Change is comming to Buckeye

We have lived in Buckeye for five years now and over that time; We have come to realize this town is in trouble. This trouble does not stem from the economy or the citizens who reside here. It is the town’s management and some of its elected officials.

Buckeye needs real change, which can only come from slowly changing the make-up of our town’s officials. With the upcoming election for district s 4, 5 and 6, residents will have the ability to begin the change process.

We recommend the citizens of this town make sure they VOTE. Through my research and conversations with the newer candidates, I have concluded there is new blood in the ranks who seem to have vision, experience, ethics, morals and who are not part of the old network.

In District 4, We favor Raymond Strauss who is a Senior Pastor for The Church of Sun Valley and a father of three children. During my conversation with him, I found that he is a person of high morals, and very committed. This type of character is just what the council needs.

In District 5, We are extremely impressed with Larry Miller. He brings years of financial experience to the council, which is not present today. He is a CPA and has experience as a Municipal Auditor.

Now for District 6: This was a tough one to call because of the recent press involving Councilman Rioux. However, candidate Osborn would be a developer by day and a councilperson by night, in addition to the Mayor grooming him for over a year concerned me. Therefore, we recommend Rioux because his record as a councilperson clearly demonstrates he has nothing but good intentions for this town. Buckeye do not be emotional, Vote Rioux!

WAITING AND READY TO LISTEN!

As a follow up to the previous from August 25, 2009 regarding the planned QT Truck Stop for Miller Rd. Below you will see a picture of the proposed plan to build out a 2nd motel (Best Western), Mexican Restaurant and the QT Truck Stop.Below is an up date:

All 6 council men and women have been contacted by e-mail and phone with the following reasonable request:

"Hope that this e-mail finds you well and in good spirits as the summer is coming to and end pretty soon. The reason form y communication is to ask what your position is regarding the proposed "Quick Trip Truck Stop" that is being planned and submitted for approvals of the Town. Please see attached a copy of a draft of a traffic study by the developer. My questions for you are the following:

1. How will this project affect the communities on Miller Road?

2. How does this project fall in harmony with the work the We Are Buckeye People just completed? How does it fall in harmony with the 5 year strategic plan for the Town?

As a town representative we would like to know your opinion on this matter and would appreciate your response."

As of Saturday, September 5, 2009, Only one has responded the question, one other said he needed more time and all the rest have not been heard form.

The following is the current summary on the response form our Town representatives:

Brian McAchran, District 1- Responded!! Thank YOU!!!

To answer your questions, at this time, I have no position on the proposed “Quick Trip”. The project is being dealt with by town staff, which I have complete faith in. If, or when, the project is approved by town staff, the project will then be presented to the development board for its approval. During the presentation to the development board, there will be a public hearing for input of concerns, and the developer will be in attendance to answer questions/concerns about the project. If, or when, the project is approved by the development board, the project will be presented to the Buckeye Town Council. During this presentation, there will be another public hearing for input of concerns, and again, the developer will be in attendance to answer questions. At this time, with all the information in place, the council will approve, or disapprove of the project.

At this time, the project is in its infancy and it would not be prudent for me to form a position on the project prior to the final form being known.

With that said, my only position with this project, along with any other project on North Miller Road, is traffic issues. These are issues that Buckeye has been working on for some time and there are several solutions being realized.

Robert Garza, District 2 - No response (AWOL)

Elaine May, District 3 - Against! (Firm!) -
"This is the time to call and complain against this project!"

David Hardesty, District 4 - No response (AWOL)

Robert Doster, District 5 - No Response (AWOL)

Dave Rioux, District 6 - No response (AWOL)

We thank Vice Mayor May!
Thank you Brian McAchran!
We Thank them for their availability and willingness to interact
and discuss the concerns brought before them.

Thank you for serving the residents of the Town of Buckeye!

We will continue to wait and wait and wait for their responses but as you can see, we don't have a very responsive group of leaders. Our Towns "public servants" are out some where...hope they are doing OK!

Elections have consequences.

Do something! Get Involved!

Go to the Town's web site and fill out the community complaint form and let your voice be heard or call your council representative and let them know what you want!

Tell them in a very simple and clear way:

"We do not want another truck stop!!!!"

Jorge Buckeye Citizen
jfcfabb@gmail.com

PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD! BUCKEYE!

