Here's A New Citizen Action Group: Report Mesa Corruption

PRE-NOTE: The following post is reprinted online in its original entirety with some minor editing in the formatting with the permission of this new group called Report Mesa Corruption. The content and opinions expressed are those of the source. 
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The featured image to the left is from the source; the others are inserts by MesaZona
The new citizen action group is asking a lot of questions for sure, but where is this going?


"I (that is the Report Mesa Corruption source NOT your MesaZona blogger) received some good information yesterday regarding the relationship between Lying John Giles and W. Dea Montague, Mormon Bishop, Stake President and Regional Representative and rumored to have sent Giles on his mission.

Dea is often seen around the city building and at Council Meetings with his small gang of followers. This seems to be the only group that Giles consistently listens to, his echo box, according to emails and work place chatter. Interestingly enough I received this info from someone claiming to be a member of the LDS church but is tired of this group.

Almost all of the people mentioned in this post are Mormon. Once again, I have nothing against any religion. This is just a Mesa reality.
Mormons have run Mesa since 1878 and some would argue that this legacy club of old white male Mesa Mormons need to step aside and let some fresh air in. (This Includes letting young upcoming Mormon men and women have a chance)

Our little group has been trying to put all the somewhat unorganized emails and rumors together and so far this is the relationship map. It may not be 100% accurate but it will become more accurate as we get more info from people who want Mesa cronyism, nepotism and greed to see some sunlight. If you take the time to read the info below, you will see that the control that Dea has is pervasive and affects Mesa council, Mesa School board, Mesa staff, Mesa funding and Mesa Initiatives. What are your thoughts?

Montague is on the governing board of West Mesa CDC who receives funding from the city with the following people:

•  Jerry Lewis (who's wife is related to the wife of Steven Peterson on Mesa Public Schools Governing Board, close friend of Giles),
•  Jake Brown (recently appointed to Imagine Mesa Committee),
•  Dave Richins (previous executive director of West Mesa CDC, previous council member who championed and from reports "bullied" people into funding West Mesa CDC against staff advisement, current president of the United Food Bank.
• Jo Martin is an officer at the food bank
• councilmember Kevin Thompson is on the board of the food bank.
• Kevin Thompson and Dave Richins are close friends. .... hmmmm I wonder Richins got the job at the food bank...
• Jo Martin was recently appointed to the Imagine Mesa Committee.
• Jo Martin and Kevin Thompson are close friends)
•  Stephanie Wright (board member and paid employee of West Mesa CDC. Is that Illegal?)
•  Cynthia Dunham (former Gilbert mayor, executive director of west mesa CDC, exec director of the Leadership Centre, close family friends with Natalie Lewis in Mesa City Manager's office. Cynthia's yearly salary is paid by your tax dollars through Mesa funding. Funding is approved yearly and it is reported that Natalie Lewis has pushed funding for this organization against staff's advisement.)
•  Dea Montague is also on the board of shadow organization Mesa Grande Community Alliance.

Dea Montague has 9 children

•  Dea's son Tyler Montague is a political operative in Mesa helping with LDS Republican candidates such as  John Giles (appointed then won unopposed), Bob Worsley (un-opposed), Don Stapley (lost), Jerry Lewis (great win in recall against Racist Russell Pearce, lost against Winkle), Mark Freeman (won), Shelley Allen (lost against Whittaker, now on P&Z board), and president & spin doctor of biased organization Public Integrity Alliance (biggest war was with Tom Horne). He is also heavily involved with the West Mesa CDC.
•  Dea's Daughter Jennifer Montague Richardson is on the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board and one of her children is married to Brandon Giles. Jenny was recently appointed to the Imagine Mesa committee.
•  Dea's daughter Kate Montague Arnett married to Jay Arnett of the Arnett Family. (Greg Arnett was recently appointed to the Imagine Mesa committee)
•  Molly Montague Wright is married to J.R. Wright of the Wright Family.
• Steve Wright is Public Information Officer for the City of Mesa.
• Mike Wright is heavily involved with West Mesa CDC.
• Stephanie Wright is both a board member and employee of West Mesa CDC.
• Jackson Wright runs a media company, with his brother J.R. Wright, who is heavily involved in West Mesa CDC)

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No more tax initiatives, no more bonds until our leaders are accountable.
If you have more info on this and you want to speak out, please email info to 

reportmesacorruption@gmail.com.

