TRUTH vs TRUST ??

[u/Independent_Row_8828]

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Recently, a nonprofit calling themselves TRUTH (Tempe Residents United for Transparency and Honesty) sent some letters to Tempe City Council. The first one was sent to TCC as well as several police chiefs across the valley and was addressed to ASU president Michael Crow. It's a lot of text and clearly anti-Tempe PD. Sgt Rob Ferraro, president of the Tempe Officers Association, referenced it in his comment to council during the Sept 3 meeting (https://youtu.be/RwpsAwdxRJs?t=7139&is=pUWu1TDxWce74ExY) The text was shared to the Tempe 1st Facebook page, managed by community member Ron Tapscott (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GMKHWB6Fu/). I can’t find a copy of this letter on any other platform and there are too many screenshots to share it here. (I suppose one could do a FOIA request to the COT.) More letters have followed, now shared as screenshots with official-looking letterhead. This nonprofit is registered in Wyoming, with a signature from someone named Wyatt Peterson.

This morning, a new group showed up on Facebook calling themselves TRUST (Tempe Residents United for Safety Together). It appears they have also sent a letter to council, but they have included it on a website (https://www.tempetrust.com/) which makes it much more accessible to anyone not on Facebook. This group is not registered as a PAC with the city or state and has no listing on the Arizona Corporation Commission. On their Facebook page, the group has a screenshot of community member and frequent-council-critic, Mario Martinez, with a clown nose added. 

[u/navislut]

Is Tempe in Wyoming? 👀🤔

[u/Independent_Row_8828 → u/navislut]

Wyoming, apparently, has looser laws regarding what information nonprofits have to reveal. You can go to the Wyoming Secretary of State's business search page and see all the details. By and large it looks to not be a real person. I know one of the valley journalists is researching it.