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Because of the harassment of the Original Town Site and the requirement of a business license to rent a home that you can’t sell or afford to live in, because of the lack of jobs in Surprise, the council is showing their true colors.

Having been raised in the Great Depression and a veteran of WW11, living through the Korean and Viet Nam war, I thought that I had seen the worst.

But let me tell you folks if we don’t keep an eye on our government, locally and nationally we haven’t seen anything yet.

A report by the US Conference of Mayors: Hunger and homelessness increase in American cities.

14 December 2008: In US cities, hunger and homelessness are both on the rise according to a report by the US Conference of Mayors.
America is facing one of the biggest economic downturns in its history, the issues of hunger and homelessness are more prevalent than ever. “Cities are the front lines where these effects are first felt, which is why mayors have been proactive and have implemented local initiatives to combat hunger and homelessness in their communities to take care of our most vulnerable residents”.

This was why I thought it was wrong at this time to go after our citizens for bills dating back 10 years. 

Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane and Goodyear Mayor James Cavanaugh recently led a delegation to L.A., each securing strong business connections that will benefit their cities.

The trip was part of a joint economic partnership with Tucson and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council aimed at seeking opportunities that will advance the Arizona Sun Corridor. This megapolitan stretch uniting Phoenix and Tucson will be one of 10 U.S. markets expected to see most of the nation’s growth in the next 35 years.

Hi! Randy, hope everything is going well for you and the city.

 I live in the City of Surprise and would like to ask the attorney general a question about the ruling that his office set for maintaining the city’s minutes last year.

Has anyone from your office reviewed the minutes of the city council meetings since then and do they comply with your guidelines?

Comments that I put in newszap.comWith all the hype over President Obama and all the awards that the City of Surprise keeps receiving has not effected or improved my way of life.

At this late date do you believe that the Go Bond Committee has a chance to succeed, independently of staff?  Staff had their agenda and because the bond committee did not have an unbiased facilitator at the beginning, I believe they were thrown under the bus.  
In my view City Manager Randy Oliver has been doing a good job, but with 2 less assistant’s I believe he will do a better job for the City of Surprise by being more personally involved.
I guess that because Mike Woodward is now on the Go Bond Committee, and running for a council seat, we won’t hear any comments from him anymore. How things change.

 I give Mayor Lyn Truitt, Councilmen Joe Johnson and Richard Alton credit for taking issue with staff on the way the budget was drafted. It has always been my belief that the Council should be in charge of how our money is spent. Lets hope that they will not acquire the title: “the wrecking crew”.
 

Those with a fear of heights probably shouldn’t follow in the footsteps of Ron King and MaryAnn Guerra. Five years after the two technology-commercialization experts took a gamble to help establish the Translational Genomics Research Institute, King and Guerra have stepped away from that highly successful venture to lead a new one, Catapult Bio.