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SUSD staffers roll up sleeves for COVID-19 vaccine

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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housands of Scottsdale teachers and staff received their �irst dose of a COVID-19 vaccine last weekend.

Scottsdale and Paradise Valley uni�ied school districts partnered with Honor Health to put on a drive-thru vaccine clinic from Jan. 22-24.

With the help of volunteers, HonorHealth administered an average of 1,700 shots per day during the three-day event.

SUSD Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said nearly 2,000 SUSD teachers and staff received their �irst dose of the P�izer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

By all accounts, the HonorHealth event went off without a hitch.

“It was very organized…easy to pop in,” Laguna Elementary Principal Brooke Williams said. “It took two minutes going through; it was just very well organized.”

Laguna Elementary Principal Brooke Williams received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru event hosted by HonorHealth in partnership with Scottsdale and Paradise Valley unified school districts. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

Meg Maxwell, a teacher at Kiva Elementary, agreed.

“I thank the school districts and Honor Health for making this happen,” Maxwell

said. “It was quick, ef�icient and every individual was kind and professional.”

VID-19 health and safety concerns.

“After careful consideration the 2021 Scottsdale Parada del Sol Parade and Trail’s End Festival has been postponed,” said Parada President Jose Leon, who is also a member of the Scottsdale Charros civic organization.

The parade annual parade attracts thousands of people from around the Valley to

downtown Scottsdale to watch a procession of dancers, horseback riders and �loats created by local schoolchildren, businesses and other community groups.

The Charros, who took a leading role in organizing the event after the 2020 Parada del

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or the �irst time in nearly 70 years, downtown Scottsdale will not host a Parada del Sol parade.

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nanticipated revenues continue to �low into Scottsdale’s treasury despite the pandemic.

On Jan. 19, acting City Treasurer Judy Doyle told City Council that Scottsdale’s General Fund revenues were 16 percent higher than expected through Dec. 31, collecting $165 million – $23.3 million more than projected.

Scottsdale, like many other cities, was in the midst of creating its new budget when the pandemic hit Arizona.

Staff pared down the budget that was approved by Council in June, resulting in $30 to $40 million in cuts across the board and a hiring freeze that left over 100 positions un�illed.

With the unanticipated uptick in revenues, the city has started to �ill a small number of the open positions, though City Manager Jim Thompson said the city is still holding 138 vacant.

“We have frozen all open positions in the city…except for the areas we consider essential workers through the COVID cri-

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Sol, previously delayed the parade to April in hopes that the public safety situation would improve.

“We support the dif�icult decision made by the Parada board and will again be working with them planning the 2022 Parada,” Charros Executive Director Dennis Robbins said.

The organization said it will save this year’s planned theme – ‘Hats Off to Essential Workers – for the 2022 parade.

Scottsdale historian Joan Fudala said that over the years, the parade has undergone many changes.

Fudala said the event was originally called the Sunshine Festival when it was founded

by Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce and Scottsdale Riding Club in November 1951 as a kickoff to the annual tourist season.

The now-defunct Jr. Chamber of Commerce, also called the Scottsdale Jaycees, took over the event in 1954, moved the date to January and renamed it Parada del Sol. A new Parada del Sol nonpro�it took over the event in 2009 after the Jaycees disbanded.

sis,” Thompson said.

The current revenue levels are driven primarily by city sales tax and shared state revenues.

Doyle said auto sales were unexpectedly high last year as dealers offered sales and incentives.

Sales tax revenue connected to construction was also up 72 percent compared to budget projections due to an increase in development activity and land acquisitions, she said.

Activity at area restaurants and hotels – while down compared to previous years – was also greater than the city anticipated despite reduced capacities.

Doyle said retail sales tax revenues also came in 39 percent higher than expected, buoyed by an increase in online sales.

City expenses are up slightly as well.

As of Dec. 31, the city spent $128.4 million from the general fund, $1.8 million, or one percent, more than budgeted.

The increase in expenses was tied to the city’s $4.6-million purchase of 10.3 acres of state trust land for a new main entry way to Westworld.

Thompson warned that city revenues

will likely take their biggest hit in the coming months as Scottsdale enters what is typically its major tourist season and the city’s top revenue-generating months.

“This is…why we’re optimistically cautious about it right now is that January, February, March are normally our very large events, and as we know, many of those large events either have moved or are not having spectators or very minimal spectators,” Thompson said.

One major January event – the BarrettJackson car auction – was postponed to March while the Waste Management Phoenix Open has pared down spectators and questions remain about the start of Spring Baseball and the number of fans who will be allowed at games.

Thompson said the current revenue surplus has put the city is in a good position to weather the storm, stating that even with cancellations of big events, “I don’t anticipate we’ll be in a bad spot.”

“Where we’re sitting right now at $23 million above where we anticipated, I would suspect that would carry us through those periods of time,” he said.

Due to COVID-19 health and safety concerns, organizers canceled the Parade del Sol parade for the first time in its nearly-70-year history. (Progress file photo)

The Parada del Sol parade still draws thousands of people to downtown Scottsdale, though today’s crowds pale in comparison to those that attended the event decades ago.

According to an article in the Scottsdale Daily Progress from December 1968, “over 200,000 people lined the three-mile parade route” that year.

Still, the parada remains a celebrated civic event in the Valley.

In 2018, the Arizona Governor’s Conference on Tourism gave its award for outstanding urban event to the Parada del Sol and Trail’s End Festival, The parade route itself has also changed over the years, but always began or ended in downtown Scottsdale, Fudala said.

“Parada del Sol has had a great history of surviving and evolving – 70 years of weathering changes, but still a beloved event,” Fudala said.

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Cactus League seeks season delay

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he Cactus League board has asked Major League Baseball to delay the start of spring training in Arizona due to high COVID-19 infection rates in Maricopa County.

In a letter addressed to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, the board wrote: “In view of the current state of the pandemic in Maricopa County – with one of the nation’s highest infection rates – we believe it is wise to delay the start of spring training to allow for the COVID-19 situation to improve here.”

The board’s decision is “based off data from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which projects a sharp decline in infections in Arizona by mid-March,” the letter stated.

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, the state has over 727,000 reported cases of COVID-19.

The letter is signed by Bridget Bins-

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bacher, the executive director of the Cactus League; Martin Harvier, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President; the city managers of Phoenix and Tempe; and the mayors of Mesa, Surprise, Peoria, Scottsdale, Goodyear and Glendale.

“We just wanted to let MLB know that if there was any opportunity to postpone the season that we collectively, as the host cities, the host municipalities, and the tribal community, would support that,” Binsbacher said.

If spring training were to be delayed, MLB would not be able to make this decision unilaterally.

It would have to reach an agreement with the Players Association, which has been adamant about starting spring training on time.

Binsbacher made it clear that the Cactus League is “not part of those discussions” between MLB and the Players Association.

Cactus League spring training is scheduled to begin on Feb. 27.

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The Chicago Cubs sent out an email Friday that said it will not be able to offer spring training season-ticket holders their same seat locations for the 2021 season.

“As part of updated guidance from MLB and in coordination with requirements and guidelines, we are shifting to limited, socially distanced pod-style seating.”

Asked if no fans in attendance could be an option for Cactus League games this season, Binsbacher said “that is a possibility.” However, she is hopeful for a pod-seating concept for all facilities.

“This pod seating concept, it works,” Binsbacher said. “You can sell tickets in small groups and structure them so that they’re not close together. You can meet all of the CDC guidelines and maintain social distancing and manage traf�ic patterns.

“It can be done. We’re hopeful that there will be fans in the stands, but again, it changes all the time. We’re moving in the right direction and so we’re just trying to be as optimistic and ready for whatever comes our way.”

If infection rates in Maricopa County show no sign of improvement and the Cactus League were to be canceled, Mesa

Mayor John Giles says it would have a detrimental effect on the local economy.

The Cactus League generated approximately $363 million in economic last season before COVID-19 shut down the season on March 12, the league said.

“Every year, we experience a tremendous boon in our local economy because of spring training,” Giles said. “Last year, we saw the impact of terminating the spring training season early and it did have a signi�icant detrimental economic impact on the community.

“Certainly this year is not going to be a normal year. No one is suggesting that we return to business as usual but I think we are all stating the obvious of the longer we wait, hopefully, the better the situation is going to be for considering including fans.”

