(Lyn's note: Please feel free to send us any pictures you'd like included.  If your photos are for sale, let us know and we will put them under that category.  We have a special section for that purpose.  If anyone would like to buy a print of any of Herbert's photos, all profits will be donated to one of the local non-profit organizations.   Here is the link to this week's Pictures of the Week. Enjoy!)

http://www.carefreeazbusinesses.com/pictures-of-week-22916.html

 

Photo by Herbert Hitchon

 

 

 

 

The 2016 Carefree Desert Garden calendars are now available at Carefree Town Hall, 8 Sundial Circle, Carefree, and they are gorgeous! If you like to take pictures, visit the Gardens.  Our entry period for the Carefree Desert Gardens Photo Contest is January.  Your picture could be in the 2017 calendar.

 

 

 

Town of Carefree Newsletter link:

http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4b736631f153ae846e0670316&id=1c548bde21

 

In The News-Town of Carefree link

http://www.carefree.org/DocumentCenter/View/1250

 

Desert Foothills Chronicle link:

http://www.desertfoothillschronicle.org/

CITYSunTimes link:

http://news.citysuntimes.com/

 

 

Lyn,

Your summaries, and Herbie’s and other’s photos, of Ray Villafane and his creations and Ray’s expanded relationship with the residents and Town of Carefree were absolutely outstanding. Thank you for all you do on behalf of Carefree.

Mayor Les Peterson

 

 

Hi Lyn, thanks for these invaluable newsletter issues.

I say go with, and trust, Ray Villafane. Here are the quotes that stick out and resonate:

"The Garden has much bigger things than any can realize," (I've always thought this), and "I'm looking to invest more than I take." Nice!

I'm with Ray on this and think that Carefree can only benefit from his visions, contributions, and artistry, short-term and long.

Kevin Glenn

 

 

Thank you for reporting on town events. With our daughter at the helm of marketing, our town will blossom in many good ways. You are essential in keeping us informed. 

Thanks again,

Joe and Connie Intenzo

 

 

Carefree edges closer and closer to being a full time theme park with its many weekend "festivals."  Carefree stuggles more and more with signs , entrances, and traffic stratetgies to draw traffic into its tax producing businesses.

 

And Carefree now considers  spending $159,999 on enhanced "fun" projects described by Mr. V. to draw even more traffic.

 

It is time  time for the council to ask itself and its town what they really want to be.

 

If fighting all the traffic at these festivals, having next to no access to their towns when they occur, and being shunted this way and that by police who oversee these affairs, it might occur to residents that paying a reasonable tax might be a better life choice for them than nightmares before Christmas, scarecrows in our gardens, trolls under bridges, etc.

 

Carefree struggles for ever more ways to increase its tax base so it can avoid the tax that other communities  pay to live in their communities. But it needs to be very careful that it does not overwhelm the town in a 365 day a year nightmare where many might visit for entertainment, but few would want to live.

 

To spend $150,000 of Carefree's money for events that Mr. V will summon from his vast imagination as the next year materializes sounds to me more like a nightmare and scarecrow in the budget! 

 

Where are you going, Council???

 

James Raymond

 

 

 

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