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How council candidate lost city manager job BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

NEIGHBORS ............. 16 Scottsdale author's book gets Spanish version.

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ity Council candidate John Little served a brief tenure as Scottsdale’s City Manager over a decade ago and the circumstances of his termination have become fodder for his political opponents. In critical social media posts and op-eds,

detractors and surrogates for his opponents have argued Little’s firing in 2009 should disqualify him in the eyes of voters. “He was fired because he abused his authority by crafting a retirement incentive plan that was way beyond what the City Council had authorized in cost, and benefited his long-time colleagues in the city executive ranks…This cost the city millions

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of dollars,” resident Andrea Keck wrote to Progress earlier this year. Keck, treasurer for City Council candidate Betty Janik’s campaign, was referencing a retirement incentive program Little spearheaded as city manager in early 2009. But Little, who worked for the city for

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BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

candidate for Scottsdale Unified School District’s Governing Board has drawn backlash for social media posts containing anti-Islamic sentiments. Kathleen Angelos, one of six candidates running for three open seats, wrote or shared multiple posts on Facebook in 2019 and 2020 calling for the U.S. to ban Islam and claiming Muslim citizens cannot legally hold public office. “America needs to shut down all mosques

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Lynn Oring helps unload the latest haul from an ongoing food drive to help restock the shelves at Vista del Camino Food Bank at the Vista del Camino Community Center in Scottsdale. The city is hoping residents will open their hearts and help in a time when the need is greater than ever. Details: Page 4. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

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over 20 years, and his supporters argue that critics are distorting the past, noting Council at the time approved the incentive program and a city audit found it did save money in the long run. Others in both in the pro- and antiLittle camps said Little’s termination stemmed from the Council majority’s move at the time to have the city’s chief financial officer report directly to Council rather than the city manager – a move Little resisted. Little and senior city staff developed the retirement incentive program as a way to remove high salaries from the budget, one of dozens of moves to trim over $60 million in response to the Great Recession. “We came up with I think it was 43 different cost-cutting measures that we would bring forward to the City Council really at a moment’s notice,” Little said. The program offered retirement-eligible employees a package a week of pay for every year of service if they agreed to retire and included payouts for unused medical and vacation leave time. Little said the program was a way to cut the city’s budget without eliminating services. Council approved the program on Jan. 20, 2009, but expressed concerns later in the year when costs ballooned well beyond what staff projected. Some on Council blamed Little and city staff, alleging they willfully withheld information about the program’s actual costs. “He was keeping it all pretty much to himself and very little information to us as to what that was going to cost us at a time where we had little in the way of a capacity to somehow fund a major departure,” said Mayor Jim Lane, who was in his first term as mayor at the time. But, in the Council meeting in January, both Lane and Chief Financial Officer Craig Clifford acknowledged there was no way to project exact costs because the city did not know how many employees would opt in. Little said the unanticipated cost increase was simply due to the fact that the city was rolling out a new program and more employees than anticipated opted in. Lane acknowledged it would be impossible to give an exact cost-benefit

analysis before Council approved it in January 2009. “We had never done it before,” Little said. “No city in Arizona had ever done it before. The Arizona State Retirement System had never encountered any city proposing anything like this before.” The initial cost estimate was based on 50 participants – though twice that number eventually opted for the package. “There was no way of knowing that ahead of time,” Little said. At 50 employees, staff projected the program would cost $2.8 million but save $3.8 million annually in payroll beginning the next year. According to a report from the City Auditor, the retirement incentive program ultimately cost the city $11.5 million. But the auditor also found that the program’s savings also exceeded expectations, citing $8.7 million in annual payroll savings – meaning the program more than paid for itself after two years. That hasn’t stopped critics from arguing that under Little’s leadership the city incurred unnecessary expenses. Attorney Tim LaSota, Lane’s chief of staff at the time, said the program was not needed, because the city could have simply laid off high-wage employees instead of incentivizing them to retire. Lane said there were concerns about the legal ramifications of laying off those staffers, though. “We were informed that if we forced people who are ready to retire, or we ask them even… that we could be sued,” Lane said. “So we had to incentivize them; the extent to which we had to incentivize them was a matter of some subjectivity.” LaSota argued many cities in similar situations won court decisions during the recession affirming their ability to lay off employees due to financial hardship. Little said the decision not to layoff longtime employees was not just about potential legal consequences. “Number one, I worked with these people since 1985,” Little said. “I know them; I know their husbands and wives; I know their families; I know their kids….It’s anathema to me to imagine doing that.” Little said he also thought mass layoffs of longtime staffers would have

