Scottsdale budget debate tied to city service quality
Letter argues residents prefer higher taxes to reduce services and cites a 4 percent room tax vote and a $900,000 annual Scottsdale Center for the Arts appropriation. It details budget increases across legal, public information, management services, accounting, and planning, plus reorganizations and new facilities driving costs. A June 7 public hearing on the budget is noted.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdalians
Scottsdale Center For the Arts
Better Police Service
Senior Citizen Center
Indian Bend Wash
Dial-a-Ride
Brookings
Touche Ross
Community Services Administration
Hugh Cleary
Library
L. B. Spacewater
Parks and Recreation
CDBG
Art Center
City Budget Debates over Tax Hikes and Service Quality
Letter commends Mayor Jenkins for answers to editorial questions but argues 16 percent budget hike and 20 percent property tax rise are excessive. Calls for thorough itemized review and justified spending before approving total budget. Notes Scottsdalians seek higher services within resources.
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Jenkins
Scottsdalians
Carter pollster Caddell shapes Carter image and earns millions
Patrick Caddell, 26, advises President Carter on public attitudes and uses fireside chats to craft a people friendly image. He charges about 1 million dollars annually and also works for Saudi clients and Westinghouse on nuclear issues, stressing marketable objective research.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Patrick Caddell
White House
Carter
Caddell
Fatcat
New Hampshire
Middle East
Westinghouse
California
Ell
Howie Kurtz
Urban gardens grow in Brooklyn slums to train future farmers
A federal program funds urban vegetable plots in Brooklyn with $500,000 of a $1.5 million grant. The Cornell Extension Service runs the pilot and this year plans several hundred plots citywide. Gardens deter vandalism by visibility and community presence, yielding crops that outpace rural averages.
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Edward Flattau
New York
U.S. Agriculture Department
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Detroit
Houston
Brooklyn
Cornell Agricultural Extension Service
John Amereso
Vietnam
Amoroso
Coronado Student Complains of Biased School Panel
A Coronado High School senior reports a one sided tirade by Scottsdale Federation of Teachers members during a censorship panel miscast as a discussion. The event lacked school board members and administrators, leaving biased views on teacher rights to influence students.
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Coronado High School
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
Coronado
Larry Bell
Nihe
Community Church of God thanks Vista del Camino staff
The Scottsdale Community Church of God thanks Vista del Camino Park staff for assisting a mother-daughter banquet and a Christmas banquet. The church praises free park facility use for Scottsdale residents and expresses gratitude from Pastor Herb Wilson and the church team.
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Scottsdale
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