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Sunday, August 29, 2021
Council majority demands more Old Town study BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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evelopment in Scottsdale’s Old Town district is leaching away the neighborhood’s identity, according to Mayor David Ortega. That is why he asked city staff Aug. 24 to review the Old Town Area Character Plan.
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Council agreed, too, voting 5-2 to support his request “You don’t have to look far in the Old Town Character Area Plan – in fact it’s page 4," Ortega said. "The executive summary states, ‘Achieve the city’s vision of a dynamic city center which recognizes its western heritage while boldly looking to its metropolitan future.’ It’s right there, page 4: ‘metropolitan future.’”
“However, most residents came to Scottsdale to leave the metropolitan past. They didn’t come to Scottsdale to recreate a metropolis here,” Ortega said. “We’re not interested, I’m not interested in looking into a metropolitan future.” He noted five of the seven council mem-
see DOWNTOWN page 6
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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t’s been a rough start to the year in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Neo-nazi comic books were found by staff on the Chaparral High School campus three times over the first two weeks of school. The material was removed in the mornings before students entered campus. Then a woman was arrested after trying to sneak past police while attempting to gain access to a SUSD Governing Board meeting room during the Aug. 17 special meeting, according to board President Jann-Michael Greenburg. That meeting was held virtually
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So many people showed up to voice their opinions on masks at the Aug. 24 Scottsdale Unified Governing Board meeting that many ended up waiting outside just to get into an auxiliary room reserved for speakers. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
but the woman believed the meeting was being held live. “That individual does not live in our community. She’s not a parent in our community but I think that shows the scope of what is
going on here,” Greenburg said during the board’s regularly scheduled meeting Aug. 24. Also, there were protests at Cocopah
see MASKS page 12
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