While Binsbacher awaits a response from Manfred and MLB, she and the Cactus League executive board are optimistic for spring training this year.

“There’s light at the end of the tunnel and whether that’s two weeks or four weeks or six weeks is again, completely out of our control and something that has to be negotiated between MLB and the Players Association.”

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

the �lawed assumption that more counting will change minds.

“There will always be people that are never going to accept election results because they just don’t agree with their perception of reality,’’ he said.

Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, “The reason that there’s doubts out there about our elections right now is because of uncorroborated claims, misinformation and �lat-out lies that have been told over and over again about this past election, from the president’s of�ice all the way down to this very body. As elected of�icials, we lied to them.’’

Mesnard suggested the opposition of Democrats has a political component.

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n the wake of protests over the election results in Arizona, Republicans on a Senate panel approved two changes in election laws designed to audit more votes and require automatic recounts in more situations.

“There are hundreds of thousands of people ... that think the election was fraudulent or full of irregularities or breakdowns in process,’’ said Chandler Sen. J.D. Mesnard. Changing the laws on recounts and audits, he said, will increase voter con�idence.

But Sen. Juan Mendez, D-Tempe, said the legislation approved on party-line votes by the Government Committee is built on

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Lawmakers push emergency powers curbs

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Scottsdale legislator and her Republican colleagues took the �irst steps last week to trim the powers of the governor -- this one and all successors -- to enact and enforce unlimited emergency orders.

On a party-line vote, members of the Republican-Senate Government Committee approved several measures to require governors to get legislative approval once they declare an emergency.

In each case, the failure of lawmakers to ratify the action within a certain number of days would end the emergency powers.

Scottsdale Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita said this is not about stripping the governor of the power to declare an emergency. That would remain.

Instead, it gives lawmakers “a seat at the table’’ when deciding, after the immediate crisis passes, to review what the governor has done and, as appropriate, determine whether a different course of action is appropriate.

“It’s bringing back a balance of power,’’ she told colleagues. “I don’t know why you would handicap yourselves.’’

“We have moved past an emergency into a chronic situation that needs to be handled in a different way,’’ Ugenti-Rita said.

“Our government isn’t set up as a monarchy,’’ complained Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa. “We are not subordinate to the executive branch.’’

Townsend said she believes that Gov. Doug Ducey overreacted with the restrictions he put in place last year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

What happened, she said, is that some bars in Scottsdale allowed customers to act recklessly, with people packed in and dancing in a way that would spread the virus. But Townsend said the governor put in place lockdowns that affected everyone from Page to Bisbee.

“It was just an arbitrary and capricious decision that had no input from us,’’ she said.

But Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai, D-Window Rock, said she’s not convinced that adding 90 legislators to the decision-

Scottsdale Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita said the emergency powers law needs adjustment because it does not allow legislators to have a voice in their formulation. (Special to the Progress)

making process will improve management of the pandemic. And she’s particularly skeptical about adding this current group of lawmakers, many of whom she said do not believe there is a pandemic, to the decision-making mix.

“And a lot of them can’t even keep a mask on their face,’’ Peshlakai said.

Sen. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, was more blunt about why he believes there needs to be some checks on the governor’s power. He said there seems to be a belief that anyone with emergency powers won’t hang on to them any longer than necessary.

“That’s just a fallacy,’’ Mesnard said.

“Under that line of thinking there is no

“Under that line of thinking there is no purpose to checks and balances because it’s all so obvious that there is no need for a check. You don’t want to let the cook run away with the kitchen.’’

purpose to checks and balances because it’s all so obvious that there is no need for a check,’’ he said. “You don’t want to let the cook run away with the kitchen.’’

Most of the measures would have no immediate impact.

In fact, in a bid to avoid a gubernatorial veto, they were crafted as constitutional amendments that would go on the 2022 ballot. So the earliest the restrictions on future emergencies could take effect, assuming voter approval, would be the end of next year.

But lawmakers also took aim at Monday the current emergency, using the little bit of power they already have to end it.

Under the current law, an emergency continues until the governor decides it is no longer necessary or until both the House and Senate, by a simple majority, decide to override that action. SCR 1001, approved by the panel, would do just that – assuming it gets through the full legislative process.

Ducey declared the emergency on March 11. Since then, he has issued various orders dealing with everything from what hours individuals can be on the streets to how many customers certain businesses can serve.

“No one’s articulated when this may end,’’ Ugenti-Rita said. And she said her constituents have had enough. “They don’t want a new normal,’’ she said.

“They want to go back to the way it was.’’

But Democrats on the panel said the action, even if legal, is premature.

“When did we get over this emergency?’’ asked Sen. Juan Mendez, D-Tempe.

And Peshlakai said the evidence is that the underlying problems still exist.

“People are dying right now with no one to hold their hands,’’ she said. “We are burying people at record rates.’’

Ugenti-Rita did not dispute the effects of the pandemic and even the possible need for some government action.

“But doing it under an emergency order is no longer the responsible thing to do,’’ she said. What’s needed, Ugenti-Rita said, is a more “holistic’’ approach, dealing not just with the disease but effects of restrictions, like depression – and doing it with legislative input and consensus rather than

gubernatorial fiat.

“You cannot handle a chronic situation with short-term solutions,’’ she said.

“And shutting schools and businesses down is a short-term solution.’’

Ducey has told Capitol Media Services he’s willing to listen to ideas to “improve’’ the laws in light of the fact this is the �irst time they were invoked due to a pandemic. But the governor drew a line in the sand at ending the current declaration.

“We’re still in that public health emergency,’’ he said. “That’s why state law and the constitution provide for executive emergency authorities in situations like that.’’

SCR 1001 which would terminate the current emergency needs only a majority vote of both the House and Senate to take effect. There is no possibility of a gubernatorial veto.

Still, Ducey believes it’s a bad idea.

Arizona law allows cities and counties to declare their own emergencies. But Ducey’s own order declares that they cannot do anything he does not approve.

That preemption was cited by a judge in Pima County in overturning the decision by the Board of Supervisors to impose a local curfew.

Ducey, in his State of the State address, warned legislators that as much as they may not like what he’s done, they might be even less pleased if they strip away his authority which would let each city and county do what they want.

“I’ve been entrusted by the people of Arizona with this responsibility,’’ he told legislators in his State of the State address. “I’m not going to hand over the keys to a small group of mayors who have expressed every intention of locking down their cities.’’

But Townsend said that might be preferable to having the kind of one-size�its-all rule that exists now.

“I disagree with Tucson,’’ she said, referring to efforts by Tucson and, later, Pima County, to impose a curfew.

“The people in that area want that and believe that’s what’s necessary in their area,’’ Townsend said. And she said they should be free to do that, unfettered by a statewide emergency declaration that preempts local control.

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ementary, said she is high-risk and sees over 100 students per day.

She said she feels some in the community took teachers for granted, assuming they will show up every day despite the risks posed by the pandemic.

“This is my 31st year teaching and I genuinely have never felt as disappointed as this year in regards to feeling valued, appreciated and respected,” Maxwell said.

Williams, the Laguna Elementary principal, said she noticed a change in teachers on campus after the vaccine event was announced, explaining, “They are a little more enthusiastic that we are going to be walking into a new time now. There’s been so much anxiety about what’s going to happen and how long is this going to last.”

She added, “This is just that �irst step to maybe getting back some of our normalness.”

The decision to remain open has been a fraught one, exposing a rift in the community between individuals pushing to remain open and those advocating for a return to distance learning due to the potential risks in-person learning posed for students, teachers and staff.

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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the P�izer-BioNTech “has been shown to prevent COVID-19 following 2 doses given 3 weeks apart.”

While some vaccine recipients in Maricopa County have reported issues scheduling that second dose, that will not be a problem for individuals who participated in HonorHealth’s partnership with the district. Anyone who signed up for the event was automatically scheduled to receive a second dose.

SUSD spokeswoman Nancy Norman said the second dose will be administered at a follow up drive-thru clinic held from Feb. 12-14.

“Reading about the challenges with scheduling second appointments at some locations makes me even more grateful for how HonorHealth scheduled both appointments at the same time,” Menzel said.

HonorHealth also received an assist from the SUSD community as it administered thousands of shots to teachers and staff.