negatively impacted the city’s reputation as an employer and affect its ability to attract talent in the future. Still, the Council majority then argued the program was overly generous and it continues to draw criticism for benefiting some of the same high-ranking city employees who helped craft it. LaSota also pointed to the fact that the program accrued other unnecessary costs. According to the audit, city staff failed to disclose a payment option to Council that would have reduced the city’s bill from the Arizona State Retirement System by more than $4.8 million. Little reiterated that Council “unanimously approved it twice; once as a program and once this part of the budget approval process.” Lane acknowledged – both in 2009 and 2020 – that Council carried the ultimately authority to approve the program. “The accountability is ours as well as staff’s,” Lane said at a Council meeting in June 2009. In hindsight, Little admitted he would have liked to do some things differently. “Yes, the simple answer is yes,” Little said when asked if communication to the Council could have been clearer and, given more time, he could have surveyed staff to make a more accurate projection. “I think if there had been more data and more time, we probably would’ve had a different menu of opportunities, but still given the magnitude of the problem, we were going to have to come up with a structural solution,” Little said. City documents and public meetings from the time lend credence to the argument that the retirement program was not the central piece that prompted four of seven council members to vote to fire Little. At the same Council meeting in June 2009 where some on Council spent two hours grilling Little about the cost overruns of the program, members also discussed whether to terminate Little’s contract but chose to take no action that day. Council terminated Little’s contract five months later on Nov. 2, 2009 ostensibly over his opposition to combin-

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Scottsdale food bank seeks donations

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

cottsdale is asking residents for collecting much-needed donations for the Vista del Camino Food Bank. The food bank at the Vista del Camino Community Center provides boxed food and other necessities to needy residents and families. The facility is short on hygienic items like deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, toilet paper, paper towels and women’s hygiene products, said Eduardo Durazo, the city employee who manages the food bank. Pet food and laundry detergent also are needed. “We could never find a good partner who was able to donate those items pretty consistently,” Durazo said. The food bank is also running short on soup, boxed foods like Hamburger Helper and other items, including chips, crackers, cookies and condiments.

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the holidays.” Donations can be dropped off at the food bank at 7700 E. Roosevelt St. Money can be donated through its partner charity Scottsdale Community Partners at scottsdalecommunitypartners.org. Residents in need of assistance can call the food bank at 480-312-2323 to make an appointment. Due to the pandemic, Durazo said the food bank has streamlined its processes and provides drive-thru service for food box pickups. They must show a photo ID with proof of Scottsdale residency. Any family with children in need of food assistance can also pick up meals from Scottsdale Unified School district sites throughout the community. On Sept. 15, the district announced that a change in U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines allowed it to begin offering free meals to all children under 18, regardless of whether they live in the district or are enrolled in an SUSD school. That authorization is only good through the end of the year, so the district is still encouraging qualified families to submit applications for free and reduced-price meal to begin in January. Students returning to campuses over the next several weeks will be able to receive the meals at school. For all others, including non-SUSD students, families can pick up a week’s worth of breakfasts and lunches from a district pickup location every Wednesday from 7 to 9:30 a.m. The district now has six pick up locations in Scottsdale: • Mohave Middle School, 8490 E. Jackrabbit Road • Sequoya Elementary School, 11808 N. 64th St. • Oak Campus, 7501 E. Oak St. • Pima Traditional School, 8330 E. Osborn Road • Redfield Elementary School, 9181 E. Redfield Road • Yavapai/Hohokam Elementary School, 701 N. Miller Road Meals can also be picked up at Tavan Elementary School in Phoenix.

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More students than expected returning to SUSD schools

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USD classrooms will be more crowded than anticipated when elementary students begin returning to campuses this week. Scottsdale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said a district survey showed that between 60 and 90 percent of families at each of the district’s elementary schools said they planned to send their child back for in-person learning. The SUSD Governing Board approved a return to in-person learning on Sept. 8, starting with K-2nd grade students on Sept. 21. The district has not yet surveyed middle and high school families as those students are not scheduled to return to schools until mid-October. But the results of the elementary survey were out of line with a previous survey, which showed 50 percent of families were ready to return their students to campuses. The other 50 percent of families indicated they wanted to remain in the at-home dis-

Dr. Scott Menzel tance learning model for the time being. Despite the unanticipated response to in-person return, the district is moving forward with the reopening. According to state and county health benchmarks adopted by the Governing

Board earlier this year, SUSD ZIP codes have not, on average, achieved fewer than 10 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents for two straight weeks – the benchmark county health officials use to indicate a district can safely resume fiveday-a-week in-person learning. But, at the SUSD board meeting on Sept. 15, Menzel said the increased participation did not put the district at odds with those metrics, which recommend hybrid learning with students learning a few days a week in classrooms and the rest of the time learning at home. He noted that not all students will be returning to classrooms, though he acknowledged there will be challenges because more students are returning than the district anticipated. “However, I think it’s important,” Menzel said. “We made the decision to return to in-person learning, because it’s what our students needed.” Menzel conceded that the increased participation will include larger-than-anticipated class sizes at some campuses. Board Member Jann-Michael Greenburg

