Naming of Area flawed?

I for one do think that the re-naming of the area was done too quickly without proper widespread notification of the residents. Click here for a recent opinion by another area resident.

Queen Creek Fireworks - Schnepf Farms

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Celebrate 4th of July tonight at Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek. $10 a carload and all proceeds go to charity.

Click here for the Schnepf Farms calendar of events.

Stay safe y'all.

Around Town

Local photos from the San Tan Valley area in June.

Queen Creek Farmers Market.

Red Rainbow seen on Ironwood / Gantzel.

Banner Ironwood Medical Center coming along nicely.

Click here for information about this project.

The new Poston Butte High School, also coming along nicely.
Click here for more information about the upcoming school year at Poston Butte.

Rebuttal to a previous post.

OPINIONS VALUED HERE

I may not post all comments in the body of an actual post but this one is a rebuttal to this previous post from another commenter.

Anonymous said...
Who are the 200 people Sup. Martyn supposedly queried to move forward with Bella Vista, AZ prior to this vote? A whopping .0025 percent of the 80,000 residents of this unincorporated area.

This area should remain Queen Creek until it incorporates and ALL are enabled to vote on a community name.If it weren't for the newspaper articles and a couple of HOA newsletters with info. on this vote it wouldn't have been known to the dismal 2,000 people that voted. A whopping 2.5 percent of the residents.

Did you know Sup. Martyn already mailed in a letter to the USPS on June 11th requesting with the zip code change that a name change to Bella Vista be made? Talk about the wagon leading the horse... Give me a break. This was a scam. Thought he could sweep it under the rug. And let's see just how much more taxpayer money is wasted when a "revote" occurs during the election cycle because people will be outraged over the new name "San Tan Valley".

Another politician all about himself, way ahead of himself. Doesn't think he needs to consult others on his actions, even when it affects them.
June 24, 2009 12:56 PM

Evolution of San Tan Valley?

hmmm. I may have to change my blog banner to read: THE EVOLUTION OF QUEEN CREEK AND SAN TAN VALLEY, FORMERLY THE UNINCORPORATED AREA BETWEEN FLORENCE AND APACHE JUNCTION.

San Tan Valley Number One Name Choice at Vote

The press is stating that the number one choice of names for the unincorporated area near Queen Creek per a vote at the community meeting this week was.... San Tan Valley followed by Bella Vista.

Personally this blogger feels that although the name Bella Vista is beautiful, locals were upset that the name appeared to be pre-chosen for them and possibly voted for a different name in retaliation. Whatever the reason at least the residents of this area had a say.

Please click here for an article about Mondays meeting and vote.

Vote on San Tan Area re-naming Tomorrow

All joking aside...

The Greater San Tan Area Coalition website has the forms for submitting your vote on the re-naming of the unincorporated area between Florence and Queen Creek. Click here for ballot and more information.

Of note on the website is a tab titled Notifications. Kudos to Tisha Castillo for this notice .

Sadly the local newspapers and Pinal county did little to get the news out to the locals in the area. News articles mentioned the name change but provided little detail on where the vote was taking place. So click on the links above and pass on this information to your friends and neighbors - this "vote" is tomorrow.

The list of names currently up for consideration are:

Acacia Valley
Mountain View
Agave
Palo Verde Hills
Bella Verde
Poston Butte
Bella Vista
Primrose Hill
Carter
Saguaro Valley
Cholla Valley
Santana
Cholla Vista
San Tan Area
Goldmine
San Tan East
Goldmine Valley
San Tan Ridge
Ironwood
San Tan Trails
Ironwood Heights
San Tan Valley
Ironwood Vista
San Tan Vistas
Johnson
Valle Del Sol
Kennedy
NO CHANGE
Mansel