Something was added - in addition to the 35 items already on the previously printed and published Tentative Agenda in advance of one more study session before the regular council meeting for Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:45 p.m.
THE FINDINGS IN A CITIZEN SURVEY ON POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY
Conducted by ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy
Here are the usual questions that are asked about the conduct of surveys:
1. Is it believable and verifiable and independent when there might be overlapping interests?
There must be disclosure if there is or has been a relationship in the past or present
2. Is the survey representative and reliable?
What is the size of the data sample in relation to the entire citizen population?
What method was used for contact, how was it done, and during what time period?
3. The questions asked must be free of taint and/or not intended to produce a desired outcome
4. Would the same results be duplicated in an independent and objective survey by a 3rd party?
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BLOGGER INSERT: Jeff McVay
Here's a presentation back in May 2018: He used a questionable study produced by ASU to support the purported economic benefits of "a presence" of ASU downtown. 
Why revisit this now when Jeff McVay, the city's Director of Downtown Transformation, made the case for that (or tried to) back in May of last year. He used a questionable study produced by ASU to support the purported economic benefits of "a presence" of ASU downtown.
Totally bogus, but Mesa taxpayers got hood-winked by a slick public relations campaign
From STATE-OF-THE-CITY 2018 Crow & Giles at State-Of-The-City 2018
Jivin' John Giles and High-Salaried ASU President Michael Crow teamed-up last week for another over-the-top hoopla of hype where Crow got the best blurb about the much debated and controversial ASU campus that emerged as the Mesa City centerpiece, with ASU President Michael Crow sharing center stage with Mesa Mayor Giles. Crow said after his remarks on-stage that "research and innovation in Mesa will be consistent with other innovation districts in Singapore, Sydney, Australia and New York. . . "
"We are very excited about this facility," Crow said.*
"We are very excited about this facility," Crow said.*
Walsh wasn't just beat-out by a late write-up/recap, but it looks like he tried to understate the hype from Crow:
"If you travel around the world, there are a few significant digital innovation centers that exist - Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, New York City. We're building one for the Western United States here in Mesa"
That's taken from an earlier article in ASU Now that got published the same day as the SOTC2019 Speech on February 5, 2019.
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Blogger note: Here in Mesa the sweet deals are on city-owned land using about $165,000,000 in taxpayer-funded debt obligations for an ASU Campus @ Mesa City Center. One new construction to start with, and City Manager Chris Brady says he will do three - those items were on the Agenda for the Mesa City Council Study Session Thursday, April 4, 2019 in proposed budgets FY2019/2020 and FY2020/2014.
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"If you travel around the world, there are a few significant digital innovation centers that exist - Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, New York City. We're building one for the Western United States here in Mesa"
That's taken from an earlier article in ASU Now that got published the same day as the SOTC2019 Speech on February 5, 2019.
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*Blogger Note: Michael Crow should be more than really very excited for at least two reasons:
1. Mesa Mayor John Giles appears to have been told to clean up his clown-act posing with Sparky, the ASU mascot, to kick-off a $500,000 privately-financed public relations screw-up that blew up in their faces when Mesa taxpayers rejected a $200-Million Debt Obligation Bond proposal two years ago.
However, they did succeed in 2018 to trick taxpayers into debt-service financing a $198-million "Grab-Bag-of-Goodies-For-Everybody" that included about $75-million or more* to build facilities for ASU around City Hall Plaza. If ASU wanted a campus downtown they could have financed it themselves.
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* Even though city officials asserted in public and community workshops that the guaranteed price tag was $63.5M, that's jumped to costing Mesa taxpayers $100M.
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1. Mesa Mayor John Giles appears to have been told to clean up his clown-act posing with Sparky, the ASU mascot, to kick-off a $500,000 privately-financed public relations screw-up that blew up in their faces when Mesa taxpayers rejected a $200-Million Debt Obligation Bond proposal two years ago.
However, they did succeed in 2018 to trick taxpayers into debt-service financing a $198-million "Grab-Bag-of-Goodies-For-Everybody" that included about $75-million or more* to build facilities for ASU around City Hall Plaza. If ASU wanted a campus downtown they could have financed it themselves.
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* Even though city officials asserted in public and community workshops that the guaranteed price tag was $63.5M, that's jumped to costing Mesa taxpayers $100M.
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Blogger note: Here in Mesa the sweet deals are on city-owned land using about $165,000,000 in taxpayer-funded debt obligations for an ASU Campus @ Mesa City Center. One new construction to start with, and City Manager Chris Brady says he will do three - those items were on the Agenda for the Mesa City Council Study Session Thursday, April 4, 2019 in proposed budgets FY2019/2020 and FY2020/2014. Mesa taxpayers rejected that spending of $200M in 2016, but nonetheless Chris Brady has stated his intention to finish "the plan" in the behind-the-scenes real estate deals with ASU no matter what.
These public investments - using debt obligations foisted on the backs of taxpayers IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY on city-owned land and properties around City Hall - started a stampede in real estate speculation on Main Street. "Wealth-Creation" for a favorite few in downtown commercial/residential real estate can then get leveraged for private investments by cohorts that are closely-connected to capitalize their own profits from gains in gambling - gaming Mesa taxpayers to underwrite their speculative investments.
These public investments - using debt obligations foisted on the backs of taxpayers IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY on city-owned land and properties around City Hall - started a stampede in real estate speculation on Main Street. "Wealth-Creation" for a favorite few in downtown commercial/residential real estate can then get leveraged for private investments by cohorts that are closely-connected to capitalize their own profits from gains in gambling - gaming Mesa taxpayers to underwrite their speculative investments.
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It is item 2-a on these Meeting Details with links to open attachments for the file numbers
| Meeting Name: | City Council Study Session | Agenda status: | Final |
| Meeting date/time: | 6/3/2021 7:30 AM | Minutes status: | Draft |
| Meeting location: | Lower Council Chambers | ||
| Published agenda: |  Agenda | Published minutes: | Not available | |
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