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Sunday, December 15, 2019
Will public decide Southbridge Two’s fate? BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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ollowing Scottsdale City Council’s narrow approval of the Southbridge Two redevelopment on Dec. 4, a local political action committee made good on its threat to continue fighting the project. The Committee for the Preservation of Old Town Scottsdale submitted paperwork to the city on Dec. 5 to begin the referendum process and potentially put the issue before
Scottsdale voters. The developer fired back with his own proposal if the PAC drops its fight. Members of the PAC argued the council majority did not adequately consider the negative affects the new development would have on existing shop owners in the area. “We are disappointed with Mayor Lane and Councilwoman Klapp’s vote and their bizarre reasoning for supporting such an inappropriate project that will kill off Old Town,” said Lamar Whitmer, a longtime
Scottsdale political consultant working with the group. Property owner Janet Wilson, who chairs the PAC, said she thinks the project is too tall and will damage 5th Avenues existing character, driving away longtime tourists and putting existing retailers out of business. “I guess the council didn’t take into effect how many lives they are destroying,” Wilson said.
Scottsdale police, A home run, always civilians ‘Ring’ in crime together
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BY JIM WALSH Progress Staff Writer
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doorbell never made as many friends and enemies, but then again, The Ring is far from the ordinary lighted button with chimes. Ring videotapes people walking up to your front door – some of whom might be up to no good. And at a time when Christmas online shoppers are expecting packages, Ring has become a new crime-fighting tool for Scottsdale and many other Valley cities. Scottsdale police actually have two camera programs, CamerEyes and Ring, working in tandem with each other and use some similar principals. “It’s all voluntary on both sides,’’ said
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