Andrew Howard, a managing editor of The State Press, an Arizona State University student newspaper, scooped that Kurt Volker — executive director of the McCain Institute, a think tank in Washington that is run by Arizona State had stepped down as the State Department's special envoy for Ukraine in second-hands transcripts of phone calls. It all goes round-and-round-and all around again! Volker was embarrassed: "Special Envoy" for John McCain's Nemesis Who wants to get caught up in that Trump Tabloid-Trash?
When the story went online, Howard was working in the newsroom of the big Phoenix paper, the Arizona Republic, where he's an intern.
"I briefly said out loud: 'Sorry about that,' " he recalled.
"They were incredibly nice about it. It was sort of a funny moment."
600 Arizona business leaders were chowing-down early on breakfast in Scottsdale at the Thursday session. They alos got a good heap of caution provided in economic predictions. Mesa City Manager Chris Brady said the recycling business is an economic stressor. Don't know is Brady is trying to punch above his light weight status matched up with a global economist. Take a look: “This year, we are faced with significantly higher recycling costs here in Arizona,”he said.“If we go back in time, we think about how we were taught recycling was going to save the Earth, but now it comes down to the cost of doing it,”said Brady.
“It’s cheaper to put your plastic in a landfill.”
From left, Chris Brady, Mesa city manager; Mick Dalrymple, director of university sustainability at ASU; and Michaela Martin, vice president and central region lead for commercial energy at ICF International, took part in a panel discussion Sept. 26 at the 2020 SRP Economic Forecast event.
Image credit: Jim Poulin | Phoenix Business Journal
SRP Economic Forecast 2020 by Phoenix Business Journal
Phoenix Business Journal and SRP hosted the 2020 Economic Forecast breakfast. People heard from our national and local speakers on whats in store for the economy as we look ahead into the new year.
Phoenix Business Journal publisher Ray Schey talks to local business representatives at the annual SRP Economic Forecast in Scottsdale. A global economist said recession may be on the horizon. (Photo by Deagan Urbatsch/Cronkite News
SCOTTSDALE – Consumer spending is up and economic growth in Arizona and the rest of the U.S. is on the rise, but investor caution is one sign pointing to a potential recession in 2020, a global economist told Arizona business leaders.
“There is an undercurrent of alarm in this country that a recession is not only possible, but probable in the next year,” global economist Bernard Baumohl said this week at an economic session with local business leaders. . . "
We do have things we have to build together. . . Pikketty provides examples from history to show we can change the economic system
Published on Sep 26, 2019
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Six years ago, his book "Capital in the 21st Century" sold 2.5 million copies after being translated into 40 languages. Arguably the most famous French economist in the world, Thomas Piketty is back with a controversial new book "Capital and Ideology". … READ MORE : https://www.euronews.com/2019/09/26/e...
The Constitution prevails. Why are we still using that Nixon-Impeachment Playbook?
Published on Sep 26, 2019
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As a whistleblower complaint filed against President Trump rocks Washington and threatens Trump’s presidency, one of the world’s most famous whistleblowers, Edward Snowden, joins us from Moscow, Russia. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Snowden alleging that his newly released memoir, “Permanent Record,” violates the nondisclosure agreements he signed with the federal government when he was a National Security Agency employee. The Justice Department also argued that they are entitled to all of Snowden’s book profits. Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and Juan González speak with Snowden about the lawsuit.#DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://democracynow.org/donate
There's a streaming video of the entire zoning case that is inserted farther down using a YouTube upload. No need for a second-hand "sneak preview" from East Valley Tribune Staff Writer Jim Walsh: ". . . And it seems like a safe bet the controversial, yet much anticipated facility likely will wake up historically sleepy downtown Mesa and inject life into the area - a goal set by Mayor John Giles and several city council members. . . " WTF?
BLOGGER NOTE: > It might look something like this low-slung "boxy building", about 3 stories high. Of course it would have "downtown touches" whatever that might mean . . .
Right now, until CBJ releases some of the renderings and views of what their schematic plans are on pages 81-88 for the work session featured in a post on this blog, it all remains A 360-Degree Dilemma
All bets are off even trying to give the benefit of a doubt or to believe almost anything Jim Walsh writes for the Times Media Group-owned East Valley Tribune. Walsh is the go-to-guy for whatever Hizzoner John Giles wants to get published for public consumption in mainstream media. No doubt it's a high-stakes gamble . . . Let's cut through all the smoke-and-mirrors from John Giles The central core has a higher-and-better use than city government taking-over a failed bank building that's got to be the ugliest piece of architecture.
THERE IS NO MESA CITY CENTER DOWNTOWN - It's been neglected and distressed for more than 40 years
_________________________________________________________________________________ General Plan Character Area Designation and Goals
The Mesa 2040 General Plan character designation for the site is Downtown and specifically is identified as being within a station area within the transit corridor character area.
Per Chapter 7 of the General Plan, the focus for this character type is the creation of a pedestrian-oriented, transit rich environment with a lot of activity.
> This area is recognized as the governmental, cultural, financial, and entertainment center of the community.
> The goal for this area is to make it a people-friendly area that is alive with options for housing, employment, shopping, entertainment, and events.
Simply put the proposed plan is NOT in conformance to The General Plan With the exception of the International Design Award-Winning Mesa Arts Center, right across Main Street from the five acres used a parking lots for city employees. the goal of the design team hired by the city primarily shows one principal target - the development of a boxy un-inspiring disappointing 3-story building with technology services and amenities associated with the programming of the building. _________________________________________________________________________
A Site Review on Wednesday last week for a design review of renderings for ASU @ Mesa City Center was anything except sneaky - it's on video below The Devil is Always in The Details............. Readers of this blog can see the latest episode of city officials trying to turn our public spaces and public spaces into a satellite of the ASU campus in Tempe where it's devoured downtown and turned the streets into party-time for drunk and rowdy students.
Now any plans the city might have are turning into a"360-Degree Dilemma"
At this point in time they are in the SCHEMATIC PLANNING STAGE
The chosen site has many physical constraints
_________________________________________________________________________ WATCH THIS: What would you do if someone said "Trust me ...." ???? Run the other way!
PLANNING & ZONING BOARD MEETING ON WED 25 SEPT 2019
