City Council Meeting Mon 06 Nov 17

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Published on Nov 6, 2017

Mesa City Council Study Session Thu 02 Nov 2017

The usual quick-and-fast once-over of the agenda + a cast of ladies

Expanding Opportunity: An Address by FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg

Published on Nov 7, 2017

LISC was pleased to host FDIC Chairman, Martin Gruenberg, on November 7, 2017 for an address on creating an inclusive economy through community development.

Anxiety Attacks: A Sickness? Or Response To Being Alive?

Published on Nov 7, 2017

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It's easy to feel that anxiety attacks are freakish, illogical outbursts with no place in a sane life. But given the state of the world, and all the many properly worrying things in it, might they not, in fact, be difficult but logical markers of the utmost sanity? If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/zxxbF7
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Cleaning The House of Saud?? Mayhem + Madness In The Middle East

Why the Ritz roundup matters ...and turmoil and tension catch fire over the downing of an airplane with Saudi dignitaries aboard and another Crown Prince dead

"[T]he crown prince has cowed businessmen and royals across the kingdom by taking down the undisputed giant of Saudi finance," the N.Y. Times' David Kirkpatrick writes: "Apolitical scholars who used to speak freely in cafes now look nervously over their shoulders, as Crown Prince Mohammed has achieved a degree of dominance that no ruler has attained for generations." Chas W. Freeman, a former United States ambassador: ""It is the coup de grâce of the old system ... Gone. All power has now been concentrated in the hands of Mohammed bin Salman." Be smart ... AP points out: "The moves in Saudi Arabia mirror those in China, where President Xi Jinping has used corruption charges 'as a battering ram to consolidate his own power and authority.'"

Follow-Up Expose: After Panama Papers, Now The Paradise Papers

From Axios

A consortium of more than 90 news organizations around the world unveiled the Paradise Papers, a leak of 13.4 million financial documents that throw light on the top end of the world of offshore finance, per the BBC:

• "It's a week-long expose of how politicians, multinationals, celebrities and high-net-worth individuals use complex structures to protect their cash from higher taxes."
• "As with last year's Panama Papers leak, the documents were obtained by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, which called in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to oversee the investigation."
• "The Paradise Papers name was chosen because of the idyllic profiles of many of the offshore jurisdictions whose workings are unveiled, including Bermuda, the HQ of the main company involved, Appleby."

One of the biggest finds ... Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross "kept a financial stake in a firm whose major partners include a Russian company part-owned by President Vladimir Putin's son-in-law."

• Why the Ross revelation matters, from the N.Y. Times: "While several Trump campaign and business associates have come under scrutiny, until now no business connections have been reported between senior administration officials and members of Mr. Putin's family or inner circle."

REALLY BIG Real Estate News

From Business Real Estate Weekly 
BILL GATES ENTITY INVESTS $80 MILLION TO BUY CONTROLLING INTEREST IN BELMONT PROJECT
Maricopa County – A company formed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates paid $79.535 + million ($7,500 per acre) to purchase a 53.271 + percent interest in a 19,931-acre tract of land in the far West Valley known as Belmont. The sprawling acreage, located along both sides of 339th Avenue and north of Interstate 10, is entitled for almost 80,000 residential units and more than 3,800 acres of industrial, office and commercial uses.
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