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NEWS....................... 4 County pound woes continue despite reforms.
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Sunday, October 9, 2022
Eyes on local races as ballots hit Gilbert mailboxes BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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ust a few days remain for the two Gilbert Council candidates to make their final pitch before early voting begins Wednesday, Oct. 12. Former Councilman Bill Spence faces off against newcomer Bobbi Buchli after the two survived the Aug. 2 Primary that saw incumbent Yung Koprowski and challengers Jim Torgeson, and Chuck Bongiovanni win seats. Spence edged Buchli by 628 votes.
The runoff is one of several decisions of local interest facing voters on a crowded ballot that includes a U.S. Senate seat, the governor and all state offices and legislative seats. Locally besides council, Gilbert voters will be choosing two seats on the governing board of Gilbert Public Schools or Higley Unified, depending on where they live. Higley voters also must weigh in on a bond measure the district has put on the ballot. That voters in the Primary booted incumbent Scott September could indicate an electorate wanting a change in the status quo.
851 apartments, 238 COMMUNITY........ 26 homes proposed at Power, Williams Field
Torgeson is a vocal critic of the council and sued the town over political signs last year and Bongiovanni didn’t take any donations for his self-funded campaign. Change could come at the ballot box Nov. 8 as increasing frustration with the council may prompt voters to pick the candidate seen as an outsider. Spence, a retired Navy officer, was unanimously appointed by Council in March 2020 and served eight months but lost his election
Ace in the hole
see COUNCIL page 12
Two popular Gilbert YA authors to discuss vampires.
BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
SPORTS................. 38 Perry athlete’s journey from heart transplant to gridiron. COMMUNITY.......................................26 BUSINESS.............................................33 OPINION................................................ 35 SPORTS..................................................38 GETOUT................................................ 40 CLASSIFIEDS.......................................46
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proposal to build 851 apartment units, 238 duplexes and single-family homes and 104,670 square feet of retail at the northwest corner of Power and Williams Field roads will need more work if it wants approval from the town. The master-planned Bella Storia project is proposed on 79.71 agricultural acres in Maricopa County but an application for annexation into the Town of Gilbert is being processed.
see BELLA page 15
Todd Kisicki of Mesa, left, and Nic Feinstein of Queen Creek have put Gilbert on the map with lovers of the hugely popular outdoor game called cornhole by opening Hole 9 Yards, apparently the nation’s first indoor venue for the game. It took a long time coming for Kisicki, who with his wife has had a business for several years supplying cornhole equipment to organizers of festivals and other outdoor gatherings. Read the story on page 33. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)
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