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FROM THE EDITOR
Y YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY FOR INFORMATION you deserve. If taking an alternate route home is the difference between making or missing your daughter’s dance recital, you shouldn’t pay to know that. Where to vote, whether your elected officials are making good on their promises, if your government is corrupt — these are facts best not sequestered behind a paywall. In journalism school, I was taught to generally write at a ninth-grade level. Because some people have learning disabilities, some are English language learners and some really are in ninth grade, I was told. These people, disenfranchised news consumers, deserve access to information, no holds barred. This is what I was taught. After college, the first newspaper I worked at charged $39 per month to access the website. Without those subscriptions, I would have been out of a job, I’m sure. It costs money to investigate things that matter, and it costs money to broadcast information to the public. But in today’s economy, money is harder than ever to come by for us typical Americans. That’s why, this Thanksgiving, I am grateful to all the advertisers who have, for many years, empowered the InMaricopa team to continue providing quality journalism to the public for free— whether you read the magazine you find in your mailbox every month or check InMaricopa.com for the top headlines every day — or both. It all ‘ads’ up
Publisher SCOTT BARTLE
When we’re standing in a honeydew field on the edge of town at 5 a.m., interviewing Guatemalan farmworkers through a Spanish translator, we have only our clients to thank. When we’re sitting on a living room sofa in The
Managing Editor ELIAS WEISS
Advertising Director VINCENT MANFREDI
Lakes, documenting the story of a 6-year-old girl who was irrevocably injured not once but twice by distracted drivers, we have only our clients to thank. When we’re combing through 1,000 pages of government documents to find out more about the waterpark that could break ground this month and transform our city into a bona fide destination, we have only our clients to thank.
Advertising TAWNI PROCTOR MICHELLE SORENSEN Writers CARLOS ARCE-LARA JEFF CHEW KRISTINA DONNAY CHRISTIAN GLOVER
JUSTIN GRIFFIN DAYV MORGAN BRIAN PETERSHEIM JR. TOM SCHUMAN MONICA D. SPENCER SHERMAN AND EUPHEMIA WEEKES KYLIE WERNER
These stories and more are what you’ll find in this November edition of InMaricopa magazine. And as I write this letter, as I do every month, I have the same thought — although I haven’t shared it in previous letters — that I’m thankful for our advertisers for giving our team a reason to keep writing, and to keep digging. If there’s one thing I hear constantly from our read- ers — besides lamenting the traffic on State Route 347 — it’s the desire to see more new businesses open here in the city. If that’s you, I ask that you join me this No- vember in giving a little thanks to those that came first. Because of them, the flow of information in Maricopa remains free. I’m thankful for that!
Photographers BRYAN MORDT VICTOR MORENO
BRIAN PETERSHEIM JR. MONICA D. SPENCER
Designer CARL BEZUIDENHOUT
MISSION Inform readers/viewers. Enrich advertisers.
ELIAS WEISS MANAGING EDITOR
BELIEFS We believe in: • An informed citizenry. • Holding ourselves and others accountable. • The success of deserving businesses.
CONTRIBUTORS
VALUES
• Integrity • Accountability
• Open, honest, real-time communication • Prosperity for clients, community, company
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JUSTIN GRIFFIN Veteran journalist Justin catches up with the “miracle child” family after a second tragic car crash.
CHRISTIAN GLOVER Legal professional Christian tells us why you don’t always get what you pay for when hiring an attorney.
CARLOS ARCE-LARA Dr. Carlos shares five questions you need to ask your oncologist after a breast cancer diagnosis.
Published advertisements are not an endorsement of products or advertising claims by InMaricopa . No part of this magazine may be reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of InMaricopa . Copyright 2024.
Dayv Morgan ABR, CDPE, CSSPE OWNER, REALTOR ®
Maricopa’s #1 Realtor Maricopa Resident Since 2006
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