We will keep your info anonymous.
#reportmesacorruption #thepeoplewillspeak #werewatchingyou
#MesaCityCouncil
#MesaMayor
#LyingJohnGiles
#nepotism
#cronyism

If you have any info on West Mesa CDC, info on interaction between the Montagues, Wrights, Arnetts, Richardsons with Giles, Brady or other council, or any other acts of favoritism, Cronyism more nepotism please send it.

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A Quick-Jab Back at Fake News from Mesa City Hall

Fast punch? Your MesaZona blogger wants to hit-back at lame, weak so-called 'news' about economic development that is not open, transparent and accountable

See who is landing jobs and a $76M automated production center near Apple in Mesa Jun 8, 2017, 11:27am MST

Here's the link to a report in Phoenix Business Journal used in the latest issue of the City of Mesa's 3rd Quarter 2017 Economic Reporter Newsletter from the Office of Economic Development > http://www.mesaaz.gov 
    

You can't see anything . . .
You get 're-directed' to Mike Sunnuck's article that's behind a pay-wall!
That really SUCKS, Bill!

There were two articles about this highly automated manufacturing facility posted on this blog site on June 2/June 12, 2017.
Take a look at some of the background and context for Niagara Water Bottling in the biggest expansion for bottling water in the Southwest - is there something wrong, impure or unsafe with the tap water supplied by the City of Mesa to homes here?
Is Niagara planning to build a pipeline from Niagara Falls on the Canada-U.S. to sell spring-fed water, or are they getting special rates for the same clean and pure water provided by the same infrastructure pipelines to supply waters to homes here?

How many thousands of gallons per day will the facility use from the same source and same multi-million dollar taxpayer-financed pipeline - do they get "a special deal' while residents pay utilities use charges, fees and taxes?

Who's landing jobs?? Whose land did Niagara buy and why?
Highly-automated manufacturing jobs are usually neither 'high-quality jobs' nor even approaching paying the median salary levels, no matter what the article announces . . .

 

Manufactured Demand > The Story of Bottled Water (2010)

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The Story of Bottled Water
The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day), employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows virtually free from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call for viewers to make a personal commitment to avoid bottled water and support public investment in clean, available tap water for all.
Credits

The Story of Bottled Water was co-created and released by The Story of Stuff Project and a coalition of partners, including Corporate Accountability International, Food & Water Watch, Polaris Institute, Pacific Institute and Environmental Working Group. The movie was produced by Free Range Studios.

Apocalypse Now? Fears of War Stoked By HellFire & Brimstone

Successful Completion of 1st Live-Firing of Brimstone Missile

Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft enhancements move forward with successful live firing of Brimstone missile

Source: http://www.baesystems.com  

Major destruction of biblical proportions with more weapons.

The first live firing of MBDA’s Brimstone air-to-surface missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon has been successfully completed as part of ongoing development work to significantly upgrade the capability of the aircraft. The trial is part of work to integrate the Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) package for Typhoon, which will also deliver further sensor and mission system upgrades.

The P3E package forms part of Project Centurion – the programme to ensure a smooth transition of Tornado GR4 capabilities on to Typhoon for the Royal Air Force.
The successful trial follows completion earlier this year of the flight trials programme for the MBDA Storm Shadow deep strike air-to-surface weapon and the MBDA Meteor ‘beyond visual range’ air-to-air missile. Operational testing and evaluation of those capabilities is currently ongoing with the Royal Air Force ahead of entry into service in 2018.
Here's the installation on Apache Helicopters, from an upload published on Jan 21, 2017

An overview of the World Military videos on the navy, air force, army. From aircraft carriers to fighter planes, passing through tanks, infantry and special forces

 

Politics

Jul 18 2017, 6:02 am ET

NBC News Poll: American Fears of War Grow

by Andrew Arenge, Hannah Hartig and Stephanie Perry

An overwhelming majority of Americans — 76 percent — are worried that the United States will become engaged in a major war in the next four years, according to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey National Security Poll out Tuesday.
The number has jumped 10 points since February, when 66 percent of Americans said they were worried about military conflict.

