Unelectable Corbyn Elected Again!

Hey! Anyone named Jeremy here in Mesa?

Published on Sep 25, 2016

Views: 4,584

Reporter Jonathan Pie lays into the media's treatment of Jeremy Corbyn.

Valley Metro Light Rail Awards $55 Million Contract for Program & Construction Management

Hill International Receives $55 Million PM/CM Contract from Valley Metro Rail in Arizona

By GlobeNewswire,  September 23, 2016, 09:00:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA and PHOENIX, Sept. 23, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that the company, in association with principal sub consultant CH2M [see blogger's notes after video], has received a contract from Valley Metro Rail operating in the cities of Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa to provide professional consulting services for program management and construction management. 

The five-year contract has an estimated value to Hill of approximately $55.0 million. . . things are looking up for Hill International in this upswing for free cash projection to right

"Valley Metro Rail has an ambitious expansion program underway and we are very proud to have been selected to help them manage this program," said Michael B. Smith, Senior Vice President and Western Regional Manager for Hill's Project Management Group. . .
Their new expanded system will have a huge positive impact on the greater Phoenix region helping commuters, local businesses and the overall economy," 

Scott Smith, former Mesa mayor now Interim CEO of Valley Metro after losing out to Doug Ducey in the race to become governor of Arizona, had this to say:
"We welcome the expertise in program and construction supervision from Hill International and CH2M as expansion of our rail and high-capacity transit system continues," said Scott Smith, Valley Metro Rail's Interim CEO.  "With two extensions of rail opened in Phoenix and Mesa within the past year, we realize that our most vital assets are the Valley Metro staff and consultants working in partnership to deliver projects on schedule and within budget."
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Here's a video from December 31, 2015 Hill International Year-End Address

 

 

According to information in Wikipedia CH2M HILL, also known as CH2M, is a global engineering company that provides consulting, design, construction, and operations services for corporations, and federal, state, and local governments.The firm's headquarters is in Meridian, an unincorporated area of Douglas County, Colorado in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. The postal designation of nearby Englewood is commonly listed as the company's location in corporate filings and local news accounts. As of December 2013, CH2M had approximately 26,000 employees and 2013 revenues totaled $5.88 billion.^[3] The firm is employee-owned,^[1] with an internal stock market that operates buy/sell events quarterly. CH2M HILL announced a global rebrand on 13 April 2015, adopting the nickname CH2M while retaining CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. as the firm's legal name.^[4].      

The firm - for curious reasons - is selling off business assets like crazy:

Their headquarters in Dallas for $122 M

Headquarters in Denver

Business assets in Alaska

In the image above right taken the source, CH2M with CH2M Hill offices is shown at the Parkside Tower in Salt Lake City, Utah

 

Engineering News-Record ranked CH2M #3 on their 2016 list of Top 500 Design Firms. ^[

 

 

Wanna Take Your Mind Off Politics For A While?? > Try Sports [Mesa Gets a Mention]

The author of this article that appeared recently in The New Yorker Magazine is David Axelrod who was the chief strategist for both of Barack Obama’s Presidential campaigns. He is the author of “Believer: My Forty Years in Politics.”
Sporting Scene

The Most Pleasing Campaign of 2016

The Chicago Cubs look poised to end the longest championship drought in American sports.

By David Axelrod September 15, 2016

Local Connection: The team is here in Mesa for Spring Training at Sloan Park where you can hip-bumping action like this . . . Axelrod uses a different name for the $204 Million sports complex: The Underarmour Performance Center:

"Theo Epstein, the president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs, was running behind. “I just need a few minutes,” he said. “Have you eaten?” The still boyish former wunderkind, now forty-two, had one more matter to tend to before turning to our scheduled chat, so he deposited me in the staff cafeteria of the Under Armour Performance Center, the team’s new spring-training complex, in Mesa, Arizona. . . "

PUBLIC NOTICE | Proposed Rulemaking for New Source Review

PUBLIC NOTICE  Proposed Rulemaking for New Source Review Posted on: 2016-09-23 12:26   Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for amendments to the state’s New Source Review (NSR) rules.  The amendments are designed to cure deficiencies in the NSR rules identified in a limited approval/limited disapproval published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the November 2, 2015 Federal Register. The amendments also contain provisions to streamline permit processing and to reflect the availability of the myDEQ web portal for processing certain general permits.  The NPRM is available in the September 9, 2016, edition of the Arizona Administrative Register. View NPRM> View Public Notice> Public Comment Period Dates: Sept. 9 - Oct. 11, 2016 Submit comments as follows: Email | Send Email > Mail (Must be postmarked by Oct. 11, 2016): ADEQ Steve BurrAir Quality Division, Air Quality Improvement Planning Section1110 W. Washington StreetPhoenix, AZ 85007 Public Hearing Information Date:  Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016Time:  1:00 p.m. Place: ADEQ Conference Room 3100B 1110 W. Washington St Phoenix, AZ 85007

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/.

