Published on Jul 23, 2016
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Double Back to Back Solar Flares causing Solar Eruptions,
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Mesa City Councilmembers Go To Kansas and Say This on Mesa Channell 11 [4 VIDEOS]
Kansas City
Hashtag = #smlstaff16
Page on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/smlstaff16
Interesting to see how different elected Mesa City Council members respond to what speakers they listened to ... each video is 1-2 minutes with Dennis Kavanagh 03:26
EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING IN AN OVER-THINKING WORLD
Shelley Row, Speaker, Writer, Coach Shelley Row and Associates
Political leaders face complex environments. Expectations for responsiveness, member services, and an ever-growing list of issues create difficult decisions. Data helps but it is rarely enough. Attendees will learn the neuroscience to skillfully use your gut to stop overthinking and slow knee-jerk decisions.
CITY OF THE FUTURE
Nicole DuPuis, Principal Associate, Urban Innovation, National League of Cities
Disruption may be a buzz word, but it perfectly encapsulates this moment in time. From the sharing economy to trends in driverless technology to the rapid acceleration of automationtechnological innovation is impacting cities. This session will draw on NLC research focused on these macro-level trends and delve into the impact smart city technology and the increasing usage of data driven decision-making have on providing the platform for success in this shifting environment
GET NOTICED/ GET PROMOTED
Shelley Row, Speaker, Writer, Coach Shelley Row and Associates
Are you looking for that next step up in your career? Is it hard to be heard when there are others vying for attention? Attendees will learn five skills that will help you stand out from the crowd— in a good way! Some of these skills may seem simple but few learn and take advantage of them to enhance their career. Come to this session and walk away feeling empowered in your current position while looking ahead to the future
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA
Tim Mudd, Program Manager, National League of Cities
Social media is more than a communications tool—it’s an increasingly integral platform for organization’s customer service, membership development, marketing and advocacy strategies. This workshop will demonstrate how you can make the most of your league’s time and resources on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, highlighting key steps and case studies to put your league on the road to social media success.
STATE LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
Missy Dean, Director of Government Relations and Membership
Services, Oklahoma Municipal League
Justin Kirnon, Governmental Relations Associate, Georgia Municipal Association
This session will discuss the latest activities happening in state legislatures across the country and how the actions that legislatures take effect municipalities and leagues directly. This session will give participants who work with state legislatures the opportunity to share other issues and challenges they are facing and to share ideas on how to best address these challenges
SERVING A DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP:
APPEALING TO NEW MEMBERS IN A NEW WORLD
Meghan McKelvey, Manager, Department and Member Services, League of California Cities
Shari Fiveash, Director, Member Services, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
How can you show your programs as a long-term benefit? How do you stay relevant in a competing world? Membership is an evolving challenge and associations need to evolve right along with it. Like many membership associations, members don’t always know what resources they need until they need them. Attendees will share best practices about appealing to members in fun and informative ways and learn to manage their diverse membership while having one voice. During these important times, state leagues need to work with each other to not leave anyone behind.
PUTTING YOUR DATA TO GOOD USE
Cam Caldwell, Director, Non Profit and Philanthropic Partnerships, Socrata
Attendees to this session will discuss how state leagues are navigating today’s complex data world. From locating trusted sources, to identifying trends, to using data to communicate with constituents, NLC business partner Socrata, will give league staff tips and tools to showcase how you can share data to local governments, the general public and to make data driven decisions. Attendees will also hear case studies from local governments around the country and how data helped address pressing problems in communities.
STATE LEAGUES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Kino Becton, Sr. Director of National Government & Regulatory Affairs, American Water
Dan Ross, Executive Director, Missouri Municipal League
While state leagues are increasingly partnering with the private sector, many are still focusing on the best way to market themselves to larger companies. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear from a corporate partner of the Missouri Municipal League and member of the private sector. The conversation will highlight what organizations are doing to recruit and retain corporate partners and what steps leagues can take to appeal to private sector companies of all sizes
Life is Not A Spectator Sport > No Alarms Going Off?