Nurses from throughout the district volunteered on site at the clinic.

Menzel, the superintendent who took over the district in July 2020, also volun-

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An average of 1,700 SUSD and PVUSD teachers and staff received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a three-day drive-thru event hosted by the districts and HonorHealth. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

teered to help out.

“The decision to volunteer was an easy one given the partnership with HonorHealth allowed nearly 2000 Scottsdale Uni�ied School District employees to receive the vaccine,” he said. “It was also an opportunity for me to get to see many people from the district who I have not yet had

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The availability of the vaccine was likely a welcome relief to many teachers and staff in SUSD, which has continued to offer in-person education to students over the last several months as COVID-19 infection numbers skyrocketed in the community.

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SUSD adopts new virus metrics for schools

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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cottsdale Uni�ied School District adopted new school-by-school metrics last week to determine when to pause in-person learning due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

SUSD is one of the few large Valley districts to continue offering an in-person option in recent months as case numbers and infection rates hit all-time highs. Mesa Public Schools and Chandler Uni�ied, the state’s two largest districts, offer �ive-day in-classroom learning.

“We’ve been looking at keeping our schools open on a school-by-school basis; really looking at what’s happening in the school,” Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said. “Rather than an all or nothing approach, it’s been very surgical in nature.”

On Jan. 26, the SUSD Governing Board unanimously approved the plan, which outlined that speci�ic classroom or campuses would close if the number of active cases at a school crossed a prede�ined threshold.

Menzel said the plan was developed in response to some parents asking what tipping point would send students back to distance learning.

The new plan was developed by a committee of teachers, building administrators, central of�ice administrators, school nurses and the district’s COVID coordinator.

Under the plan, the district will consider closing an elementary school campus if the percent positivity rate among on-site students and staff reaches or exceeds two percent in a given week.

That percentage would be based on the number of active cases among students and staff participating in in-person learning only – not those engaged in off campus distance learning.

If an elementary school reaches the two percent threshold, it would trigger a meeting of the school’s virtual evaluation, which would make the �inal decision about pausing in-person learning for at least 10 school days.

Each campus’ evaluation team is made

up of the principal, an assistant superintendent, school nurse, the district’s COVID-19 specialist and any other applicable staff members.

In some cases at the elementary level, the evaluation team could decide to pause in-person learning for speci�ic classrooms rather than the whole school.

The plan differs slightly for middle and high schools.

At those levels, a meeting of the evaluation team would be triggered if a campus reaches a percent positivity rate of 1 percent at the middle school level or 0.75 percent at the high school level.

However, a campus would automatically close for 10 days if a percent positivity of 1.5 percent is reached at the middle school level or 1 percent at the high school level.

Steve Geislinger, a Chaparral High School teacher who helped develop the plan, said the district decided against applying the automatic closure threshold to elementary schools because “it’s a very small population in those schools.”

The plan adopted by the district also includes a vague “athletic threshold” for middle and high schools that could trigger potential closures.

However, that athletic threshold is not tied to any speci�ic metrics and would instead be triggered subjectively by a school’s athletic trainers.

“Our athletic trainers are in tune with what’s going on with every athlete,” said Rebecca Cate, an assistant principal at Desert Mountain High School. “They �ind out if there is something going on; they see if the team is all EDL, not EDL who’s on campus, who’s not…”

Geislinger also said that self-contained special education programs would likely not be impacted by school-wide closures unless a COVID-19 outbreak speci�ically impacted students or staff in the program.

The metrics adopted by the Governing Board stated that school nurses will review weekly cases numbers every Thursday.

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day midday if the school will be closed the following week.

The district is will also give parents 48 hours notice if it plans to extend a closure beyond the initial 10-day window.

During the Jan. 26 meeting, board member Dr. Libby Hart-Wells brought up concerns that the district’s reliance on self-reported positive cases is unreliable due to potential omissions by parents.

Menzel acknowledged that self-reported data have their limitations and also do not address the potential spread of the disease by asymptomatic students or staff who have not been tested because they are not showing signs of illness.

Menzel and the district administrators will meet with an outside testing service that can provide classroom-by-classroom pool testing.

“If we do that, it would give us, again, a unit of analysis that’s small enough that you can address it at that level,” he said.

Cate also noted that the evaluation team and principals can also consider closing a campus if percent positivity doesn’t meet the threshold but they have concerns about underreporting.

“That’s why, at any point in time, that process can be activated, because we know something else might be going on,” Cate said.

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has to be an automatic recount.

In most cases, that occurs when the margin of difference between the top two candidates is no more than 0.1 percent or 200 votes, whichever is less. Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, wants to move that number up to 0.5 percent.

That change is signi�icant.

Democrat Joe Biden won Arizona and its 11 electoral votes by 10,457 over President Trump, a margin of just 0.3 percent.

Had this measure been in effect last year, it would have required a recount of the more than 3.3 million ballots already cast.

Quezada said altering the �loor for a recount might have made sense had it been brought up at almost any other time.

“The problem is we’re bringing it forward in response to, again, people’s mistrust of these election results and lack of con�idence in these election results that are based on complete lies,’’ Quezada said.

Ugenti said this has nothing to do with the most recent election.

“I have to dispel this idea that things were �ine prior to 2020,’’ she said.

Separately, the same committee agreed

to set up a procedure to drop people off the state’s “permanent early voting list.’’

Current law allows anyone to sign up to get mailed an early ballot ahead of each election. They remain on that list unless they are placed on an “inactive’’ list for failing to vote at all for several election cycles or the notice to voters is returned as undeliverable.

SB 1069 would remove individuals from the list if they did not use an early ballot in two consecutive primary and general elections. Ugenti-Rita said it’s just a matter of keeping the list as current as possible.

The measure drew criticism from various voting rights groups that argued this throws an additional hurdle in the path of people who want to cast a ballot.

Ugenti-Rita said the change does not affect the right of someone to vote. She said those removed from the list can still go to the polls and cast a ballot in person and still can reapply to get early ballots in the mail.

All the measures go to the full Senate following a review by the Rules Committee of constitutional issues.

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mitigation strategies will still need to be in place for some time, knowing that our staff who wanted the vaccine had an opportunity to get it through the partnership with HonorHealth is signi�icant,” he said.

Maxwell said the vaccine will only

provide some relief when it actually begins providing some protection against the virus.

“I am worried everyday. I will not breathe a sigh of any relief until 10 days after my second vaccination,” she said.

“I am a little dismayed at the seeming dismissiveness that I sense from people who have no problem with the outcome of the election or don’t have any doubts but don’t care that others do,’’ he said.

Mesnard is the sponsor of SB 1010 which would increase to 5 percent the number of precincts where there has to be a random hand count of votes following each election. The current �igure is 2 percent.

But Mesnard also wants to allow anyone who has the money to demand a full recount of any race.

He conceded that the only people who would likely take advantage of that are those who are on the losing side. But that, said Mesnard, does not make it a bad idea.

Mendez doesn’t see it that way.

“Allowing rich people to demand a recount simply because they can afford it will never restore con�idence in our elections,’’ he said.

The same panel gave the go-ahead to SB 1083 which alters the law on when there

Menzel said the vaccine is “a game changer”.

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State Senate GOP eyes even bigger tax cuts

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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enate Republicans have a message to Gov. Doug Ducey about his plan for tax cuts: We’ll see your $200 million in proposed cuts for this coming budget year and raise you another $250 million.

Sen. David Gowan, R-Sierra Vista, told Capitol Media Services that revenues are running far ahead of anticipated expense and that legislative staffers anticipate a $2 billion surplus for the new fiscal year that begins July 1 – even on top of Ducey’s $12.6 billion spending plan So the GOP caucus figures the state can provide even more tax relief than the governor believes appropriate.

But Gowan, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Republicans are keenly aware of the changing nature of government finances. So, unlike the plan for a per-

manent $200 million cut that Ducey wants increased over three years to $600 million, the additional tax cuts would be for one year only.

Sen. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, said who will get those dollars is yet to be decided. But he said that the nature of providing one-time relief suggests that the beneficiaries will be certain kinds of small businesses.

Senate President Karen Fann, RPrescott, said a good use of the funds might be to pay off the debt incurred by the state’s Public Safety Personnel Retirement System. That, she said, will save the state millions in interest payments.

