Bob Worsley - "Everywhere" On YouTube

Bob Worsley has a new YouTube video out titled Bob Worsley - "Everywhere" and I have to ask the question, "What is it suppose to tell us?" Watch the video and then I will give you my thoughts.



Now I ask again. What is Bob Worsley trying to tell us in this video? That he is everywhere? So what. Where cares if he is down by the river, or in the middle of the desert or in the car wash. He still isn't telling Mesa voters what his plans to do down at the legislature, how he would balance the budget, protect Mesa voters from the crimes and death committed by illegals.

I want to know his understanding to the constitution, states rights, gun control, education, taxes and a whole lot of other issues. I could care less about him being everywhere. I've been to everyplace he has and so what, so has Russell Pearce.

Little giggles and song may sell items on airplanes, on websites and shopping malls but it doesn't get legislation done.

One other thing, who cares if the Phoenix Chambers of Commerce supports you, that is Phoenix not Mesa.

Get real Bob Worsley, talk about the issues not that you have been everywhere!

Mesa Public School Wants $250 Million From You!

Mesa Public Schools $250 Million Bonds

As reported in the East Valley Tribune, Mesa Public Schools or MPS is looking to hit Mesa's residents with a $250 million bond package for maintenance and repairs. That is Maintenance and repair for it's 87 campuses. If approved by voters, the bonds will be paid back with a tax levied on
on real estate, in other words your home.

Over the years Mesa residents have approved bond package after bond package after bond package. As a result Mesa Public Schools have become dependent on your taxes to sustain themselves. When they are short on money they go to the public trough to cover the shortfall, knowing darn well that you the public will always fund education with out question. Why because they kow we want what ia best for your kids. They play on our emotions.This is not an emotional issue.

While there my be a need for bonds and I do believe they have a purpose, I do not believe that they should be used for maintenance and repairs. If you are going to use credit (bonds) it should be used for something that outlives the payback period and returns something to you.

So before you vote to approve the bonds ask yourself and ask Mesa Public schools these simple questions. 1) What is the money going to be used for? 2) Whats the expected life of the item? 3) What is the payback period and will the item out live the payback period? If the answer to the last question is "NO" then the
vote on the bonds should be "NO"

Think before you vote. Ask yourself would I do the same with my on money?

Mesa Public Schools Wants You & Me To Digger A Little Deeper Into Our Pockets.

Mesa Public Schools is ready to ask the already struggling residents of Mesa to dig a little deeper into their pockets to the tune of $250 million dollars. I don't know about you, but I certainly don't have much more room to dig. I'm afraid the next swing of the pick and I will go right through my pockets.

Of the last bond package which the school did in 2005 which was 212 million dollars, they are going to use the last remaining 1.9 million dollars to demolish the old Mesa Junior High. Something about using bond money for demolition of a school strikes me as kind of funny, it just doesn't feel right to use tax payer money to destroy rather than to build.

MPS says they need the money to make repairs to buildings and to upgrade the technology at the schools. I have a problem with that on a couple of fronts. First the bond repayment period will extend beyond the useful life of the technology and upgrades they will be buying. That is just bad money management, rule #1 of good money management is that the item you finance should give a return beyond the finance period and not by just one year. Technology is basically technology is obsolete after a couple of years not 20 or 30 years.

Next why is Mesa Schools using bond money for maintenance? I would think that a well planned out budget for Mesa Public Schools would included a line item for long term maintenance. Did someone forget to add a line item for that? If they did the budget director should be fired.

For years Mesa Public Schools has played loose with tax payer money and now it is time to Mesa residents to say NO to this next round of bonds. Let the economy recover and let me and you find a job before you stick it to us again.

West Mesa CDC - What Is It Doing?

One of the organizations established by Dave Richins, a sitting City of Mesa council member, is the West Mesa Community Development Corporation (WMCDC). The WMCDC is an offshoot of Mesa Grande Community Alliance which is made up of neighbors in far Northwest corner of Mesa Arizona.

The Mesa Grande Community Alliance was originally established to create a collaborative visions which would go beyond what one party could do in dealing with issues in West Mesa. The organization had no funding and the City of Mesa would not just hand over funds to them. They created along with Dave Richins a community development corporation which could apply for tax payer funds to promote and do projects in West Mesa. Dave Richins was the first executive director for WMCDC and was compensated nicely to the tune $85,000 during his last year as director, that was before he ran and won a seat on the Mesa City Council.

Dave Richins for the most part did a great job running the CDC and when he left, it was in good shape. It was renting space from Banner Hospital for a $1.00 and then re-renting space it didn't need to others and covering it's operating cost. However the new executive director, the board of the CDC brought in, Jo Ellen McNamara, ran the organization into the ground. She didn't file timely reports, ran off the tenants, and almost cost the organization funding, besides turning off residents. The board of directors realized what was going on but did nothing to fix the problems.

Greedy Mesa Unions & City Staff

Greedy City of Mesa Unions and staff what their hands on $5,000,000 that the city has been able to save, the Arizona Republic is reporting.

While the rest of Mesa residents suffer to stay afloat, pay their bills and keep food on the table, those who work for the city want to eat stake while the rest of us eat beans.

It is not right for city employees to be getting raises on the backs of taxpayer when the rest of us are suffering. To give them a pay raise is a slap in the face to Mesa residents. If their is a saving it should go back those of use who pay taxes or go to pay down the bonds Mesa has.

Call your councilman and tell him not to spend the money but to give it back to the taxpayer.