in the Arizona Republic, 20 April 2007:
Scottsdale should take steps to learn about the Valley’s light-rail system and keep an open mind on whether to join it, former Phoenix mayor Skip Rimsza advises.
Rimsza, who advocated the system now under construction between downtown Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, said Scottsdale would benefit from the “icebreaker” work and infrastructure that other Valley cities have done so far.
“If you don’t, in my opinion, start today, you’re simply delaying the inevitable,” Rimsza told the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce’s Partner Council during a light-rail debate Thursday.
The chamber’s board of directors this spring endorsed either light rail or modern streetcars for Scottsdale, but left the choice of location for fixed rail to city officials…