IMPORTANT - Save The Day REGISTER TO VOTE > GET INFORMED > VOTE!

Best way to reach out

Published on Sep 21, 2016

Views: Over 5 Million !!!

The world's biggest celebrities explain why it is Important that you vote on November 8!

Visit: http://www.savetheday.vote to find out how you can register to vote.

Here's a link to the City of Mesa Newsroom for the same drive to encourage voters to register >> http://www.mesanow.org/article.php?id=1744

Mesa participates in National Voter Registration Day 09-21-2016 at 2:29:46 PM Below are results from their posting a press release  0  0  0  0

Spoon-Feeding News To Reporters

Blogger Note: Cost of healthcare for about 3500 employees and their dependents is over $40Million annually, according to a report last weekend in The Arizona Republic with an added 8% jump this year.
The report was titled "Bill of Health" - and what a whopping bill it for the City of Mesa

Mesa named as 2016 Health at Work award winner 09-01-2016 at 2:24:30 PM The City of Mesa has been announced a Silver winner of the 12th annual Health at Work Awards, sponsored by ComPsych, honoring organizations which promote employee health and wellness. Winners were selected based on their wellness program's comprehensiveness, delivery, promotion, participation rates and results achieved. "It's wonderful to see how far the City of Mesa Wellness Program has come in this past year," Employee Health and Wellness Manager Nicole Bozich said. "With the implementation of several health education programs and events, the level of health awareness in our organization has increased significantly. We look forward to continuing to expand our opportunities for our employees and families." Highlights of City of Mesa's health and wellness program include: oHealthy Living Workshops focused on nutrition, stress management, fitness and safety oDiabetes Education Program oTobacco Cessation Program oMonthly newsletters, weekly tips, recipes and ongoing communications oAnnual events, including a Wellness and Benefits Fair, challenges and flu shot campaign oHealth and Wellness Center: Primary care center for City of Mesa employees and family members on the City's health plan Since Jan. 1, 2016, the City has offered more than 50 classes, with more than 750 attendees, and has a total outreach of 4,860 individuals between the classes, challenges and events within the Wellness Program. "We applaud the City of Mesa for promoting health and wellness and improving the lives of its employees," ComPsych Chairman and CEO Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz said. ComPsych Corporation is the world's largest provider of employee assistance programs (EAP) and is the pioneer and worldwide leader of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, wellness, work-life, human resources, Family and Medical Leave Act and absence management services under its GuidanceResources brand. Public Information and Communications Contact: Steve Wright Tel. 480-644-2069steven.wright@mesaaz.gov

Astroturf + Manipulation of Media Messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUn...

Published on Feb 6, 2015

In this eye-opening talk, veteran investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson shows how astroturf, or fake grassroots movements funded by political, corporate, or other special interests very effectively manipulate and distort media messages.

Sharyl Attkisson is an investigative journalist based in Washington D.C. She is currently writing a book entitled Stonewalled (Harper Collins), which addresses the unseen influences of corporations and special interests on the information and images the public receives every day in the news and elsewhere. For twenty years (through March 2014), Attkisson was a correspondent for CBS News. In 2013, she received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for her reporting on “The Business of Congress,” which included an undercover investigation into fundraising by Republican freshmen. She also received Emmy nominations in 2013 for Benghazi: Dying for Security and Green Energy Going Red. Additionally, Attkisson received a 2013 Daytime Emmy Award as part of the CBS Sunday Morning team’s entry for Outstanding Morning Program for her report: “Washington Lobbying: K-Street Behind Closed Doors.” In September 2012, Attkisson also received an Emmy for Oustanding Investigative Journalism for the “Gunwalker: Fast and Furious” story. She received the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting for the same story. Attkisson received an Investigative Emmy Award in 2009 for her exclusive investigations into TARP and the bank bailout. She received an Investigative Emmy Award in 2002 for her series of exclusive reports about mismanagement at the Red Cross.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx