“So sad to see our Arizona Sen. John McCain still trying to grab the brass ring. He is 75 years old now. Time to put the old warhorse out to pasture. Leave the fighting and the calling for war to younger men and women. No one wants to see this American patriot prisoner of war becoming the next Sen. Byrd, having to wipe the drool from his mouth when he is addressing the Senate. Time now to enjoy all those beautiful homes and ranches that he and his wife own. Time to go gracefully into the night.”
“First McCain wants us to bomb, bomb, bomb Iran. Now he wants us to bomb Syria? Can’t we recall this nut case before he does us some real harm?”
“Why does the Arizona Legislature worry about unborn children and could care less after they’re born?”
“Just because you do not like the opinion of a news agency, does that make them wrong? Remember it was The National Enquirer that broke the story on liberal darling John Edwards. The supposed ‘mainstream’ media called it a lie. In real life, the mainstream media can no longer be trusted with the truth.”
“I hate to break it to Rush, Hannity, etc., but you (Fox News included) are the mainstream media.”
“The crown jewel of the Democratic party — abortion — was losing its luster, so with the help of their minions in the media, the Democrats were able to successfully rebrand it into ‘contraception’.”
“Keep the faith Rush. The makers of Trojan condoms may want to advertise on radio show. It could be a marriage made in heaven.”
“Thank you, Tribune staff and Jamie Copland for the wonderful articles on Alzheimer’s. Should be a must-read sometime for all families.”
“Well, it looks like the Mesa City Hall (Mayor Scott Smith and the City Council) have a 3-for-3 record going on. The Gaylord Mega-Resort and Convention Center that was supposed to bring one million visitors to Mesa is toast. Mesa’s new Cubs Ballpark has the distinction of having the largest lawn of all the Spring Training Venues in America (26 acres). Now we were just told that the 600 “well-paying jobs” that the First Solar plant was bringing to Mesa will be “delayed” for the foreseable future. Looks like the old Mesa taxpayer is gonna have to come up with the $11 million Fiesta Mall Beautification, the $15 million Mesa downtown gentrification, and don’t forget those $250,000 downtown Mesa bus/Metro waiting areas. Spend, spend, spend equals borrow, borrow, borrow.”
“Tax and spend liberals like Mike McClellan see no end to the amount of taxpayer dollars our K-12 education system can flush down a rat hole. The U.S. spends more per pupil than any other country in the world, with the exception of Switzerland. Unfortunately, our money is not well spent as U.S. student performance is among the lowest of all industrialized countries. McClellan’s thinly veiled argument for extending the sales tax hike flies in the face of Governer Brewer’s promise of a temporary tax. Higher taxes and more spending is not the answer. Better teaching and better parenting is. McClellan doesn’t want to talk about that.”
Accuracy posted at 11:27 am on Fri, Mar 9, 2012.
Nineth Venter: “Well, it looks like the Mesa City Hall (Mayor Scott Smith and the City Council) have a 3-for-3 record going on."
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The huge Gaylord resort and conference center, next door to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, will remain ‘ON HOLD’ because of the economy.
The fabricating plant for Tempe-based First Solar Inc. at Elliot and Signal Butte roads, which planned to go online this year, will ‘NOT BEGIN’ production until First Solar's market conditions warrant.
For the new planned Harvard Investments major housing development project, Pacific Proving Grounds North – groundbreaking will not occur for 2 (or more?) years. A suburban development project; on part of the land formerly occupied by the General Motors Desert Proving Ground.
But as you say, “Spend, spend, spend equals borrow, borrow, borrow,” . . . for Mesa’s 3.1 mile light-rail extension on Main Street through downtown that ‘WILL BEGIN’ soon. Since, the City of Mesa will pay for 48% of the $240 million light-rail construction cost.
Arizona Willie posted at 1:00 pm on Fri, Mar 9, 2012.
Accuracy, the biggest problem with the light rail extension is that they cheaped out on it.
