On April 11, Six Gun City had two signs in their front windows facing Allen Street. One read, “Impeach Dusty,” and the other, “Impeach the Mayor.”

“Those men (Six Gun City owner Mike Carrafa and involved employees) should come to the plate and act like adults,” Devere said.

The closure of Fourth and Fifth Streets was a lighter topic for Devere, who likes the idea of the streets becoming more historically accurate.

Tom Dushane, a five-year Tombstone resident and retired member of the Historic District Commission (HDC), is 100 percent in favor of closing the streets.

“The town would be a lot better off with Fourth and Fifth closed,” Dushane said. “It is mostly the businesses in opposition.”

On the other hand, Marsha Spitler, who has lived in Tombstone for around five years, opposes the street closures because of parking.

“It’s a stir-up and is creating tension,” Spitler said. “Why some want them closed is beyond me.”

Dushane said the people of Tombstone need to put their heads together in order to come up with good solutions for all the things that need to be fixed.

However, Dushane’s solutions may not be verbalized. He said he is no longer part of the HDC because of Mayor Escapule.

“I won’t get into it,” Dushane said. “It’s political.”

Dushane said his biggest complaint is that there is no ambulance service and the nearest hospital is 20 miles away, but he still loves Tombstone despite this and the mayor.

Spitler noticed the friction Escapule, who was not mayor at the time, created as soon as she moved to Tombstone.

When the Rhino Snot, a liquid substance used to control dust, was put down on Allen Street, the stagecoaches were asked to put rubber on their wheels so it would not pulverize the surface. At the time, the town had one other little stagecoach and they put the rubber on right away, but Escapule would not, and didn’t, for quite a while, Spitler said.

“The Escapule family is a very old family in the area,” Spitler said. “I know that he says it’s not personal, but it just seems to be popping up all the time.”

Sharon Zaccagnino, 53, took a letter that was written by Escapule’s daughter, Cindy, and then printed in his paper personally. Personal enough to call the 13 months spent living in Tombstone the worst time of her life.

“The letter was slanderous and fraudulent,” said Zaccagnino, who now resides in Tucson. “(Cindy) said my dog and husband attacked her son, and he didn’t.”

Zaccagnino said she and her husband used to walk their “friendly”100-pound husky on the boardwalk everyday. One day, Escapule’s grandson approached the dog when he was eating, but her husband told the boy to wait until the dog was done. A letter was then printed in the Tombstone News that said Zaccagnino’s dog was vicious and would attack.

“We left because of favoritism and unethical business,” Zaccagnino said. “Tombstone is a great place, but he is destroying the town.”

Zaccagnino said because of Escapule, everyone she knew in Tombstone has left.

Rather than leaving, Devere and Spitler are dealing with the situation differently.

“Our elected officials are only in office for two years,” Devere said. “If people are unhappy, they can vote.”

Spitler agreed and also said people have to keep in mind that the Escapules are an old Tombstone family who care about keeping history intact.

“There are so many nice people here that help build Tombstone up instead of tearing it down,” Devere said. “I really hope everything gets cleared up because it really is a nice town.”