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Supervisors leave Rio Verde high and dry BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
NEIGHBORS............. 24
Scottsdale mom turns grief into helping kids with cancer.
ARTS ............................... 29 Newborns among Arabian steeds coming to WestWorld.
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here hundreds of Rio Verde Foothills households will find water after Dec. 31 remains unknown after the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors last week unanimously voted against what some homeowners called their best chance for a new source. The board on Aug. 31 voted against forming a domestic water improvement district (DWID) to supply water to the community once the City of Scottsdale shuts off the stand pipe servicing community as part of its drought management plan. Supervisor Thomas Galvin, who moved to deny the DWID, called on the city to leave the standpipe running until EPCOR,
More that 100 Rio Verde Foothills homeowners showed up for a special hearing by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Aug. 29 to express their opposition or support for a special water district. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
a private water provider, can create a stand pipe and secure a water source. “I hope and expect that the City of Scottsdale will take note of what we’ve done
here, what has been done and continued to be done and how we continue to work
even former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson writing to Judge Raymond Jackson this summer about the legally blind, 78-yearold Scottsdale commercial real estate investment broker. Those letters stand in sharp contrast to what U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber told Jackson, portraying Alcorn as a serial swindler who conned elderly people and savvy investment firms alike out of tens of millions of dollars with the help of 11 co-conspira-
tors in two complex nationwide schemes. But the letters – full of disbelief that Alcorn would ever hurt people to make millions of dollars – have one thing in common: Alcorn himself. Court papers show he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong either – even though many people warned him for years during a scheme to sell worthless broadband
see WATER page 12
Local conman, 78, begins 15-year prison term FOOD .............................. 32 Here's where football fans can root for their teams.
NEIGHBORS ............................................24 BUSINESS .................................................28 ARTS .............................................29 FOOD ............................................ 32 CLASSIFIEDS ................................34
BY PAUL MARYNIAK Progress Executive Editor
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n a federal court in Virginia, 14 letters portray David Alcorn as a loving husband and father, a generous neighbor and friend and a forthright and honest businessman. “You might say ‘A Fellow Well Met,’” wrote a Scottsdale Realtor who was among the family members, business associates and
Andrew Bloom REALTOR®, Senior Partner Andrew@BVOLuxury.com VOTED #1 SCOTTSDALE REAL ESTATE TEAM FOR 2018
see ALCORN page 18
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