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NEWS................................. 4 Hotdog eatery owner rips City Hall.
NEIGHBORS.............. 16 Guitar heroes help Saguaro students.
BUSINESS.....................21 Scottsdale business is dream come true.
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Sunday, May 17, 2020
Scottsdale Airport noisier, neighbors complain BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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he coronavirus pandemic has sparked unforeseen complaints from residents neighboring Scottsdale Airport who say flight noise is worse than ever even though fewer planes are flying. “This noise pollution continues unabated,
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the neighbors are hopping mad, and we want the City Council to step up and stop this nuisance,” according to a citizen petition to City Council filed by resident James Bloch on May 4. Bloch said small planes are “circling for hours,” creating a nuisance for residents. “The small aircraft circling overhead is now ruining my life here,” said Marge Hasslinger,
who has lived near Hayden Road and Princess Drive for seven years. “No more serene desert early mornings. No more open patios and windows to catch the desert sounds and beauty,” Hasslinger said. “At 6 a.m., I leash up the dog for that first walk and am met with three planes circling over-
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BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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he city budget could be a dominant theme in Scottsdale’s mayoral and council campaigns as the city grapples with major revenue shortfalls due to the pandemic. Several council members, including mayoral candidates Virginia Korte and Suzanne Klapp, have already chastised city staff for being too optimistic with a spending plan featuring about $25 million in cuts. A council majority have called for at least $50 million in cuts as the city loses millions of dollars in revenue from sales and other taxes.
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Lyric Naquin last Thursday held a sign congratulating Notre Dame Preparatory seniors as Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane on the far right extends his best wishes during a celebration during which school officials put in their trunk a gift and their caps gowns before they drove past the chapel, where diplomas were handed out by administrators with gloved hands. “This is not our graduation ceremony,” explained Principal Jill Platt. “That will come in June when it is safe to do so. This is just something fun to do to celebrate these seniors who have dealt with the current crisis with faith, grace, humor and maturity.” (Pablod Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
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