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Channel 11 takes home Tellys
Chandler’s Communications & CityScope, was produced by Ray
Public Affairs Department was awarded Gonzales and Jennifer Honea. Gonzales
not one, but two national awards for fi lmed and edited the production.
programs recently aired on the City’s A Bronze Telly was awarded to
Channel 11, the government access Chandler’s Public Works at Work
cable station that airs on Cox. program, hosted and produced by Jane
Lessons in Loyalty, the story of a Poston and Jim Phipps, and videotaped
Japanese American family who was and edited by Stacy Sacco. The program
relocated to an internment camp on the features stories about construction and
Gila River Indian Community during other projects undertaken by the City’s
World War II, earned Chandler its fi rst- Public Works and Municipal Utilities
ever Silver Telly, the highest honor departments.
awarded in the annual competition The Telly Awards, founded in 1979,
for the best local, regional, and cable
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honor outstanding local, regional and
television commercials and programs,
TV WINNERS: City of Chandler video employees were honored with Telly Awards for the best local, nored with Telly Awards
cable TV commercials and programs.
as well as the fi nest video and fi lm
regional, and cable television commercials and programs. Jane Poston and Jim Phipps won for Public
Judging is based on high standards of
productions.
Works at Work TV show, edited by Stacy Sacco. Ray Gonzales won for the City’s video magazine
along with Jennifer Honea.
production excellence. CityScope can be
The video production, part of viewed at
www.chandleraz.gov.
Chandler’s monthly video magazine,
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The board’s vote to approve the site plan instead of the offensive odors that are inextricably linked to such sites for landfi lls, power generation stations and other
postponing a decision until the project could be more a facility,” he says. possibly controversial land uses to improve planning.
thoroughly assessed demonstrates the dark side of “County islands and rapid growth will continue
district systems, he asserts. Seeking creative solutions to be problematic,” he says. “We have to continue
“I’m wondering if they would have made the same Tidemann thinks the county board of supervisors to look at, study and communicate the impact of
decision if they were elected by all of the people should have deferred to the city and not upheld these potential problems and continue to seek public
in Chandler rather than just by the people in their antiquated zoning that no longer refl ects residents’ involvement and ways that we can get creative in
districts,” he says. needs and desires. solving these challenges.”
While Alamosa Estates resident Scott Tidemann Brock agrees that the zoning is outdated and has
doesn’t fault the county’s site plan approval process, asked county staff to send cities a list of all heavy
Jennifer Hesse is a freelance reporter and may be contacted at
he criticizes the board of supervisors for approving the industrial zoned sites in the county. He also wants to
JenniferH@SanTanSun.com.
project without ever visiting another transfer station. collaborate with local government bodies and Arizona
“They never experienced fi rsthand the far reach of State University on researching the most compatible
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