In what could only reasonably be considered an unfortunate form of political intimidation, the office that houses the Arizona Democratic Party headquarters was shot at last week. While it was overnight and clearly not intended to hurt anyone, it also follows a similar incident with a pellet or BB gun earlier in the week. Mind you, local political junkies will … Read More
Repost: Finally, an Arizona politician does the right thing. He quits.
By EJ Montini (original article can be found here) Scottsdale City Council member Tom Durham did something Thursday night that anyone who follow politics on any level would find to be shocking, even bizarre. It’s called … the right thing. I know. I had a hard time believing it myself when I read the article by The Arizona Republic’s Sam Kmack. Durham … Read More
Guest Editorial: Forward Thinking 30 Years Ago Has Preserved More than 30 Thousand Acres in Scottsdale
Propositions 490 and 491 Would Ensure The Future Of The McDowell Sonoran Preserve For Generations By Mary Manross The future of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve is in the hands of Scottsdale voters this election day as they decide on Props 490 and 491. It’s more than 30 thousand acres, and it all began 30 years ago on October 3rd, 1994. … Read More
Scottsdale Firefighters Association Breaks a Record and Raises More Than $104,000 Following the 25th Anniversary of Annual Behind the Flames Charities Dinner
The Night of Celebration Celebrated the Firefighter of the Year and Commemorated the Accomplishments of Four Arizonans The 25th Annual Behind the Flames Scottsdale Firefighter Charities Dinner was held on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, and set a record for the most amount of money raised at the event with nearly $104,755 in charitable contributions. The non-profit organization is staffed by firefighters from local 5050, and all … Read More
Leaving an Unfortunate Legacy: What Bob Littlefield has Wrong About Prop 490
By Alexander Lomax For those of you who have followed Proposition 490 and Scottsdale politics as a whole, you probably have noticed some familiar teams shaping up. Where absolutely anything related to tax dollars comes to a vote, the Goldwater Institute will pipe up and go to war against it, no matter how much it’s in the best interests of … Read More
Beautiful Tribute To Beautiful Man
NOTE: Repost – original story is here. If you ever walked with Richard de Uriarte through a downtown Phoenix convention hall filled with all the big names — the newsmakers, the businesspeople, the celebrities — you knew to set aside a good hour or so. Because he knew everyone. If you were with him, you saw eyes and teeth … Read More
Massive Corporate News: Scottsdale Will Now Be Production Center for Tech Giant
Scottsdale has long been amenable to the needs of the business community, save for the spare corporation that attempts to threaten the city and hold it hostage (looking at you, Axon). A recent announcement demonstrates precisely this ethos and acts as a very positive harbinger of the economic future of our city. Tech giant ASM recently announced that it will … Read More
Cardone Ventures President Natalie Dawson Releases The Secret Of Duplicating Yourself In the Workplace: “Start the Work”
As the Bestselling Author of Teamwork, Dawson Shows the Next Steps to Break Free from the Grind and Start Building Your Business Passionate about helping entrepreneurs achieve their personal, professional, and financial goals through specific scaling strategies, President and Co-Founder Natalie Dawson of Scottsdale-based Cardone Ventures is proud to release her second book titled Start the Work this month. Dawson’s guide to making time in … Read More
Guest Editorial: Why Won’t Adam Kwasman Face Voters?
By Councilmember Tom Durham Adam Kwasman bailed on the Candidate Forum sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce last Monday night. Now he says he’s not coming to next Thursday’s debate, sponsored by the Arizona Digital Free Press, despite earlier saying that he would. That’s unfortunate because he owes you answers on many of the positions he has taken. Why has … Read More
Sick of the Political Ads Yet? Of Course You Are. But How Bad Is It Really?
By Alexander Lomax Every time you turn on your television, almost regardless of the channel, you see it: Ruben Gallego is great, Kari Lake is awful, Kari Lake is great, Ruben Gallego is awful. Rinse and repeat for Trump and Harris. If you watch network television, there’s any excellence chance that the majority of the commercials you see, if not … Read More