A great shout out of gratitude goes to all the volunteers and participants who joined together to review the information that the We Are Buckeye group has been working on. Several of us here at Citizens For A Better Buckeye were educated by the type of questions, concerns and needs exist in the different districts. There much to be done and in the very near future we will dedicate a blog just to highlight the notes we took at the various district meetings we participated for your review.

The purpose of this blog is to echo the concerns of the residents of the various communities that are connected to the Miller Road artery. An anonymous resident sent us a letter of concern regarding the plans to build a second truck stop right next to the Love’s truck stop and gas station. (Click here) (Coming Soon).

As we look deeper into this situation the concern we now have increases daily.

We met with Buckeye Mayor, Jackie Meck on August 19, 2009 and he was not reserved about his disapproval for the idea of a second truck stop on Miller Road and the possibility of a second motel.

“If they do not plan for a three to four story motel then we will not approve it.”

“I inherited that pathetic mess and I am not going to make it worse.”

“We are going to ask them for many requirements and traffic studies that are very expensive before we approve it.”

We also met with Mr. Steve Cleveland, Town Manager, we asked him the same question but he stuck to the text book response;

“the Town is aware of the plans and they are under review.”

and would not comment on his position the project.

In a follow up e-mail we thanked the mayor by expressing our gratitude for "watching our backs on this" (the town manager was included), the mayor responded by mentioning the following:

"Thank you for the letter.

Staff is considering the traffic problem and how to solve it."

We immediately called the Director of Community Development (several times) which resulted in a voice-mail message. After my persistence, my number was deferred to the owner of the property. I have been in communications with Mr. Pat Mahoney. He has provided us with a draft copy of the traffic study for this project. Once I saw it. I was shocked and had to take 48 hours to collect my thoughts and calm my deep my frustration. If you want to view the Traffic Report be prepared to be upset

-----> (Click here ) (Coming Soon)

Mr. Pat Mahoney add the following statement:

"We feel very strongly that QT's use will have a very beneficial effect to the immediate residential and commercial area; not only due to the manner by which they will cause every other commercial user to "raise the bar" in terms of their level of service to their customers; but also because of the significant amount of street improvements that will serve to help mitigate the traffic problems already existing in this area today."

Please take a look at the proposed plans in the document provided by Mr. Mahoney.

Do you believe that two way lanes with center dividers will make Miller Road safer than it already is with double the amount of trucks?

This development is so much larger than just another truck stop. There are plans for another motel, a Mexican restaurant, some retail and the huge truck stop.

APS employees have confirmed that there is a request to begin the electrical grid to start building the Motel. It is amazing but how do you get moving on a project with out the approval of the town?

This project has activity in motion already and its picking up speed. We take issue with this development and planned businesses located on Miller Road.

Below are the issues we contend with the developer and the Town of Buckeye:

Issue # 1

Why on MIller Road? Why not Jack Rabbit Trail? Why not Sun Valley Parkway? Why not by the SR8 junction with the I-10? Why Miller Road where we already have a TRUCK STOP???? Does not make sense!!!

Issue #2

Traffic safety will not be guaranteed by the amount of traffic of truck this stop will generate. We do not need more truck traffic in this intersection.

Issue # 3

By allowing the proposed construction project to be approved and built, how much tax revenue will it bring in to make up the $200,000,000 deficit the town is in? By banking on this tax revenue, will other revenues be impacted in a negative way? Most probably yes!

Issue # 4

How does this development fall in line with the 5 year strategic plan the We Are Buckeye group is driving down our throats? Can the Town follow its own plan?

Issues # 5

How will this development affect the residential properties in the near by communities? Currently residential properties in along the Miller Road corridor are valued between $50,000 to 150,000. These homes have lost value between 60 to 70% of their original sales price. How will this truck stop help regain some property value for residents? Also consider a decrease in property value also affects the potential for tax property revenues. Property taxes also affect school revenue.

Issue #6

Truck stop crime will be more prevalent in our Town. Here is an example of what can become of our town:

Violent Crimes:

Here is sample of what we can see added to our rich culture!

Truck Stop Murder: (Click Here)
More Crime at Truck Stop: (Click Here)
AZ Crimes: (Click Here)

Issue # 7

Prostitution: Quick Trip will take on a whole new meaning!

Prostitution at Truck Stops: (Click Here)


Issue # 8

What a great image we will have for everyone to see as they get off the freeway and drive down to the old town!!!