It should be built all the way out to Apache Junction or further.
One humongous project to do it all the way.
In 50 years they will build it --- but in dribs and drabs and each one will cost more and more.
The cost would be much less if they did the whole thing right now before costs go up.
The owners of Arizona ( Real Estate Developers ) are planning to put a million people East of the Superstitions. We have already used appox half of the world's known oil reserves ( google ' peak oil ' I know you won't believe me ) and the price of gasoline is going to skyrocket and become totally unaffordable in 30 years.
Now is the time to put in public transportation while they can hold the costs down.
Accuracy posted at 4:35 pm on Fri, Mar 9, 2012.
Arizona Willie posted: “The owners of Arizona (Real Estate Developers) are planning to put a million people East of the Superstitions.”
Superstition Vistas, a 275-square-mile planned area in northern Pinal County (to be home to about 1 million people) is right now a blank canvas in the development stage.
Superstition Vistas may be larger than other master-planned communities, and its completion time frame longer – like the next 50 years or more. And it will years before it’s decided whether or not Superstition Vistas is to be part of existing municipalities, or its own city.
So far, there’s the current development planning by a consulting firm to make it easier for the Superstition Vistas residents to find a balance in their lives, to be able to work, live and play there — without hopping in a car and taking it out on a freeway.
The municipalities that border Superstition Vistas (Pinal County, Lost Dutchman Heights, the town of Queen Creek, the City of Apache Junction, the City of Mesa, and others.
So why should the City of Mesa taxpayers – alone – pay the $80 million-a-mile, to build miles of light-rail extension east of Mesa to Apache Junction or Pinal County?
chatmandu002 posted at 4:40 pm on Fri, Mar 9, 2012.
Vent #1 and #2: Sen McCain has 4 more years and I hope he makes it. His beat to war calls are falling on deaf and dreary ears. He deserves our respect for his service to our country.
Vent #3: I believe the AZ legislature is doing fine by our children. Are you calling for a socialist government to takes away our personal responsibility to our children and replaces it with government cradle to grave socialism.
Vent #4 and #5: The major MSM outlets have lost their journalistic integrity. The brainwashing by liberal/progressive college professors has come to fruition.
Vent #6: Abortion is legal, remember Roe v Wade. Why is the government in the birth control business. Again the government takes over our personal responsibilities and takes more of our freedoms. The liberal/progressive democrats are saying to the poor and minority women that they can not be trusted to be responsible enough to control their own bodies and sex urges. What?? You don't think so. That's the first thing the liberal/progressive say, "We would have to support their babies".
Vent #7: Rush sure can spout off sometimes. He should know better. When the left side of the argument gets serious about their nasty guys then the right can start getting serious about their nasty guys.
Vent #8: No comment, didn't read the article.
Vent #9: Mesa isn't the only valley city that rolls over when some company says they will spend a buck in town. Does seem like all governments are about spending and borrowing.
Vent #10: It seems like the more we spend on education the dumber our children get. According to liberals and progressives there will never be enough money spent on education. Wait.... maybe that should be on our countries tombstone. "He lies the United States of American, Which never spent enough on education or entitlements". LOL.... man, that's not funny..... but it could come true.
TruthSeeker posted at 9:18 pm on Fri, Mar 9, 2012.
Since John McCain was re-elected to the senate in 2010, he hasn't answered any of my emails. I wonder why he isn't interested in what his constituents have to say. Soon to be retiring Senator Jon Kyl always answers my emails, which are idential to the ones I send to McCain. McCain just doesn't care anymore. I cannot give him any respect for his negligence. Enough about riding on his former hero status. McCain is just a seat holder in Congress.[sleeping]
wdgnas posted at 7:48 am on Sat, Mar 10, 2012.
Accuracy: The huge Gaylord resort and conference center, next door to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, will remain ‘ON HOLD’ because of the economy.
all the while the same company is planning another huge Gaylord resort in Aurora Colorado...