Zip code envy

Having lived Phoenix/Cave Creek, or is it Cave Creek/ Phoenix, for almost 50 years, I’ve followed the zip code controversy as long as I can.

First it was Brennan and then Gary Kiernan, a so‑called Realtor telling the city council he has clients that don’t even know what city they live in. What has he been smoking? The first day I moved in I called the City of Phoenix for water service.

Then there is John Dey. He stated last week, “There is a definite lifestyle and property type usage difference between Cave Creek and the subdivision area of 85331.”

He doesn’t have clue. But I admit he is right.

I have over 100 desert trees in my front yard, three waterfalls, three bridges, and a larger koi pond. I have City of Phoenix water that’s not going to go bankrupt trying to expand outside their area. I have twice‑a‑week garbage pickup, City of Phoenix fire protection, uncontained trash pickup every 90 days, and City of Phoenix police protection–and I don’t have to rely on Papa Joe’s goons. I’m zoned for horses but do not have any.

Please give me my own zip code. Then when I need a service technician, they will stop wandering around Cave Creek looking for my little subdivision.

Jimmie Dixon
Cave Creek