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NEWS................................12 Sun Jewish Community Center homing in on 20 years.
BUSINESS..................20 Scottsdale dentist brings keen eye for art to work.
SPORTS........................ 24 Chaparral boys swim to top state honors.
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Sunday, November 13, 2022
Trends differ in council, board elections 4 SUSD board Graham maintains his sizeable lead over Carter hopefuls in squeaker
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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arry Graham jumped to an early lead in the Scottsdale City Council election and no change emerged in the latest tally before the Progress’ print deadline. Graham was leading over Pamela Carter 58% to 42% with 92,084 ballots counted. “I feel really good about it,” Graham said. “There’s a lot of cautious optimism.”
see COUNCIL page 10
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
Barry Graham
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our of the five candidates for the two Scottsdale Unified Governing Board seats were in a squeaker of an election as votes continued to be counted. Following the last tabulation before the Progress’ print deadline, Amy Carney and Robb Vaules garnered 24%
see SCHOOLS page 10
Robb Vaules
Amy Carney
2 big multifamily projects pass first test BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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wo complexes that would bring a combined 492 apartments to an area near the intersection of 92nd Street and Shea Boulevard have won their
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first round of city approvals. The Scottsdale Development Review Board voted Nov. 3 to recommend City Council and City Planning Commission approval of the Mercado Courtyards, formally known as 92 Ironwood, and the adjacent renamed 94 hundred Shea.
Board Chairwoman and Councilwoman Solange Whitehead noted that while they are two separate projects, the public sees them as one large project. “From the perspective of the constitu-
see DRB page 6
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