01 June 2016

What is the City of Mesa Development Corporation??

This blog published two posts [May 25 and May 27] about actions taken against a certain candidate campaigning for election to the Mesa City Council by what is an inactive moribund group [not active since holding its last public meeting in 2010 nor with meeting annually since then - see end of this post] represented by local law firm Booth Udall & Fuller.
Except for this site, there were no local mainstream media reports about this episode.

However, The Washington Post picked up on it. So did Ars Technica and this article from Techdirt

All because of this?? . . .
City Of Mesa Abusing Trademark Law To Punish City Council Candidate They Don't Like
from the not-how-it-works depth
by Mike Masnick
As your representative from District 2, Jeremy will bring with him a unique “world view” of finances, and how they can be applied to Mesa and the local economy. With a passion for global economics, Jeremy has studied international trade and global diversification, all of which has given him a very strong macro view of the global economy. . .
Jeremy believes that the way to create a great community is through economic growth and equality. . . He is also an advocate of clean energy and renewable resources. Arizona is the prime setting to implement renewable energy resources, . . we really need to look deeper at what makes us happy as individuals. With this I’ve turned my attention toward the City Council both as a civic duty and as a personal desire to make the community a better place for everyone.”

According to this official webpage from the City of Mesa's website:
Municipal Development Corp.
Meet at least annually
"The Municipal Development Corp. is an appointed group of citizens responsible for overseeing the administration of tax-exempt bond expenditures."
Members appointed to the Board:
Marty Whalen
Milt Laflen
Howard Godfrey
Charles Luster
Larry Woolf


However, if you hit this http://apps.mesaaz.gov/meetingarchive/meetings.aspx?body=MDC

To take a look at Agenda & Minutes, you see this: there have been no meetings since 2010

Municipal Development Corp Minutes and Agendas
Meeting DateDocument TitleMeeting TypeDocument TypeView Document
10/18/2010October 18, 2010RegularMinutes
10/18/2010MDC Board MeetingMiscAgendas
10/26/2009MDC MiscAgendas
10/26/2009October 26, 2009RegularMinutes
7/2/2008July 2, 2008 MDCRegularAgendas
10/17/2007October 17, 2007 MDCMiscAgendas
10/18/2006October 18, 2006 MDCMiscResults
10/18/2006October 18, 2006 AgendaMiscAgendas

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