What can we do?

Plenty!!

Call, e-mail and write letters to the following people and let them know what you think about the impending development that will affect us all in a negative way!

• Mayor Meck, Councilman/woman: McAchran, Garza, Rioux, May, Hardesty and Dotster. (ANY OR ALL OF THE ABOVE CLICK HERE!)


• Call your HOA and ask them to do something! Put your HOA fees to work for you!!!


• Call the Buckeye elementary school district and ask them what they think and what they will do about it? ----->(Click Here)
  

The RESIDENTS of Buckeye have the power
to make what Buckeye will become.
All that needs to happen is that we all get involved.

Please let us know here at CFABB
what you think and if you have suggestions.

jfcfabb@gmail.com
cfabb.main@gmail.com
623-308-4470

Thank you for stopping by and checking things out!

Jorge Buckeye Citizen

Your Opinion Counts Part 1 Survey Results

To view "Your Opinion Counts Part 1" survey results, please Click Here.

Buckeye Citizens share their opinions

First we want to thank all who participated in the first three of many upcoming surveys to be hosted by CFABB. Over the last three weeks we had 183 residents take part in three surveys. We are very excited by the response and anticipate the participation to continue to grow over time. We would also like to thank the 16 individuals who have volunteered to assist us with the upcoming elections and community meetings which will be announced very soon. As a result of the many requests to share the results of these surveys, we have decided to make them available to the public via this blog and on our new website which will soon be launched. To view the survey results for the first week please CLICK HERE.

We will make results for the other two surveys available over the next few days. We will continue to host all results of future surveys on our new website once it is available.

Over the past three weeks multiple volunteers of CFABB have attended the "We are Buckeye" town meetings for districts 1, 2 and 4 to observe and understanding what they are all about. Though local media has reported attendance was good we saw something completely different. The first meeting for "District 2" was reported to have over forty residents in attendance. I guess this could be considered true if you count town management, appointed officials and media as part of the audience. This case has also been noted at all the meetings so far. The actual attendance in all three meetings consisted of the following.

District 2: 18 Residents
District 1: 8 Residents
District 4: 59 Festival Ranch Resident / Tartesso

The volunteers for this group are dedicated and we believe they really want to do something good for Buckeye. We feel the problem is they are misguided and mismanaged. As a result they are not collecting true input from the residents. We support their ideas and intent, we just feel they are not going about it in the right fashion. A five year strategic plan should be something that creates a road map for growth, community diversity, commercial development and many other ares to make our town whole as well as self supporting.

This being the case, why the rush?

It is the intent of CFABB to be a recognized as an organization consisting of residents from all over Buckeye which would be comprised of businesses, H.O.A's, schools, residents and so on. We would like to help develop better communications to the town through developing subcommittees who communicate directly the various agencies in town i.e. Mayor, Council members, town management, social services, fire and police. Through this direct communication issues, concerns and needs could be dealt with quicker as well as present other unknown concerns that in turn could be better dealt with through future planning.

We are hopeful that many will see we have presented valid concerns. We are hopeful that we will be able to work side by side with other organizations like We are Buckeye and the town. We will continue to work with all residents both new and old. Lastly...we will never lose site of our primary mission "Citizens for a better Buckeye"

As always if you would like to get involved or have any questions, comments or concerns please direct them to us via email at CFABB.main@gmail.com.

Your Opinion Counts Part 2

Please take a moment and click on the following link to complete our latest survey "Your Opinion Counts Part Two ~ 07/26/2009".

If you would like to recieve prior and present survey response data, please send an email requesting these results. Send your email to CFABB.main@gmail.com.

Again thank you for taking part in our surveys.

Your Opinion Counts

Please take a moment and click on the following link to complete our latest survey "Your Opinion Counts Part One ~ 07/18/2009".

If you would like to recieve prior and present survey response data, please send an email requesting these results. Send your email to CFABB.main@gmail.com.

Again thank you for taking part in our surveys.

Please take a moment to complete our Survey

Our goal is to represent the entire town. This includes it's citizens, employee's, neighbors, friends and businesses. Because of this we have developed a library of surveys that will be offered to the town over the next several months. The first Survey is now available and we would appreciate if you would take a few moments to take this survey. We find everyones answers, feedback and comments are a valuable asset to our group. This information will help us stay focused on the real issues as presented by the citizens of Buckeye.