Then there’s the fact that business property is assessed for tax purposes at 18 percent of what’s considered its full cash value versus a 10 percent assessment ration for residential property. Sen. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, said the idea would be to lower that business assessment ratio to 15 percent,

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Only thing is, that would cause a shift in the burden of local and school taxes, which depend on property tax, to homeowners, meaning voters. And that would make it politically unacceptable.

The plan would be to have the state use some of its revenues to backfill the difference to ensure that homeowners do not end up paying more.

So far, House Republicans have not put down their own markers on what kind of tax relief they want. But House Majority Leader Ben Toma, R-Peoria, said this is not just about dollars and cents.

“We’d like to see a much broader discussion around economic development, period, when it comes to tax cuts,’’ he said. And Toma said he’d actually like to see even more tax cuts over a three-year stretch.

Gowan said that conforms with the GOP philosophy.

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“As the economy gets a little stronger and stronger, we’re seeing the dollars come back,’’ he said. “We just thought it would be prudent to give back to the people who pay the taxes a portion of what they keep giving in,’’ he said.

Any move to cut revenues will get a fight from Democrats. They contend the state is not now providing sufficient dollars to fund needs, particularly with the financial hit that some people have taken due to the pandemic.

Then there’s the larger question of whether it’s prudent to make permanent cuts in state taxes given the upand-down cycles in the economy. Reversing course is not a realistic option as it takes a two-thirds vote to raise taxes or even to cancel an already scheduled future tax cut.

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tions have been healthy for several years, even with the downturn in revenues linked to COVID-19 as some businesses have been shuttered or are operating at reduced capacity.

At the same time, however, there have been offsets.

One is $32 billion in relief through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. That provided $13 billion in business aid, $10 billion in additional unemployment benefits, $6 billion through the one-time $1,200 per person stimulus checks and another $2 billion for hospitals.

And that doesn’t include a new package approved by Congress last month, the one with the $600 individual checks.

But Senate Minority Leader Rebecca Rios, D-Phoenix, noted that Ducey gave $400 million of the $1.9 billion in discretionary funding he got directly to state agencies. And they, in turn, returned $300 million they had received in state dollars.

Rios said those federal dollars should have gone to helping those affected by the pandemic rather than beefing up the state’s bottom line to then use for tax cuts.

Gowan said nothing is being shorted.

“The economy is doing well in our state,’’ he said. “You can chalk that up to a lot of good Republican issues like deregulation and tax readjustment in the past that’s helped our economy grow with jobs.

“We still have a lot of other dollars out there that we’re still trying to heal the state with,’’ Gowan said.

Leach said there is sentiment among Republicans to alter the state’s individual income tax structure to “flatten’’ the rates.

Right now, the state has four tax brackets, with rates ranging from 2.59 percent for the first $26,000 of income for individuals to 4.5 percent for adjusted earnings above $159,000.

There also is a push among many legislators to at least partly offset Proposition 208 and its 3.5% surcharge on the incomes of individuals about $250,000 a year to add money for education funding.

Scottsdale lawmaker’s breast enhancement bill advances

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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omen considering breast enhancement surgery in Arizona would get more information about what could go wrong under the terms of legislation given preliminary Senate approval last week.

SB 1001 says that beginning next year doctors must provide women with the risks of the implants used in breast augmentation surgery.

That also would include all the materials that manufacturers provide, including any warning requirements from the federal Food and Drug Administration.

A final roll-call vote will send it to the House.

Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, said she agreed to sponsor the measure after a constituent told her the story of having serious medical problems related to the implants. The woman was hospitalized and ultimately had to have them removed.

But Ugenti-Rita said this isn’t some isolated incident. ``There are thousands of women across Arizona and the country who do experience almost an adverse reaction, like an allergic reaction, if you will. The senator said that should not be a surprise. ``If you can imagine putting something in your body that’s foreign, not everyone responds to it the same way,’’ Ugenti-Rita said. ``On top of that, these implants are made from chemicals and compounds that are really not designed to be in your body.’’

The measure also has the backing of Robyn Towt, who had a double mastectomy in 2017 after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Towt has become a major proponent of the measure, which failed to clear the legislature last year, telling lawmakers that her doctor told her the implants ``were perfectly safe.’’

But the result, she said, was ``extreme health issues’’ which resolved

themselves after she had them removed four months later.

Testifying this year to members of the Senate Health Committee, Towt told lawmakers there is now even more reason for them to act in ways to protect women. She pointed out that the FDA last year implemented a ``black box’’ warning to inform patients that implants have been associated with development of a type of cancer of the immune system.

This legislation seeks to go farther.

It specifically requires the medical boards that oversee physicians to not only provide a description of the risks of the surgery and the implants, but to develop a checklist that would have to be provided to patients. At a minimum, the legislation says, that list must include information of breastimplant illnesses and, specifically, implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a particularly rare and fast-spreading disease.

And patients would need to be told how they can report ``adverse events’’ to the FDA and other programs, as well as provided information about the National Breast Implant Registry which keeps track of not only devices that are implanted but also subsequent surgeries.

Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales, D-Tucson, said she had no idea that women were not getting this information. Gonzales said she is sensitive to the issue as a breast-cancer survivor, though she does not have implants. ``I hope that this will help in all of those going forward to make the right decision for themselves,’’ she said.

Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix, said this kind of legislation is overdue. ``It’s really a shame that people have to be hurt before the right thing is done and patients are fully informed,’’ she said. ``Informed consent is a basic medical process,’’ Barto said. ``And information is absolutely critical when women and any patient makes a decision that potentially could be life changing.’’

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Waymo working wonders, just not in Scottsdale yet

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Progress Executive Editor

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cottsdale residents who are hoping to catch a ride in one of those oddlooking white Chrysler minivans or Jaguar sedans with no one behind the wheel will have to keep waiting.

Waymo spokeswoman Amanda Ventura Zink told members of the PHX East Valley Partnership last week that the company has no plans at this time to extend its autonomous service beyond its current 50-square mile area that covers most of Chandler and parts of Tempe and Mesa.

That doesn’t mean Scottsdale residents can’t download the Waymo app and ride in one of its vehicles – for a per-mile fee, like Uber. They just have to �ind their own way to a spot within the technology company’s service radius and catch a ride to another destination within it.

That brought some expressions of disappointment from some of the people who were on the Zoom meeting that EVP hosted to hear from Zink and Valley Metro CEO Scott Smith – who also offered no news on any transportation improvements in the near future for Scottsdale.

The disappointed listeners complained how getting to downtown Phoenix from the East Valley or Scottsdale on a bus, let alone their own automobile, was a long and frustrating chore.

But the fact that Waymo hasn’t expanded its service area doesn’t mean it has been idling.

Indeed, Zink laid out an impressive list of advancements that Waymo has made since it opened its area headquarters in Chandler almost �ive years ago.

With the vehicles themselves, Waymo

“No one needs to sit at the front seat or behind the wheel and an empty car can pick you up and take you where you need to go while you sit in the back seat – that’s truly autonomous and that’s what we’re pursuing at Waymo.”

The shaded part of this map shows Waymo’s current service area. (Waymo)

Waymo not only is continuing the evolution of its passenger vehicles but also roadtesting autonomous semis. (Waymo)

is now entering the �ifth generation and working on technologies like advanced cruise control, “lane departure assist,” electric-powered and hybrid models and enhancements to the monitor passengers view as their vehicle takes them around.

“No one needs to sit at the front seat or behind the wheel and an empty car can pick you up and take you where you

need to go while you sit in the back seat – that’s truly autonomous and that’s what we’re pursuing at Waymo,” she said.

“Our mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going,” she said, noting one million people annually lose their lives and 15 million are injured in traf�ic accidents around the world.

“We believe that fully autonomous tech-

nology holds the potential to save lives, make roads safer, offer new mobility options to millions of people and improve their independence,” she continued, reporting that the passenger vehicles have driven 20 million actual miles and another 20 billion miles virtually as Waymo tests the sensors and other components of its technology. Many of those miles also have involved weather-testing vehicles in 25 other cities around the country.

It’s not just cars the company is working on either.

