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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 01:51 pm |
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Craig wrote: http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2008/05/07/20080507gl-nwvmuseums0507cover.html
I got a better idea. Lets empty these out and put in 2 more sports bars where i can take my family 
Craig, we've missed you. Welcome back. Please, please no more sports bars; how about another nail salon?
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 06:03 am |
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Craig wrote: http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2008/05/07/20080507gl-nwvmuseums0507cover.html
I got a better idea. Lets empty these out and put in 2 more sports bars where i can take my family
Why empty them out? We could have drinks with the "kachina" dolls. 
Nice to see you around, Craig. Looking forward to seeing some new pics!
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 06:00 am |
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http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2008/05/07/20080507gl-nwvmuseums0507cover.html
I got a better idea. Lets empty these out and put in 2 more sports bars where i can take my family
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rvukanovich
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 04:58 am |
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How can the Council spend $190,000 for who knows what, and then say they can not give the staff raises that they have earned?
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 04:36 am |
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| I would like for all my tax money go to CITY services, such as police,fire etc. The non-profits should be self-sustaining. Peoria fed the Challenger operation for years. Once a non-profit learns the city (taxpayers) will subsidize them they will be back year after year. Taxpayers are smart enough to determine which non-profits they want to fund.
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spincycle
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 03:51 am |
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razenkn wrote: Spin, I have to ask ...do you never express a logical theory or a solution to a problem or support those who want what is best for the City? All we ever hear from you is negative rhetoric, and you constantly hurl nasty unfounded insults against some really fine and upstanding pillars in our community. You need to stop and think before you speak Spin, not everybody is out for themselves. Yes it is a new day in Surprise, thank God. 
Oh my! I've been admonished by the infamous "Cane Raiser"(aka-BIGGEST HYPOCRITE on this site)...
And as a matter of fact, YES, I do offer solutions and support those who are ETHICAL. I'm sorry I've found those folks few and very far between in this area.
Carry on...
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razenkn
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 02:57 am |
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Didn't Mayor Shafer award funding to WVAM when she was in office? What was she, a sugar Mama? She would laugh at that and she would laugh at you for being so ridiculous. We need to support our arts and culture venues as well as our sports venues. They are here. They bring people here. You can't throw them to the wolves after they invest in our City and say sorry, you are on your own. Even though you are a crucial element in our City's success and reputation as a diverse community, we aren't going to support you when you need us to. What kind of message is that?
Spin, I have to ask ...do you never express a logical theory or a solution to a problem or support those who want what is best for the City? All we ever hear from you is negative rhetoric, and you constantly hurl nasty unfounded insults against some really fine and upstanding pillars in our community. You need to stop and think before you speak Spin, not everybody is out for themselves. Yes it is a new day in Surprise, thank God.
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 02:30 am |
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"While the Heard has cut back hours and staff to save money, the West Valley Art Museum has signed a contract for a new development director whose role will be to reach out to the community to find additional funding (Yea, from the Surprise Sugardaddy). The museum recently signed business consultant Marianne Archibald to the job. Mayor Lyn Truitt in January recommended the city hire Archibald as a cultural director, but he failed to receive support from a council majority."
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Hmmmmmm!!!
"A New Day for Surprise"??? I think not....
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rvukanovich
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 10:39 pm |
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Razenkn said, which I assumed was addressed to me
But to try to slime without facts makes for better website fodder doesn't it Mr V?
Would you rather he didn't support them? If he didn't then you would be on here complaining about that, he can't win with you people.
Razenkn, had you read my comment you would have noticed that I made no reference to either The West Valley Art Museum or the Heard Museum.
Although I support Mayor Truitt and the Council I will address my complaint to them tomorrow night.
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 10:08 pm |
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The facts speak for themselves - Close political relationship between the WV Museum and Truitt!!
$90,000 for a Museum that has had little Surprise funding to date and now in a tight budget year Truitt is ready to open the public purse. Also in his campaign he stated he was a fiscal conservative - that's not happening.
