Wayne's World: EV Trib Staff Writer Wayne Schutsky > Is He Slacking Off Reporting Mesa News?

What's the story here, Wayne ?
It took five days to get his story out?
Your MesaZona blogger keeps a close eye on issues in front of the Mesa City Council.
This is a very conservative city and simply put Conservative Republicans don't raise taxes. What explains this??
Two years ago Mesa taxpayers were smart enough to see through a bogus public relations fiasco that was privately-financed by the mayor and his cohorts that blew up in their faces when VOTERS REJECTED A SALES TAX INCREASE > The voted NO on the Yes1Mesa Campaign.
This time around the same crap is getting a new package.

Readers of this blog might have noticed that the entire streaming video of the Mesa City Council Study Session presented the official city story seen by few, where Schutsky writes that Mesa mulls  . . . that might a good choice of action verbs to describe the actions that citizens and the community might get engaged in and activated about if they know the details. 
However, Scutsky's report slacks off short of some salient facts: Crime rates are down.

Beyond that the City of Mesa faces staggering unfunded liabilities, including massive claims and lawsuits against the city from actions by the Police Department and claims of flood damages by a neighborhood group to the tune of about $150-Million bucks or more.  
Schutsky's writing just barely begins to scratch the surface stating the proposed sales tax boost is 'for safety'. BULLSHIT: Likewise he never mentions one other item to 'mull over' : Item 7 on the May 7th Mesa City Council Meeting. (see below)

Two years ago the "trick-the-taxpayers" campaign was a privately-financed fiasco that turned into a major screw-up using the cloak of Public Safety to cover up Pie-In-The-Sky schemes concocted by a closely-held undisclosed cohort of Crony Capitalists here in downtown to fill their own pockets. This time around the same crap is getting a new package -  it's the story that Mesa Mayor wants to get told his way.

There are matters that can impact you in a number of ways in the districts where you live and city-wide. Just one item is getting a lot of attention from mainstream media over talk about a hike in sales taxes, that the City Council says is not in any way related to another bogus scheme to somehow finance a presence of ASU downtown in new construction proposals. It's a mixed bag of accounting tricks buried in memoranda, inter-governmental agreements, and the usual cast of characters of city officials and certain developers who are hedging their bets pending convincing taxpayers to foot-the-bill - as well as hikes called 'modifications' in consumption fees/taxes and charges for any utility you use. 
rates/fees/charges Do you think any of these will get reduced?
10 items that deal with modifications and/or proposed terms Items 7-a > 7-j

• electric utility services in D1 + D4
• natural gas utility service Citywide
• water utility services Citywide
• wastewater utility services  
• solid waste utility services    

Mesa mulls sales tax boost for safety
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer 01 May2018 

Updated May 1, 2018

"Mesa is considering a sales tax increase to hire additional officers, firefighters and civilian support staff. The proposed 0.25 percent increase, from 1.75 percent to 2 percent, received unanimous support at a City Council study session last Thursday. . . The council will vote May 7 on whether to put the issue before voters in the November election..."

< Just one message for Wayne Schutsky

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Please note there are no alternative views in Wayne Schutsky's writing - none.

He just regurgitates everything made in presentations by every city employee. . . the city council and the mayor have their agenda, NO MATTER WHAT STORY THEY TRY TO INVENT. 

"We do have some unmet needs as a result of the growth,” he added.

“To me, the need for this is very apparent, and I not only am in favor of it but plan on doing everything I can to assist the campaign to help tell the story to make this happen.”
- Jivin' John Giles (quoted in Schutsky's write-up)

Link > http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/mesa-mulls-sales-tax-boost-for-safety/article_fd01720e-4d4e-11e8-8686-4b8486f6a242.html



Way to go, Wayne!