Mesa Briefs

Walmart won't help reduce shoplifting. Thefts are up 89% in Mesa since 2007 and Walmart isn't taking any of the police recommendations. I understand that they are a huge corporation that has a lot of rules and requirements of their own, but when a city appears to be bending backwards to help, don't you think that you should engage at least a little bit.

A giant Costco is opening in East Mesa. The largest Costco in the state is opening at Sossaman and the 60. I can never get out of Costco without spending at least $100 or so, will it go up if I go to that one? While everyone is trending towards smaller stores and cars, Costco is going bigger.

Mesa Arts Center wants a marquee. Gee, maybe this is something that people should have thought of before now. Every place from Radio City Music Hall to the Hollywood Bowl has a marquee to tell people whats going on. Perhaps we can get a few more people to the show if they actually knew what was coming up.