Zink said Waymo’s autonomous semitrailers have been long-hauling goods along I-10 from New Mexico to Texas while it’s also using its minivans and sedans to deliver car parts for AutoNation within its service area and working with UPS to make deliveries in Tempe.

Waymo also is trying to get the driving public to quit referring to their vehicles as “driverless.”

“As more people join the conversation around autonomous driving technology,” Zink explained, “researchers are �inding that people maybe don’t fully understand what their own technology and their vehicles are capable of and they might equate it with autonomous driving technology and think that they don’t need to be as attentive as they should be. This is a safety risk on our roads and we think that by helping drive that conversation around the differences between driverassisted and autonomous driving technology that we could be helping them be safer drivers.”

While the autonomous vehicles might not yet become a presence on Scottsdale’s streets in the near future, Smith said that eventually Waymo vehicles will become an integral part of his grand vision for public transportation throughout the Valley, where a Waymo vehicle might take someone to a bus stop or light rail station, for example.

“There’s a ton of potential for us to help integrate that into public transit,” he said.

“It will be seamless. It will be ef�icient. I think that’s the real future and I think it will make it so that people won’t have to have cars because for their local transportation, there will be a series of micro-transit, point-to-point” stops, Smith said.

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he Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament will kick off Thursday, Feb.4, in Scottsdale with attendance limited to 5,000 fans per day.

That is a far cry from a normal year when the tournament can draw over 200,000 people on its busiest days.

Even with that reduced attendance, the Open will have the largest attendance of any tournament since the PGA resumed play in June, according to Golf Digest.

The Open has still managed to attract over 130 players, including popular golfers like Rory McIlroy.

Tickets for the tournament were still on sale as of Jan. 28.

Individual tickets cost between $100 and $125 while group packages cost anywhere from $500 to $155,000.

In addition to limiting attendance, the Thunderbirds organization that runs the tournament has instituted a num-

People who attend this year's Waste Management Phoenix Open won't be seeing the kinds of crowds normally at the annual event. (Progress file photo)

ber of other safety measures to combat the spread of COVID-19.

The popular 16th hole has been scaled down and will feature a singlestory, open-air venue instead of the

larger, indoor structures that usually surround the hole.

Temperatures will also be taken upon entry, and all event goers will be required to wear masks unless they are

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The tournament is required to submit an of�icial safety plan to the city outlining these mitigation strategies under an executive order issued by Governor Doug Ducey.

That order prohibits gatherings of more than 50 people unless event organizers receive permission from the city.

The order also requires the event’s safety plan to be posted publicly on the city’s website.

As of Jan. 28, the Waste Management Phoenix Open’s plan was not posted on City of Scottsdale’s website.

Assistant City Manager Bill Murphy said the plan was still in the works due to recent rule changes at the federal level.

In addition to the tournament’s rules, attendees are required to wear masks under mandates issued by local, county and federal authorities.

Maricopa County has had a mask mandate in place since June 2020 and Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega reinstated the city’s mandate on Jan. 13.

Additionally, the TPC Scottsdale course that hosts the Waste Management Phoenix Open is located on federal land managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, meaning it falls under an executive order issued by President Joe Biden on Jan. 20 requiring mask usage on federal lands.

“Since these changes came down late, we have scheduled a meeting to tour, review and �inalize the safety guidelines for this year’s tournament with Thunderbirds, PGA, TPC and Bureau staff, so they can submit their operation plan, which includes all these safety guidelines to the (Arizona) Department of Health and the city for �inal concurrence,” Murphy said.

Scottsdale will have public safety staff on site to ensure compliance with safety guidelines and the Thunderbirds have also hired additional security to monitor compliance.

“Every golfer, caddie, associated with PGA will be tested on site,” Murphy said. “Each spectator who will enter the course will be screened and checked for property �itting mask.

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Amputee, 12, dances her way to a win

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12-year-old Scottsdale girl danced her way to winning a brand-new electric bike.

Abriel “Abri” Bentley won Penta Medical Recycling’s Dance 4 Mobility Challenge earlier this month.

But what makes her win so special is Abri is an amputee.

Abri was diagnosed at age 7 with Ewing Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer.

And after 17 rounds of chemo, an unsuccessful limb salvage surgery that led to bone removal and a decision to amputate rather than attempt another limb salvage, Abri is now cancer-free – and dancing just so happens to be one of her favorite hobbies.

“I can’t believe I won!” Abri said of the Dance 4 Mobility Challenge. “I am so

12-year-old Scottsdale resident Abriel Bentley just won an electric bike as part of a national dance competition to support mobility for those living with prosthetic limbs. (Abriel Bentley)

amazed that the judges said my dance made them cry.”

Abri submitted her dance on Instagram just days before she underwent surgery.

“I was in my wheelchair at the time because it was right before my surgery to remove the metal in my leg. My leg hurt too much to walk, so I had to be in my wheelchair,” Abri said.

But when she found out about the contest, she decided to make up a dance and have her mom, Nikkole Bentley, record it.

“Even though it hurt, it was definitely worth it,” Abri said.

Penta Medical Recycling is a nonprofit organization that repurposes used prosthetic limbs from the U.S. and sends them to amputees in need across the globe.

“Penta’s team is thrilled to be able to present Abri with this prize and is thor-

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Teen launches drive to help tortoises

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Scottsdale Horizon High School senior and long-time volunteer of Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary in northern Scottsdale raises thousands of dollars to help protect rescued tortoises.

Since launching his GoFundMe in midDecember, Tennyson Jones, 18, has raised more than $4,600 of his $25,000 goal to build 12 winter enclosures for more than 400 sulcata tortoises.

“Even though we live in the desert, our winter nights get cold and these creatures need to stay warm,” Jones said. “I love them and, therefore, I’ve created a fundraiser to build 12 new winter enclosures to help keep them cozy and safe.”

So far, Jones has raised enough money to

Scottsdale Horizon High School senior Tennyson Jones is raising funds to help protect rescued tortoises during chilly winter nights. (Tennyson Jones)

build two to three homes for the tortoises.

Each home costs anywhere from $1,200 to $1,500 in materials, said Katelyn Garcia, sanctuary education and outreach director.

But the fundraiser also intends to help cover a winter power bill that usually costs the nonprofit around $8,000 annually. The tortoise enclosures alone use $2,000 worth of power.

“The fundraiser will allow us to build the houses and pay for the power to keep them warm,” Garcia said, adding “since we are a non-profit, these kinds of fundraisers help when it comes to rejuvenating existing enclosures.”

Some winter enclosures are more than 10 years old and not in great shape.

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oughly inspired by her story,” said Henry Iseman, executive director of Penta. “It is our hope that by giving the gift of mobility to amputees without access to care around the world that we can help them overcome the challenges they face and pursue their passions just like Abri has.”

The Dance 4 Mobility Challenge on Instagram encouraged users to create and post their own inventive short dance routines.

The challenge amassed more than 3 million impressions and garnered dance videos from both the able and disabled communities.

Abri saw the challenge as a way to share her inspiring story and her love of dancing.

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rubbing up against the bottom of the houses make the wood weak over time,” Garcia explained.

“PHS is a nonprofit organization and operates on a tight budget. The popularity of sulcata tortoises means they are the top or second most popular animal donated to or rescued by PHS. The rapidly expanding tortoise population means PHS is constantly challenged to house and care for them,” Jones said.

Native to Africa, sulcata tortoises are the third-largest species of tortoise in the world.

According to Jones, without proper care and enclosures, the tortoises are at risk for respiratory infections and often don’t survive.

Most of the sulcata tortoises at the sanctuary were surrendered after their previous owners realized they couldn’t take proper care of them.

“They are adorable, friendly tortoises, which makes them very popular for people to have as pets. As they grow, however, many families discover they cannot handle the full-grown version, and so sulcatas are some of the most popularly donated/ rescued reptiles at PHS,” Jones explained, adding “we constantly need to expand and build new environments for them.”

Jones said he’s “constantly shocked” at the number of donations and messages he’s received from supporters of the fundraiser.

“I can tell based on their comments on the GoFundMe page that some folks are tortoise-loving people, others are clearly

words,” she said. “When I am sad or angry, I can just dance and get my feelings out, so I feel better. Dance has always been a part of me.”

She’s already put her M2S E-Bike to use, mostly to the park or to a friend’s house and back.

