Cave
Creek's destiny ... out of control
Creekers,
it’s time to get your heads out of
the sand.
For
the past two years our town manager
and four councilmen have been working
diligently to destroy the Cave Creek
we know and love. Sure, all you hear
from the town manager and his political
entourage (including the Sonoran News)
is how wonderful they are because
they will buy the water company and
preserve land so “Cave Creek can control
its destiny.” Ha! Cave Creek’s destiny
is already out of control.
What
they don’t tell you about is their
hypocrisy in wasting an unconscionable
amount of water by allowing the planning
department to sneak through a “family
water playground with lazy (floating)
river and slide” (quoting http://www.cavecreekresortcasitas.com/)
on Schoolhouse Road. The slide is
explicitly prohibited by Cave Creek’s
zoning code.
What
they don’t tell you about is the desert
that’s being destroyed without reason
and without permits while the planning
department looks the other way. They
don’t tell you about the daffy definitions
concocted by the planning department
in order to allow structures that
defy Cave Creek’s building codes–and
common sense, such as calling the
second stories at Stagecoach Village
“mezzanines” even though there are
no third stories, in order to circumvent
Stagecoach Village’s council‑approved
building stipulation that prohibits
two or more stories.
If
Creekers are to have any hope of preserving
not just land, but Cave Creek itself–our
heritage and lifestyle–we must vote
for Lopez, Meeth, Miller and Moore
because they are the only candidates
who go beyond just acknowledging Cave
Creek’s growth‑related issues.
They care about how these issues affect
residents’ lives. They will demand
a balance between the town’s growth
and fiscal health and our quality
of life.
In
contrast, the four other candidates
have documented records of scoffing
at residents’ concerns
and voting against residents in order
to gratify a handful of business owners
and commercial
developers.
So
please vote for, and only for, Lopez,
Meeth, Miller and Moore to ensure
they win the election.
Patrick
O’Brien
Cave
Creek