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said 80 percent of classes at Pueblo Elementary will have at least 20 students and all will have at least 15 students. Menzel said no class would have more than 28 students. Greenburg said he appreciated the work that the administration put in to craft a hybrid model but still had concerns. “I worry we are meeting the CDC guidelines and we’re meeting the AZDHS metrics technically on what the word hybrid means, but I am still concerned about just how many people will be on these campuses now at this point,” Greenburg said. Melissa Erickson, an SUSD parent, expressed a similar concern. “I know where the metrics are at right now, we’re yellow, which should be the hybrid,” Erickson said. “And I understand after listening to that definition that I guess we are still within the hybrid, but I don’t think those numbers were probably quite what everyone was anticipating with the hybrid.” Menzel assured the board that the district will still keep 3 feet of distance between desk even with the current class size. The district has long maintained it would not be able to meet 6-feet of physical distance between desk due to limited space in classrooms. The district will give some families the opportunity to reassess their choice to return to campus if they are not comfortable with those larger class sizes The district will notify families they can rejoin distant learning classes if they are concerned that more than 18 students will be in a kindergarten classroom or more than 20 in 1st or 2nd grade rooms. SUSD Facilities Director Dennis Roehler outlined dozens of safety precautions taken by the district in response to the virus. That includes signage posted throughout all schools encouraging students and staff to social distance and wash their hands regularly. Roehler said the district will also send home refrigerator magnets to remind parents to keep kids home if they are sick or exhibiting symptoms of the virus. “One of the biggest things – aside from masks and washing hands – is not sending a sick student to school to begin with,” Roehler said.

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and ban Islam. Bet you won’t repost this,” read a post shared by Angelos on Feb. 1. In another post from January, Angelos, a military veteran, wrote “I have worked and live (sic) among them for 7 years in their own countries and Christian Judea principles are not what they follow. WE THE PEOPLE are the infidels in their mindsets (even in our own country). Under their SHARIA LAW we are expendable.” The posts have since been deleted from her personal Facebook page or hidden behind privacy filters. Angelos told the Progress “I will not apologize for any of this; I’m willing to explain my position and that’s as far as I’ll go.” “I don’t see why my comments are so wrong when they’re trying to literally do away with the country as we know it,” Angelos added. Angelos clarified that she intended to target her posts only at those she deems “extremists,” not all Muslims. “I’ve worked in the country; there are some compatible people with different viewpoints and they are Muslim,” Angelos said. “And I’ve worked with a lot of nice Muslim people, but there are the extreme and I’m referring to the extreme.” The posts have drawn condemnation from some in the SUSD community as well as Muslim advocates and civil rights groups in the Valley. “There is a thriving and engaged Muslim community in Scottsdale, whose children attend the Scottsdale Unified School District,” said Imraan Siddiqi, executive director of CAIR-Arizona, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. “It is troubling that a candidate that is supposed to represent the public’s interest and the interest of students would engage in this gross bigotry,” Siddiqi said. “There is no place for hate in our education system.” Denny Brown, a Scottsdale resident and former SUSD board member, said, “There’s just no room for that” on the Governing Board. “What’s a Muslim kid going to think about that?” Brown said. “We do have Muslims in Scottsdale; that’s just frightening to start out with that level of prejudice when it comes to kids.” Earlier this election cycle, Brown was a volunteer signature gatherer for board

Scottsdale Unified Governing Board candidate Kathleen Angelos has been criticized for a series of social media posts containing anti-Islamic sentiments. (Progress file photo)

candidates Rose Smith, Zach Lindsay and Julie Cieniawski. Kyra King, who chairs the Scottsdale Parent Council’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion subcommittee, said her group is working on ways to understand and address bias that affects stakeholders throughout the district. “All of us would probably agree, because we’re all pretty open-minded people, that somebody who has those types of biases toward a belief system or a culture that that would be extremely problematic,” King said. “I have no problem saying that I think that’s highly problematic,” King said. “I wouldn’t want to vote somebody in like that.” Brown said electing Angelos would send the wrong message to Scottsdale’s Muslim community. “It says ‘my public school hates Muslims’…I’d be scared to death as a parent,” Brown said. “I would personally be afraid they might be targeted in some way, shape or form.” Angelos said she would not treat Muslim students or families unfairly if elected. “Like I said, I’m talking about the extremists; basically, the kids have no way of knowing any of this,” Angelos said. “I’m talking about the radical Muslims who are trying to take down the country. These children have nothing to do with that. Their families are not the extremists who I’m talking about.” But Muslim students do face unfair treatment due to their skin color or religion, said Amanda Parris, policy counsel

for the ACLU of Arizona. She said institutionalized Islamophobia is dangerous, especially when in school environments where students of all backgrounds are required to receive an equal education. “These comments coming from a candidate for a public school governing board are startling,” Parris said. “Students like Ahmed Mohamed and other Muslim students have faced discrimination and harsh discipline in schools due to bias and prejudice among school leaders and staff. Racist and Islamophobic views have no place in public schools.” Mohamed was a 15-year-old Texas high school student who was arrested in 2015 and accused of trying to make a bomb after he brought a homemade clock to school. In other Facebook posts, Angelos criticized Muslim Congresswomen and said Muslims could not hold public office in

the U.S. A post shared by Angelos on Facebook called Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib a “jihadist.” Another post referenced Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. “We would not be having these discussions about Omar’s anti-Semitic comments if we kept within the guidelines of our Constitution…Muslims are not allowed to hold office,” read the post. When asked for clarification on this stance, Angelos doubled down. “According to the Constitution, and I go by the Constitution since I’m in this political venue, you’re supposed to be a natural born American citizen,” Angelos said. “And I’m not really too clear on whether naturalized is included in that, but the citizen has to be born in the United States.” According to Article 1, Section 2 of the

