Brookings group fails to forge Scottsdale future plan
About 50 citizens and leaders spent two days debating Scottsdale’s future with five working groups on population, transportation, housing, energy and design. Despite Brookings guidance and talks by City Manager Aleshire, Donaldson and Osman, limited background data and tight time left goals vague and superficial.
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Brookings
Scottsdale
Brookings Institution
Frank Aleshire
William Donaldson
John Osman
Donaldson urges inner city renewal for Scottsdale future
William Donaldson city manager of Cincinnati at Brookings Plus Five argues federal funds will shift to inner cities, warns energy costs will rise, and Scottsdale must adapt by reinvigorating urban culture or risk becoming mere suburban sprawl. He lauds urban culture and stresses building a city with soul.
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William Donaldson
Cincinnati
Scottsdale
Civic Center
Indian Bend Wash
Donaldson
Arizona
Bureaucratic battles stall Carter energy save plan
Washington agencies clash over how to cut fuel use under the presidents energy order. Defense and other departments balk at guidelines while protests hit ERDA bids for a 500000 contract to build electric vehicles.
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Federal Energy Administration
New Energy Department
Defense Department
Pentagon
Col. J.B. Miley
Defense
FEA
Veterans Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Transportation Department
Miley
General Services Administration
Col. Miley
Administration
South Coast Technology
Eva-Chloride
Court integrity harmed by petty Scottsdale clash
Fenton J. McDonough argues that a local court's integrity is damaged by internal feuding during a leadership change and a council candidate's involvement. He warns about undermining juvenile traffic court and public trust.
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Scottsdale City Court
Scottsdale
Fenton J. McDonough
Spare our sky islands editor letter to the editor
Geoffrey Platts of Paradise Valley laments that Phoenix mountains Camelback Mummy Squaw Peak face wholesale destruction from new houses and roads. He calls for aesthetic moral or legislative restraint to stop the upward march of development and preserve the desert peaks for posterity.
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Phoenix
Camelback
Mummy Mountains
Squaw Peak
Geoffrey Platts
Paradise Valley
Thank you for the community’s care for Pat Blakey
In Scottsdale the Blakey family expresses deep gratitude for the outpouring of love after Pat’s serious football injury and major surgery. They thank everyone for kindness and support during a difficult time.
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Pat
Seniors hired to help protect environment program
The Senior Environmental Employment Program SEE licenses Americans over 55 to assist state environmental agencies and EPA regions in pollution inspection, testing, and clerical work. With $1 million yearly for 10 pilots, about 200 seniors are employed, aiming to expand if successful.
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Edward Flattau Goodwine
Administration On Aging
AOA
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Kansas
Kentucky
Ilinois
South Dakota
California
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
SEE
Iowa
Marvin Taves
State Unit On
Regional Manpower Office
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Carter
Energy Research and Development
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Cleveland
U.S
ERDA
Battronic Truck Corp
Valerie Strauss
General Accounting Office
Jonathan Marshall
Hal’ Metcorf
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Earll, Or
Ariz
Progress
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