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Graham's article is a compilation of topics that have already been rejected, showing that he really has no platform other than pandering to populism.

1. Outreach at 750 vs 1500ft. We already are a leader in the valley in the radius of outreach. This would make us by far the Valley leader. This has been proposed, discussed, and rejected already by Council. Graham's suggestion would place an additional cost and burden on investment in our city, exponentially more than it is already. He would burden us with bureaucracy and red tape. On the one hand, Graham is a hard-right Trump-style Republican, but on the other, he is a big-government bureaucrat.

2. Mitigation plan - council heard this on May 3 and decided we have enough already. The existing mitigation plan is 3 inches thick. Did Graham pay attention to the May 3 Council meeting?

3. Water - our water department has this data already. According to Scottsdale's water department, they serve 83,000 single family homes, that make up 88% of accounts, and use 50% of Scottsdale's water. The 53,000 multifamily homes in Scottsdale make up 5% of their accounts, and use only 16% of our water. Multifamily homes use, on average half, the water of a single family home.based on over 125,000 existing households. MF uses 1/2 the water on average. Graham is, again, proposing more bureaucratic hurdles to block investment.

4. Graham claims to not know anyone who is anti-growth. He was endorsed by Councilor Betty Janik, who just last week called for a halt to all new multifamily development. Perhaps he should re-think if he wishes to have Janik's endore*****t.

5. Graham claims to not have been influenced by political hyperbole for Greenbelt 88 and Ironwood 92. These were the most heavily scrutinized projects in recent memory. Each project were victimized by hyperbolic social media campaigns on Nextdoor, let by a Graham donor Susan Wood, and Graham's running-mate Bob Littlefield. Both projects had overwhelming support from local businesses, residents speaking in favor. Barry completely gave in to political hyperbole from a small group of angry, uncompromising people. Barry listens to residents who agree with him, not the 240,000 other voters who love the direction our city is going.

This article is nothing but populist pandering, that reveal Graham to be a big-government bureaucrat, a blocker to investment, and not even all that aware of what our Council has actually done recently.