To take part in this survey please click HERE...

We thank you in advance and will post the results of this survey here shortly.

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK - NOT!

As we see the Town of Buckeye grow and expand we can see so many new buildings that are becoming part of the landscape of Buckeye. Many of us have noticed that when ever a big project gets funded there is one construction company that gets the job every time (at least it appears that way).

Can you guess what company it is?

Yes you guessed it!

It is CORE Construction Company!

Whether it is the Buckeye Elementary School District or the Town of Buckeye…CORE construction is the favored company for construction projects!

Is this good or bad for the Town?

The fact that CORE is continuously being granted the job for these construction jobs is a huge concern for all of us. It is concerning because of the following facts:

1. The Town is not biding the work out to multiple companies that compete against each other to provide the best price and the best quality.

2. If the same single company is consistently being chosen for these jobs then we do not have competition and we are not guaranteed that we (the resident and tax payers) are getting more or the best for our tax paying dollars.

Citizens For A Better Buckeye have discovered that the Town of Buckeye has a systemic issue that violates that Arizona Revised Statutes. We have discovered and uncovered that the Town is not requesting for bids for many things especially construction. The technical name for these bids are Request for Qualifications and we targeted the new Town Hall that is being built down town. The Town must have bids for this job that is worth millions of dollars right?

Click the dollar signs check out what you are paying for 17 million plus tax dollars! $$$$$$$

This last June 10th, 2009 we submitted Public Records Request to the Town Clerk. Please understand that requesting these documents form the town is not as easy as it sounds. The resistance is fierce and heavy and after many e-mail exchanges we finally received the information. Here is what we found:

According to the Chris Williams the Procurement Manger, the bids for the Request for Qualifications are not available.

The reason?

Well here are the responses we got after we requested them:

"We do not have them here they are locked up in storage probably buried and we cant get to them. With the heat and all its hard to get them."

"We have disposed them. We are not required to keep them after some time."

"We are not required to request them."

We have not received any word form the Town Clerk regarding the RFQ's. These statements violate the following:

Arizona Revised Statutes regarding the Public Information Requests (A.R.S. 39-121.01.D)

Arizona Revised Statutes regarding the record keeping and record preservation (A.R.S. 39-121.01.D, A.R.S. 41-1347 and 41-1351.

Arizona Revised Statutes regarding the Preservation of accounts; copies; fees (A.R.S. 41-734)

Many things to consider and ponder about our Town:

Is the Town Management working with diligence to make sure that we the Residents and Tax Payers get more for our tax dollars?

Do you feel the leadership of the Town of Buckeye are fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities for the Town?

Please let us know your thoughts by writing to: cfabb.main@gmail.com

Moving Forward

Since many are unhappy about our decision and Councilman McAchran is claiming we are liars trying to discredit our group, we wanted to share a few documents with the town. After review these documents which are public record, we are sure you will agree that it is he who twist the truth and for that he will be delt with in time. For those who are intelligent and can not be easily fooled...here are the facts.

1. McAchran claims he has never had ownership in the La Placita business however; we found the records state differently.

• LaPlacita Ownership: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/La%20Placita%20LLC.pdf

2. If McAchran had no involvement then why does it state in the liquor application that he is a manager and the assignee for the license?(he owns the liquor license)

• McAchran Liq Lic: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/La%20Placita%20Liq%20Lic.pdf

3. Through further investigation we believe McAchran and family created this trust to secure his investment in La Placita as a result that we had found him to be untruthful.

• Trust: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/20090144258.pdf

4. McAchran claims La Placita was never granted $25,000 to repair the La Placita parking lot. Well of course it never took place once he knew we were onto him.

• Grant: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/La%20Placita%20Grant.pdf

5. McAchran denies any real estate ventures with BPD personnel. If you think about this a Councilman and an active police officer of the town. (Conflict of interest)

• Conflict: http://rickfe.vertez.fastsecureservers.com/UnofficialPdfDocs.pdf

We are aware of several other things that he is or has been involved in but, we choose to sit on them for now.

The decision not to proceed was a difficult choice to swallow however, 2010 is just around the corner and several Council seats will become available. We are looking forward to a clean sweep across the board.

Over the next 2 to 3 weeks we will be informing the town about much bigger issues that will have a major negative impact financially on each and everyone of us due to total mismanagement of the towns affairs. We are working very hard to find ways to minimize this in any way possible.

