[OPINION] West Valley cities should not be chopped liver

not_second_class_citizen_posters-rbe357b9bad6a4e0c9859a55c6991f715_wvk_8byvr_512By Jeff Gibbs | Special for The Arizona Republic

(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are posted for discussion purposes only.)

If the West Valley wants to escape being the “also-rans” in the Phoenix area, we must figure out a way for our communities to work together more effectively.

I, for one, have long lost patience with being described as the country cousins of Phoenix and the rest of the Valley.

We got another unwanted reminder of our second-class citizenship in a newspaper editorial based on the idea that Glendale “needs to learn to live within its limits” — and that, by implication, any thoughts of rivaling Phoenix or the East Valley needs to face reality. In other words, Glendale, or any other West Valley city, should not have any delusions of grandeur when it comes to hosting regionally important facilities.

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