Mesa Ballot Election 2018

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VOTERS HAVE THE FINAL SAY . . . You can of course VOTE NO!

Published on Oct 17, 2018

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Smart City Mesa? When Are Sensors Collecting Your Data - Huh?

Like the opening line in a video from a CNBC video uploaded to YouTube in February 2017 - 20 months ago -  that is included in this announcement from Mesa Now, "Chances are that some  cities may be getting smarter by the year. Chances are just as likely that some cities are not.
This workshop is all about the city TRACKING EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME collecting data - your data that you own.

. . . You probably don't know it - this workshop will tell you what's been done already that you probably don't know.
It's true that Mesa mayor is sometimes way-out-there in his own mind with sugar-plum coated visions beyond reality of things and "Big League Dreams" to become a world-class city
But comparing this conservative most-suburbanized city in America - with only a population of 480,000 - where we live with three of the world's greatest cities   Singapore, Dubai and Barcelona - is just not playing in the right ball park in the city's Field of Dreams.

Hey! This is way BEYOND REALITY. 
Mesa is indeed in a league of its own imagination that some people might find baffling, striking-out time and time on plans to make-over and transform Mesa into a copy-cat mimic satellite of Salt Lake City where there's little left or few allowed who look to an emerging metamorphosis that sets Mesa above what's usually put on-the-table for public consumption.
Minds like Giles and other bright minds inside City Hall consistently make Mesa more sprawling and growing-fast in the same old ways following the endless game-plans that have worked time-and-time again for the real estate industry's "master-planned communities" spreading secluded gated enclaves like a big blob devouring The Valley.

It's way beyond reality that the mayor of Mesa, large companies and City leaders all want  you to believe that Mesa is A Smart City.
It's just another one of those bogus Engage-The-Citizens
campaigns that turn into major screw-ups.
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Building the Mesa Smart City -
Citizen Innovator Workshop Oct. 25

October 16, 2018 at 4:55 pm

Residents, entrepreneurs, innovators, students, large companies and City leaders are invited to join in a conversation about building a smart city in Mesa.

 The City will host "Building a Mesa Smart City: A Citizen Innovator Workshop" Thursday, Oct. 25 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St., to engage citizens in the local smart city conversation.

"The term "smart city" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Ultimately, a smart city collects and uses data to efficiently manage assets and resources. Smart cities make decisions based on data that help communities become safer, economically prosperous, educated and diverse while offering affordable housing and a great place to live, work and play."

The City of Mesa is developing a Smart City Strategic Plan which will serve as a guide for decisions related to the expansion of technology to deliver improved services.

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BLOGGER NOTE: Hold on just a minute!

Let's have a reality check backed up with real data >

Here in Arizona MESA RANKS #29 out of 44 cities in Smart Cities

02 September 2018

No More Jivin' + No More Happy-Talk: Mesa Ranks #29 Out of 44 Here In Arizona For Smart Cities

Let's get the low-down - the real low-down - from experts not from politicians where Mesa ranks for intelligence, job opportunities - not promises in the over-hyped media of job creation promises.

Is Mesa a Smart City?

Instead of public performance-pieces by our mayor who's better leading a high school marching band instead of leading the city to professional skilled opportunities, affordability and quality of life that's equitable and fair for everyone.     
Absolutely no doubt about it now - the data and the facts are in to show that the City of Mesa schools (and millions of taxpayer dollars spent on the largest public education system in the entire State of Arizona) is falling behind NOT moving ahead to the next level when it comes to intelligence and job skills. With a huge budget employing thousands it's the Big Patronage Gravy Train (with some exceptions) that's failed for generations to deliver satisfactory outcomes to educate students on every level across the board. Taxpayers are getting short-changed . . . Just keeping you informed as usual here on this blog. It's all in good faith to encourage overdue changes; take some action, folks > it's up to you!

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"Cities around the globe are making efforts to become smart cities and Mesa is on the front edge of this next technology era."

"We are thrilled to host this open discussion for citizens to share their ideas in the development of a smarter Mesa," Mayor John Giles said.

"Technology can be a tool for us to improve the lives of Mesa residents, and we want residents to be a part of the process."

The workshop is designed to bring together a wide range of people to identify community needs and challenges with the goal of integrating that information into the Smart Cities Strategic Plan and using next-generation technologies to address them.

Additionally, Spanish-speaking facilitators will be in attendance for citizens more comfortable speaking in Spanish.

The FREE event will begin with networking and socializing (light appetizers provided) in the lobby from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and continue with the interactive Smart City Citizen Innovator Workshop in the Nesbitt-Elliott Playhouse Theater from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For tickets, please RSVP at mesasmartcity.eventbrite.com.

Public Information and Communications
Contact: Kevin Christopher
Tel. 480-644-4699
kevin.christopher@mesaaz.gov
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You can watch the video "What is a smart city? | CNBC Explains" by clicking here

Here In Mesa: A Monster MAGA Media Rally On-The-Runway or "Not Our First Rodeo" ?



Here's Mesa Mayor John Giles on his high horse ready-to-ride an just another one of those goofy slips-ups emanating from his lips for  a presidential visit, saying the event was a positive opportunity for Mesa to share “the great story we have.”

“This is not our first rodeo,”
Giles told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News on Monday. He likes to get in the spotlight a lot. 
Like a good Boy Scout, he adds .
Mesa is well prepared for this. … We welcome the spotlight.” 

Like a good Boy Scout, Mesa Mayor John Giles says the city will be prepared for President Trump visit
By KTAR.com | UPDATED: October 15, 2018 at 10:07 am
"The selected site on the runway and inside a private hangar leased by International Air Response at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is a more controlled environment than city streets if there are any disruptions confronting a contentious Trump visit.  
After getting caught in an open-microphone glitch calling Trump 'an idiot' during a town hall meeting staged here in Mesa last  year with AZ Senator Jeff Flake, Giles doesn’t know whether he will attend the rally.
“I haven’t received the invitation
… (but) given the opportunity would love to do that.” 

RIGHT.
Who can ever forget our goofy mayor trying to pull-off another one of his public stunts at his State-Of-The-City speech back in 2014?
 

The Digital Identity Revolution | John Luxford | TEDxWpg

Published on Oct 15, 2018

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Virtual Reality and Identity clash when you identify more with your avatar than with your actual self. 

 John Luxford is a self-taught software developer, musician, and entrepreneur who is passionate about technology as a means of social change.
After moving to Winnipeg from Ontario in 1999, he worked in the Winnipeg Free Press’ web department, where he wrote an online auction app that ran on every major newspaper in Canada before being bought out. Unfortunately the buyout happened when John was on vacation, and he came back to find himself out of a job.
Instead of finding another 9-5, John started Simian Systems, an open source software company that he ran from 2001-2011, working with clients such as Princeton and Disney.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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