“I ride my bike almost every single day and absolutely love it!” Abri said. “My old bike was too heavy for me with my stabilizer wheels on the back, so I couldn’t ride it.

I wasn’t able to stop it safely or get it going on my own.”

Dance 4 Mobility Challenge participants were entered to win a number of prizes, including an electric bike donated by M2S Bikes and a personalized voice-message from actor and philanthropist Kevin Bacon.

“We were honored to participate in the animal conservationists, and others are just happy to help a teen. I am so grateful that people are responding to my campaign and helping these creatures,” Jones said.

“I love that the Phoenix community supports this effort and these animals,” he added.

Jones’ passion for wildlife started when he began volunteering at PHS. Six years ago, Jones attended a weeklong summer day camp and since, he’s been a counselor-in-training and is now a part-time volunteer.

“They have become a second family to me,” Jones said of PHS. “I fell in love with the place and its inhabitants, human and animal,” he continued.

“The organization has taught me that it is important to share the knowledge and passion I have for animal conservation and learn more about the creatures we share the world with.”

Garcia, who also started as a volunteer, has watched Jones grow into a “responsible, compassionate adult.”

“Ten is an endless smile,” she said. “He is a role model to our young campers, who would love to grow up into the hard-working volunteer he has become.”

“I wish I could have been doing the same at his age,” she continued, “so I am grateful to play a role in his passion for our planet.”

Jones has already chosen his career path: He wants to be a marine biologist.

“I plan to move to Florida for college and major in Marine Science with an emphasis in animal conservation,” Jones said, adding that he’s been accepted at three schools, two in Tampa and one in Jacksonville.

Penta Dance 4 Mobility Challenge and provide a bike to the winner,” said Eric Crews, founder of M2S Bikes.

“M2S Bikes was founded with the idea of offering bikes that give riders ‘The Power To Explore Their World.’ We truly believe that our pedal-assist electric bikes can provide a fun and enjoyable experience for people looking to get out and enjoy the outdoors by helping to provide a little assistance to make the tough climbs and long rides a little easier and a lot more fun,” Crews continued. “We can’t wait to see how Abri is going to use her bike and look forward to following her journey.”

Abri has a positive outlook on her life, living by the mantra, “I’m not disabled – I’m enhanced.”

What Abri hopes kids learn from her “I hope to eventually get a Ph.D. and become a malacologist, a marine biologist who specializes in mollusks,” he continued.

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story is to never hide from their disabilities, “because it is what makes them unique.”

“I want them to embrace their differences and show the world how amazing they can be,” she said. “We can do anything anyone else can we just have to do it a bit different.

Disabilities are really just superpowers; it just depends on how you look at it.”

Abri said she wishes parents would teach their children that it’s OK to ask people with enhancements questions instead of pretending they don’t exist.

“I like to talk about my leg. I’m proud of my leg. It makes me who I am. And I like who I am,” Abri said. “If kids don’t ask questions, they won’t learn the right answers.

And as I always say, I would stare at me too.”

To watch Abri’s winning dance, visit @ teamabri on Instagram. find them to be incredibly fascinating.”

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DAR honors volunteer

The Grand Canyon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Scottsdale honored Marsha Petrie Sue of Scottsdale, second from right, with the Community Service Award. The presentation included, from left, Stephanie Troth, Honorary State Regent; Tochia Runnels Levine, chair of the award committee; and Karen Andrews, Grand Canyon Chapter Regent. Marsha was honored for her voluntary achievements in patriotic and environmental conservation endeavors, as well as her “positive community spirit” and her “reputation for philanthropic leadership and volunteerism.” Last year she was honored by the Foundation of Women Warriors to raise money for women in the military to transition to civilian life. She also recorded a promotional video for the Arizona Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation for the Marine Corps license plate efforts in state. She also helped the Grand Canyon Trust repair fences in the Grand Canyon, leading 25 volunteers to save animals’ lives. She and her husband, Al Sue, work with many organizations for the conservation of private and public lands. (Special to the Progress)

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Local �irm �ights cybercrime around the world

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ybersecurity expert and former FBI agent Michael McAndrews has three loves in his life – malware, motorcycles and music.

Malware is key to PacketWatch, a 3-yearold Scottsdale-based company for which he serves as vice president, network security services.

PacketWatch is the name of the business and the proprietary network monitoring, analysis and investigation platform designed to help cybersecurity threat hunters quickly and ef�iciently accomplish their daily tasks. He calls PacketWatch one of the “coolest tools out there.”

“Our company provides cybersecurity for corporations and individuals,” he said.

“We meet our customers in a couple ways.

Obviously, we love referrals. That’s great.

“Sometimes we perform what’s called ‘managed detection response,’ which is, essentially, watching your network for you, making sure nothing bad gets in. If something does happen, we identify it very quickly and reduce ‘dwell time’ – how long the bad folks are in there – and then we keep your network safe.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an uptick in incident responses, McAndrews said. The opportunities are greater for hackers to access remote gateways to networks because folks are rushing to set up workstations at home. “We’re seeing a lot more breaches,” he said.

Many times, affected companies become long-term, managed detection clients.

McAndrews has been in the �ield for 25 years and has spoken at a myriad of events.

“Sometimes in my talks, I tell people I have found that a large percentage of the population in America has at least three passwords,” he said.

“You have one password that you think is just for small sites that you don’t care

Former FBI agent Michael McAndrews serves as vice president, network security services for PacketWatch in Scottsdale. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

about. You have one that you think is a little bit more secure, and you have one you might use for your banking. Most people seem to fall into that category.”

For example, if the “medium” password is on a website that is breached, the hackers will download the database of usernames and passwords. They then put it into a password spray.

“They can blast your email address with that password across the top 1 million websites in a matter of minutes,” he said.

McAndrews doesn’t use the same password twice and he suggests others do the same. Password managers like LastPass come in handy for this.

“I couldn’t even tell you my passwords because my password manager changes them,” McAndrews said. “They’re very complex and they’re long. If I need to do a password reset because I don’t have my password manager, I can still do that. But for right now, my passwords are secure.”

On the commercial side, McAndrews recommends using multifactor authenti-

cation, in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence to an authentication mechanism.

“When you sign in, they send you a text or they need to type in a code that protects it,” McAndrews said. “Even if your company’s passwords or emails fall into the wrong hands, if they don’t have the second factor. If they don’t have the text message or the code, they can’t get in, right?”

Patch management is important as well.

McAndrews and his colleagues are seeing an increase in unauthorized access coming through network devices.

Virtual private network gateways and �irewalls are vulnerable. If companies haven’t �ixed that vulnerability, hackers exploit them. Once hackers sneak into a company network, they start looking around.

That’s when McAndrews and his clients see an increase in ransomware.

One of McAndrews’ intelligence analysts said in Q3 2019, the average ransom was $42,000. The same time in

2020, it’s over $233,000.

McAndrews said ransomware is a huge moneymaker for organized crime based in Eastern Bloc countries. He suggests establishing segregated backup routines so they’re not in the same domain. Many ransomware groups immediately look for backups and delete them, which adds more pressure to pay the ransom.

McAndrews has always been interested in cybercrimes and knew, one day he’d work for the FBI. After working in sales, McAndrews became an agent and taught at the FBI Training Academy at Quantico and the International Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest.

As an agent, he worked in cyber matters and was on a special team called the Cyber Action Team that was deployed for the highest-pro�ile intrusions.

He also fought crimes against children, which he calls some of his best work as he knew he was saving kids.

The FBI was primarily forensic work.

Now that he’s returned to the private sector, he feels he can do more to help people.

“In the private sector, I can help businesses and individuals prepare,” he said. “It’s a good feeling to say I put a lot of people in jail who needed to be there, but now I can help companies really secure their networks.”

McAndrews puts his motivation simply.

Most of his friends are musicians and he admires their creativity. To many of them, their career comes easily. Music isn’t so easy to McAndrews.

Longtime friends

McAndrews helped found PacketWatch with CEO Chuck Matthews.

The two have worked with the government, the media, manufacturing and individuals.

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Coronado boys soccer bene�its from donated funds

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he Coronado High School boys soccer program has long established itself as one of the premier teams in the state, winning three state titles in six tries since 2012.

The only other Scottsdale district soccer program with that amount of success are the girls from Chaparral, who have won four straight state championships across two divisions.

