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Tweet This Monday I interviewed Wes Gullett, who is running for Mayor of the City of Phoenix and is currently a partner at First Strategic, a strategic communications and public affairs company. This interview with Mr. Gullett is the fourth in my series of interviews with the major mayoral candidates. To get an in-depth view of where the different candidates stand on issues like public transit, historic preservation and further growth in Phoenix read the Blooming Rock interviews with Claude Mattox, Greg Stanton and Peggy Neely too. Note: If you’re not registered to vote yet, please do so now by…

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June 23, 2009

Two Green Strategies at 3 Palms

by: Taz Loomans

Tweet Use our glorious sun, nix the dryer! Have you ever noticed how fast things dry in Phoenix in the summer?  Make a puddle of water on the sidewalk and it’ll be gone in ten minutes!  We decided to harness this wonderful Phoenix drying power to dry our laundry in lieu of using a dryer.  Our tenants are on board with this as well and are all for the savings on their energy bill! The first component to our greener laundry system at 3 Palms is our front-loading washing machine.  Front-loading washing machines use 40%-60% less water than top loading…

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