Road conditions have been a problem in Fountain Hills for a very long time now. Recently, Councilmember Skillicorn posted two videos on his Allen Skillicorn for Fountain Hills social media page. One was on Golden Eagle. He went into detail about why the street deteriorates and what is used to patch them. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to understand how our streets actually get chosen to be fixed. We have a citizens’ street committee that works directly with a firm that assesses which streets go first. Like Glenbrook. That was just done and it looks fabulous.

The second video is Skillicorn complaining about parking lots being re-paved instead of Golden Eagle. Since he didn't bother to do his job and ask the park, I did. The parking lot re-paving program was planned and approved in 2016. As his video points out, it’s in need of repair. That’s called planning ahead. Being proactive.

The Skillicorn Roads First program failed horrifically. Not even a second. So, his response is to attack staff. As a councilmember, working with Town staff is imperative. So implying wrongdoing or a failure to complete required tasks because of political allegiance is just another way of saying he didn't get his way. Skillicorn accused staff of delaying copies of the Town's check register when he could have requested the same information from the Department of Revenue on his own. Considering the reduced workweek, he could have eliminated some of the work by doing it himself instead of putting more work on the staff.

Skillicorn needs to understand that he isn't in Illinois anymore. This isn’t Washington, D.C. and we are not at the border. This is Fountain Hills and we need councilmembers who focus on making Fountain Hills better for every resident and business owner that is here.