But Coronado’s boys soccer doesn’t have the kind of �inancial support that other programs have.

“Many of the kids at this school don’t have much,” said Bryn DeFusco, a lawyer in Scottsdale. “This is a team of kids struggling to buy warmups and socks and basic things of need. To me, it seems like we need to do something to bridge the gap between Coronado and other schools in Scottsdale.”

DeFusco created a GoFundMe in an effort to help raise money for the Coronado soccer program. In a little more than a week, nearly $4,000 has been raised.

A graduate of North High School in Phoenix, DeFusco understands the �inancial hardships many of the soccer players and other students at Coronado are dealing with. She hopes the funds raised will go toward purchasing new equipment and matching gear for the program.

Nearly 65 percent of students at Coronado qualify for free or reduced lunch, including a large portion of the boys soccer team. Already in dif�icult �inancial situations, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought along additional hardships for many of the players and their families.

As a result, several players have been forced to take on jobs to help support their loved ones and put food on the table. Often times, that results in practice time missed and the inability to purchase soccer equipment for themselves.

Coronado senior Ben Rivera and his father, despite their own financial struggles, put in the effort to secure athletic face masks at a discounted rate from a local sporting goods store so every player had one for the season. (Zach Alvira/Progress Staff)

Coronado senior Edwin Loa Gomez will miss practices on occasion due to his work schedule. But with family still his top priority, he can’t afford to miss work and not help put food on the table. (Zach

Coronado coach José Velarde, who took over the program ahead of the 2020-21 school year, immediately noticed how different the program was in terms of �inancial stability compared to when he became the �irst-ever freshman to start and score for the Dons’ soccer program in the 1980s.

His �irst struggle as head coach was �inding matching practice gear for his players.

Some are forced to wear shorts that do not �it, while most of the team wear a sweatshirt or practice shirt. Additionally, some of his players are forced to tape up their cleats because they are unable to afford new ones for the season.

“The players I gave hoodies to are the ones I didn’t have warmups for,” Velarde said. “Some have cleats being held together with tape. I hate that. I want to give them the best experience possible.”

Unlike soccer programs at other schools,

Coronado does not have a booster club raising money to support the team. Velarde and the players are responsible for doing that on their own. But when players are forced to miss practice to work to help their own families, it becomes impossible for them to support themselves and their athletic habits.

As head coach, Velarde is understanding with his players having to miss practice.

He knows it isn’t a lack of dedication to the sport or the team, but more of compassion for their brothers, sisters and parents at home. Even for those who don’t have to work, other responsibilities often come up due to their parents having to support the family by working long hours.

“I am lucky that I don’t have to work, but there are times where I have to babysit my siblings because my parents are trying to support the family,” senior captain Ben

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Rivera said. “Everyone on this team has to make sacri�ices and we all come from different situations. But I think that’s what brings us closer together.”

Rivera transferred to Coronado to �ind camaraderie with his teammates. He previously attended a large 6A school where he admitted he couldn’t �ind a voice of his own. It was during that time his family was also forced to move out of its 3,000-squarefoot house into a small condo due to �inancial hardships, which the pandemic didn’t help.

But even as they deal with their own struggles, Rivera and his family found a way to support his teammates.

With the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s rule this season of constant mask use by players, Rivera and his father recruited the help of a local athletic store to provide facemasks designed to be used by athletes at a discounted rate. Rivera’s father even went as far as to drive to Prescott to source additional masks for the team.

The support each Coronado player gives one another is what drives their success on a yearly basis. If one player is forced to miss practice due to work, teammates �ill them in.

Senior captain Edwin Loa Gomez is familiar with that type of assistance from his team.

With three siblings at home, he is forced to miss practice at times to work in order to help his family. While he would rather be at practice, he knows there are times where other priorities take precedence.

“I really wish I could be out here playing every day with my friends but if I have to work, I have to work,” Loa Gomez said.

“The support means a lot. Most of us have �inancial struggle, but at the same time that’s what motivates us. Playing soccer is a way for us to forget about some of our problems.”

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Scottsdale duo uncork new hard seltzer

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ecky has arrived in Scottsdale.

Dubbed “the White Claw killer” by its Millennial and Gen Z fans, Becky is the newest hard seltzer on the Old Town Entertainment District block.

The brainchild of Scottsdale friends Sheldon Wiley and Eric Burdick, Becky is a “personality in can” – or, as Burdick puts it, “personality juice.”

“She is the fun girl that gets a party started. She’s the hype girl,” Burdick said. “She’s more of a mood than she is a person.”

Becky launched exclusively in the Valley, debuting at a handful of Scottsdale-area bars and restaurants such as Bevvy, Diego Pops and The Montauk.

Available in four crisp fruity flavors — pink lemonade, passion fruit, mango and tropical cherry — Becky’s Thirst Trap Variety Pack is available for purchase in several Scottsdale retailers, including D’s Market in Old Town, Trevor’s Liquor on

Becky is a new hard seltzer, that launched exclusively in Phoenix this month. Described as “personality in can,” the brand was created by Scottsdale residents Sheldon Wiley and Eric Burdick, and it’s currently available at a slew of Scottsdale bars and retailers, including Trevor’s Liquor (pictured). (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

McDowell Road, and all Bevmo and Total Wine locations.

Comparable to a White Claw, each can

has 100 calories, 5 percent ABV (alcohol by volume) and 1 gram of sugar.

“We’re checking all those boxes and giv-

ing you a better flavor,” Wiley said.

“White claw ... had low calories, but it just tasted too much like dirty soda water with artificial flavoring,” Burdick said. “So, what we did is we packed a punch, and they’re getting a full mouth flavor of the drink where it’s not too sweet, not too dull, but the perfect combination of flavor.”

Becky positions itself as the hard seltzer for a younger generation.

“When hard seltzer was an emerging category, they weren’t relating to the actual demographic that we’re going after,” Burdick explained. “We saw an opportunity and we plugged into pop culture – and the Millennials demographic that we saw really enjoyed the hard seltzer.”

Thus, the tag “Be a Becky, not a Karen” was born, perfectly encapsulating the “attitude” of Becky consumers.

The first weekend Becky arrived in bars, Becky was an instant hit.

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Valley Ho touts temporary tiki experience

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otel Valley Ho is touting a new and popular – albeit, temporary – tiki experience.

UnderTow, the popular innovative, tropical cocktail experience that once existed below the Sip Coffee & Beer deck, has partnered with Valley Ho to open a pop-up bar in the resort’s Sands’ reception hall.

UnderTow at Valley Ho offers a “Best of Menus Past” pop-up inside the venue, formerly occupied by the famed Trader Vic’s Tiki bar chain and restaurant.

“One hundred percent of the reason why we decided to facilitate that pop-up at Hotel Valley Ho was to keep our staff work-

ing and to keep them making money while the UnderTow location’s under construction,” said Kailee Asher, marketing director for Barter & Shake, which owns UnderTow. Decorated with lush plants and purchasable art and decor from local tiki artists, the space can hold about 60 guests, nearly double their 34-guest capacity at Sip. Ashley Cibor mixes drinks for customers at the Under Tow “The tiki folks and pop up restaurant at Hotel Valley Ho’s Sands. (Pablo Robles/ that following love HoProgress Staff Photographer) tel Valley Ho for the ar-

chitecture, the mid-century modern feel, and it plays into that escapism of being in another time or place,” Asher said. “So, we thought Valley Ho was a great fit.”

As UnderTow slings drinks, ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho provides the pu pu platters, which will change weekly, depending on the chef. For the first couple weeks, ZuZu’s Executive Chef Russell LaCasce shared his version of a pu pu platter, which included ahi tuna lettuce cups, pork wings, veggie spring rolls, taro root buns and more.

Andre Nicholson, Hotel Valley Ho director of food and beverage, said they hope to bring in Sanctuary’s Executive Chef and Food Network celebrity chef Beau MacMil-

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spots in Scottsdale, they were selling out of our product this weekend, so it’s just really fun,” Burdick said.

Becky has been two years in the making for Burdick and Wiley.

From shipping delays to changes to timing issues, they have faced their share of challenges, but Wiley said, “We’re super happy with where we are.”