Everyone needs to attend as many Council meeting as possible to learn first hand on what is taking place. Please visit our blog on a regular basis to be updated.

Do you have questions or concerns?

Please let us know, send me an e-mail or leave your comment!

We would love to read the thoughts and ideas you have!

Citizens For A Better Buckeye thanks everyone for their patience and valuable support!

The Unpopular For The Unbelievable!

The Unpopular For The Unbelievable!

July 1, 2009, Citizens For A Better Buckeye has made the unpopular decision to stop the recall for Town of Buckeye Councilman, Brian McAchran. Many people have been questioning the motive behind the decision including Mr. McAchran. It was after many hours of discussion and thought that we decided to drop this recall for the serious and important reasons that will be coming to you through this blog in the very next few days. Citizens For A Better Buckeye is made up of various residents from almost all the districts who desire to have an awesome town to live in a for their families and neighbors.

The Citizens for A Better Buckeye is not made up of a group of residents that get together to gripe about one single man and strategize on how to vindicate Mr. Rick Fernandez for his loss for the District 1 council seat. That is silly! All of us who are voluntary members of Citizens For A Better Buckeye all know that Rick lost the race and the voters have made their choice. Rick understands this and the recall was started not to for the purpose to gain the seat for Rick but, to remove a man who has used the residents of this town for personal vindication and personal gain. If I am wrong can anyone e-mail me and explain in detail what this man McAchran has unselfishly accomplished for this town? Please write me an e-mail to jfcfabb@gmail.com. This man is inconsequential for me and I refuse to give him any more attention than he has already received. After this blog, in my opinion he is absolutely irrelevant!

So why stop the recall? Below are 5 reasons that I believe to be important and I insisted on to motivate our group to this decision:

1. In this current economic climate and the impending Town Budget with looming tax levies and increase in water fees and much more, there is far more important issues to advocate for than a man who has 1/6th of a vote on the Town Council.

2. We have been notified that possibly McAchran is already under investigation by the Attorney Generals office and we can also add the Maricopa County Attorney to the list. Recalling him is futile and far less of an action compared to what these departments can bring to him. If he is found to have any criminal wrong doing by either department, then it will not cost the tax payer any money to remove him though a recall election.

3. The information gathered by going door to door and meeting with people is invaluable and provided amazing insight on what residents think and want. The recall is something they felt was justified as they added their signature to the petition. But yet still had other issues that needed resolution.

4. In the last four to five weeks we have gathered volumes of information and we have uncovered egregious facts that will make many of you upset and some even cry. As the facts are confirmed we will make everything known.

5. In the past weeks the former Assistant Town Manager, Scott Rounds has been removed, the Town Manager, Jenine Guy has been demoted, councilmen and the mayor abstain form voting when they foresee that there might be a conflict of interest if they vote. This did not happen solely because of Citizens For A Better Buckeye and we can not take full credit for this. Did we have something to do with these changes? Absolutely!

After considering the five reasons mentioned, the recall seemed to be a small piece of the puzzle and not the big picture we the Citizens For A Better Buckeye are trying to solve.

As we grow in size and begin to spread our roots into the town, it has become ever so clear that the need for swift and relevant action and a clear communications is far more valuable than to seek out small and short sighted victories. Citizens For A Better Buckeye has made an unpopular decision with the altruistic motive to achieve what many see as unbelievable...a better Buckeye! It is true! At the moment, many do not believe that Buckeye can be an awesome place to live. We, Citizens For A Better Buckeye believes it is possible!

Do you?

Please let us know, send me an e-mail!

I'd love to read the thoughts and ideas you have!

Citizens For A Better Buckeye thanks everyone for their patience and valuable support!

Stay Tuned!

Jorge Buckeye Resident - jfcfabb@gmail.com

CFABB Press Release Regarding McAchran Recall

Contact: Jorge Flores
Telephone: (623)308-4470
Email: jfcfabb@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


“CITIZEN’S FOR A BETTER BUCKEYE” (CFABB) CONFIRMS THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES NEEDED FOR THE RECALL OF COUNCILMAN MCACHRAN HAVE BEEN COLLECTED"

“Citizen’s for a better Buckeye choose to put Recall on hold temporarily.”

