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Oct17

SEE “Save Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive” Videos

Posted on Oct 17, 2015 | 0 comments

Courtesy of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association The State Land Department has proposed replacing the Scenic Drive’s exhibit and the neighboring open desert with new commercial and resort/tourism development. The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association – Friends of the Scenic Drive has produced the three videos below to publicize its opposition to this proposal. View “Save the Scenic Drive from MORE Commercial...

Oct15

Arguments Received by The Peak For and Against Scottsdale Bond 2015

Posted on Oct 15, 2015 | 0 comments

Email Newsletter Received from Councilperson Virginia Korte, 10/15/2015 “VOTE YES FOR SCOTTSDALE BONDS On November 3rd the Citizens of Scottsdale will be voting for six bond questions, totally $95.5 million dollars. The projects to be funded are capital improvement needs within our city: transportation, public safety, community buildings and parks and technology infrastructure. The cost to the average homeowner is estimated...

Oct13

SiriusXM radio star Seth Rudetsky performs Oct. 25 in “Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Show”

Posted on Oct 13, 2015 | 0 comments

By Sue Kern-Fleisher, Courtesy of Desert Foothills Theater Special fundraiser for Desert Foothills Theater features Rudetsky’s trademark “deconstructions” SCOTTSDALE (October 12, 2015) – Desert Foothills Theater (DFT), a division of the Foothills Community Foundation, is bringing SiriusXM radio’s Seth Rudetsky to Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, 33606 N. 60th St., in Scottsdale, for a special one-night only “Seth’s Big Fat...

Oct11

Sign, Share, Our Petition to Save Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive

Posted on Oct 11, 2015 | 5 comments

Your help is REALLY needed! The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association – Friends of the Scenic Drive (GPPA) needs your help to save Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive from the addition of new and unnecessary commercial/resort tourism zoning. Help save the desert character of our suburban/rural area from the relentless urban sprawl. There are three ways that you can support GPPA’s petition drive. 1) Complete and send a signed...

Oct09

First Day in School: Why?

Posted on Oct 9, 2015 | 0 comments

By Manual Daniel Germano Prologue Germano’s sister and father have said good bye and left his room. Now it is time for his mother to leave. Les Conklin, Editor Part Seven. Why? Ma then rushed up to me and wrapped her arms around me and gave kisses all over my face and head, saying, my son! Her voice was kind of squeaky and I wanted to cry. So I did, but I did so in what I thought was a quiet way. And then it came out. WHY are...