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An edition of the East Valley Tribune
Sunday, June 13, 2021
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Mesa loves Mesa and its cops, survey �inds
INSIDE
This Week
BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
Mesa ex-cop's badge on the line.
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orget the old “I Heart New York” Tshirts; the new slogan here might be “I Heart Mesa.” According to an independent survey by Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Mesa residents are loving life in their city. And they are ready to dig in their pockets to pay to make the city even better. Most respondents said they are satis�ied
with the quality of life in Mesa. On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being high, 79.5 percent of respondents rated the city with a 4 or 5. In 2016, 79 percent of respondents said quality of life in Mesa was good or excellent. Only 3.2 percent of respondents rated the quality of life in Mesa at 1 or 2. They said they generally feel safe, protected and – unlike many communities around the country – maintain positive relationships with Mesa Police. Commissioned by the Mesa Police Department, the telephone survey of 811 residents
focused on policing, with topics including overall quality of life, perceptions of crime, community policing and thoughts on dealing with the homeless population. For each question, researchers asked the Mesa residents to respond on a scale of 1 to 5. Asked about their level of concern of six topics listed by the researchers, over 60 percent expressed concern about homelessness, 49 percent about human traf�icking and 47 percent about mental illness in the community.
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Mr. Nice Guy opens new Mesa teen center
SPORTS ....................... 24 Red Mountain star realizes her dream of sports job.
GET OUT ...................... 26 Horror movie makes use of Arizona sites.. COMMUNITY ............................... 14 BUSINESS ..................................... 18 OPINION .. ..................................... 21 SPORTS ........................................ 24 GET OUT ........................................ 26 PUZZLES ...................................... 28 CLASSIFIED ................................. 30 Zone
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BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
O
h, the irony. Back in 1972, Alice Cooper scored a smash hit with “School’s Out,” smothering an old anthem with a devilish warning: “School’s out for summer School’s out forever School’s been blown to pieces” Forty-nine years later, school’s out for summer – and a teen center is open. And Vincent Damon “Alice Cooper” Furnier has become a solid, even respected educator. Last week, he opened The Rock Mesa at 122 N Country Club Drive – the second Alice Cooper Solid Rock Teen Center following the successful original center in Phoenix. And yes, he sees the irony. “Yes,” he said with a laugh, when an inter
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The Rock Mesa at 122 N. Country Club Drive, Mesa, is the second Alice Cooper Solid Rock Teen Center, following the successful original center in Phoenix. It opened this week. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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