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The Arizona Republic Sunday, September 29, 1991 cog Trgi rMam Mayor plots Phoenix's couarse Boosting economy, holding down costs are keys for Johnson We can solve them quickly and affordably! Our tax professional are enrolled to practice before the IRS and have the know-how necessary to solve ALL your personal and business tax problems! Secure Lien and Levy Releases Negotiate Payment Plsns Prepare Delinquent State and Federal Tax Returns Prevent Asset Seizures Prs-psni Of fers in Compromise Audit Representation Penalty Reduction For your FREE consultation, call 222-4777 PI I OEM IX For example, Johnson points to a drug- and crime-ridden area in east Phoenix bounded by 24th and 32nd streets, Roeser Road and the Salt River bottom. That area was declared a drug-free area and received increased police patrols and has made tremendous strides in lowering its crime rate, he said. Heading the list of Johnson's environmental concerns is implementing a citywide recycling program for metal, glass, paper and plastics. The current pilot program began in 1990 with about 10,000 homes, and the city since has added some more neighborhoods. Johnson said the current program hasn't progressed quickly enough for some.

Johnson also wants to continue to push for the mandatory use of alternative fuels for vehicles to reduce carbon-monoxide emissions in the Phoenix area. administration has to be the economy," Johnson said in June. "It has to be, because when the economy doesn't work, people don't work. "And the resources to run the government come from the people. That's how roads get built.

That's how criminals get caught. That's how fires get extinguished." Also on the mayor's tentative agenda for the next four years is trying to reverse the city's escalating crime rate and improving the environment. Johnson said he wants to focus on community-oriented programs, -such as block watches and drug-free zones, to get a better grip on the crime problem. "Just adding more police isn't going to do it," he said. "Neighborhoods can get involved and make a difference.

It already has happened in parts of the city." Pro-Mason Speclsl-3 Ton Package Hesjpump Replacement Paul Johnson "The private sector is the engine that drives this economy," the Phoenix mayor says. After APS Rebate EXPIRES 10-6-01 'Normal kwtaMion. cormscMd to sxistinp duaxork a stearic at 100 Financing AvsiUbls OAC PHOENIX MESATEMPE 943-6865 249-1826 Licenced Bonded Since 1978 SUN ENERGY INC. 7T A I I A By David Schwartz 1t4iArtzons Republic IT--- tFhoenix Mayor Paul Johnson is trying to map out his four-year blueprint for the nation's ninth-largest rtrnThe 32-year-old mayor sees the dry's priorities beginning and ending ufjnst two words: the economy. When he announced his candidacy Xof in June, Johnson said, "Let me state my goals: to build -Phoenix's economy by creating jobs and to control the cost of govern-: aient." That's the framework Johnson has tablished as he is about to enter his I full term in office.

Johnson faces -otiTy token opposition by two write-in Teundidates in Tuesday's election. Johnson, who maneuvered his way into the job in February 1990 after the I resignation of Terry Goddard, said he -wiH hold seven mini-Town Halls in an -attempt to gain a keener insight into the -issues of importance to the city's than 1 million residents. The Jorums begin Oct. 15. "You gain a whole different understanding of what the public feels is important this way," Johnson, a democrat, said in a recent interview.

"Sometimes you can lose sight of Hhat." The information gathered will form he; basis for Johnson's state-of-the-ctry speech. No date has been set, but it probably will be in March. clear now to Johnson, however, is that the economy is the City's lifeblood, and he said he wants 3r. stress a public-private approach to 3lealing with the tough economic Ttimes that haunt Phoenix. tZT-rle thinks city officials can help Jump-start an economic recovery by sleeping various fee increases at a and by adopting a "no new flaxes" approach to city government.

other incentives, such as tax nbreaks, also are needed to help Stimulate the slumping economy, he Look Good. Feel Great. MjiJ said. In the past, the city has given developers public subsidies for several projects, including the new downtown arena for the Phoenix Suns. "We, as a city, also can help in minimizing some of the red tape that people have to go through to get business done in Phoenix," he said.

Johnson, who owned his own construction company for seven years, wants the city to continue to work with the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce to retain existing businesses and attract new ones. Attracting international businesses, including landing a major foreign airline for Terminal 4 at Sky Harbor International, also are important, Johnson said. However, the city cannot improve the economy alone, he said. "The private sector is the engine that drives this economy," Johnson said. "It's up to them to help it keep chugging along.

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County Supervisor Tom Freestone jof Mesa said the failure to commission timely audit is inexcusable. "Anyone who is using public funds, -whether it is required by law or not, to be audited annually," he said "I'm surprised those procedures were not followed. "We're going to have to get to the with one of its principals, Erik Anderson, Ronan said. However, Ronan and other board members said the auditing firm performed a thorough audit, recommending that the authority improve several record-keeping procedures for receipts and disbursements. Anderson said his relationship with Whitmer had no bearing on how his firm conducted the audit.

The firm also is performing an audit for the past fiscal year, which ended in June. That audit is expected to be completed soon, Joe Garagiola the authority's new board chairman, said Thursday. However, County Attorney Rick Romley has said that he intends to seek an independent audit of the authority as well. If you've enjoyed The Arizona Republic's compelling news stories and fun-to-read features this weekend, don't miss the high-interest reading you'll find throughout the week. TSEMHS COUPON EXPIRES OCTOBER 26 1991 COOKING IN AJO Food Editor Patricia Myers visits the town of Ajo, which means garlic in Spanish.

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