So would I need all three (private, instrument, and commercial)? I guess I could contact Chandler Municipal Airport and ask about their flight training. I see people getting trained all the time. I just wouldn't be in a plane that says ASU on the side (I have no clue whats so special about it but it just sounds better to say I got an actual degree in private pilot at ASU's campus).

That is so true about Air Traffic Controllers sitting back and doing very little. At Chandler, they just sat back and only said a few words every 25 minutes or so. They were bored out of their minds.