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NEWS................................... 4 City treasurer sued for racial discrimination.
NEIGHBORS.................. 17 Scottsdale couple ministers to India's poorest.
FOOD .............................. 24 ZuZu beertender dishes on suds.
NEIGHBORS .........................15 OPINION ...............................19 BUSINESS .............................20
ARTS .................................... 22 FOOD & DRINK...................24 CLASSIFIEDS .......................28
That's how this trolley rolls / P. 18
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Co-op members question board’s big spending BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
W
hen a resident of the Scottsdale East Homes co-op stepped outside of his front door on the morning of July 25 to ask workers why they were tearing up his sidewalk, they told him to go inside or they would call the police. Dennis, who only gave his first name, went back inside and minutes later Scottsdale Police officers showed up. The confrontation is the latest in a year-
Kids in crisis, not enough help
long conflict between some members at the co-op and Peterson Plumbing, a company contracted by the board to conduct wideranging repairs throughout the 283-member community. Residents are crying foul after the community’s board spent nearly $800,000 — with plans to spend millions more — on preventative maintenance and sewage line repairs performed by Peterson. A number of members of the cooperative have questioned whether the repairs were necessary and challenged the board’s au-
Ahhh, school!
thority to spend the money in the first place. Housing cooperatives differ from traditional condominiums in that owners, or members, do not own a specific unit. Rather, members own shares in the overarching corporation that owns the entire property and occupy specific units as outlined in an occupancy agreement. Member Matt Stobs said residents last year were told a catastrophic sewer line collapse had caused backups in some units and
see CO-OP page 8
BY CECILIA CHAN Progress Staff Writer
S
cottsdale — like the rest of the country — is seeing skyrocketing mental health diagnoses among children and adolescents in emergency departments. The problem is exacerbated by a shortage of professionals to deal with them — adding to the anxiety of parents who try to help their children. ER visits “for kids who come in for complaints of suicide and behavioral problems in the past 10 years continue to increase,” said Dr. Randall Ricardi, chief of psychiatry at Phoenix Children’s. “Partly, (population) growth is a driver and also I think better recognition of disorders in kids and adolescents and as a result more people come forward for care,”
see MENTAL HEALTH page 10
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