The SCA View-Journal

 

Making Good Things Even Better

 

Today's Anthem View

 

12 November 2005

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  November's  SPIRIT   Spirit

 

NEW! Our Response to the Communications Committee.

Here we offer our response to efforts made this week by the Communication's Committee to cut our ties to the SCACAI internet site.    Response

 

 

 

NEW!  The Board Says "No" to

Sun City's Veterans. Disappointed and royally upset, some veterans are encouraging their fellow service comrades to boycott this year's Anthem Center Veterans Day celebrations.  The Board Says, "No."

 

NEW! American Foreign Policy and The Bush Doctrine Anew: A Commentary Symposium

Is America more or less secure under The Bush Doctrine?

              The Bush Doctrine Anew

 

 

 NEW! Board of Directors Meeting

                   The October 27th Board meeting

A love fest treated the audience in attendance. What to make of "surplus" financing? And do we need another management contract?    BOD Meeting

 

NEW! 2006 Budget Proposal.

Here in a convenient one-click format is the 2006 Budget proposal as presented by the Finance Committee on 27 October.  

                The 2006 Budget Proposal

 

 

NEW! The SCA View-Journal Poll.

Residents now have the opportunity to express their opinion on matters of interest to the Board and the community.

  TAKE OUR 3-QUESTION POLL NOW!

 

       Click here:   The SCA View Poll 

 

 

NEW! The Top Ten List--Theories on Why Trees in Sun City Anthem are Being Vandalized

                        The Top Ten List

 

 

NEW! On Trumpets--a continuing saga. This somewhat suggestive report is on the art of leasing, or as some might suggest, on how to get out of objectionable lease provisions with a wink and a nod.      Trick or Treat

 

 

UPDATE! 287 responses to rental survey.

FACILITY RENTALS BY OUTSIDE VENDORS!  DAVID BERMAN HELD A WELL ATTENDED PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON 25 OCTOBER. 

  Click here to take the Survey

 

 

Recent Events as of 15 Oct. Committee actions & questions on many fronts affecting the community, including tree vandalism.  Recent Events

 

 The Minuteman Foundation--

 a continuing dialogue

  Our response to Chuck Davis' recent efforts to inform

  the community, dated 13 October.

  The Minuteman Foundation

 

 The Mind Game.

 

 

 

 

 

  OnStar Technology to the Rescue

  A satirical look at the benefits for certain people.

  Check out BlondeStar in our Humor Section

 

Point of View. Here we take issue with one or more community matters of interest or concern. In this case, I have taken strong exception to what we understand is a Board supported neighborhood landscaping program. I believe their support for this program has been misplaced and should be reconsidered as against the best interest of the community. POV

 

Citizens Traffic Advisory Board.  

Here is the entire CTAB presentation of 15 Sept. at the Anthem Center. Read their presentation, along with Speed Study Data (radar gun); Speed Sign Data; Accident Data; and Survey Card Data for Highlands, Solera, and Sun City.  CTAB Presentation

 

 Legends Never Die! Legends (some true

 and mostly false) have been making the internet and

 email rounds for years. Here are a couple of sites that

 dispel false rumors, Urban Legends and Snopes.

 To view the top 25 list from Urban Legends:  25  List

 Was that a fly I saw in my urinal?   Urinal

 

 Bush and American Foreign Policy.

 An insightful article by Gary Rosen, Commentary's

 Managing Editor, titled "Bush and the Realists."  

 Bush and the Realists

 

 Oil. Of the 7 billion barrels of oil we consume each year, what percent comes from the Middle East? More than 75%, 52%, 21%, 9%, or less than 1%. The answer and more is detailed in this very informative  Commentary article, “Getting Over Oil.”   O i l

 

Is the Board on the Verge of Throwing Out the Baby with the Bath Water? What should the Board do with a $500,000+ surplus. A rebate? On the other hand, is there a real surplus?  An SCA View-Journal Editorial

 

 

Channel 99 TV News.

Click this Link and go directly to "Channel 99 Live" and view Sun City Anthem's TV news on your computer.

Channel 99 TV News

 

 

 

3rd Recreation Center Map Location.

Map showing the location of the proposed 3rd recreation center for Sun City and adjoining communities.  RC3 is located south and east of Anthem Center.    Map

 

 

 

The Club at Madeira Canyon. A flyer,

 

price list, and other information for The Club at Madeira Canyon.    The Club

 

 

 

 

Beautiful desert pictures. This will take you to a website that presents several pages of striking and beautiful Arizona desert images.  Desert pictures

 

Arab TV. Learn what Middle Eastern clerics, scholars, and terrorists are telling their own people about what's happening in the Middle East, the United States and in the world.  MEMRI TV is the Arab speaking source for Middle Eastern information.  Video clips are translated into English. Click here to find out about MEMRI TV on our site and then decide if you want to learn more by visiting MEMRI TV.     MEMRI TV

 

 

Pulte Responds to a Question About Madeira Canyon. Allison Copening, Director of Public Affairs, responds to The SCA View on a question raised at this past week's forum on whether Madeira Canyon residents should contribute towards common element maintenance.   Pulte's Response & Our Comment

 

Developer's Forum, A Follow-up. A

review of what happened and did not happen at the Developer's forum. A disappointing and frustrating outcome for most.   Developer's Forum 

 

Customer Relations Schedule of

Home Maintenance Seminars. Check out upcoming (and past) DW seminar dates and contractors. They will come around again.  Schedule

 

 

 

On Communicating with the Board.

 

The prospect of presumably easier communications with the Board and Association management was within reach, or so we were led to believe. But someone had a different idea. Now, instead of being able to simply jot that "eForm" off to, e.g., Favil West or the Activities Director, the process has been made more cumbersome by requiring you to insert your member ID number in virtually every instance in that eForm every time you want to send a message to someone. Is that member ID number really necessary and is this requirement serving your best interests?  eForm Use

 

                           

On the Absence of Inflation. Paul Samuelson, the eminent economist, tell us to look at the numbers. He says that one very important story we're missing today is the absence of sharply higher inflation. He attempts to explain to the lay reader the significance of otherwise drab statistics that may not be immediately obvious.      The Big News

 

 

 Pandamonium. With the recent birth of a panda at the Smithsonian National Zoo, pandamonium broke out. You may view this experience on their website as well as on the Zoo's two web cams of the mother and occasionally the baby panda. If access is temporarily unavailable, click on the "Play" button in the lower left hand corner of the panda cam player.  Smithsonian Panda cams  To get worldwide panda news, click here:  Panda Paws News   You can meet San Diego's Zoo's 5 pandas here:  San Diego Pandas

 

Mary Richard, Resident Performing Artist and 4th Place Winner for the State's Ms. Senior Nevada Pageant, now Participating in November's Las Vegas Senior Idol Contest. An intimate portrait of one of Sun City's performing arts stars, Mary Richard.  Interview

HP

 

Community Service Club. For upcoming events, scheduled meeting times, further information on how you may help, please visit our website page: Community Service Club

 

Security Patrol: Volunteers Are Needed.

Please call between the hours of 8 & 4 daily to 614-7561, or by contacting the Patrol’s Chief, Dick Cancellier, at 897-8875.

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