To Be....or Not To Be....A City

San Tan Valley is finally a geographical coordinate to the Post Office, brand spanking new with its own zipcode 85143. Will it end there? Is City-hood in our future, or will we remain the gas station stop on the Queen Creek-Florence axis? Estimates put our numbers at approximately 80,000. But if we are just a long list of bedrooms, will we ever have a voice? The dilemma of the Mensawarrior is how do you help a community organize itself without becoming the dreaded beast of a community organizer. And City-hood is no panacea. Incorporation would come at a cost, but at what cost do we remain stunted? Pros and cons. Striking the balance is the next step most assuredly, but finding the fulcrum point will be up to the community. Or at least I hope it will be up to the community and not a few (very) vocal GSTACers. Are we business-friendly? We have a large school, a soon-to-open large hospital....and plenty of places for tax-contributing businesses to hunker down. Thing is.....just about everyone the MW talks to is preoccupied with keeping a job and a roof over their family's head (a worthwhile preoccupation). We are taking baby-steps as a community and we are to be lauded for that. It's just the trajectory and the speed of that trajectory that needs more of our 80,000 minds to address. Any thoughts?