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Students and staff will also be required to wear masks on campus, unless they have an approved medical exemption. Students refusing to wear masks will be subject to the same punishments applicable to dress code violations, which can include suspension. “Students will be asked to put on a mask; will be provided a mask,” said Assistant Superintendent Milissa Sackos said. “Repeat offenders and non-compliance will result in individual school discipline.” Only two classes will eat lunch at a time and students will sit 6 feet apart in cafeterias. Recess will be spent on structured activities where distance can be maintained. The district also installed 32 new stainless steel hand washing stations at each elementary school. Roehler said the district is also asking parents to send kids to school with full water bottles to avoid using water fountains, which will only be used to refill bottles. Visitors will be sharply curtailed and must make appointments to enter schools. That means no drop-in visits and no parent volunteers in the office, though the pol-

icy could be revisited at a later date. “If they forget, they forget,” Roehler said, referring to a situation in which a student forgets a book or supplies at home. “The teacher will be understanding and we’ll manage through that.” Entry points and high-touch surfaces will be sanitized four times a day and the district is replacing air filters, upgrading from MERV 8 to MERV 13. Filters rated 13 or higher are more efficient at capturing airborne viruses, according to ASHRAE, an industry group. One community member called into the Sept. 15 meeting to ask if the district was considering additional air filtration technologies such as ultraviolet light, which reduces virus spread. The City of Scottsdale is installing UV light systems at city buildings and event centers. But Roehler said the district is not installing UV light or other technologies. “I would hate to say that there’s a price for everything or there’s a price that’s too high, but we have nearly five million square feet of buildings and over 2,500 AC units,” Roehler said. “To outfit every classroom… with whatever the latest and greatest is would be extremely expensive.”

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ing the city’s CFO position with the City Treasurer. “So that’s what the vote to terminate his contract as the city manager was about; it wasn’t specifically related to the retirement plan,” said Chip Scutari, a Scottsdale resident and political consultant. The treasurer move essentially reorganized the city government by removing authority over the city’s chief financial officer from the city manager and placing it with Council. To this day, no other city in Arizona with a council-manager form of government has followed Scottsdale’s lead in removing the CFO from under the city manager’s authority. Lane, who came into his first term as mayor on a reform platform, pitched the change as a way to increase financial transparency. “It’s been beneficial for the council and for the citizens,” Lane said. “And, frankly, you could be just happy with a situation whereas the city manager protects you from things so you have plausible deniability, because you’re never given the information, you sort of lack accountability.” Lane added, “So these also made us more accountable and made us need to be more transparent.” By all accounts, Little resisted the change, with some council members arguing he actively undermined the process. Little said he saw the as a violation of the City Charter at the time, which endowed limited powers to the treasurer. Little argued that the Treasurer was limited to handling the cities revenues and investments. Little went as far as saying Council should have fired him if it lost trust in him but should not rework the city’s

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U.S. Constitution, an individual only has to be a U.S. citizen for seven years before they are eligible to hold office in the U.S. House of Representatives. In speaking with the Progress, Angelos also floated a debunked conspiracy theory about billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, calling him a “domestic enemy” and alleging he was a Nazi during World War II.

City Council candidate John Little, formerly served as the Scottsdale City Manager in 2009. (John Little campaign photo)

system of government. “The solution is not to change the system; The solution is to change the players,” Little said. “And so I asked them to, to respect my interpretation, that asking you to hire a treasure, which is perfectly fine, but to make the treasurer the chief financial officer was a step too far.” But before that charter amendment was in place, there was a real debate at the city over both the legality and efficacy of removing financial authority from the city manager. In an email to Council, City Attorney Sherry Scott, then an assistant city attorney, wrote that a job description proposed by the majority that would have shifted powers to the treasurer “appears to be inconstant with the responsibilities the City Charter currently assigns to the City Manager.” Scott wrote that at the time many of the financial duties the Council sought “I’m not anti-Semitic by any sense of the imagination, because I’ve got Jewish friends all around the world, but if you want to write this down, George Soros is at the helm of all of this,” Angelos said. She added, “He’s causing a lot of hate and discontent and stuff, and that bothers me as it does all Americans that are serious about maintaining their country.” Theories alleging Soros is the mastermind of a malicious global cabal have proliferated in the U.S. in recent years,

to assign to the new treasurer were actually assigned to the city manager, including preparing and administering the budget. But Lane and others saw Little’s refusal to go along with the move as insubordination. “You can’t run a city where the city manager believes that he can pick and choose which Council decisions he is going to implement,” then-Councilman Bob Littlefield said in 2009. “It has nothing to do with anything else; that’s the bottom line.” Other observers praised Little for his stand. “To see a city manager say to council ‘no, I’m not going to go along with what you want to do, because it doesn’t jive with the city charter’ – my hats off to him for being an honest, transparent public servant,” Scutari said. Former Scottsdale City Manager Dick Bowers, who served in the role for sparked mainly by far right groups opposed to his funding of progressive political causes, according to the Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization, The ADL published a report in 2018 connecting the Soros conspiracy theories to longstanding anti-Semitic tropes. “Even if unintentional, politicians and pundits repeating these unsubstantiated conspiracies essentially validate the same hateful myths propagated by antisemites,” according to the ADL.

