Inside Mesa

As a senior citizen of Mesa, I don’t believe seniors as a whole want to avoid being part of Mesa’s future. Seniors are a valuable, knowledgeable, and an integral part of the city; contributing in many ways. I enjoy supporting our youth, our young families, and our workforce; possessing and learning about all the new skills, technology, and knowledge that will carry us into tomorrow. Unfortunately, we and the community as a whole, are not always fully informed, have inadequate information, and can make decisions without all the facts. Especially when it comes to our city government.Schools, teachers, bonds, transportation, city employees, public safety, business, parks, etc. are needed for a city to survive. Listening to those that throw out facts and figures about our city budget, bits and pieces of what was spent and where it was spent in a negative way, only fosters misunderstanding and incorrect information. It takes time to gather facts good sources to get the full picture; it’s the prudent thing to do. When I was a young mother raising my children others contributed toward providing services to help me with my responsibilities. Schools and teachers to educate my kids, provision of a safe community with adequate fire and police, helping to educate me when my home was broken into in making it safer, parks that were safe and clean, libraries, having choices of where to shop and a safe way to get there. Having to go to work as a single mom I looked forward to that pay raise or bonus to buy clothes for my children, put food on the table, and be able to treat them to a movie or restaurant occasionally..We’re all in it together. Our Mayor, most of our City Council, and members made up by many citizens studied the issue of revenue for our city. These are all reasonable people, honest people, looking at the needs of our city as a whole; and they all had the facts before them. We don’t, I happen to trust the outcome of these long months of study. If we want to have a city we can live and work in without worrying about tomorrow, we now have a voice in the matter, a vote. I don’t know how anyone could really think that this many people would not have our best interest in mind. Now that seems unreasonable and makes me wonder why.