Did you hear the one about the little amendment that couldn’t?

Unlike “The Little Engine That Could” created by Arnold "Watty Piper" Munk back in 1930, a Scottsdale General Plan proposed change decided: I don’t think I can.

Indeed, where Munk’s indefatigable engine pulls a broken-down train over an imposing mountain, City Manager Greg Caton – the engineer behind the proposed changes – backed off opposition by amending the amendment before pulling the whole thing off the Aug. 25 agenda.

That hardly stopped the issue from lighting a fire in the first Scottsdale City Council meeting after a summer break.

Leading the criticism: Former Councilwomen Betty Janik and Tammy Caputi – who hopes she can get back in office next year.

At Caton’s direction, agenda item No. 16 suggested the city’s el

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