about 10 years, spoke in favor of Little at the 2009 meeting, stating he too “would probably fall victim in this situation” had the Council proposed a similar change during his tenure. “We have a code of ethics that says we will not support anything that is ethically, morally or legally inappropriate,” Bowers said. “We will lose our job for the sake of principal.” There was a split on Council as well, with Lane, Littlefield Lisa Borowsky and Tony Nelssen voting to fire Little. Suzanne Klapp, Wayne Ecton and Ron McCullough all voted to reject the termination. “I feel rage; I feel shame; and I feel sadness that we’ve come to this action today,” Klapp said at the 2009 meeting. “And I think the toxic environment that was alluded to will unfortunately become explosive due to this situation.” “I’m here to congratulate John for having the guts to stand up when he is absolutely, positively right on this issue of this nonsensical, torturing of the Charter to come up with this political treasurer,” Bowers added. Not everyone bought that explanation, though. “It wasn’t that he stood on principle,” LaSota said. “It was that he didn’t want to give up power and council had seen what happened when they gave him the power to control all the financial information.” Though, at the time, the Council majority argued the treasurer move did not violate the Charter, it did send seven charter amendments to voters in 2010, including one that declared “the city treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the city.” The change was no less contentious at the ballot box, where it passed with 52 percent of the vote. Angelos said she is not anti-Semitic. The theory that Soros, a Jewish Hungarian Holocaust survivor, was a Nazi has been debunked on numerous occasions. According to Politifact, a fact checker published by the Poynter Institute, an image went viral on social media several years ago purporting to show a young Soros in a Nazi uniform. However, the photo actually depicted former SS soldier Oskar Gröning, who was sentenced to four years in prison in 2015 and died in 2018.

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cottsdale City Council could adopt a citywide anti-discrimination ordinance following a recommendation from the Scottsdale Human Services Commission last month. At its meeting Aug. 10, the commission unanimously voted to recommend adopting an ordinance that would ban most businesses and all elected and appointed officials from discriminating against individuals due to ethnicity, age, race, sex, gender, national origin, religious belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. The commission also voted to recommend adoption of an anti-harassment, nondiscrimination and non-retaliation policy for elected officials and appointed members of the city’s boards and commissions. Commission Chair Janice Shimokubo and Vice Chair Emily Hinchman sent a letter to Council asking it to add the proposals to an agenda within 60 days, but there is currently no date set for a Council discussion of the recommendations. “After their recommendation was shared with the City Council, the city manager has

asked staff to do additional research before bringing this item forward for City Council discussion,” said Sharon Cini, Scottsdale’s diversity and inclusion program manager. “We will be working on that research, will keep the Commission updated on our progress, and will bring it forward when the research has been completed to the City Manager’s satisfaction,” Cini said. The ordinance would ban discrimination in employment, housing or public accommodations. Valid complaints would be referred to a mediator and charges would only be filed following a review by the City Attorney. A complaint could result in civil charges and could include warnings and incremental fines of up to $2,500. The proposed ordinance would forbid elected and appointed officials from retaliating against anyone filing a complaint. Initially, the policy would limit potential punishment to a formal vote by Council to accept or reject the complaint following an investigation and possible removal of an offending board or commission member. The commission also recommended that Council consider referring a charter

amendment to voters that would allow the censure of Council members for violations. In 2015, Councilmember Virginia Korte proposed an anti-discrimination ordinance but it ultimately failed to move past early discussions. In 2019, Korte discussed the failed effort in the wake of a “Scottsdale Discriminates” ad campaign designed to push back at efforts by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Scottsdale-based anti-LGBTQ group. At the time, Korte told the Progress that the 2015 effort stalled because some on Council wanted to add exceptions for small businesses with 15 or fewer employees – something she said would have limited the ordinance’s effectiveness. “Well, if you carve out small businesses with 15 employees or less, you’re carving out (about 95 percent) of the business in Scottsdale. So, you know, how convenient is that?” Korte said. Mayor Jim Lane told the Progress there were also concerns the ordinance would negatively impact religious freedoms. However, Korte said protections – such as the Arizona’s 1999 Religious Freedom Restoration Act – are already in place to protect religious institutions and individuals.

The ordinance proposed by the Human Relations Commission does not exempt small businesses. The ordinance exempts religious organizations but the commission decided to remove exemptions for nonprofits and political parties. “As the national discourse on race continues, people and companies expect equality, basic fairness, and equity in the places they live, work and visit,” the commission told Council. “Our city, for all its other virtues and positive attributes, lacks policies to ensure basic necessities.” The commission wrote that adopting the policies was an effort to simply “do the right thing” but also made more pragmatic arguments, stating that major local businesses expect this action. “Businesses with strong foundations in Scottsdale ... are all committed to fostering diverse organizations that value and support each individual - and they expect the communities in which they operate to reflect those values,” according to the letter. The commission also argued that adoption of the policies would benefit Scottsdale’s tourism industry.