If he were ethical - a statement that since he has had political connections with the Director and museum - it best that he abstain from the issue and let the Council decide it on the merits.
You can use slime and other cute words but you can't hide this record to date!!
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 09:36 pm |
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You forgot to mention that BOTH the Heard Museum and WVAM are requesting help.
You can investigate until your eyes bug out but you won't find anything underhanded or illegal being conducted. Mayor Truitt's support for the WVAM goes back for many, many years. He supports all of our arts and culture facilities, he campaigned on that and it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to or much effort to find that out, but you would rather try to make something sinister out of it that doesn't exist. All of that information was on his political website for ALL to see.
The WVAM has come before the City many times in years past for help.
But to try to slime without facts makes for better website fodder doesn't it Mr V?
Would you rather he didn't support them? If he didn't then you would be on here complaining about that, he can't win with you people. 
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 08:56 pm |
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Now there's a shocker...everything Truitt has done since he took office has been about personal gain and political payback. Just what has he done for Surprise? Name one thing? I'll tell ya, NOTHING! He even voted against the HOA and water issue, which is a slap in the face to the residents of Surprise.
I believe that maybe it is time to start thinking about those recall papers, June is just around the corner.
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 08:12 pm |
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Wake up to this move by our Mayor. The West Valley Art Museum has approached the City for $90,000 to cover operating costs. Facts the Director of the Museum, Conny Stover was a leader in the Truitt campaign for Mayor and the Museum hosted one of his fund raising events. Now Truitt supports the City funding their operating costs. This reeks of rampant political pay back.
A new day for Surprise? - This is another step of our Mayor's political pay off - The hiring of an assistant to the Mayor has been fully discussed with it's political pay back issues.
The support of the WV Museum's request by Truitt should be fully investigated!
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 06:56 pm |
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Bingo, pretty much true. So where's the transparency?
Long gone and nevermore?
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rvukanovich
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 05:09 am |
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The old Council did things above the table where all was seen, that got them in trouble with what they called the cave people.
This Council has honed their skills as politicians and operate under the table.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:58 pm |
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Nobody understands how this happened or the intent of the Council.
This misunderstanding if there is one, will continue until the city has a web page for questions and answers. Maybe the Mayors assistant could answer our questions and concerns on the INTERNET so all could see.
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 07:41 pm |
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No discussion on Item #10 April 24th, why? Surprise, AZ News
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Posted: Sun Apr 13th, 2008 05:38 pm |
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Was there a wrong decision made on this issue? Surprise, AZ News
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Posted: Fri Apr 4th, 2008 01:04 am |
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| A lot of what we are doing at the city center for recreation could have made a nice fix, located at Surprise Farms. Resident's were unsuccessful in their pitch to improve the park at Surprise Farms.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 03:02 am |
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If as you say the CM is Figmo, do we know who is going to be the interim CM?
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 11:36 pm |
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As they say in the military, the CM is FIGMO.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 11:24 pm |
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There is a brand new communication device on the market now called a telephone. Maybe you should pick it up and place a phone call to the CM's office. Remember, he has been on vacation and will probably be on vacation until his retirement date.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 11:14 pm |
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| They say that all emails are answered.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 10:50 pm |
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rvukanovich,
Are you going to sound the alarm every time they don't jump for another of your emails?
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 10:43 pm |
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Craig wrote 2-11-08:
I asked about closing santefe and dysart to left turns. Here is the response i recieved.
The current design is to restrict the left turn from Santa Fe on to
Dysart (southbound) for "normal" traffic. The emergency vehicles will
have full right of way and should not be impacted or forced to make
u-turns or detoured to Greenway.
If you have further questions, please contact me.
Nick
Nicholas D. Mascia, PE, PTOE
City of Surprise Development Engineer
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Posted: Tue Feb 19th, 2008 07:16 pm |
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Emailed a question to the City Manager about Santa Fe & Dysart, Feb.12th still no answer.
Surprise, AZ News
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 10:07 pm |
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Safety concerns or dirty politics
Monica Alonzo- Dunsmoor
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Consensus: Sun Citian agrees with other vendors swap-meet owner’s mistake was running for Surprise Council.
