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Riverview's car dealerships are starting to open. Perhaps this will help people remember that Riverview is not the same as Tempe marketplace. The potential for more revenue to Mesa is far greater with the dealerships in place. The sight of those Toyotas and Nissans driving off the lot will be more music to the taxpayer's ears than any random coffeehouse guitarist sitting in some corner of Marketplace singing away.

Mesa Public Schools is voting Tuesday on if they will close Jordan Elementary. If this only saves them about $800,000, they better start looking for some bigger cuts. The board is going to speak publicly about this issue for the first time on Tuesday. That should be interesting. I suspect its going to be a fairly packed house full of angry parents.