John Wright

John is Editor of Parker Live. He is also the host of a daily afternoon radio show on KLPZ 1380am and a documentary filmmaker.

Foster’s attorney on the case to seat him as mayor of Quartzsite

Watch below as John Wright and Ed Foster’s attorney Julie LaBenz talk about Wednesday’s court ruling which ordered that the Quartzsite Town Council seat him as Mayor of the town. Later in the same video, watch John talk with La Paz County Recorder Shelly Baker about the results of a voter fraud investigation into the election that seated Foster. (Forward …

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Foster to be seated by court order

Ed Foster is to take his seat Tuesday as Mayor of Quartzsite after a court ordered the Town to seat him, 5 months after his election. La Paz County Superior Court Judge Michael Burke ruled that an ordinance used by the Town to prevent Foster taking his seat was not valid, and ordered that the Town pay Foster’s legal fees. This comes …

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Plane occupants OK after ditching at Verde West

The occupants of a plane flying from Santa Monica to Prescott are OK after the pilot had to ditch his plane in the desert near Parker. The pilot flew his Cirrus 4-seat aircraft from Santa Monica, CA to John Wayne Airport to pick up a passenger before heading out to Prescott, AZ. While flying over the Colorado River area the …

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How to vote for County Attorney

This is the space La Paz County voters will use to elect the next County Attorney. It has no listed candidates. It comes just below an empty space that voters can use to write in a name for their district Supervisor (if they don’t vote for one of the listed candidates). And it requires the correct oval filled in and …

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The BlueWater Desert Challenge begins today

Off-road racing returns to Parker this weekend with the Best in the Desert BlueWater Challenge. The race is the fifth event in the six-race 2012 ‘American Off-Road Racing Series’. It’s unique in the series as a 2-day multi-race format that features truck, car and UTV classes running both days for combined results to determine the winners. Racers will navigate the …

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