District 3 City Council Debate

Published: August 9, 2007, 2:09 am

Soft ball forum Much like the District 1 “debate” last evening, the District 3 meeting was not a debate, but rather a forum. It, too, was sponsored by the Valley Citizens League, the ASU School of Public Affairs and the Arizona Republic. The moderator was a toned-down, Richard de Uriarte, editorial writer for the Republic. Wednesday's panel of questioners were Hal DeKeyser, an opinion editor, columnist and publisher with several news organizations, Brad Fergus of ASU's KAET Channel 8, and Elvia Diaz, an assistant city editor for the Arizona Republic. Pete Gorraiz, President of the Phoenix Firefighters Association, opened the forum giving reasons to support Prop.1, which increases the sales tax to hire more police and firefighters. There was no opposing position given. A vote for Prop. 3, innocuously called Home Rule authorizes expansion of taxing authority and was described as being in the interest of our future. It was an astonishing surprise to have

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