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This Week
BY KEN SAIN
Arizonan Managing Editor
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Races for seats on three school boards are set.
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uth Jones’ bid to upset incumbent Mayor Kevin Hartke in the Aug. 2nd election is a true underdog affair while the race to fill three other seats on City Council pits an incumbent against four challengers. Hartke, after serving two terms on Council and one term as mayor, has name recognition. He also has a huge advantage in campaign finance funds. nd he s the in-
cumbent. Those three advantages usually lead to victories. However, not always. There have been a handful of cases where a scrappy underdog has been able to pull off the upset, said his challenger. “Don’t count me out,” Jones said after second uarter campaign finance reports were filed uly 15. report for uly 1- uly 16 must be filed on uly 25. Hartke raised only 17,226 in the second quarter of this year, but entered that period with nearly $229,000 in the bank, accord-
ing to his most finance statements. He spent 25,072.95 from pril 1 through une 30, giving him more than 223,000 going into the final weeks of the primary campaign. Jones raised the least amount of any of the seven candidates on the ballot who are running for a spot on the Council. She reported raising 8,752.40 and closed une with a balance of 135.80. “It’s not about the money, it’s never been about that,” Jones said. “The reason why I’m
see ELECTIONS page 8
Chandler housing plan Readying for school stirs citizens' opposition
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Group supports parents of LGBTQ+ kids.
BY KEN SAIN
Arizonan Managing Editor
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he City of Chandler is looking to increase the amount of public housing units it has available and seeking innovative ways to pay for it. But some residents in the community are worried about the project and have started a petition drive to stop it. he city currently has 303 units available through the federal government’s Housing and Urban Development department for public use. Almost all of the people living in those units have jobs and are paying 30 percent of their monthly income in rent. But that’s not near enough to keep up with demand in a city where the cost of renting an apartment continues to soar, city officials say.
see HOUSING page 15
It was a busy morning July 16 for, from left, Atasha Hill, Beth Price, Ileana Argeros, Kimberley Guevara and Chelsea Grieve as they and other volunteers sorted backpacks for distribution during Chandler’s annual Operation Back to School distribution of school supplies. It didn’t run entirely smoothly, as you’ll read on page 16. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)