“We didn’t do any marketing, didn’t do really any point-of-sale items inside the restaurant,” Burdick added. “We just used a couple of Instagram posts through our Stories and got the chatter going. And then half of the places sold out.”

They have also since worked out an

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lan soon.

“He’s committed to a week, and we’re looking at a couple other people in town who are part of the kind of history of the group,” Nicholson said, adding that he’s also reached out to one of the chefs who helped open up Trader Vic’s.

The UnderTow is currently open from Thursday through Sunday until the new UnderTow, located inside Century Grand, opens in March.

Guests must make reservations, which cap at 90 minutes and cost $16 per person.

The money spent on placing the reservations will go toward drink purchases.

On opening weekend, Nicholson said the attendance hovered around 200 covers on Saturday and a little more than 120 on Friday.

“The menu that we’re featuring is 20 of our retired drinks from the last four menus, the top-selling drinks,” Asher said.

UnderTow also pays homage to Trader Vic’s with its version of the Mai Tai. “Trader Vic’s was most well known for their Mai Tai,” Kailee said. “We make our own house-made Orgeat, but this is essentially the same exact spec of the Trader Vic’s original Mai Tai from 1944.”

Rich Furnari and Jason Asher, along with the Barter & Shake team, are the masterminds behind UnderTow. For five years, UnderTow existed below the Sip Coffee & Beer deck, offering a limited number of guests a unique cocktail experience.

But with an expired lease at Sip, the popular immersive cocktail bar with a loyal following jumped ship and joined sister

agreement with Evening Entertainment Group to sell Becky at its venues, including Bottled Blonde, Casa Amigos, Hi Fi Kitchen & Cocktails and Chauncey Social.

“That was exciting,” Burdick said. “You basically have every popular bar and restaurant in Old Town.”

Wiley is a three-time Guinness World Record mixologist, dubbed the “world’s fastest bartender.”

“After 20 years of hospitality service, it’s beyond time for me to plant a flag on the producer side,” Wiley said.

Burdick has spent the last 15 years in the restaurant and nightclub industry, building brands that have revolutionized the Scottsdale nightlife scene and partnering in local hotspots such as The Porch and Bevvy.

“I’ve always had aspirations to create a fun global brand and having my own alcohol line has been on my bucket list inspired by being entrenched in the food and beverage industry half of my life,” Burdick said.

Needless to say, the pair made the perfect team.

“That’s how the perfect marriage happened: Sheldon’s been in the juice world…

He’s been his own chemist when it comes to the flavor. And then I come from a marketing and branding and creation background,” Burdick said.

Wiley and Burdick have big plans for the brand, including launching the hard seltzer at bars across the country and increase the alcohol content for a “Blackout Becky.”

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Burdick noted that a 5 percent ABV is “fairly low” and said, “some people just want to accelerate the fun.”

Becky will soon be available online through Speakeasy, an integrated directto-consumer solution for beverage alcohol brands, too.

In the meantime, Becky is available at the aforementioned retailers, bars and restaurants, as well as Loco Patron, The Porch in Arcadia and Gilbert, Sandbar in Gilbert and Chandler, and Breakfast Bitch and Pemberton in Phoenix.

“We believe it’s time for a disruption in the alcohol category,” Burdick said. “We are excited to stir the pot and hopefully change the game.”

Information: tastebecky.com

UnderTow’s pop-up at Valley Ho also serves food. The pu UnderTow’s new pop-up is themed “Best of Menus Past.” pu platter changes weekly depending on the local chef (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer) they’re working with that week.

cocktail bar, Century Grand, next door.

The experience boasts more than Tikibar inspired food and drinks, though; it also features live entertainment such as live tiki head carvings. There also is a plan to host a market highlighting local artists.

“We have a collection of Tiki artists coming and hosting pop-ups as well during this period of time,” Kailee said. “They willingly decorated the space with their totems, and those things are available for sale.”

After closing in March due to COVID-19, UnderTow reopened inside Sip in September and Century Grand followed one week later.

Instead of reopening Century Grand’s restaurant, however, the Barter & Shake

team decided they’d transform that space into UnderTow’s new home.

The pop-up was Barter & Shake’s way to keep their employees working and making money.

“Our goal was to just do our best, to be supportive and be a good employer, and find a creative way to keep them working – keep them making money so that they can continue paying their bills in the interim,” Kailee said. “Also, from a brand perspective, it makes sense for us to try to figure out a way to keep engaging with our customers.”

And it opens in March, UnderTow will not only continue to look and feel like the interior of a ship but it will also continue to

feature their Chapter 7 menu that launched just prior to their closing in March.

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What: UnderTow at Valley Ho When: Thursday–Sunday (starting 4 p.m. Thursday-Friday, starting 1 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday) through March; no pop-ups on Feb. 13, Feb. 20 or Feb. 28 Where: 6881 E. Indian School Road Cost: 90-minute reservations are $16 per person, plus tax and gratuity, credited towards drink purchases Reservations: undertowphx.com

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Macayo’s spicing things up for 75th anniversary

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ava Singam has been in the restaurant business for most of his life. But when he purchased the Macayo’s Mexican Food brand two years ago, he continued the chain’s love affair with the Valley.

“It’s a legacy brand to me,” Singam said. “You don’t see very many restaurants that have been around for 50, 75 years. This brand will really carry a lot of history down the line. Even 40 or 50 years down the line, somebody is going to look back it and try to trace its roots back to Phoenix when it opened.”

The seven-restaurant chain is celebrating its 75th anniversary on Sept.

26. However, it’s celebrating throughout 2021 by introducing new specials the 26th of each month.

“We’re honored and grateful to have been a part of families’ traditions and celebrations every day and on special occasions for 75 years,” said Singam, who owns Kind Hospitality.

“We aim to continue to be the place where people come to enjoy a traditional Mexican meal and a great experience and to provide the delicious food that people bring into their own homes for many more years to come.”

Macayo’s kicked off the milestone year with specials such as 75-cent crispy tacos. It continues with 75-cent cheese enchiladas on Feb. 26, and 75cent cheese crisps on March 26.

Those are three of the many appetizers, entrees and desserts Singam kept on the menu when he acquired the brand. The changes were more organic, he said.

“We’re not trying to change the brand,” Singam said. “The brand was around for 73 years when we picked it up. There was no need to change it.

“What we need to do is make sure that the newer generation understands what Macayo’s is all about.

That’s what we’re trying to gravitate to. The menu is the same. The recipes are the same. In fact, when we bought the brand, we took everybody on our team.”

The portions were just as important to Singam. He wanted to serve enough

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food for guests to have leftovers.

“That’s No. 1,” he said with a smile.

“When you think of Macayo’s, you think of big meals. We want to make sure they’re getting value. We made sure the plating was correct. We revisited the training manuals. We visited our stores and retrained everybody, so the service levels would be the same.”

Besides its service, Macayo’s is known for its chimichanga, which the restaurant will celebrate on September 26, National Chimichanga Day. The Chimi de Macayo ($13.99) comes with shredded beef, chicken or carnitas, and relleno sauce, crispy flour tortilla, sour cream and rice or refried beans.

Singam is planning to expand the brand this year to meet the demand for food at Macayo’s. He’s already inked a deal for a restaurant at Pima Crossing in Scottsdale. Singam is committed to opening a Macayo’s at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. He’s also considering Queen Creek, Gilbert/Chandler and Buckeye. A pandemic-era expansion is a bold move.

Expansion wasn’t his primary concern, however.

“The biggest concern for us was safety,” Singam said. “Once everybody knew that we were really being cautious about how we delivered the food and how we control the restaurant’s environment, I think folks really gravitated to us.

“I’m thankful that we had the 6,000-square-foot dining rooms because when we cut to 50% occupancy, that’s still quite a number of customers. That’s really been helping us.”

Macayo’s was helping others, too.

The staff took food to hospitals, first responders and grocery stores every day.

“Everyone appreciated what we did,” he said. Every Macayo’s delivered food for up to 20 people. I think the community has blessed us back for coming and visiting us. So, I think pivoting in so many ways was critical. But I think we pivoted toward humanistic values more than anything.”

Singam is looking forward to the September 26 anniversary. He hopes patrons will, too.

“We hope we’re going to be around for the next 75 years,” he said. “We’re just appreciating everything that our customers have done throughout the last 75 years.”

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