Downtown Mesa 'On The Verge' Again?? Who's Accusing Who of A Cheap Political Stunt

East Valley Tribune Staff writer Jim Walsh has been late to get on this news story about Mesa City Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker when he documented disturbing things in city government on his website a week ago regarding questionable agreements about ASU. They provoked a comment from Mayor John Giles, who's probably the biggest puller of political stunts if ever there was one here in Mesa:  
". . . I’m disappointed people would engage in such a cheap political stunt.’’ Giles is the Poster-Boy for Political Stunts

So is his long-time buddy conservative Mormon Mesa Republican Mega-Millionaire State Senator Bob Worsley, forced to come out to appear in the image to the right in front of a Mesa City Council meeting that provoked public anger when it was revealed he was the real estate speculator behind-the-scenes in a low-ball bid to acquire title in holding companies for 10 commercial properties on Main Street. He was gambling a private fortune while holding the public trust in elected office - he's getting out of office after only one term perhaps realizing he can't it both ways. Whether or not it's his own money he's gambling and risking, his reputation in public office has been tarnished.
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Judging from the reactions reported by local news writer Jim Walsh that were updated yesterday, Whittaker is getting a lot of blow-back. He is one of the most vocal and informed critics of questionable "deals" made by city officials - definitely not a yes man. He's definitely not alone in opposing proposals to spend over $100,000,000 for ASU downtown.
ASU can finance itself. For taxpayers it's a debt burden.

Voters REJECTED it two years ago in spite of a privately-financed $500,000+ Public Relations campaign located in the mayor's private law office on 2nd Street that turned into a major screw-up. The donors and more of their deep-pocketed friends-and-family and undisclosed business interests have now had two years to set-the-stage and "adjust the numbers" to trick taxpayers to pay for the speculative real estate schemes for their own wealth creation -  if it weren't for Jeremy Whittaker asking questions
That's his job to represent the interests of his constituents in District 2 and the interests of the public here instead of private special interests that only want to capitalize gambling and gains in rampant real estate on the backs of taxpayers for their own wealth creation.

Sorry, folks but that's the way good government works when it's open, transparent and accountable. _________________________________________________________________________
Here's a teaser for Jim Walsh - using emotionally-terms  "a political neophyte" and "a bit of a wild card" right off-the-bat in the very first sentence! Then we get into name-calling and other insinuations from anyone with some skin-in-the-game of crooked politics and cooking- the-books. Your MesaZona blogger was shocked to read Dennis Kavanaugh say this about Whittaker: ". . . He’s hell-bent for retribution against anyone he feels has slighted him. That’s not a recipe for good government. . . " That's getting way too personal 

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Mesa councilman stirs colleagues' anger with accusations             

By Jim Walsh Tribune Staff Writer | Jul 29, 2018 Updated 1 hr ago

" As a political neophyte, Jeremy Whittaker was a bit of a wild card when he was elected to the Mesa City Council in 2016.

Whittaker has been true to form, cultivating an independent image through a series of votes on major issues that made it clear he would not bow to anyone while consistently challenging the city’s financing practices, saying they create too much debt.
Whittaker vehemently opposed the controversial Arizona State University Mesa campus, clashing with Mayor John Giles on one of Giles’ pet projects. He also voted symbolically to oppose putting the Mesa Plays soccer fields project on the Nov. 6 election ballot over similar concerns about debt financing based on projections . . . "

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Here's a link to what Jim Walsh wrote >> click here