Hi Les
You have my deepest respect but this bond is a ruse. We have had two bond elections already-both voted down. Each time different projects. they pull them out of the city hat to see which ones this time will get a yes vote.
did you know we are spending $35 million to build 5 double lane roundabouts in the airpark? thats a third fo the bond for unneeded and unwanted projects tha coudl have been used for the streets. Hayden and chapparal? there is nothing wrong with tha intersection.Sidewalk inprovements for residents of the million dollar Optima on Highland?
the argument that we need these projects to keep our quality of life is a bully tactic to make you think the city will fall apart if you vote no. It is all untrue.
David Smith is a multi millionaire who advocates $100 million a year in property taxes. He can afford it! How about the fixed income down south? Their taxes go up but their SS check doesnt. half the elderly who lost their homes during the recession was from property tax seizure. I can go on and on but you get the point.

The board of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA), the organziation that publishes The Peak, decided that GPPA would not take a position for or against the questions on the Scottsdale bond election. Basically, our organization’s role and The Peak’s role is to provide information. It was also agreed that individual board members were free to express their personal opinions. So here my personal opinion.

After reading most of the arguments for and against the bond questions – a mind-numbing experience – I’m FOR the approval of all six questions. A key reason that we enjoy such a high quality of life is that residents have been willing to pass bond measures to support capital expenditures in the past. I want that exceptional quality of life to continue into the future.

Rather than me doing a re-write of what others have argued, I suggest you read Councilman David Smith’s email in the “Arguments For and Against” section of the above article. He begins, “After 15 years, it’s time to invest in Scottsdale.” He then makes six simple, dollar and cents statements that all of us can make sense of. He supports approval of all six questions.

In addition to support the bond, I’m writing this to encourage readers to comment frequently on articles in The Peak. Reader comments increase community interest and involvement. That is why we used a blog type platform to produce this web-based Peak magazine. Back in the day, about 1995, when I was creating the first Scenic Drive website, I created an e-mail discussion group to support community conversations about Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive, preservation efforts, Scenic Corridors, and zoning cases. There was a challenge; there were only a handfull of people using email and the discussion group ended up with two members, me and a City of Scottsdale staff person. Today, thousands of people read The Peak every week and almost everybody has email. Hopefully this comment, my first, will get the ball rolling.

If this bond fails, like the past two, they will not be able to get the votes on the council to proceed with the DDC because we wont have the money.
The only way to starve the DDC beast is to vote NO! on this bond!
Again, if this isnt enough to vote no,email me and I can give you 20 separate reasons to vote no soley on the basis of the bonds itself.