CFABB announced today that they have successfully collected more than the required (248) Recall petition signatures from the citizens of district one. However; as a result of the ongoing investigations being conducted by the Attorney Generals office and Maricopa County Attorneys office with regard to Councilman McAchran’s activities, CFABB has elected to suspend its recall activities for a period of six months. CFABB has noted that as a result of the Recall efforts, we found the Mayor and Council had suddenly become unified as well as learned the meaning of full compliance by abstaining from voting on agenda items which could be considered a conflict of interest.

As of today staff members of CFABB are working on several other areas of concern which need immediate attention due to the severity as well as the potential financial impact which could be imposed on the Citizens of Buckeye. As we further investigate these areas of concern we will keep all the Citizens of Buckeye informed through additional press releases and updates on our Blog http://buckeye-united.blogspot.com.

CFABB feels much progress has taken place over the last couple of months with the hiring of Chief Daniels, Interim Town Manager Stephen Cleveland and the sudden surge of home sales throughout Buckeye. Hopefully we have seen the worst and can now focus on moving forward in a positive manner.

As always we will continue to monitor all the activities and meetings of the Mayor and Council very closely. If we find that they revert back to their old ways and do not comply within the guidelines and laws for which they are bound to, we will once again take them to task on the behalf of the Citizens of Buckeye in all Districts.

In close, CFABB recognizes the overwhelming support for this recall from our neighbors. This could not be accomplished with out them. CFABB wants everyone to know how important it is for each citizen of this town to be involved as often as possible. We constantly are approached by citizens wanting to join CFABB and asking how they can help. Our answer is always the same, get involved, attend Council meetings, register / vote and most importantly get your neighbors involved also. The most important thing to remember is that we have appointed town officials as well as elected officials and since we are the tax payers it should be recognized that they work for us. Therefore when they are out of line we need to let them know when we are dissatisfied.

How confident are you in the officials we have elected?

“Citizens for a better Buckeye” (CFABB) echo Valarie Marquis’s request for the Mayor and Council to do the right thing. If they don’t they could find themselves in a very bad predicament. The public at large has been expressing their concerns on this matter for some time now. However, it seems to be falling on def ears. What’s going on? Does J. Guy and S. Rounds have something on each of you?

This week members from CFABB requested a meeting with the Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilman Doster. At first it seemed a meeting was eminent or at least until the request for a meeting agenda was requested. Once the following agenda was announced the response form them through the Mayor’s Administrative assistant was; “They will not meet with you on this agenda. They are aware of your concerns.”

AGENDA: A discussion on the removal of J. Guy and S. Rounds from their positions of upper Town Management and replacing them with interims through the League of Cities while, an extensive search was done to find qualified replacements as Councilman Rioux had pointed out earlier a few month ago. We wanted to point out our reasons as per the research following why this should be enacted. We have no intent of grandstanding or making threats. We just want Council and Mayor to do what’s in the best interest of the town.

We have spoken to many individuals and conducted many hours of research. As a result we have found the following concerns to establish the true reasons for demanding their replacement;

1. These two do not have or meet the required level of education, certification nor experience to have such a responsibility which positions or this nature require in either a Good Economy or a Bad Economy.
2. Through our interviews with many, a common quote has been used, “J, Guy is just darn evil.” When asked what was meant by this, the response was that she surrounds herself with people consisting of family, friends or by people who fear her or fear losing their jobs. The 39 employee’s laid-off last year were very vocal to the unprofessional and unethical activities which posed a threat to J. Guy and S. Rounds. A smoke screen of budgetary concerns was used to misinform the public at large to hide the TRUTH why these employee’s were really laid-off.
3. We have learned J. Guy, S. Rounds and others not to be named at this time, used made unethical decisions on matters pertaining to tax revenue for the town, permitting and building code compliance. This affects the Town financially as well as places the public in danger not to mention the liabilities facing the Town in the event of an accident.
4. Grossly over paid solely based on their education, qualifications, experience based on a National Survey Study of Town Managers positions based on qualifications and Town size. This document was presented to the Mayor and Council at the first Council meeting in March 08 with a request for response which they have failed to respond.

We also want to point out that though the Town of Buckeye truly needs input from its citizenship, we question the true legitimacy of the most recent group called “We are Buckeye.” As earlier reported on the CFABB blog by Mr. Jorge Flores, he noted “It has been seven months since this committee has been convened and have “done much” but yet I just found out about them this week and my Town is still the same. Have you noticed any improvements so far?”

