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Apartment projects OK'd/ P. 6
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Council races heating up as early voting begins BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer
COMMUNITY ...........15 Mesa muralist adding pizzazz to city.
Sunday, July 3, 2022
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arly voting for the Aug. 2 Primary Election begins Thursday, July 6, and endorsements in the Mesa City Council races are stirring things up. People have only until Tuesday to register for the election and can do so at BeBallotReady. Vote or by calling the Maricopa County Elections Department at 602-506-1511. The election assures at least two new faces on City Council as two of the three seats
are currently occupied by members who are termed out. District 5 Councilman David Luna and District 6 Councilman Kevin Thompson were not eligible to run again. Luna’s successor is already a virtual certainty because Alicia Goforth has no opposition. In District 4, incumbent Vice Mayor Jenn Duff is seeking a second term while facing two challengers, on the council against two challengers who are newcomers to the local political scene – Trista Guzman Glover, 33, and Nathaniel Ross, 21. In District 6, Scott Somers, a Phoenix fire-
fighter who served on City Council for eight years before he was termed out in 2014. He’s facing a challenge from businesswoman Darla Trendler. A candidate needs more than 50% of the votes cast to win a seat Aug. 2. If no candidate passes that mark, the top two vote getters will face off in the General Election Nov. 8. Mesa City Council races are nonpartisan, meaning party affiliations are not listed on the ballot.
see ELECTIONS page 4
Mesa’s Celebration of Freedom returns full bore
BUSINESS ........... 18 Massive warehouse complex born in SE Mesa.
SPORTS ............... 24 Former Heritage Academy Mesa player turning heads COMMUNITY .................................. 15 BUSINESS ........................................ 18 OPINION ......................................... 20 SPORTS .......................................... 24 GETOUT .......................................... 25 CLASSIFIED ................................... 28 Zone 1
BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer
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fter two years of modified celebrations due to the pandemic, Mesa’s Titan Solar Arizona Celebration of Freedom returns to its traditional size on July 4. The free festivities at the Mesa Amphitheater and Convention Center are re-launching fully charged with powder, both figuratively and literally, as the event will include an aerial fireworks show that will be larger than those of the past two years. Having the aerial fireworks show is a feather in Mesa’s, as supply chain issues caused Phoenix, Chandler and Tempe to cancel their city-sponsored shows this year. Scottsdale
see FIREWORKS page 9
A worker adjusts the giant flag that will hang in the Main Hall inside the Mesa Convention Center during the Celebration of Freedom celebration. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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