THAT'S THE COVER STORY in a not-so-new image from Habitat Metro's Partnership with AZ State Senator Bob Worsley, a conservative Mesa Mormon Republican Mega-Millionaire who's now gambling million$ of private money in rampant real estate speculation with his cohorts on the Mesa City Council for their own wealth creation.The Mesa Chamber of Commerce is desperately seeking advertisers to pay for its Make-Believe Make-Over of 'The Old Donut-Hole' and the radical transformation of the distressed area called downtown into Mesa: A Vibrant City. Now and Tomorrow.
Stakeholders Prospectus 2018.
Take a look at the rendering above - it's all not-to-scale reverse-perspective of what is Worsley's worst scenario: a proposed 15-story [go ahead count them] upscale luxury Hotel and "above market-rate" apartments in an alleyway south of Main Street looking in the wrong direction!
Along with ASU lobbyist Matt Salmon, Worsley finally came out in public, meeting anger from the public over his behind-the scenes real estate deals last year.
To the left in sunglasses you see Worsley's partner W. Tim Sprague who took ten years to finish a Habitat Metro Phoenix hotel project Found:Re in an already existing building! Then there's Mesa Mayor John Giles and two partners in Caliber Private Wealth who have low-balled a buy-out of ten Main Street commercial properties in "Buy-and-Hold" and "Wait-and-See" holding companies and LLCs
What are they waiting for?
A campaign by city officials backed-up by a slick public relations campaign - A Grab-Bag of Goodies - to trick taxpayers to deliver capital gains for their investors if and when voters approve the deals made by city officials to finance real estate spec schemes on the backs of more public debt tax burdens for projects with little substantiated public benefits.
It's Compass Time!
Time for Transparency so readers of this blog can see through The FOG when the City of Mesa plays taxpayers for Fools.
They're helped by mainstream media - one of which is The Arizona Republic that publishes the "good news" . . . Who's the partner with the Mesa of Commerce for anyone who wants to advertise? Kevin Qualls from the Arizona Republic is the Chamber Partner coordinating advertisers for the upcoming Compass.
Some transparency is in order here with "all the good news" that Mesa Mayor John Giles wanted about some $300-$400 Million-Dollar-Deals that were reported in The Arizona Republic. His actions were rejected two years ago. Now there are questions by the public and opposition by certain members on the Mesa City Council.
What's the scheme to trick taxpayers?
This one building projected to cost Mesa residents and taxpayers $100 Million dollars when ASU can pay for this itself.
Mesa City Manager Chris Brady has proposed and the Mesa City Council has approved all kinds of increases in city-wide utilities consumptions fees/charges, sales and transaction taxes, and other hikes.
Taxpayers can reject these in November.
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This year's Edition:
Circulation: 25,000
• 20,000 inserted into subscriber copies of The Arizona Republic within the City of Mesa
• 5,000 copies distributed to the Mesa Chamber
• PLUS, $20,000 in targeted media value promotion the COMPASS magazine and
MesaChamber.azcentral.com topics page.
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