15 June, 2010 Dear City of Mesa,
Please, for the love of Satan himself, stop scheduling this stuff when Iron Maiden's in town! Bloody hell, yeah this civic-minded garbage is important but you've got to draw the line somewhere. Guh.

08 June, 2010 The Arizona We Want
What a stupid name. Nonetheless, it's a good idea, and VioPac will be attending. It sounds like it's the We Want forum for Arizona--and if there's one thing that VioPac Heavy Industries is tired of hearing about, it's how much people want things. Need, need, need is all you hear from the proles now. More of those fantastically successful Government programs that solidify people's need for the State. ... But we're getting off topic. heh.

On 17 June there will be a Town Hall of sorts down at the City Council chambers. Candidates running for office in 2010 will be there to answer questions that will hopefully be more substantive than "don't you think blue is a pretty color?" and "do you favor or oppose child abuse?".

More info here

22 March, 2010 Get in here. Now.
Finally, something else to do in Downtown Mesa. Il Vinaio serves an awesome breakfast and has comfortable couches, which makes it a great place to read all those books you bought at the only other thing to do in downtown, which is the Mesa Book Gallery. Seriously, I'd go there even if I didn't feel sorry for Downtown. Aside from having live Jazz on Thursday nights they also know how to keep a cup of coffee filled and, aside from the awful "Dracula" wine, have a decent wine list. Go there now. It's a great place and I don't want to lose it to the stagflation of Mesa's Main St.

Okay, the Mesa Arts Center, the AZ Museum of Natural History, and those exciting City Council meetings on Monday evenings. Yes, there are things to do Downtown. It's still a ghost town--we here at VioPac are just glad that it no longer deserves to be.

15 March, 2010 Sometimes I love West Mesa.

1 September, 2009 Car Dealership really gets an upgrade
Well, looks like the erm, flea market turned out to be a shell game. Bravo! It's still an upgrade.

I love West Mesa.

21 July, 2009 Car Dealership gets an upgrade
Hey, looks like the empty lot left by Big Two Toyota is being upgraded to a flea market this Friday. VioPac operatives will be scoping out the joint at Alma School and Baseline Rd this Friday to determine what, if any, fleas are for sale and in what quantity. Should there be anything else offered there, or if it's found to be otherwise worthwhile, we'll be sure to keep it to ourselves. Screw you guys, we want cheep stuff.

11 July, 2009 Dobson Ranch's Angel Tattoo Parlor returns?
The EV Trib is reporting that a ruling affecting a Tempe Tat parlor might help Angel Tattoo down in the snotty Dobson Ranch area in our beloved 3rd District. VioPac's Judy Morning spoke to the council about this issue shortly before the Mesa City Council voted against it; it looks like the remarks made by Mayor Scott Smith in support of the parlor weren't in vain either.

9 July, 2009 Mobile City Hall: 25 July
They're calling it "Mobile City Hall", and it's at the Mekong Plaza near Dobson and Main in West Mesa. Yeah, you've seen it off to the right when you cruise in to the Light Rail station there. There'll be booths from various City departments and a raffle VioPac agents intend to win. It runs from 1100 to 1300 hours on 25 July. Come early to get the best swag.

15 March, 2008 Breakfast with Council Member Kavanaugh
Hey all you Freemesans, Dennis Kavanaugh is holding another Pancake Breakfast for District 3 residents on 28 March. It starts at 0800 and is held, like last year, at 1426 S. Extension south of Southern, at the Mesa Fire Station.

For more info contact Charlotte McDermot at 480.644.5294.

Here I'll write up our thoughts on Dina Higgins, District 5 (especially her campaign, which at least one of us was impressed with), Dennis Kavanaugh, District 3 (cautiously optimistic), and Mayor Smith (yay! Now don't screw it up.).

"This cross measured forty times makes the height of Christ in his humanity. He who kisses it is preserved for seven days from falling, sickness, apoplexy, and sudden death."

Pope Leo X, inscription on Papal Indulgences sold by the Pontiff

* Conversations with Dennis Kavanaugh
* Conversations with Russell Pearce
* Mesa City Countil issues
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