 

Back To The Future: Another Perspective

Thanks to Pop Up City for sending the most recent issue about Micro-living and Shared-living ....maybe ahead of its time in some places  

Pop-Up City Trip: The Future Of Urban Living

Link > http://popupcity.net/trip/  At the end of the year, Pop-Up City will organize an exclusive double city trip to London and Amsterdam to investigate the chances and pitfalls of micro-living and co-living. Costs of living space in cities are on the rise. For the first time in centuries, the average size of a person’s living space is decreasing. This trend is leading to new lifestyles and smaller forms of housing. Micro-living and co-living are the newest developments in urban living. How is this affecting the city? Is it a temporary or lasting trend? And in what way can we realize attractive forms of micro-living in the Netherlands? In October, Pop-Up City will organize an exclusive double city trip to London and Amsterdam, to elaborately discover the chances and pitfalls of micro-living and co-living. During this three-day city trip (two days in London, one in Amsterdam) we will visit a wide range of exemplar cases of micro-living and co-living. We will speak to initiators, designers, residents, experts, developers and community managers; exchange knowledge; and discuss current issues, trends and challenges. During the final day in Amsterdam we will share our findings during an expert meeting in collaboration with ARCAM. The city trip is part of our international research project on Micro-Metropolitan Living, that Pop-Up City has been conducting over the past year. Fifteen spots are available for people with a background in property development, government and policy, construction, and design. We aspire to form a mixed group people with a diverse set of backgrounds, who can also contribute to the program using their expertise. We welcome anyone from developers to initiators, investors, researchers, interior designers, architects and policy makers. Interested? Click here to become first in line for the city trip! We will let you know when we have updates on the program and when registration opens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How is this trend affecting the way we make cities? Join us for an exclusive dual city trip to London and Amsterdam in October 2017 to explore the future of urban living.

 

Public Notice & Comment Period | Draft 2017 Review |Water Quality Standards for Salinity | Colorado River System

Dear Interested Party: As a member-state of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum (Forum), the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is seeking written public comments on the Forum's Draft “2017 Review, Water Quality Standards for Salinity, Colorado River System,” now through August 25, 2017. ADEQ will incorporate by reference the final Forum Review as part of our Triennial Review of Surface Water Quality Standards currently in progress.   Click to View Public Notice, Supporting Documents &Instructions for Submitting Comments > ADEQ encourages, values and thanks you for your input and participation in processes that protect and enhance the quality of Arizona's waters. About ADEQ Under the Environmental Quality Act of 1986, the Arizona State Legislature established the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in 1987 as the state agency for protecting and enhancing public health and the environment of Arizona. For more information, visit http://www.azdeq.gov/.

What Happened To This? The New Mesa City Center

Not just this one, there were four of these proposals funded by taking $75,000 out of Parks & Recreation GO bond financing guaranteed by hitting-up sales tax increases for every TPT transaction made by residents. More financing from other interests never got beyond 30%.
Last year the powers-that-be inside City Hall [and private interests] sought to capitalize on another Pie-In-The-Sky proposal to transform downtown Mesa into a satellite campus for ASU that's devoured downtown Tempe - voters got smart and rejected another bogus plan that was unanimously approved by the entire Mesa City Council, schemed up the mayor and his friends with a $500,000+ privately-financed PR fiasco that turned into a major screw-up. 
Is the 8-story concrete and copper-clad 'seat of government' City Hall, now occupying a non-descript former bank building that went bust and bottomed-out, the "highest-and-best use" for this prime parcel of real estate in the New Urban DTMesa???? . . . let's get government off Main Street - it's NOT the center of public life . . . mebbe sell it for conversion to above market-rate condos for those deep-pocketed cohorts with aspirations for luxury housing????
The next Pie-In-The-Sky

Published on Sep 3, 2014

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Designed by Woods Bagot and Surface Design, Mesa Central is an engaging and dynamic urban park designed to catalyze the city’s downtown Main Street district and establish greater connectivity with surrounding neighborhoods. Inspired by nature and shaped by culture, it is a contemporary park that blends civic qualities appropriate for its role as the seat of city government with a variety of experiences and amenities for all ages, all year round. Through a mix of landscape features, new structures, strategic renovations to existing buildings, and parking options, Mesa Central’s plan offers the flexibility of phased implementation to achieve this vision for an active downtown destination within the City's project budget.