The truth of the matter is that this group “We are Buckeye” is one of J. Guy’s pet projects and it’s believed the sole purpose of this group is to make it look like the current Town officials and management are involved and concerned about what the citizens of Buckeye thinking. It is also suspected they feel this will discredit the CAFBB organization. This attempt to discredit is yet another Smoke and Mirrors game for which we will not take part in.

So in close…Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council members we the citizens of Buckeye respectfully request that this issue concerning the present Town Management be addressed immediately if you truly care about our town.

Mr. Mayor your refusal to address this problem makes you look very bad since all throughout your campaign; you stated one of your top priorities was to hire a qualified town management team to guide Buckeye into the future. Mayor Meck you have lied to me and to all the citizens of our fair town and I am afraid you could be facing serious consequences if you ignore this. This potentially could also be said for Vice Mayor May as well.

How confident are you in the officials we have elected? “Citizens for a Better Buckeye” are working on recall efforts. Get involved by e-mailing friends and speaking to neighbors to become aware of the issues. Google and Blog us: CFABB.

Mayor and Council has not addressed the need for new Town Management

On March 6, 2009 CFABB representative spoke to the Mayor and Council requesting that the current Town's Management be replaced due to the lack of proper experience and education. When he spoke to them, he submitted the following documentation supporting his claims. He also requested the Mayor and Council respond to him in written form addressing his concerns and what course of actions would the Mayor and Council take to correct the problems raised

It is now going on two months without a response. CFABB would like to know why this request was not taken seriously and plan to readdress the Mayor and Council at the next Council meeting on May 4th. Please show your support by attending this meeting if humanly possible.

A PLAN BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE OF BUCKEYE

GREETINGS TO EVERYONE IN BUCKEYE!!

Citizens For A Better Buckeye (CFABB) is in it’s infant stages and as this group grows and develops it is important to build on the fundamental building block of the group and that is the CITIZENS of the town of Buckeye.

Advocating for and on behalf of the people for a better Buckeye is the main goal of the group. The Citizens of Buckeye are the very people that make the town thrive or fail. A few people in the Town believe that a few privileged insiders have town on the palm of their hand. My friends and neighbors believe differently. We the Citizens of the Town of Buckeye who have chosen to move here from different parts of the country such as Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas, Arkansas, California, Vermont, and Indiana to live a different and improved way of life for our families. Along with the Buckeye Natives we all collectively are the Town of Buckeye and we are the very people who clean up and maintain our neighbor’s front yards while they are away, who help each other when a sudden need comes up, who organize neighborhood watch meetings, who waive at the Firefighters and Police Officers of our town, who participate in organizing and coaching children’s sports.

This is the Town of Buckeye at CFABB. It is because of each and very one of them and their family that we advocate and hold elected officials accountable for their behavior, their decisions and their lack of responsiveness to the fundamental needs of the town. Yes it is true we as a Town, we have needs. For many unexplainable factors the Town Leadership does not seem to have a common vision or direction for the Town and sometimes they seem to be disconnected, out of touch and counter productive to what needs to be done. There is group named “We are Buckeye” who want to gather information about the Town to develop a “strategic plan”. The people they are seeking to interview are “stakeholders” which in bureaucratic jargon is translated to people who we deem to be important. Here is what they write:

“Hank Pasinski, a spokesman for the more than three dozen residents working to lay the

groundwork for a comprehensive strategic plan for Buckeye, told the Town Council

recently that the group has worked hard to develop interview questions that would

provide insight into Buckeye’s stakeholders’ dreams for the town.”

“We want to interview as many citizens as possible from as many different areas as

possible,” Pasinski told town officials. “The wider range of respondents, the more

meaningful and accurate the results would be.”

“While the We Are Buckeye committee has done much since first being formed last

September, “much more needs to be done,” Pasinski said.”

It has been seven months since this committee has been convened and have “done much” but yet I just found out about them this week and my Town is still the same. Have you noticed any improvements so far?

If you are reading this Blog take a moment and share what are your top three priorities for the Town of Buckeye. Let us develop a list of priorities that we may provide the Major and Council Members that they should be continuously be working on to resolve, improve and achieve? Let us help them develop and commit to a vision for the Town. Let us create a vision by the people for the people of the Town of Buckeye.

“A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” – John Maxwell