Way too many things fly under-the-radar here in Mesa. You all know that. Some people say that what's posted here is not forthcoming enough; that's probably for good reasons, just enough for the admonition to tread lightly. However, . . .
Some officials here in Mesa like nothing better than non-issues:
You see what they want you to see in constant streams of what passes as news, placed in mainstream media time-and-time again.
How many times does this have to give hammered-out on the pages of this blog?
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Need some more clues to connects the dots to places some people might not want to go?
> Renovation of an airplane hangar at a City-owned airport
(The City of Mesa owns not one, but two airports)
> Ownership of certain airlines, service industries and their affiliated contracts in supply logistics
> Prominent Republicans use public office for family jobs and personal profits in real estate development
> Privately-owned facilities related to immigration
Albuquerque aviation company mum on federal contracts related to immigration
> CSI’s work for ICE came up during discussions earlier this year over the city of Albuquerque’s role in helping CSI renovate and occupy the former Eclipse Aerospace hangar at the city’s airport, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The city was asked to administer $250,000 in Local Economic Development Act money to help the company with the renovation.
> In February, CSI appears to have lost a bid to keep providing ICE services to a New York contractor. The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied a CSI protest that month over ICE’s selection of Classic Air Charter Inc. (CAC), of Huntington, New York, to provide air services, including daily scheduled “large aircraft charter flights” (DSLA) out of Miami, Alexandria, Louisiana, Brownsville and San Antonio, Texas, and Mesa, Arizona, “as well as special high risk charter (SHRC) flights.”
> CSI had valued that contract at $850 million, the GAO report shows.
> Prominent Republican donor and would-be politician owns CSI Aviation
CSI Aviation is prominent in New Mexico in part because of its owner.
In addition to his unsuccessful bids for governor and the U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2014, respectively, Weh is a former state chairman of the Republican Party and has figured prominently in the state’s political scene.
