By Sadie Jo Smokey
The Arizona Republic
Two years ago, Bill Gates was one of 20 residents who applied to fill the District 3 council seat vacated by Maria Baier.
The City Council appointed Gates, and a few months later, residents elected Gates to complete the term…
…When Gates was elected, few in the community knew him. Over the past two years, he has worked to attract businesses to vacant strip malls in the district, which spans an area of Phoenix east of Interstate 17, generally between Bell Road and Dunlap Avenue.
He has promoted solar and other alternative energy. And he has held regular community meetings near the Moon Valley neighborhood, at the John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital, Paradise Valley Mall and the Shadow Mountain Senior Center
