If you have been faithful readers of this blog now with over 178,000 views, thank you very much for being less stupid than some of the folks who like their news "Spoon-Fed" by corporate mainstream media. . .
Here's some damn good hyper-local reporting - take a look
Mesa’s ASU Project Needed To Make Good On Worsley’s “Bet”
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"At the February 26 meeting of the Mesa City Council, Sen. Bob Worsley made a rare appearance in an effort to promote a proposal to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona State University. The senator’s appearance surprised many Mesa residents who had never before seen their representative show any interest in the City’s business.
It is not the city’s business however, that prompted the appearance by the wealthy developer/senator.
See. Image to the left of John Giles making strange under-handed hand gestures with ASU Mascot "Sparky" that kicked-off a privately-funded $500,000+ Public Relations campaign that turned out to be a major screw-up: Yes1Mesa
In November 2016, Mesa voters rejected a sales tax that would have funded the project and public safety when the voters of Mesa realized the rip-off.
According to Mesa City Councilman Kevin Thompson, constituents “time and time again” told him that they would support the increase for public safety, but could not support using public money to build ASU a campus. . .
Blogger Note: Kevin Thompson, however, did vote yes when the Mesa City Council voted unanimously 7-0 to approve it in 2016. This time around he and District 2 Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker opposed the motion.
At the February 26, 2018 meeting - just a week ago now - the Mesa City Council voted 5 – 2 to direct the City Manager to begin the process of developing an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Board of Regents for the development, operation, and maintenance of the ASU facilities….
To read more — Mesa’s ASU Project Needed To Make Good On Worsley’s “Bet” —
If readers of this blog have not yet had the opportunity and taken the time tp read the posts on all this ROBUST active interest with residents and voters getting engagement in the sketchy schemes and half-baked Pie-In-The-Sky proposals, just scroll down the front page and use the post archive for February 2018 to the left.
We need to demand that government is open, transparent, and accountable here in Mesa.
Some of the Mesa Council members - including the mayor - should probably have recused themselves from any discussion due to actual or perceived conflicts-of-interest.
Read more > https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2018/03/01/mesas-asu-project
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