IMAGINE THIS: What'sNext Mesa? 2 Years In-Office + John Giles Wants To Start A New Conversation?

Press release from Newsroom for the City of Mesa
Imagine Mesa wants your ideas for our future
06-29-2017 at 12:24:57 PM
Anyone else surprised to get this announcement about 'a new program' designed to engage residents digitally online here in the City of Mesa? At the minimum this is an embarrassing public recognition of a very obvious fact.

Let's start this post with a digression to put things into some kind of context. Giles, who served some time on the Mesa City Council before and has operated for more than 20 years a private personal injury/accident law office, was knee-jerked into the position as mayor to serve-out the remaining term of ex-mayor Scott Smith who left to run in an unsuccessful bid to gain election as the governor of Arizona in 2014. Once in the office he took advantage of an entrenched political machine that's controlled Mesa politics for generations, to answer 'a calling' ostensibly to serve the public interest. 

Mesa Mayor John Giles has publicly admitted more than 2 years ago in his first State-of-the-City 2016 speech that he lacks ideas while at the same time starting a campaign he wanted to brand NextMesa.
Now after two years he owns it.
Getting further embedded with some of the hacks who run this city and want to control what happens here and who benefits their private interests, the mayor made A BIG BOO-BOO as the poster-boy for a bogus $500,000 privately-financed Public Relations fiasco that voters rejected outright in the last election.

If residents want to judge the mayor for performance in office while elected to City Hall, the jury might still be out but a lot of people feel he's failed to pass leadership skills.
Sure he's kind'a folksy and can be all kinds of warm-and-fuzzy and who some people say is a nice guy, but that does not make a leader. 
He's a good showman, irrespective of results or outcomes, with a strong loyalty to church, friends and families and business connections developed over years. He owes his devotion to the public.

Next Mesa started like this as "food for thought" on a blog John Giles created, self-admittedly not successful.

So, at least former track-star John Giles now has a public track-record that can be evaluated and questioned - that is if you care about good government that is open, transparent and accountable rather than slow, opaque or prone to corruption.

But let's get back to the subject-at-hand: IMAGINE
To be honest with readers of this blog it is going to nowhere fast . . . just another detour for decisions that don't get made but hey!
What have we the people got to lose?
The ideas will be evaluated and prioritized by the Imagine Mesa Advisory Committee and presented to City Council for potential implementation.
Back to the Press Release from the Newsroom from the City of Mesa:
"It all starts with a spark of imagination and leads to what's next for our community. Imagine Mesa is a new program designed to engage our residents in shaping a vision for our future. You are encouraged to go online to submit, discuss and support ideas that focus on five topics.
Each topic has a forum where imaginations are key to creating solutions and opportunities for Mesa. The topics range from how we can better attract bright minds and grow our economy to how we can build on our thriving arts and culture scene downtown
"Imagine Mesa is a great way for our residents to develop and discuss ideas for Mesa's future," Mayor John Giles said. "It's easy to click on the site and join in the conversation. I encourage everyone to check it out."
. . . you can join in the conversation anytime at www.imaginemesa.com until October 31.
The ideas will be evaluated and prioritized by the Imagine Mesa Advisory Committee and presented to City Council for potential implementation.

Contact: Steve Wright
Or here's a Link  > http://mesaaz.gov/about-us/imagine-mesa

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If you want check out the three video uploads from Mesa Channel 11 in the last 5 days that have attracted a total of 101 views in a city of over 475,000 residents

https://www.youtube.com/channel11



Here's a link on social media for IMAGINE > https://twitter.com/mayorgiles
[it's been re-tweeted 10 times already]