Having 5,000 to 10,000 people every Thursday night we were always doing improvements especially the volume of the music which at times was loud.
We had violations such as the exits in case of a fire, they were, as other violations always corrected. City Department heads told me to operate the business as I was until I ran for the City Council when they arrested me without any warning.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 08:40 pm |
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Vukanovich wrote...
The city had me shackled and thrown in jail in the hope that I would not be elected.
Why don't you tell people the real reason why you were arrested?
Just like every other story on here, there are always two sides.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11th, 2008 06:05 pm |
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I asked about closing santefe and dysart to left turns. Here is the response i recieved.
The current design is to restrict the left turn from Santa Fe on to
Dysart (southbound) for "normal" traffic. The emergency vehicles will
have full right of way and should not be impacted or forced to make
u-turns or detoured to Greenway.
If you have further questions, please contact me.
Nick
Nicholas D. Mascia, PE, PTOE
City of Surprise Development Engineer
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Posted: Sun Feb 10th, 2008 03:31 pm |
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You haven’t seen anything yet, wait until you see want they want to do in the original square mile.
Having lived and having a business in the original square mile of the City of Surprise I was always concerned and active about its development by serving on the Planning and Zoning Board.
I decided to run for the position with the city council when I perceived what the City plans were for the square mile which I and others thought were wrong, that was why I believe that I was elected.
The city had me shackled and thrown in jail in the hope that I would not be elected.
They then waited 3 years to recall me after by redistricting I was out of the area that I was elected in.
A good example of the city policy and plans for this area was by forcing a recycling business to close its doors after being there for over 25 years.
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Posted: Sun Feb 10th, 2008 12:45 pm |
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Ok i dont know how to load 2 attachments.
What impact will it have on station 301 in accessing grand ave when emergencey calls are responded to in the area ?
Attachment: santafedrdysart.pdf (Downloaded 8 times) Last edited on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 01:55 pm by Craig
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Posted: Sun Feb 10th, 2008 12:38 pm |
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| Well i went back and read it. It calls for a pernenant elimination of the left turn from santafe to southbound dysart. I dont drive there is that going to be an issue? Attachment: BNSFdysart.pdf (Downloaded 4 times) Last edited on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 12:45 pm by Craig
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Posted: Sat Feb 9th, 2008 06:00 pm |
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It is hard to believe that this Council would put a consent Item on the Jan. 14th meeting that would have a huge impact on the people living North of Grand, East of Dysart including the business's located in that area.
The item that I am referring to is Item #4 going West on Sant Fe, there will be no left turn on Dysart, where will they go?
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 10:42 am |
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| As i said before the previous council hired that lawyer and he outlined the problems with the policy. They should start there. Not hire another person to review them. Fix the problems they already know they have.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 10:42 am |
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| As i said before the previous council hired that lawyer and he outlined the problems with the policy. They should start there. Not hire another person to review them. Fix the problems they already know they have.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 03:22 am |
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rvukanovich wrote: They should of voted whether or not the City Manager was to hire an auditor, this was quite specific.
I believed that Councilman Alton was on the right track but Joe Johnson made it a ethics isuue only.
I believe the action they took should have been on an agenda item at a later meeting.
These are just your opinons Bob, obviously not the current council. There are seven people on there making decisions, sorry they didn't do what you wanted, but that is what happens when you aren't on the council. Nobody will agree with them every time, and they probably won't agree with each other every time, that's life.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 02:47 am |
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They should of voted whether or not the City Manager was to hire an auditor, this was quite specific.
I believed that Councilman Alton was on the right track but Joe Johnson made it a ethics isuue only.
I believe the action they took should have been on an agenda item at a later meeting.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 02:23 am |
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| You say you dont think they did this correctly. Could you please provide what you think should have been done ? It would be a big help.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 02:14 am |
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By not taking action on an agenda item and then later modifying the item to support their actions.
Complete story at Surprise, AZ News
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