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All sides rip new official in water debate BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
NEIGHBORS..............22 Scottsdale author pens memoir to late father.
BUSINESS....................25 More bad news for homebuyers.
Sunday, January 23, 2022
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oth sides in the fight over creating a water district in the Rio Verde Foothills area are waiting on Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin to act – and no one, even a state representative, is very happy that he hasn’t. Galvin represents the area on the board of supervisors, which must ultimately decide
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whether to create the “non-contiguous domestic water improvement district,” known as a DWID. But Galvin is not ready to act just yet. He said he is weighing both sides of the issue and that to rush into a decision would be doing a disservice to everyone. “Once I feel I have all of the facts … the County will move forward,” Galvin said. Galvin said he began studying the situation before he was appointed to his office and that
he is sorting out the facts. “I know time is of the essence,” he said. Over 560 home owners in the area have banded together to form a petition to create a DWID because water hauling from the City of Scottsdale’s spigot is set to stop the first of next year, leaving those homes, which are not in the city limits, without water. Others oppose creating the water district
see WATER page 14
BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
FOOD................... ..........32 Cala will wow with food and ambience.
NEIGHBORS...........................................22 BUSINESS................................................25 OPINION................................................. 29 ARTS........................................... 30 FOOD............................................32 CLASSIFIEDS...............................33
T
he World’s Most Western Town is getting ready to saddle up, COVID be damned. After minimizing last year’s events, Western Week is ready to return to Scottsdale at a scale of pre-pandemic attendance numbers and events, beginning on Saturday, Jan. 29. This year, the celebration not only returns to its normal time slot between January and February but will see the return of historic events like the Parada Del Sol and free admission
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The Arizona Indian Festival returns to Western Week this year and organizers hope it will attract spectators who will support the many artists who will be on hand. (Progress file photo)
days to Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. “This is a long-standing event that many people who grew up here remember but be-
cause these events are authentic and part of our history, however there’s something that’s
see WESTERN page 6
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