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Sunday, February 27, 2022
New ethics complaint filed against Gilbert mayor BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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ayor Brigette Peterson again stands accused of violating the Town’s code of ethics – this time for allegedly lying to the outside attorney investigating five prior grievances against her. Attorney Frank Cassidy eventually found no wrong-doing and recommended no action against Peterson, which the Council agreed with. Cassidy did, however, fault Peterson on her poor judgment. “I felt that what was said to an investigator it didn’t add up to me,” resident and
businessman Jim Torgeson told Town Council Feb. 22. Though he said that “this weighs on me greatly” because he didn’t think Peterson is a bad person, Torgeson said, “I was compelled to do this.” Peterson did not respond to Gilbert Sun News about the latest complaint and was forbidden by law from addressing Torgeson’s address to Council. Torgeson, who was one of the four people who filed the five complaints last year, claims in his Feb. 19 complaint that the mayor committed a “blatant ethical breach” when she told Cassidy she corresponded with a de-
Victory! Phoenix Scottish Games come to Gilbert
veloper for information about a proposed apartment project on a Sunday instead of waiting until Monday because she typically didn’t bothered staff on the weekend. Two of the ethics complaints last year accused Peterson of showing preferential treatment to developer Howard Morrison by feeding him information she received from opponents of his plan to seek increased density for an apartment complex he was proposing. Peterson in her emails to Morrison also identified the resident she considered the
see ETHICS page 9
BY PAUL MARYNIAK GSN Executive Editor
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or 56 years, thousands of people each March have gathered at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix to celebrate their Scottish Heritage. But starting Friday afternoon, March 4, men in kilts, stirring marching bands, and men and women tossing boulders and engagign in other feats of strength will dominate Gilbert Regional Park as the Phoenix Scottish Games come to town for the weekend. Guys like Ian Lundy and Kevin Conquest can’t wait. Lundy spent the first 60 years of his life in Scotland before moving to Chandler, where he set up a business called Scottish Genealogy that works primarily with Americans eager to trace their Scottish roots. Kevin Conquest of Mesa was born and raised in America with Scottish roots on his mother’s side – confessing, “I’m
see SCOTTISH page 4
Derrick Boyster, 9, is overjoyed about capturing the opposing team’s flag during Nerf Wars Feb. 19 at Cactus Yards. The second annual event was sponsored by Level One, a Gilbert bar and arcade. (David Minton/GSN Staff
Photographer)
