has never had ownership in the La Placita business however; we found the records state differently.

• LaPlacita Ownership: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/La%20Placita%20LLC.pdf

2. If McAchran had no involvement then why does it state in the liquor application that he is a manager and the assignee for the license?(he owns the liquor license)

• McAchran Liq Lic: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/La%20Placita%20Liq%20Lic.pdf

3. Through further investigation we believe McAchran and family created this trust to secure his investment in La Placita as a result that we had found him to be untruthful.

• Trust: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/20090144258.pdf

4. McAchran claims La Placita was never granted $25,000 to repair the La Placita parking lot. Well of course it never took place once he knew we were onto him.

• Grant: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/La%20Placita%20Grant.pdf

5. McAchran denies any real estate ventures with BPD personnel. If you think about this a Councilman and an active police officer of the town. (Conflict of interest)

• Conflict: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/UnofficialPdfDocs.pdf

We are aware of several other things that he is or has been involved in but, we choose to sit on them for now.

The decision not to proceed was a difficult choice to swallow however, 2010 is just around the corner and several Council seats will become available. We are looking forward to a clean sweep across the board.

Over the next 2 to 3 weeks we will be informing the town about much bigger issues that will have a major negative impact financially on each and everyone of us due to total mismanagement of the towns affairs. We are working very hard to find ways to minimize this in any way possible.

Everyone needs to attend as many Council meeting as possible to learn first hand on what is taking place. Please visit our blog on a regular basis to be updated.

Do you have questions or concerns?

Please let us know, send me an e-mail or leave your comment!

We would love to read the thoughts and ideas you have!

Citizens For A Better Buckeye thanks everyone for their patience and valuable support!

Have a wonderful 4th of July!

Every one at Citizens For A Better Buckeye wishes you and your family a blessed 4th of July!

We would like to encourage you to ponder and meditate on our nation, our state and our town on this Independence Day!

Is independence and freedom reigning in our country today?

The Unpopular For The Unbelievable!

The Unpopular For The Unbelievable!

July 1, 2009, Citizens For A Better Buckeye has made the unpopular decision to stop the recall for Town of Buckeye Councilman, Brian McAchran. Many people have been questioning the motive behind the decision including Mr. McAchran. It was after many hours of discussion and thought that we decided to drop this recall for the serious and important reasons that will be coming to you through this blog in the very next few days. Citizens For A Better Buckeye is made up of various residents from almost all the districts who desire to have an awesome town to live in a for their families and neighbors.

The Citizens for A Better Buckeye is not made up of a group of residents that get together to gripe about one single man and strategize on how to vindicate Mr. Rick Fernandez for his loss for the District 1 council seat. That is silly! All of us who are voluntary members of Citizens For A Better Buckeye all know that Rick lost the race and the voters have made their choice. Rick understands this and the recall was started not to for the purpose to gain the seat for Rick but, to remove a man who has used the residents of this town for personal vindication and personal gain. If I am wrong can anyone e-mail me and explain in detail what this man McAchran has unselfishly accomplished for this town? Please write me an e-mail to jfcfabb@gmail.com. This man is inconsequential for me and I refuse to give him any more attention than he has already received. After this blog, in my opinion he is absolutely irrelevant!

So why stop the recall? Below are 5 reasons that I believe to be important and I insisted on to motivate our group to this decision:

1. In this current economic climate and the impending Town Budget with looming tax levies and increase in water fees and much more, there is far more important issues to advocate for than a man who has 1/6th of a vote on the Town Council.

2. We have been notified that possibly McAchran is already under investigation by the Attorney Generals office and we can also add the Maricopa County Attorney to the list. Recalling him is futile and far less of an action compared to what these departments can bring to him. If he is found to have any criminal wrong doing by either department, then it will not cost the tax payer any money to remove him though a recall election.

3. The information gathered by going door to door and meeting with people is invaluable and provided amazing insight on what residents think and want. The recall is something they felt was justified as they added their signature to the petition. But yet still had other issues that needed resolution.

4. In the last four to five weeks we have gathered volumes of information and we have uncovered egregious facts that will make many of you upset and some even cry. As the facts are confirmed we will make everything known.

5. In the past weeks the former Assistant Town Manager, Scott Rounds has been removed, the Town Manager, Jenine Guy has been demoted, councilmen and the mayor abstain form voting when they foresee that there might be a conflict of interest if they vote. This did not happen solely because of Citizens For A Better Buckeye and we can not take full credit for this. Did we have something to do with these changes? Absolutely!

After considering the five reasons mentioned, the recall seemed to be a small piece of the puzzle and not the big picture we the Citizens For A Better Buckeye are trying to solve.

As we grow in size and begin to spread our roots into the town, it has become ever so clear that the need for swift and relevant action and a clear communications is far more valuable than to seek out small and short sighted victories. Citizens For A Better Buckeye has made an unpopular decision with the altruistic motive to achieve what many see as unbelievable...a better Buckeye! It is true! At the moment, many do not believe that Buckeye can be an awesome place to live. We, Citizens For A Better Buckeye believes it is possible!

Do you?

Please let us know, send me an e-mail!

I'd love to read the thoughts and ideas you have!

Citizens For A Better Buckeye thanks everyone for their patience and valuable support!

Stay Tuned!

Jorge Buckeye Resident - jfcfabb@gmail.com

CFABB Press Release Regarding McAchran Recall

Contact: Jorge Flores
Telephone: (623)308-4470
Email: jfcfabb@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


“CITIZEN’S FOR A BETTER BUCKEYE” (CFABB) CONFIRMS THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES NEEDED FOR THE RECALL OF COUNCILMAN MCACHRAN HAVE BEEN COLLECTED"

“Citizen’s for a better Buckeye choose to put Recall on hold temporarily.”

CFABB announced today that they have successfully collected more than the required (248) Recall petition signatures from the citizens of district one. However; as a result of the ongoing investigations being conducted by the Attorney Generals office and Maricopa County Attorneys office with regard to Councilman McAchran’s activities, CFABB has elected to suspend its recall activities for a period of six months. CFABB has noted that as a result of the Recall efforts, we found the Mayor and Council had suddenly become unified as well as learned the meaning of full compliance by abstaining from voting on agenda items which could be considered a conflict of interest.

As of today staff members of CFABB are working on several other areas of concern which need immediate attention due to the severity as well as the potential financial impact which could be imposed on the Citizens of Buckeye. As we further investigate these areas of concern we will keep all the Citizens of Buckeye informed through additional press releases and updates on our Blog http://buckeye-united.blogspot.com.

CFABB feels much progress has taken place over the last couple of months with the hiring of Chief Daniels, Interim Town Manager Stephen Cleveland and the sudden surge of home sales throughout Buckeye. Hopefully we have seen the worst and can now focus on moving forward in a positive manner.

As always we will continue to monitor all the activities and meetings of the Mayor and Council very closely. If we find that they revert back to their old ways and do not comply within the guidelines and laws for which they are bound to, we will once again take them to task on the behalf of the Citizens of Buckeye in all Districts.

In close, CFABB recognizes the overwhelming support for this recall from our neighbors. This could not be accomplished with out them. CFABB wants everyone to know how important it is for each citizen of this town to be involved as often as possible. We constantly are approached by citizens wanting to join CFABB and asking how they can help. Our answer is always the same, get involved, attend Council meetings, register / vote and most importantly get your neighbors involved also. The most important thing to remember is that we have appointed town officials as well as elected officials and since we are the tax payers it should be recognized that they work for us. Therefore when they are out of line we need to let them know when we are dissatisfied.