Pabis and Luoma: Improved parks, better public safety with accountability are good for Scottsdale
The Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce urges you to please vote yes on Proposition 490, the “To Protect and To Preserve Scottsdale” ballot measure. This measure will take the place of an expiring city sales tax at a lower rate to fund improvements and increased maintenance for parks citywide, beginning in the aging Indian Bend […]
Prop 490 is about conservation of Scottsdale’s amenities
When Prop 400 was approved in 1995, my grandfather, Barry Goldwater, fully supported saving the open space we now know as the McDowell Sonoran preserve. From his early days on the Phoenix City Council and the US Senate, he worked to curtail development on the mountains around the city. The Preserve was purchased with the […]
Janik: Prop 491 – A straight answer to naysayers
Prop 491 asks voters to approve a $22M adjustment to the base expenditure limit. This amount is calculated and regulated by the state. The ballot language (tagline text) with the $22M request is standard text used by Scottsdale in the past along with all other cities. The spending limit for Scottsdale is based on the […]