“We can’t separate the number of students from staff because we would risk violating the confidentiality of the staff at the East Campus, where the number of employees is much smaller. That’s why when we set up the page, we combined the staff and student numbers. We can’t say which districts the students come from because we would risk violating the confidentiality of students from our smaller districts, such as Fountain Hills and Cave Creek,” Todd said. EVIT opened for full five-day in-class opening when its school year began Aug. 17. Todd said that to her knowledge, none of the cases ended in hospitalization. She said both the county and EVIT health aides follow up with individuals. Todd said the county EVIT reports all cases to Maricopa County Public Health, which also follows up with feeder schools on potential exposures. “Our EVIT health aides also interview in-

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exposed areas, cleans the affected area with appropriate chemicals, disinfects the area again and removes disinfectant residue,” she said. “They use EPA-recommended chemicals in a Protexus Electrostatic sprayer. That’s in addition to the regular cleaning and disinfecting of the campus that’s going on throughout the day.” Medical experts say that it is not surprising that once schools open for in-class learning that some COVID-19 infections will occur. “It’s not a question of if, but when outbreaks will occur,” said Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and the former health commissioner of Baltimore, in an interview last week with the New York Times. It also quoted Dr. Benjamin Linas, an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University, who said, “We have to be realistic. If we are opening schools, there will be some COVID.”

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Scottsdale businesswoman debuts her book in Spanish who was often referred to as “tiny ninja” by her two brothers, Finn and Indy. It tells the story of Milo, who doesn’t ast fall, Sasha Graham’s of�ice was like mornings and deliberately ignores �illed with new merchandise for his Tiny Ninja, who tries to help him her company, Tiny Ninja Books, wake up. “Milo” is the �irst in a series of Tiny and her children’s book, “Milo Does Not Ninja Books targeting children ages 4 Like Mornings.” This year, the Scottsdale resident and to 8, with the central idea of each book business owner has added new items being “we are born with our own tiny to her online shop that include not only ninja who is the bravest, strongest, face masks but also her soon-to-be re- most awesome version of us.” “It’s that little voice; when you are leased new book, “A Milo No Le Gustan las Mañanas,” the Spanish language edi- scared or uncertain or debating what to do, if you listen to your tiny ninja, it tion of “Milo.” “Spanish has woven its way through all becomes clear,” Graham explained. “For years, I wrote stories about my life since childhood, and I am delighted to have the chance to bring Milo tiny ninjas,” the former Walt Disney and his Tiny Ninja to Spanish-speaking Studios executive explained. “Somekids and their grown-ups,” said Graham. times [Odessa] was the tiny ninja, Slated for release Sept. 29, “A Milo No sometimes it was imaginary; and then Le Gustan las Mañanas” can be pre-or- about a year ago, it suddenly occurred to me that the tiny ninja was internal dered on Amazon. The book was inspired by her chil- and suddenly it all just really worked.” Graham hoped to have her second dren, including her daughter Odessa, book “Whitney Wins Everything” published this month but because she was not able to promote it properly due to COVID-19, she postponed its release to next August. “Book promotions typically involve lots of in-person appearances: schools, bookstores, and community events. With the constraints of COVID, it would not have been possible to publicize and promote ‘Whitney Wins Everything’ in the way we wanted so we decided to go forward with the Spanish translation of ‘Milo’ instead,” Graham explained. Published by Gatekeeper Press, Slated to release Sept. 29, “A Milo No Le Gus- both books include four “seektan las Mañanas” is currently available for pre- and-�inds” that invite readers to order on Amazon. (Tiny Ninja Books) �ind the ninjas. They are illustrat-

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Local recording studio is music to bands’ ears BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

usic venues may be closed, but one Scottsdale engineer and producer is providing a virtual outlet for local musicians and fans to get a live music �ix. At TheRecordingArtist.com every Wednesday, Otto D’Agnolo invites bands into his MIA Studio to record a track while live-streaming the two-hour interactive experience for fans and followers. “All of it is just absolutely fun to me, that’s really what I get out of it – that and providing this opportunity for bands, to watch the impact it has for them to be produced,” the Scottsdale resident said. TheRecordingArtist.com offers two membership tiers: $3.99 a month for the basic membership, which allows members to watch the recording and mixdown sessions the following day; and $6.99 a month for an artist and repertoire membership that allows them to choose the bands invited to the studio and the song they record as well as chat during the recording session. D’Agnolo said he has about 60 subscribing members and another 50 or 60 who were brought on as beta testers. “The fact that [bands] have two hours to get done, they love the pressure that has been put on a creative process to move it forward,” D’Agnolo said. “They have to commit, and they feel that it really gives them something that feels a little bit more alive, like a concert, like a live show,” he explained. “It has the energy of that, but it has, tucked in, polish of a record.” Bands get two hours to set up and soundcheck prior to the live session, which includes a basic track perfor-

