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Dear Newsgroups, readers, and writers:

Just to let you and friends know Watchdogs..., We the civic-involved-citizens, took a stand with STOP and exercised our rights to free speech, and assembly against Phoenix AZ Mayor Phil Gordon on Saturday February 4, 2006 in North Phoenix, AZ.

Arizonans protesting "ENRON-type" accounting schemes perpetrated by Phoenix officials and corporations for a proposed bond scheme that is immoral, a violation of the public trust, and in the very least a looting of public revenues.

Maricopa County, and Phoenix cannot afford "ENRON" antics, a grandiose profiteering by local corporations, and politrikins'. Recently Maricopa County re-assessed all property by a 23%, an increased assessed property value.

This assessment does increase property taxes, yet the bond promoters just say, "no new taxes". Not only is this a matter of money, but essential services and housing of the elderly and poor will be cut because of this bond.

In the past year alone 2005, the City of Phoenix displaced elderly and poor in (3) establishments: (70) elderly long-term residents were evicted from a Madison Street hotel to the concrete sidewalks, (40) working poor from another downtown hotel, and (167+) poor families, elderly, disabled, and children were tossed on Phoenix concrete sidewalks to make way for profiteers and economic developement. It is no wonder Donald the Trump himself wanted a piece of this playing table...which was later obstructd by Phoenix stake-holder, the tax-payers.

Inclusive to this bond building-mania, will be further displacement of elderly, and disabled. Also according to reports, more than (100) residents of the downtown Westward HO are marked for displacement from their housing too. Will they also be moved next to hot conrete sidewalks, by the local, and state government as the others victims of redevelopement?

This bond and project will cost a fortune to be paid by future generations, and people will be left in harm's way; our aged parents, relatives, and friends, dis-advantaged children, and the un-employed victims of socio-economic injustice.

According to a recent report, there are (14,000) displaced people living in the streets of Phoenix, the capital city of Arizona. This is a staggering number, and has not been ignored by by a national group that identified Phoenix, on it's "most mean streets" in America list.

Mayor Phil Gordon's tagline is he's " building a dynamic city" ... but at who's expense, and for who's benefit?

Watchdog for Public Official Predators
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