Tag: Arizona
To Walt
April 16, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
I want to take a step back this week from discussing the security industry to discuss a personal topic, the passing of a friend and a colleague who shaped my views on journalism.
On April 7, former reporter and then editor of the Copper Era newspaper, Walter “Walt” Mares, passed away at the age of 71. He was there when I began my first job in the newspaper industry, and he can’t be described as having been anything less than larger-than-life. He was as old-school as the...
Silicon dreams
March 27, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
This week we’re talking about a subject near and dear to my heart, well, near at least if you count proximity. That’s right, we’re discussing the recent semiconductor investment in Arizona.
I usually go to the well to find the most current security topics for my blogs, but things dry up the closer you get to a major industry show since everyone wants to play their cards close to their chests. I think the major semiconductor news isn’t too long in the tooth, however....
Reversal of Avondale ordinance possible
November 17, 2011Rich Miller
AVONDALE, Ariz.—A city provision to shift the fines assessed for false alarms from consumers to alarm companies could soon be rescinded due to concerns about the measure's constitutionality.Avondale's false alarm ordinance was amended in January to include the provision, with the city outsourcing enforcement to CryWolf False Alarm Reduction Solutions of Waldorf, Md. A meeting in March between city officials and representatives of SIAC and the Arizona Alarm Association, who had expressed concern...