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emember last year’s Canal Convergence? Where families crowded around the hands-on artworks and workshops? Where line after line of patrons waited for a cup of craft beer made with recycled water? Where the hordes of spectators lined Arizona Canal for each showing of Walter Productions’ popular fire show? This year, attendees can expect a much different experience. Scheduled Nov. 6-15, Canal Convergence will do away with on-site live music, its beer and wine garden, and more than 130 hands-on artworks, activities and workshops that drew 300,000 people last year. This year, Canal Convergence organizers are planning new offerings and an expanded the physical footprint of the art experience. What that means is artwork will be placed beyond Arizona Canal at the Scottsdale Waterfront to areas throughout Old Town Scott-

“Spectrum (Frame Version),” by Paris-based artist Olivier Ratsi, consists of 20 suspended LED frames, stretching 40 feet across Marshall Way Bridge to display all the colors in the visible spectrum. (Olivier Ratsi)

sdale, in an effort to minimize crowding and allow for safer social distancing. Some of the artworks will even be placed in areas visible from attendees viewing from their cars or bicycles. Also notably new to Canal Convergence this year is the use of augmented reality technology, which aims to enhance the

Canal Convergence experience via smartphone app. Canal Convergence’s augmented reality and online offerings will replace the physical presence of activities, including workshops, artist talks, and public art tours, and the live entertainment that was once scattered throughout the Waterfront area.

Performances will be live-streamed and held in-person at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, where COVID-19 safety protocols will be in place – such as timed entry and spaced seating. The Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ reopening and return to performances also includes livestream ticket options, including the upcoming Jazz con Alma performance on Sept. 26, from home. In response to the pandemic, this year’s theme experience is “Reconnect.” “This is a year where we have all been impacted by COVID-19’s devastating effects on our way of life,” said Kim Boganey, director of Scottsdale Public Art. “Canal Convergence is no exception to these changes and will pivot in order to ensure the safety of everyone involved, including our visitors.” Organizers hope to “find common ground and shared humanity through public art, addressing themes of inclusion, communication, collaboration and community en-

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Scottsdale artist featured on new web series PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

cottsdale oil painter Nancy Breiman is the featured “creative” on the Sept. 24 episode of AZ Creates!, a new biweekly web series. Created and hosted by Chandler artist and author Laurie Fagen, the half-hour web series highlights artists, writers, dancers, musicians, film, theater or TV creatives in Arizona. Fagen, a crime fiction novel writer, designed the program to connect art patrons with artists, and to work on something more positive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“I’ve found it challenging to write about death and murder for my fiction,” Fagen explains, who was working on “Bleeder,” her third novel in her “Behind the Mic Mysteries.” “It’s much more inspiring and fun to chat with artists, and I’m enjoying working with my son, Devon Hancock, who is composing original music and editing the video programs,” she said. Breiman enjoys painting nature, and especially flowers, explaining, “I’m in my happy place when surrounded by creative people, bright colors and beautiful things with a paintbrush in my hand.”

Breiman shares her passion with others through volunteering, teaching art workshops and providing one-on-one instruction in oil painting. She is a juried member of Oil Painters of America and a member of The Sonoran Arts League, Arizona Artists Guild, The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance and the Arizona Arts Alliance. Award-winning Chandler author Albert Quihuis will also be featured on the second episode of AZ Creates! in the “What Are You Reading?” book segment. Quihuis, who has written a series of chil-

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2018, is just one of three re- CREATIVE �� page 18 turning artists this year. The other returning artists dren’s books to honor his parents and faminclude Walter Productions, ily traditions, has also penned the young Casey Farina, and Budapest- adult “Better Than Me,” a true story of based studio Koros Design — three generations of “women’s hardships one of three foreign artists. and misfortunes” and their strength to OGE Group from Haifa, Is- overcome them. rael will introduce “Together! He will read a short selection from “SoResponding to COVID-19,” a fia’s Summer Adventure.” 32-foot-high light sculpture In the events segment, called “Someof multicolored hands holding thing to Look Forward To,” co-host and each other and forming the graphic designer Cathy Beard of Chanshape of a heart.” dler will highlight arts events including Farina’s “Across the Di- Pinetop-Lakeside’s Fall Artisans Festival, vide” will treat attendees to a Gilbert’s Art Intersection, a Sedona Arts generative video installation Center fundraiser, jazz programs at The OGE Group of Haifa, Israel will bring “Together! Re- that uses projection mapping Nash in Phoenix and more. sponding to COVID-19,” a 32-foot-high light sculp- across multiple windows “to The featured nonprofit for the second ture of multicolored hands holding each other and produce visual habitats where show will be the Sonoran Arts League, an forming the shape of a collective heart, to Scottsdale abstracted human forms re- 800-member state-wide arts organizain November. (OGE Group) side.” tion. The program will close with a “CreFarina said he hopes the art- ative Quote of the Day.” C0NVERGENCE �� page 18 work will draw attention to the vibrant local The first episode launched Sept. 10 and art scene. featured choreographer Pamela Cannedy gagement,” the press release states. “As the pandemic has continued, I’ve of Phoenix and author Lee Travathan of Scottsdale Public Art specifically chose a spent an increasing amount of time conQueen Creek. mix of local, national and international artThe new episode will air at 7 p.m. Sept. ists who push the boundaries to create art sidering our relationship to living space through a durational lens,” he said. 24, and will be available on the AZ Crethat offers the public a way to not only reInformation: canalconvergence.com ates! YouTube channel at any time. connect with themselves and their neighbors but also enjoy at a distance. “Each of the Canal Convergence artworks provide unique and meaningful ways to reconnect with friends, neighbors, and the city of Scottsdale through art,” said Jennifer Gill, public art manager for Canal Convergence. “Even though the look and feel of this year’s event has had to change due to pandemic restrictions, we are proud to say that the tradition of exceptional lightbased public artworks remains the same,” As you build your new goals, rely on a Gill continued. business banking partner that’s strong, Boston-based MASARY Studios, for exinnovative and driven to help you succeed. ample, will showcase a “community-driven public art expression” called “Massively Visit StearnsBank.com/business to learn Distributed” that features sampled sound about the checking and savings options and visual textures from the Scottsdale you can count on. area. “This year has challenged us, as artists, to think differently, to create work that is durable and safe even in a pandemic,” said Call us today: (480) 314-4200 Ryan Edwards of MASARY Studios. “But as public artists, we are already in that space, for the most part. I think this pandemic is emphasizing how important public art really is, and the artists and presenters who embrace that are really thriving.” Follow us | MASARY Studios, who brought “Sound Sculpture” to the Marshall Way Bridge in

