01 September 2018

Open Government: What Exactly Don't The Mayors of Mesa and Tempe Get?

It might be summarized in just three words: Keeping It Clean . . . and that goes for more than energy > Open Government. Here's the case of two mayors who won't even discuss their reasons for joining a lawsuit challenging this ballot appearing on the November General Election Ballot:
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Now that the primary elections are over, we can now move on to the November General Election to bring some issues right to the table: There are questions to raise and more questions to ask and questions to answer by voters.
Here's two thumbs-up for another local reporter who probably finding himself in the strange and shady world of Maricopa County.

First of all, some overdue respect to a journalistic colleague - Wayne Schutsky who writes for the East Valley Tribune owned by the Times Media Group. What he writes gets picked up and re-published, for instance this article reproduced in the Rose Law Group Reporter where two self-proclaimed 'non-partisan' actors in the game-of-politics have clearly come out in a legal challenge to a citizens initiative:
Mesa, Gilbert mayors side with APS in clean-energy suit
Posted by   /  August 28, 2018 

Mesa Mayor John Giles and Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels both signed on as plaintiffs on the lawsuit that challenges the ballot initiative, although they won’t discuss their reasons.
The challenge comes from Arizonans for Affordable Energy, a group funded by APS parent company Pinnacle West.
If passed by voters, the measure would require some Arizona electricity providers to pull at least 50 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
READ MORE >> https://roselawgroupreporter.com 
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Here's one person in Mesa who doesn't hesitate to speak up and get involved:
Sears Supports Clean Energy For a Healthy Arizona Initiative
Kiana Maria Sears is a dynamic, accessible, and compassionate energy regulatory professional who advocates for public integrity and the environment. Her investment in working class water issues reaches back to her childhood as the daughter of a New Orleans Sewage and Water Board employee. She has spent her life studying public policy and serving in change-making positions at the Corporation Commission, State Legislature, American Lung Association, Mesa School Board and more.
 

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