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Sissoo tree battle lines drawn in Scottsdale neighborhood BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
BUSINESS ................. 23 Scottsdale ranch raises A-list horses.
ARTS ............................... 26 Artist adds tast dimension to new Old Town gallery.
FOOD ............................... 31 He pioneers two eateries under one roof.
NEIGHBORS .............................................21 BUSINESS .................................................23 ARTS .............................................26 FOOD ............................................ 31 CLASSIFIEDS ................................34
Sunday, September 11, 2022
T
he battle of the Sissoo trees in the upscale Arcadia at Silverleaf neighborhood has escalated into a court battle. Tom LaPorte, a homeowner in the neighborhood, which is part of the larger DC
No Miller Road sound wall, city tells neighbors
Ranch subdivision, has �iled a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against the homeowner’s association for its efforts to get rid of the trees. Sissoo trees grow relatively quickly and provide lots of shade with their large canopies, but their roots aggressively seek water and are pushing up sidewalks and
Lest we forget
breaking pipes. The HOA has begun offering reimbursements to residents who remove the trees in the strip of land between the sidewalk and the street in front of their homes. That didn’t sit well with LaPorte, who has
see SISSOO page 8
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
H
omeowners near the controversial Miller Road extension between Pinnacle Peak and Happy Valley roads still aren’t getting the sound mitigation wall they want. They requested to no avail another sound study, which they feel would justify a wall, during the city’s Development Review Board meeting Aug. 8. If they can’t get a new sound wall built, homeowners would at least like the wall around their subdivision doubled in height to 6 feet. Timothy La Sota, an attorney hired by the
see MILLER page 6
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As the nation today marks the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in an airliner that crashed in Pennsylvania, local volunteers are concluding a three-day memorial at Tempe Beach Park that will wrap up with a reading of all 3,000 victims’ names at 6 p.m. today. (Special to the Progress)
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