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its 400+ members on the state and national guidelines for reopening, including occupancy limits, face covering requirements, physical distancing measures, and cleaning and sanitation procedures. The organization also has encouraged tourism businesses to promote COVID-19 protocols on ExperienceScottsdale.com so that they are front and center for travelers looking to visit Scottsdale in the future. When cases began rising in Arizona, Experience Scottsdale helped potential visitors understand their role as well. Experience Scottsdale launched BeScottsdaleSafe.com to inform visitors about Scottsdale’s mask mandate and business closures. The site includes a “Safe Traveler Pledge” asking that all visitors wear their masks, wash their hands, sanitize frequently touched objects and surfaces, practice social distancing, use contactless payment, and be patient and kind.

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San Franciscans moved, opened restaurant here BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

hile most families hunkered down at the start of the pandemic, one San Franciscobased family of four made the bold move to not only relocate to Scottsdale, but also open their own restaurant. Husband-and-wife business partners Anthony and Anna Barr opened Gabriella’s Contemporary American Cuisine on Aug. 28 at the Mercado at Scottsdale Ranch. “We are so excited to bring our upscale-yet-approachable cuisine to the diners of Scottsdale,” says co-founder Anna Barr. Gabriella’s Contemporary American Cuisine’s menu features elevated appetizers, like sweet corn and wild mushroom tamale with cumin crema and avocado salsa, and stuffed cheese and bacon tater tots. Sandwiches shine at Gabriella’s, too — particularly the short rib grilled cheese with white cheddar on sourdough bread; Gabriella’s Crispy Chicken Bahn Mi with pickled vegetables, roasted jalapeno and cilantro aioli; and their dungeness crab and lobster roll. Patrons can also choose from pastas, like Gabriella’s pasta with lemon sage marinated grilled chicken and broccolini, garden peas and white wine. Decadent entrees include the grilled New York steak with wild mushrooms and red wine demi served with garlic smashed potatoes and garden vegetables, and the grilled fresh catch with celeriac root puree, baby garden vegetables, maple lardons and orange miso glaze. In addition to vegan and vegetarian items, like Impossible Burger sloppy Joe sliders topped with Daiya cheese, Gabriella’s also offers weekly specials such as Tomahawk Tuesdays and Fried

Opened Aug. 28, Gabriella’s Contemporary American Cuisine serves “upscale-yetapproachable” cuisine, like short rib grilled cheese, baked creamy pasta with baby scallops, and crispy chicken bahn mi. (Tim Fuchs)

Anthony Barr is the executive chef and co-owner of Gabriella’s. He owns the new Scottsdale restaurant with wife of 18 years, Anna Barr. (Gabriella’s/Facebook)

Chicken Fridays. “We take much pride in every dish that comes out of our kitchen,” Anna said. The concept for the restaurant was inspired by the couple’s combined experience building two of San Francisco’s most sought-after corporate catering and event planning companies, Fork & Spoon Pro-

ductions and Above & Beyond Catering. Anthony was also executive chef for more than 15 years, using fresh, sustainable ingredients in “new and delectable ways.” When the pandemic hit, however, large events and wedding were getting canceled and Anthony and Anna were forced to lay off 50 staff members. After realizing they needed a fresh start, they visited Scottsdale for the �irst time in April and immediately fell in love with the area. Located where Basilico Italian Restaurant once sat, Gabriella’s intimate, comfortable dining space is limited to 40 guests.

Its large patio, however, can seat up to 60. “We’re dedicated to, and passionate about, creating memorable experiences through a welcoming atmosphere, spectacular service, and exceptional food,” Anna said.

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