By Bedouin Bourdain London does not ask to be liked. It simply plays its set, and you either know the words or learn them fast. This time the occasion was the Sun Devils, an Arizona State football weekend an ocean away from Tempe. However, the game was only the opening track. The rest of the album belonged to the city. … Read More
Scottsdale Hall of Famer: Carla
Some people need two names. Carla has never needed more than one. Decades ago, the South Scottsdale native legally dropped her last name as a personal declaration of independence. It suited her. After all, the woman who refused to be ordinary helped give Scottsdale the most extraordinary thing it owns: the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Today the Preserve protects about 30,500 … Read More
Scottsdale Is Letting a Toilet Joke Drown Its Best Water Plan
By Vanessa Rogers Scottsdale made national news this week, and not in a way worth celebrating. An Associated Press report that ran from Houston to Las Vegas told how “poop water” attacks helped kill the city’s plan to purify recycled water for drinking. The headline in some outlets was blunt: a wealthy suburb dropped its recycling plan over election-year claims. … Read More
Brief Against Unconstitutional AXON Law Filed With AZ Court of Appeals
TAAAZE Takes Fight Against Axon Law to Arizona Court of Appeals Opening Brief Maintains Controversial Law Is Unconstitutional Special Legislation Appeal Seeks to Restore Scottsdale Voters’ Say on Massive Apartment Complex (SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) The fight for voters’ rights and against Arizona’s controversial “Axon Law” has moved to the Arizona Court of Appeals. Taxpayers Against Awful Apartment Zoning Exemptions (TAAAZE) has … Read More
Guest Editorial: Please Read the Council Packet on Paiute, Mr. Zubia.
By Councilman Barry Graham It is difficult to believe Raoul Zubia would purposely mislead voters about events at the Paiute Neighborhood Center. But while Raoul is entitled to his opinion, I believe residents deserve to know the facts about the effort to locate a homeless shelter on the center’s campus. Raoul took issue with my recent video in which I … Read More
Raoul Zubia Is No Socialist, but Developers Do Like Him
by Alexander Lomax Scottsdale’s November runoff has produced its share of colorful accusations. Few are sillier than the claim that Raoul Zubia is a socialist. However, the most revealing fact about Zubia isn’t anything his critics invented. It’s who actually backs him. Where the Socialist Label Came From The charge goes back to the primary. During the primary, the Phoenix … Read More
Guest Editorial: Setting the Record Straight on The Residence at Paiute
By Raoul Zubia Let’s start with what was true, because our neighbors deserved the facts, not fear. Barry Graham’s recent video called The Residence at Paiute a “homeless shelter.” It wasn’t, and getting this right mattered because this project was actually something Scottsdale should have been proud of. The Residence at Paiute was set to bring up to 28 studio … Read More
Scottsdale Hall of Famer: Jim Bruner
Every city has a few people whose fingerprints are everywhere, even though most residents never learn their names. Jim Bruner is one of those people in Scottsdale. With this piece, we launch a new series celebrating the men and women who built the city we enjoy today. Consider it our Honor Roll, the Arizona Progress & Gazette Hall of Fame. … Read More
Mayor Lisa Borowsky builds consensus as Scottsdale City Council moves forward with large water user ordinance
From the Office of Mayor Lisa Borowsky A proposal championed by Mayor Lisa Borowsky to strengthen oversight of new large water users advanced Tuesday when the City Council directed staff to draft a new ordinance governing high-water-demand projects. The action follows a council work study carrying examining regulatory options for future developments and business operations with significant water demands as … Read More
Jon Kyl and the Arizona That Used to Get Things Done
By Vanessa Rogers Jon Kyl died Thursday at 84. The former senator stepped away from public life last December after announcing a dementia diagnosis. At the time, he said his family faced “moments of joy and increasing difficulties.” Now Arizona says goodbye to one of its most consequential public servants. You do not have to share Kyl’s politics to respect … Read More