At the end of the last council meeting, June 26, Councilman Brown told us everything we need to know about who to vote for in the upcoming election.

After a group of citizens 350 in number had presented to the council just facts, town regulations and the town’s own writings on why there should be no zoning change to allow a nursing home at the corner of Saguaro and Trevino, he looked right at us, lectured, and referred to the 66 percent vote, obviously referring to the citizens who wouldn’t give them the property tax money they are so desperate for.

His theory seems to be that if you won’t give them the tax, the town must seek development money, good or bad, any way it can to fund itself, or it will go bankrupt. Watch the recording on the town’s website. That’s the thinking that got Fountain Hills into its current financial predicament and causes the mistrust of town officials.

In all fairness to Magazine, he stood against Brown in the vote and we will miss the thoughtfulness of Leger. We can’t get rid of Brown and Tolis this time around but we can, and should, in the future.

Our family has known Scharnow for a very long time, and we like him, but he too feels the need to group citizens according to opinion. Google his Times letter of 8/9/17 to prove it to yourself.

Fountain Hills doesn’t need any more know-it-alls and special interest people running the town. What it needs right now are citizens willing to enforce the town’s own laws and regulations without fail, and some accounting/financial planning. Maybe then some sanity and trust can be restored. I believe Spelich, Friedel, and Bulow von Dennewitz will do just that. Let’s start housecleaning!