Owen Smith = a Career Politican //Jonathan Pie
Brutallly honest tirade about sideshow in British politics - and we think we got it good with The Donald Show! . . . what's good is that this reporter finds about "business relationships" people elected to government have - and that goes for here in Mesa AZ too .... the problem?
Nobody talks about that
Jonathan Pie, the fictional television reporter who is regularly pushed to the edge of sanity and beyond by British politics, has now made a political stand of his own in preparation for his first national tour and an appearance on the Edinburgh festival fringe.
Pie, the foul-mouthed creation of actor Tom Walker, has become an internet sensation since the success of his short comic films in which his television journalist melts down on screen once he is “off air”. Pie rails against hypocrisy in politics and in television newsrooms and is disillusioned with both his job and the ethics of Westminster.
The difficulty for me is that my character is a journalist, so people ask me about it, even though I don’t see it that way. So it has got to the point that what I hate to call the ‘Pie brand’ can’t move on while I am associated with RT, although it has helped me. The main issue for me was that I could not answer people’s questions about it while I was still on RT. So I resigned. Now I can defend it without being accused of being contractually obliged to be nice.”
Walker, 38, who grew up in Taunton, Somerset, has been taken aback by the fast-growing fan base for his frustrated media creation, Pie. Arriving at the Latitude festival in Suffolk, he was surprised by the size of the crowd gathered to watch the first preview of his Edinburgh show. “I was expecting a smaller gig, but the literature tent turns out to house an audience of 800. It was a real baptism of fire rather than a tryout. I have tried my act out live before, to see how it translated on to the stage, but this is my Edinburgh show, which is selling brilliantly, I am pleased to say.”
When he wears Pie’s customary suit and tie, he is often recognised: “People call out to me all the time and some think I am really a journalist. But no reporter loses it every week.”
Nobody talks about that
Published on Jul 22, 2016
Views: 3,266
Jonathan Pie focuses on working out how left "Soft Left" is, which is more left than Tory right but more right than Corbyn & tackles Owen "Pfizer" Smith.
Jonathan Pie, the fictional television reporter who is regularly pushed to the edge of sanity and beyond by British politics, has now made a political stand of his own in preparation for his first national tour and an appearance on the Edinburgh festival fringe.
Pie, the foul-mouthed creation of actor Tom Walker, has become an internet sensation since the success of his short comic films in which his television journalist melts down on screen once he is “off air”. Pie rails against hypocrisy in politics and in television newsrooms and is disillusioned with both his job and the ethics of Westminster.
The difficulty for me is that my character is a journalist, so people ask me about it, even though I don’t see it that way. So it has got to the point that what I hate to call the ‘Pie brand’ can’t move on while I am associated with RT, although it has helped me. The main issue for me was that I could not answer people’s questions about it while I was still on RT. So I resigned. Now I can defend it without being accused of being contractually obliged to be nice.”
Walker, 38, who grew up in Taunton, Somerset, has been taken aback by the fast-growing fan base for his frustrated media creation, Pie. Arriving at the Latitude festival in Suffolk, he was surprised by the size of the crowd gathered to watch the first preview of his Edinburgh show. “I was expecting a smaller gig, but the literature tent turns out to house an audience of 800. It was a real baptism of fire rather than a tryout. I have tried my act out live before, to see how it translated on to the stage, but this is my Edinburgh show, which is selling brilliantly, I am pleased to say.”
When he wears Pie’s customary suit and tie, he is often recognised: “People call out to me all the time and some think I am really a journalist. But no reporter loses it every week.”
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Councilmember Glover's National League of Cities Update- Summer 2016
Published on Jul 18, 2016
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Time: 1:09
District 4 Councilmember Chris Glover gives an update following the National League of Cities meeting in Kansas City.
