By Councilwoman Solange Whitehead It’s that time of year again.  The legislature is in session and considering over 1,000 bills with a continued trend away from local control. The City’s lobbyist is at the Capital advocating for Scottsdale. Again, the City’s top priority is Short Term Rental reform.  Prognosis: Not Good. Protecting Arizona from Fire Scottsdale helped stop a bill to … Read More

By Scottsdale Pinetop Within the past year, the number of COVID-related deaths has been compared to deaths from a lot of different causes, ranging from the common flu to car accidents. Much of the debate has also been focused on the effectiveness of wearing masks to slow the spread versus impeding on individual freedoms. But this week, Scottsdale Representative Joseph … Read More

There are a few words you just never use.  One starts with “N.” The other begins with a “C.”  To the broader business community a vocabulary doesn’t have a first letter with an “M,” as in moratorium. Frustrated with the pace of potential changes to parking plans and ordinances in the Old Town Scottsdale area City Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield is … Read More

By Alexander Lomax When Kelli Ward was elected to Chair the Arizona Republican Party a couple of years ago, Democrats cheered under the presumption that she would hurt the Arizona Republican brand and their efficacy. However, none of us could have known how successful she would be in this endeavor. Under her leadership, Ward has consistently carried the mantle of … Read More

Over the weekend, intrepid Scottsdale Progress reporter Wayne Schutsky did what he often does:  break interesting news on things Scottsdale. In this case, he revealed new efforts to bring Southbridge II back to life. Readers will recall that Southbridge II was a multi-year effort by the Unger family to redevelop the banks of the Arizona Canal opposite the Scottsdale Waterfront.  … Read More

Arizona Senator Christine Marsh pushes for the passage of new Arizona bill that would prevent fentanyl overdoses By Valley Girl Through the best efforts of mothers who have tragically lost their children due to accidental overdose, there is a new bill reaching the Arizona Senate. The group has been advocating for the legalization of fentanyl testing strips for the purpose of … Read More

By Alexander Lomax The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to hear Arizona QOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward’s quixotic failed attempt to overturn the results of the Arizona election. One would assume that this would be the end of this madness, right? After all, it is a majority conservative court, certainly, this is proof to the doubters that our election was legitimate, … Read More

Buried in this recent story of Catherine Reagor’s in the Arizona Republic about rising Valley rents is the fact that Scottsdale is the priciest place in Arizona to lease apartments. On one hand that is good news as it affirms the city’s cache.  But on the other, it creates hardship for the city’s substantial workforce – or those that want … Read More

Richard Nixon had an enemies list.  It only served scandal well. That’s why we took note of Scottsdale activist Mike Norton – along with Larry Kush – who raised an interesting question in a recent opinion piece in the Scottsdale Independent. They queried whether Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega’s desire to designate the Soleri Bridge area at the Scottsdale Waterfront a … Read More