If you repeat something enough times, people believe it.
Please read on and scroll farther down to watch-and-listen to ASU Associate Vice-President Ji Mi Choi making a sales pitch for more money - more than $3,000,000 more - for another 'GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE INCREASE' at the construction site for The Studios @Mesa City Center that's been called "The Front Door to Mesa's Innovation District" in all the hype that has been thrown out for more than five years...
Geez I thought we're in AN ECONOMIC CRISIS
Hizzoner John Giles all 'puffed-up' with Crow at 2018 Mayor's Inauguration
There is a sort of cult that has grown up around Crow, one based largely on his expansion of the school and the fact that U.S. News and World Report ranks ASU “No. 1 in innovation.”
However, the very same publication has ASU tied with Alabama’s Auburn University for a ranking of 115 out of 312 national universities. Out of 145 “best value schools,” ASU ranks 119. The University of Arizona comes in at 97.
Your MesaZona blogger really hopes that Mesa Mayor John Giles gets his act together before this year's performance in the State-Of-The-City Speech on February 6, 2018.
He's had the all the opportunities to learn on-the-job getting invited to Harvard and Washington, D.C under the auspices of Mike Bloomberg... It's easy to get elected, hard to perform
He's had the all the opportunities to learn on-the-job getting invited to Harvard and Washington, D.C under the auspices of Mike Bloomberg... It's easy to get elected, hard to perform
Report June 2017
Advancing a new wave of urban competitiveness:
The role of mayors in the rise of innovation districts
Just keeping the information closely-held from the public while only making registration available on the website for The Mesa Chamber of Commerce???? . . . and suggesting that people only "tune-in" rather than actively encouraging the public to participate in a discussion about what's important here in DTMesa?
It's no wonder that downtown Mesa has become "The Old Donut-Hole"
In 2005 a $100 Million Dollar-Investment in the Mesa Arts Center was supposed to transform DTMesa into an "Arts-and-Entertainment District"
. . . Did that happen?
In August 2015 Valley Metro Light Rail service was opened extending into the Central Business District here in historic DTMesa
. . . Did "The Salvation Train" that John Giles promised 2 years ago ever arrive??
. . . and now he brags after two years in elected office inside City Hall that
Mesa is preparing downtown to be the location of choice for entrepreneurs and innovators.
2 years ago Mesa joined Bloomberg Philanthropies WhatWorksCities . . .
How's that working here now?
What has the mayor delivered for results?
Now Giles says there are "experts" from The Brookings Institution scheduled to be here.
Ever notice how almost every "talking-head" in front of a camera has now mastered gesticulating madly with both hands when they appear on screens? Indian-American Researcher Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan leads the Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University, which advances research, innovation, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship and international development at ASU... Now Knowledge is A Business
"Innovating the Future" is an interview from Friday on ASU's PBS Channel, part of their New America Series. The host for this program is Anne Marie Slaughter. Panch's focus uses his hands to make some points about Artificial Intelligence and what he calls situational awareness. These include what he calls "vibro-tactile motors" to alert soldiers or those with disabilities in stories that he tells during the episode. . .
---------------------------------------------------------------------------". . . At a time of rising social inequality, they offer the prospect of expanding employment and educational opportunities for disadvantaged populations given that many districts are close to low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. And, at a time of inefficient land use, extensive sprawl and continued environmental degradation, they present the potential for denser residential and employment patterns, the leveraging of mass transit, and the repopulation of urban cores.https://www.brookings.edu/essay/rise-of-innovation-districts/
Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Vey, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Panelists:
Panelists:
Karrin Taylor Robson, Chair, GPEC Next Leadership Council
Ji Mi Choi, Associate Vice President, Arizona State University
Ji Mi Choi, Associate Vice President, Arizona State University
BLOGGER INSERT >> AN UPDATE
WAY TOO MUCH "GROUP-THINK" e.g..District 2 Council member Jeremy Whittaker is the only one who is persistent and dedicated to stating uncomfortable facts
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