You can watch other updates from three other elected members on Mesa City Council - most are very brief, with Vice Mayor Dennis Kavanagh taking 033:26 for his
Go here >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRCDx1d0jN8QhOR1iY8hmtg
Cherry-Picking What's Put Out In A Press Release > Mesa Economic Development Office
Silver Shovel Awards
Post Date: 07/18/2016 11:47 AM
Two City of Mesa economic development projects, Santander Consumer USA and Special Devices, Inc. were recently awarded 2016 Silver Shovel Awards by Area Development, a leading site selection publication. The awards are based on a combination of factors including number of new jobs created and amount of capital invested.
Santander Consumer USA, a consumer finance company focused on vehicle finance, came to Mesa’s Fiesta District to occupy Centrica, a creative 117,000 square foot adaptive reuse project converting vacant big box retail space into Class A office space. In November 2015, Santander Consumer USA announced it would employ more than 970 people over three years with an average wage of approximately $51,000 at the Mesa location. In January 2016, the company finished tenant improvements and occupied the space.
Special Devices Inc. (SDI), a manufacturer of initiators used in the production of airbag inflators, broke ground March 2015 on a 64,000 square foot expansion of its facilities in Mesa’s Falcon District. SDI acquired 19.6 acres adjacent to its existing facility for the expansion, which has now been completed. The company created 175 jobs with an average annual wage of $40,000.
“I’m proud of our team’s efforts in assisting exceptional companies such as Santander Consumer USA and Special Devices, Inc. locate and expand in Mesa,” Bill Jabjiniak, City of Mesa Economic Development Director said. “Companies like these bring quality jobs and capital investment to our local economy.”
Area Development’s annual Shovel Awards recognize states for their achievements in attracting high-value projects to their communities. All 50 states were invited by Area Development to provide information about their top 10 projects initiated in 2015. States receiving the highest weighted scores based on the number of high-value added jobs, amount of investment, number of new facilities, and industry diversity were given Shovel Awards.
The full report on the 2016 Shovel Award winners is published in the Q2, 2016 issue of Area Development and is available online at www.areadevelopment.com/
Blogger Note:The complete report can be viewed in the link provided below in next heading after the jump
Office of Economic Development
Contact: Kim Lofgreen
Tel. 480-644-3962 kim.lofgreen@mesaaz.gov
Mesa PD Annual Report 2015 [Link for Crime Blog with District Crime Summaries]
For Release: June 22, 2016
Contact: Detective Nikolas Rasheta Public Information Officer pd-info@mesaaz.gov
480-644-2025 Tel.
News Release
MPD Annual Report 2015 The Mesa Police Department (MPD) would like to announce the release of our 2015 annual report.
Chief Meza commissioned this report as a demonstration of our commitment to providing the highest quality of service and transparency to our community.
Our department hopes to continue our tradition of community engagement by sharing our highlights, successes, and future aspirations with those whom we serve.
This report presents facts and figures for 2015 involving our budget, staffing, crime stats and calls for service along with an introduction to our command staff. As a major city police agency with over 1,100 sworn and civilian members, the Mesa Police Department is proud to share how we do business and strive for excellence in public safety.
Read through our mission, vision and values and enjoy a tour through Mesa Police history and learn more about our agency and where we are heading.
We have attached the annual report for your convenience and a digital version is available at the following link accessible from our home page: http://www.mesaaz.gov/home/showdocument?id=18036
Go here for all Mesa PD press releases from the City of Mesa
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Crime Stats
June 2016
Source: http://mesapd.blogspot.com/
Total Personnel Authorized: 1251.5
Sworn: 799 Authorized;
782 Current
Civilian: 452.5 Authorized;
429 Current
Sworn: 799 Authorized;
782 Current
Civilian: 452.5 Authorized;
429 Current
| The following are the top 5 calls for service and arrests for each patrol district -- 06/01/2016 through 06/30/2016. To see which district you are in, click on each individual district listed at left to see their map.
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