Talkin'-The-Talk > More 'Double-Speak' from Jivin' John Giles

It's no wonder that Mesa Mayor John Giles is one of your MesaZona's blogger favorite objects of affection:
Who couldn't not love such a rich source of material to have some fun with? He's just plain goofy.  
[yes, dear readers that is a double-negative]
Example: ". . .The goal is to bring more prosperity to more Mesa residents. . . " Damn that's a good one
- From an article by EVT Staff Writer Wayne Schutsky
February 11, 2018

Schutsky to his credit goes on to say:
"Giles has acknowledged that while East Mesa has experienced explosive growth over the past several years, . .  other pockets - including downtown and west Mesa - largely have been left behind . . ."
. . . The two zipcodes that encompass downtown Mesa 85201 and 85210 are the most distressed in the city . . . those zipcodes have the highest poverty rates in Mesa, housing vacancy rates over 10% and median incomes only 70-75% of the state's median income. . ."
Blogger Note: One distressed neighborhood is named Heritage Park, 75% Hispanic.

the zipcodes in downtown Mesa are some of the most diverse in the city and contain a sizeable Hispanic population . . .
"the city will have to make concerned efforts to include those residents in its vision for the future" . . . Right. What has the City been doing? 
After SB1070 from disgraced former Mesa State Senator Russell Pearce and Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio?  

So what do the mayor and his high-finance friends want to do?
Create wealth for investors in a neglected and distressed neighborhood for what's called "Unrealized Capital Gains". . . in O Zones?
Controlling the downtown real estate market by buying one property at a time at rock-bottom prices for 10 commercial properties on Main Street along the tracks of Valley Metro Light Rail Service, paid for by taxpayers, where these three groups of private investors  are speculating for their own personal profits?
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. . . and giving away tax incentives to Mesa Mega-Millionaire Bob Worsley to  bring above-market, upscale mid-rise luxury living atop a parking lot to radically transform DTMesa into another Pie-In-The-Sky scheme where AZ Senator Bob Worsley has partnered with Tim Sprague, shown at far left with the major and The Caliber Wealth Creation Opportunity II Fund, LP. 
 
It's on the cover of Compass Magazine, as a 
STAKEHOLDERS PROSPECTUS 2018