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Scottsdale's most expensive house is under construction.
Barry Graham
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Daniel Ishac
Kathy Littlefield
Concert by candlelight coming to Scottsdale.
Raoul Zubia
Solange Whitehead
Tim Stratton
Council candidates debate Scottsdale issues BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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Pamela Carter
Sunday, June 19, 2022
T
he seven candidates running for three Scottsdale City Council seats in the Aug. 2 election discussed their positions on a variety of local issues during a 90-minute debate at the Scottsdale Methodist Church June 14. Approximately 200 people turned out for
the event sponsored by HonorHealth, SRP, the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce. Scottsdale United Methodist Church and the Scottsdale Progress and The questions were a mix of ones requiring the candidates to provide detail on their positions on seven major issues while others sought only very brief responses. Among the latter was a question on whether they favored. Five candidates flatly
rejected the idea while Barry Graham and Tim Stratton suggested the decision should be made by the voters. A video of the forum can be viewed at scottsdalechamber.com. Here are the candidates and issues: Growth vs. limited water resources Pamela Carter said, “I want to keep our aquifers full and I know there is a lot of con-
dale Fire Department Community Wildfire Mitigation Coordinator Dave Ramirez. The preserve is in its most delicate state right now and the mission is clear: “We want to keep it intact because once it burns, it’s just never the same,” Ramirez said. That is why crews have been working since January to mitigate fire risks in the 30,000-acre site, taking a multi-pronged
approach toward fire mitigation. First, Scottsdale has received state and county grants to reduce brush and other vegetation in targeted areas to reduce the threat of wildfires starting and provide defensible spaces that can slow the spread of a fire. Attention has been focused along road-
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Officials warily monitor Preserve’s tinderbox condition
FOOD............................... 34 Local restaurant aims for drink, food legacy.
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BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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fter the hot, dry spring, wouldn’t take much to start a catastrophic fire in Scottsdale’s beloved McDowell Sonoran Preserve, Preserve and fire officials here say. “It’s possible we could lose almost the entire preserve in one burn,” said Scotts-
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