By Shea Lincoln After watching the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce’s city council candidate forum last week, we are shocked, shocked we tell you, that Scottsdale’s repeat offending pet owner Michael Auerbach voted against the critical Scottsdale bond package in 2019, overwhelmingly passed by voters. Auerbach indicated his no vote during the forum. This bond package had something for everyone. Improvements … Read More
First Takes On Scottsdale’s First Mayoral Debate
The just concluded Scottsdale mayoral debate, the campaign’s first, was hosted by the community’s Chuck Todd, Independent Newspapers’ Terrance Thornton. Here are the highlights: *Former City Councilman David Ortega’s “State of the Union” backdrop gets best Zoom look. Bob Littlefield gets the worst for looking like he was playing a DJ in a dorm room. *Ortega’s parroting of Littlefield’s anti-City … Read More
Memorial Day Address by Congressman Barry M. Goldwater Jr. Costa Mesa, California, Monday, May 25, 1981
Twenty-five years ago, a newly naturalized American citizen wrote: “You who have been born in America, I wish I could make you understand what it is like not to be an American — not to have been an American all your life — and then suddenly, with the words of a man in flowing robes, to be one, for that … Read More
Today’s Editorial Cartoon
Memo to Governor Ducey: Quit Jumping The Shark So We Can Get To Happier Economic Days
Is North Peoria Smarter Or More Special Than North Scottsdale or North Phoenix?
Few other areas are booming in Arizona more than the Desert Ridge area in North Phoenix. Few locales are more desirable in the state than North Scottsdale. What do both have in common? Transfer stations for recycling and waste. It’s not the sexiest part of any city or neighborhood, but they are necessary infrastructure to reduce rates, pollution and the distance trucks … Read More
Illegal Trash Talk In Peoria?
Activists are the lubricant of local democracy. They effect change. They challenge authority. They keep many on their toes. Until they don’t, and infect the body politic. There is no better example today than in Peoria, Arizona. Nearly all activism is protected by the First Amendment. Until someone yells “fire” in a movie theater. And that’s what Vanessa Angell did … Read More
Guest Editorial: Partisan Political Pillow Talk Extends to the Scottsdale Ballot
By Larry Heath I received an email from Bob Littlefield recently exclaiming that he was officially on the ballot for Mayor of Scottsdale. To me, it felt like the shark from Jaws about to swallow the City. Although that looks strangely entertaining on a movie poster, do we really want Bob and his wife, Kathy Littlefield, to devour 20 percent … Read More
Playing The Field
According to Scottsdale City Clerk Carolyn Jagger and save for any petition challenges these are the mayoral and City Council candidates that will appear on the city’s August 4th ballot. Candidates for Scottsdale Mayor: Lisa Borowsky– 285 Sheets, 1,955 Signatures Suzanne Klapp– 146 Sheets, 1,298 Signatures; 29 Sheets, 217 Signatures (Supplemental) Virginia Korte– 250 Sheets, 1,562 Signatures Bob Littlefield– 169 … Read More
The Reality Of The Coronavirus Challenge
By Michael Auerbach A college professor once asked a class I was in, “What one word would you use to describe the United States of America?” I said defiant. Because both the connotation and denotation of the word apply. The dictionary defines the word connotation as-something suggested by a word. Denotation is defined as- sign or indication. Looking back on … Read More
Experience Scottsdale Message to our Stakeholders
Unprecedented times. Two words we all seem to use a lot these days. And while the crisis we now face can be described in no other way, our industry and our community’s ability to unite and recover in the face of incredible challenges is not unprecedented. In the past, we have rallied together and come out even stronger on the … Read More