This trial budget still lacks a focus on the people. If you merely look at the budget tabloid published by the City, you can see the bulk of expenditures is to be spent on police...to the tune of nearly $600 MILLION! The trial budget also proposes an additional $3.7 million as if half a billion dollars is not enough. Focus should be on affordable housing, cultural activities, community-led response teams, first time homeowner programming...something to lift us up. Not the bloated Phoenix PD.
Carol A Poore PhD, President, Poore & Associates Strategic Planning and Faculty, Arizona State University
over 3 years ago
Phoenix public art is an important investment with payoffs: Placemaking for city identity, economic development, quality of life, civic pride, increased home values, community conversation. Thank you for sustaining the arts during the pandemic and with this budget. Your support of public art maintenance and arts/culture programming through our Office of Arts & Culture is leading Phoenix into a vibrant future.
With gratitude, Carol A. Poore, Ph.D.-Board Chairman, Friends of Phoenix Public Art
I would like to provide my support for funding new parks in newly developing areas. I believe that the undeveloped park on Samantha would be a benefit to the community and request it be added to the city budget this year.
This is a balanced approach by allocating funding for critical needs (homeless, mental health, etc.) while still fully funding our PD. We can accomplish both without sacrificing one or the other, and we need more services - especially in fast growing Laveen. We have been underserved for years and that needs to change. Please finally replace the vacant blighted lots here with the long-planned parks, starting with 55th Avenue and Samantha. Also, please give SW Phx back our Estrella Precinct.
This trial budget still lacks a focus on the people. If you merely look at the budget tabloid published by the City, you can see the bulk of expenditures is to be spent on police...to the tune of nearly $600 MILLION! The trial budget also proposes an additional $3.7 million as if half a billion dollars is not enough. Focus should be on affordable housing, cultural activities, community-led response teams, first time homeowner programming...something to lift us up. Not the bloated Phoenix PD.
Phoenix public art is an important investment with payoffs: Placemaking for city identity, economic development, quality of life, civic pride, increased home values, community conversation. Thank you for sustaining the arts during the pandemic and with this budget. Your support of public art maintenance and arts/culture programming through our Office of Arts & Culture is leading Phoenix into a vibrant future.
With gratitude, Carol A. Poore, Ph.D.-Board Chairman, Friends of Phoenix Public Art
I would like to provide my support for funding new parks in newly developing areas. I believe that the undeveloped park on Samantha would be a benefit to the community and request it be added to the city budget this year.
This is a balanced approach by allocating funding for critical needs (homeless, mental health, etc.) while still fully funding our PD. We can accomplish both without sacrificing one or the other, and we need more services - especially in fast growing Laveen. We have been underserved for years and that needs to change. Please finally replace the vacant blighted lots here with the long-planned parks, starting with 55th Avenue and Samantha. Also, please give SW Phx back our Estrella Precinct.