By Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane As mayor of Scottsdale, I am keenly aware of the growing concern about coronavirus (COVID-19) in Arizona. I want you to know that your city government is focused on keeping the public and our employees safe while continuing to serve the community. The city’s emergency response and continuity of operations plans account for public health … Read More
Suzanne Klapp announces candidacy for Scottsdale Mayor
By Vote Suzanne Klapp Scottsdale, AZ – Three-term Scottsdale City Councilwoman Suzanne Klapp announced her bid for Scottsdale Mayor on Monday at the Scottsdale Airport in front of family, friends and supporters. Suzanne, who began exploring a bid for Mayor back in March of 2019, becomes the fourth candidate to officially announce as a candidate for the city’s top elected … Read More
Schools and Jobs go Hand in Hand
By Virginia Korte It’s not hard to imagine why investing in schools is in the public interest. We care about our children and want them to grow up to be well-balanced, well-educated members of our society. But the need for investing in schools goes further than that. One of the biggest draws for companies to put down roots in an … Read More
More Scottsdale Polling Information & Insight
Yesterday we described some highlights from a poll of likely voters completed earlier this week in Scottsdale we have been able to see. Here are some more: The increasingly crowded City Council race is very fluid. The overwhelming winner at this point is “Undecided” with 78% of the vote. Of those garnering support as a first, second or third vote … Read More
BREAKING: New, Scottsdale Insight
It’s fair to say that the upcoming Scottsdale elections, as well as the political environment in the city are interesting, to say the least. That’s why we were glad to get our hands on a recent public opinion poll undertaken by the most accurate pollster for the community over the past 20 years. It surveyed 300 likely voters for the … Read More
Auerbach Is Back. Repeat Candidate. Repeat Offender
Michael Auerbach is returning to the political stage. Despite being pummeled when he ran for a council seat in 2014, Auerbach, who is a member of the Scottsdale Parks Commission, has formed an exploratory committee to seek one of two open seats on the Scottsdale City Council in the August primary. His past, besides an abysmal political showing, raises a … Read More
It’s Time For This Zombie Of A Project To Be Put To Rest
Every old zombie movie, and many of the new ones, employ a tried and true dramatic device. Just when you think the creature or monster or zombie is finally vanquished, it seems to rise up without explanation to terrorize the townsfolk again. Hopefully, the Scottsdale City Council will end this horror movie when it meets January 21st. The creature is … Read More
From Vote Janik for City Council in 2020
December 2019 To my friends and associates, I want to notify you know that I will be running for City Council in 2020. I made my decision after much thought about the future of Scottsdale. My deep concerns were triggered in October when I received my weekly notice from P & Z Link (Planning and Zoning requests) from the City. … Read More
Political Potpourri
*Paradise Valley’s Mayor & Town Council have a crush on relatively new Town Manager Jill Keimach. So much so that it is redefining municipal honeymoon. *Did former Scottsdale City Councilman David Ortega vote for the Scottsdale Waterfront towers? If so, his opposition to the recent Southbridge II redevelopment approval across from the Waterfront, which includes similar heights, is also a … Read More
What Are They Smoking?
A variety of factors are now coming to light about the true motivation for a “legal protest” against a plan to replace a tattoo parlor with a medical marijuana dispensary on the east side of the Galleria Corporate Center in downtown Scottsdale. Those motivations according to local media reports include a desire to assemble the city block where the Sunday … Read More