Mesa’s abandoned Escobedo area on brink of being razed, rebuilt

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• AJW3 posted at 7:50 am on Fri, Jun 22, 2012.

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  Another money pit...............

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• Leon Ceniceros posted at 9:32 am on Fri, Jun 22, 2012.

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  As President Obama's mentor, "honorary Uncle" and 20 year Pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright screamed from the pulpit to his adoring congregation gloating about the 9/11 Attack....."America....your chickens have come home to roost".

  Well, to the Powers-that-be and have-been in the Mesa City Hall and Council Chambers............"Mesa.....your chickens have come home to roost".

  Mesa was allowed some say encouraged to become a "Sanctuary City" for Illegal Aliens 5 years ago and they pushed out the older law-abiding Citizens from South Mesa by their sheer numbers and now we have a "Little Juarez" in South Mesa. Rebuilding one neighborhood is just..........."lipstick on a pig".

  Just look at the millions and millions going to put........."lipstick on the Fiesta Mall Area" while nothing is being done about the ..."slum" conditions North of Southern Avenue.

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• renew21 posted at 3:05 pm on Fri, Jun 22, 2012.

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  Its sad how many great neighborhoods have gone to pot in the central area. I remember growing up south of downtown and what a great area until it got too bad and my family moved. Its now unrecognizable.

  But if you want to know were more waste is going, look at WMCDC and Dunham. She works part time for a big salary doing nothing. She has and along with the past Ex Dir McNamara have been huge failures to the community. Time for some younger, visionary people who care about the community instead of ripping off the tax payers.

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• aznative9369 posted at 8:45 pm on Fri, Jun 22, 2012.

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  What a great way to leverage private investor equity into a much-needed revitalization project in a struggling neighborhood. Renew21 is clearly naive. The West Mesa CDC and Ms. Dunham herself were responsible for introducing this developer to Escobedo. As a result, $17 Million is being invested into this neighborhood starting this Fall. Younger, visionary people are always needed. But veteran leadership made this project a reality. A great day for the City of Mesa.

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• AZNative66 posted at 12:14 am on Sat, Jun 23, 2012.

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  [smile] Well said, Aznative9369 Bravo!

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• Tookie88 posted at 10:40 pm on Mon, Jun 25, 2012.

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  I thought it was a low income area already. Mesa allowed this type of eye-sore (and areas like this) to be overtaken by people who have no vested interest in the community as a whole.. I am not optimistic that by rebuilding and investing into areas like this will work...it is the people that ruin an area and if the people do not show pride in their homes and the community in which they live, the area will look terrible again in no time. Like another poster noted, "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig".

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• mikea12012 posted at 10:54 pm on Tue, Jun 26, 2012.

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  So basically they're building another instant crime ridden slum for illegals and welfare cheats.

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• mikea12012 posted at 10:58 pm on Tue, Jun 26, 2012.

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  Nearly 800 police calls without a single resident living there. Just wait until they pack in thousands of illegals and welfare recipients that have all day every day to cause trouble !

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