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Council members: Our decisions not tied to developers’ money
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Sweet rides galore
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
NEWS.............................12 Indianbend Wash praised by ASU.
BUSINESS ............... 34 Local entrepreneur invents new gift card.
FOOD ........................... 44 Sel adds decadent brunch to reportoire.
NEIGHBORS ........................24 BUSINESS .............................34
OPINION ..............................36
ARTS .....................................38 FOOD & DRINK...................44 CLASSIFIEDS ....................... 47
T
he Scottsdale City Council approved zoning changes and development agreements for a handful of ambitious new projects throughout the city over the past few years, leading some critics to argue developers – and their campaign contributions – have too much influence over its decisions. The 4-3 vote in December to approve the Southbridge Two redevelopment along 5th Avenue in downtown is the most recent project to draw the ire of residents opposed to increased heights and density, but it's far from the first project eliciting split reviews from voters and council. From the downtown Marquee office building approved in 2019, to the Nationwide redevelopment given the green light in 2018, proj-
see DEVELOPER page 18
The annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction starts Saturday at WestWorld and it's got some gems on the block. Clockwise from upper right: a 1958 Cushman Truckster with an 8 horsepower, one-cylinder engine; a 1958 Studebaker Lark with 33,000 original miles; a loaded 2004 Mercedes Benz Roadster with 109,643 miles; and a 1929 Ford Model A Custom Coupe with a chopped all-steel; body on a custom-built frame and a two-speed automatic transmission. For details on these and other vehicles: barrett-jackson.com. For a look at one guy who'll be selling some sweet rides: see page 28. (Barrett-Jackson)
Politics, construction will rev up 2020 BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
H
ot on the heels of City of Scottsdale’s 2019 bond election, 2020 promises to be another politically-charged year here with a mayoral election, crowded city council race and school board contests join-
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ing a crowded statewide and national ballot. The next 12 months will also be marked by a physical change in Scottsdale’s landscape as a slew of prominent projects begin to go vertical.
City races
Scottsdale voters will decide who will be-
come their 12th mayor as Mayor Jim Lane terms out. Council members Suzanne Klapp and Virginia Korte have filed. Klapp moved to the city in 1998 and was a small-business owner. Korte previously served as the president/
see YEARAHEAD page 4
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