r/Gilbert

Does anybody know what’s happening? I went there with my kids. As we were getting out of the car, there was one cop car with the police officer standing outside the car when we got there. And then within a minute, there were five cop cars. Two of the police officers were carrying rifles so we just left. I hope everyone is safe.

why is it in Gilbert people dont get into the intersection for left turns on green lights? they just sit there and watch it turn yellow then red!!! infuriating!

This man is helping dozens of children with free orthodontic care. He opened a private practice, not a chain or group bought out by private equity. He deserves our support.

I posted about the Town Hall over on r/azpolitics in case anyone is interested in what your representative is up to.

Andy Biggs Telephone Town Hall, May 14, 2026

Hello im moving to Gilbert on May 28th! Im a 25m with experience(currently) in FOH in restaurants and looking for a server/busser/barback position! If you guys have any leads feel free to drop them down below itll help me out alot!

I’ve never gotten a ticket for vehicle registration on a parked car. It expired 10 days ago, and yes, I should’ve been on top of it but I honestly don’t drive the car often (haven’t driven it yet this month) and I need to get an emissions test done so I have to go in person.

I come home today to a ticket on it and I’m not surprised as the cop likes to park across from our house. It’s not the first time he’s ticketed this parked car but last time it was due to it facing the wrong direction which I haven’t done since. I didn’t realize that was illegal but that’s on me.

Question though- the ticket has a court date with no verbiage on just ‘fixing the issue.’ It says I can plead guilty, get the registration done, and pay the reduced fine of $550.. there’s no way to waive that fee?? Or is there and I’m just not seeing it? Just seems unreasonably high.

We are hoping to retire in the next 10 years. Do you have someone you trust and has knocked it out of the ballpark for you, investment wise?

Tia

If you are, or were, a patient at barnet delany perkins eye center, what is or was your experience? Would you recommend them? Thank you!

I want to raise awareness of a situation that happened at Banner Health that directly impacts the community.

Dr. Syerra Lea was a family medicine physician at Banner for 15 years. A few months ago, she was placed on a six month probation for flagging a scheduling error and raising the concern internally so that patients could be rescheduled and not have their care further delayed or disrupted.

I know it sounds unbelievable but it's exactly why we, the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), have filed an unfair labor practice charge against Banner Health. This is about protecting the rights of a Banner primary care physician who was silenced after advocating for her patients. Healthcare workers should not be afraid to speak openly about an issue affecting patient care.

We're sharing this because it directly impacts anyone who walks through the doors of a Banner Health facility. Here's what happened:

Dr. Lea discovered an error in which clinic management opened every provider's schedule for every Saturday of 2026. Normally, providers only work one Saturday every other month. This error meant that patients who’d been scheduled would show up to a clinic with no provider on duty and would have to wait three months or more for a new appointment.

She posted about it in the clinic's chat and asked that patients be rescheduled given that her co-workers and she are all booked out months in advance. This mistake could have had serious consequences for sick patients who believed they had an appointment.

Instead of thanking or commending the catch, Banner management interpreted her comment as a personal attack against them.

She was given a six month probation essentially banning her from discussing workplace issues with colleagues. It didn’t end there, several of her colleagues shared that management advised clinic staff to avoid her and even offered to move their desks away from hers.

Dr. Lea had been at Banner for 15 years. She had never received a disciplinary action. She simply flagged a mistake that would have harmed patients and was met with discipline. These are issues that come up on a daily basis. What happened to her exposes the unfortunate reality that healthcare providers are losing their voice and autonomy. It threatens the Hippocratic oath they recite to provide safe and effective care for their patient populations.

That’s why the UAPD is representing Dr. Lea in an unfair labor practice charge against Banner Health with the National Labor Relations Board.

This decision wasn't based only on what happened to her. When a health system makes an example of a physician for speaking up, every other provider gets the message. Providers learn to stay quiet about patient panels of 3,000 people with no cap. They stay quiet about the 40 unpaid hours a week spent on administrative work that the system won't staff for. They stay quiet about patients waiting three months or more just to see a provider and when they can't take it anymore, they leave. In one Banner primary care clinic of 12 providers, the most tenured physician has only been there for three years.

There were weeks where Dr. Lea was working 30+ unpaid hours at home to finish patient charts and messages. There's no excuse for this when Banner Health made over $1.45 billion in profit last year as a "nonprofit."

Meanwhile, Banner continues to announce massive spending: $400 million for a new hospital in Scottsdale and recently acquired land in North Phoenix for $22.13 million. The system is growing. The question we all deserve an answer to is: growing into what?

If the providers delivering that care are burned out, silenced, and cycling out every few years, what exactly is being built? What does expansion mean for a community that can't get an appointment, can't keep a doctor, and can't trust that their physician is free to speak?

This is the culture that burnout and silence produce and it won't fix itself.

The community is suffering as a result of Banner’s actions. Dr. Lea's patients regularly asked her if she was leaving or was planning to leave anytime soon. Primary care is built on a foundation of maintaining continuity of care, not finding a new provider every couple of months. This is the environment Banner is pushing. It's the reason you wait four months to be seen only to have 15 minutes to go over everything you want to talk about. Your health and that of your family gets put at risk when Banner chooses to silence a physician for speaking up for their patients. It doesn't have to be this way.

Banner's patients deserve providers who are empowered to speak.

Everyone in this community deserves a healthcare system that puts them first. Banner's providers deserve a workplace where speaking up doesn't end a fifteen-year career. We are proud to stand with Dr. Lea and the only way this ends is by showing Banner that the community is behind them and won't stand for a further erosion of safe medical care.

Going to our granddaughter’s high school graduation in the East Valley next week. This is first time for us as grandparents. Graduation is outside in the football stadium at 7pm.

What is considered appropriate to bring as a gift to the graduation ceremony? Flowers?

There is a graduation party planned for 3 days after the event, when we are planning to give her $$ and a card.