By Bob Littlefield
Dear Friends,
At the beginning of this election cycle, I predicted Axon would run a negative campaign against those candidates who opposed their massive apartment complex proposal. Well, that prediction has come true beyond my wildest expectations This year Axon is spending lavishly to defeat myself, Barry Graham and Michelle Ugenti-Rita who opposed their plans to build the largest apartment complex in city and state history—a request that has nothing to do with their being able to build their previously approved corporate headquarters.
As long as I remained chairman of our Taxpayers Against Awful Apartment Zoning Exemptions (TAAAZE) political action committee, which was formed to put Axon’s massive apartments to a public vote and has subsequently sued to stop the plan on multiple levels, TAAAZE could not engage in the City Council races because doing so would violate campaign laws governing independence and coordination. This is why I am stepping down as Chairman of TAAAZE, effectively immediately. TAAAZE will remain in good hands under the chairmanship of experienced elections lawyer Tim La Sota.
The big lesson here is it matters more than ever who you elect to City Council! The whole reason we are in this mess is because in 2024 five Councilmembers (Whitehead and lame ducks Janik, Durham, Caputi and Ortega) went back on their campaign promises to be resident-friendly and approved the largest apartment complex ever proposed in the entire state, despite massive opposition from Scottsdale residents! Bottom line, if Axon defeats the candidates who told them “no,” Axon will NEVER hear “no” from the Scottsdale City Council again!
That’s why, if you want to preserve Scottsdale’s special character and high quality of life, I ask for your support in the upcoming city election. For twelve years I served on the City Council and have a consistent record of fighting overdevelopment. In the last ten years as a private citizen, I have been involved in every major resident-driven battle to keep Scottsdale special.
Bottom line, I am the proven commodity you can trust to stay true to my resident-friendly promises once I get in office!
Learn how you can help at: https://www.boblittlefield.
Former Councilman Bob Littlefield
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