In Need Of A New Consultant Class

As nearly always New York Times’ Columnist David Brooks made one think Tuesday about the numbing and dumbing of American elections. Here is a link. He assigns blame to political consultant sameness indicting the Mitt Romney presidential campaign among others for a lack of ideas and imagination. It is deserved. Poll driven campaigns are inherently reactive, almost like trench warfare, … Read More

Valley History Being Created As It Goes Away

Wringing hands likely doesn’t do justice to the exercise of Valley old-timers these days. Pinnacle Peak Patio and Greasewood Flat in Scottsdale are going away next year. Today we learned Monti’s La Casa Vieja, the oldest restaurant in Arizona, is closing in just two weeks. And this follows the closure of landmark Mexican restaurant Tia Rosa’s in Mesa. Well, at … Read More

Peoria Wants Glendale To Squeal Like A Pig

As the conventional Arizona wisdom goes, the City of Glendale is a bunch of suckers. That’s what has caused their financial turmoil people say. Whether one is a sexy Dodger, Cabela’s or Coyote open the kimono and let them have one’s way with scantily clad protections for Glendale taxpayers. History will determine if these decisions were wise and progressive with … Read More