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Scottsdale school board has voted to save Navajo Elementary.
BUSINESS ..................... 34 Greg Hague was successful and then he discovered the key to happiness.
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Carter Unger rescues free carriage rides BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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Sunday, October 21, 2018
Wade Crum, left, and Chris Burkett live at opposite ends of the city, but they have something in common: they both give back to Scottsdale in unique ways. Only 13, Wade, of north Scottsdale, started a nonprofi t that provides equipment to underprivileged kids who want to play soccer. Burkett dazzles neighbors and visitors alike with a Halloween display around his south Scottsdale home that draws thousands annually. Read about their accomplishments in today's Neighbors section.
cottsdale’s free downtown carriage rides have received a temporary lease on life nearly a month after the operator threatened to end them when the city canceled her contract. And it came about after developer Carter Unger read of her plight in the Scottsdale Progress. The contract with Scottsdale Horse & Carriage paid as much as $14,000 per year and allowed it to use the Noriega livery stable in historic Old Town for staging. The company also ran for-profit carriage rides in downtown Scottsdale using the same stable. Although the city said Scottsdale Horse & Carriage was welcome to continue running its rides downtown, it said the company had to vacate the stable by the end of the year. Operating carriage rides without the stable did not make fiscal sense, said Teri Todd, owner of Scottsdale see CARRIAGE page 19
Pro-Prop 420 group in hot water with city BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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he Scottsdale City Attorney has determined that No DDC – an organization supporting Proposition 420 – violated state campaign finance laws by failing to
register as a political action committee. On Sept. 17, Phoenix-based law firm Statecraft filed a complaint with City Clerk Carolyn Jagger on behalf of resident Paula Sturgeon-Mortensen that alleged No DDC and two other pro-Prop 420 groups had violated numerous campaign finance laws in the lead
up to the Nov. 6 election. Jagger investigated the claims and found enough evidence to refer three issues involving No DDC to the City Attorney’s office for further investigation. She did not refer claims against the other see 420 page 4
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES! SCOTTSDALE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES DEBATE Wednesday, October 24, 6-7:30 p.m. See p. 27 for more details.