It has been over one month since the Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles satisfied nearly the entire football fanbase (save some Taylor Swift fans) by absolutely creaming the Kansas City Chiefs. But lest one thinks that we will receive extended rest from the football season, that rest is officially over. Free agency has started with a few big signings and … Read More
What the Arizona Opera Loses, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Gains: A Surprising Switch is a Win for Scottsdale
Career changes are normal, but rarely does one move from the top of one industry to the top of another. Even rarer still is when one doesn’t have to move cities in order to do so, but a recent career move that encompassed all of this exemplifies the talent of the person involved as well as the level of respect … Read More
An AP&G Exclusive: Our Interview with Scottsdale City Councilwoman and Vice Mayor Jan Dubauskas
Councilwoman, thank you so much for your time. We know that our readership would love to learn more about you and appreciate that you’ve given us the opportunity to show them. For any newly elected official, there is always some disconnect between what they thought the position would be and what it actually is. What has been a pleasant surprise … Read More
Skattebo Prepares for NFL Draft (and Prepares to Pay Up)
Arizona State football had an absolutely magical season this past year, defying everyone’s expectations and energizing the entire region by winning the Pac 12 division and taking #3 Texas to double overtime in the playoffs in perhaps the best game of the year in college football. Phenom running back Cam Skattebo was a big reason for this, and as he … Read More
Quote of the Day: Adam Kwasman
In reference to the letter below from attorney Dennis Wilenchik, Scottsdale City Councilman Adam Kwasman said, “I have been in civil litigation for nearly a decade. This demand letter reads like Homer Simpson’s father yelling at squirrels to get off his lawn.”
Recovering from a Ruff Day: Scottsdale K-9 on the Mend
We’ve all had bad days on the job, but how bad that day is often depends on your line of work. With most of our jobs, a bad day doesn’t mean being physically or even mortally injured, but that is the reality for law enforcement officers all around this country. But that doesn’t just mean it’s human beings in the … Read More
New Survey: Republican Voters Open to Funding Early Childhood via Vape Tax
Courtesy of Data Orbital Data Orbital is pleased to announce the results of its latest mixed-mode audience research survey of likely 2026 Republican Primary Election voters in Arizona. Conducted from February 25th to February 27th, the survey assessed Republican primary voter sentiment on extending the state’s tobacco tax to alternative, non-tobacco products. In Arizona, voter-approved tobacco-tax is the only dedicated … Read More
When You Don’t Have the People on Your Side, You Need to Pay Up
It’s not a secret that Axon has been pulling every single lever possible in order to force its massive, unwanted apartment megacomplex onto the people of Scottsdale. However, a recent development shows just how much it has been willing to pay up in order to do so; how only one aspect of this push has cost the company half a … Read More
Guest Editorial: Representative Kolodin Needs to Worry Less About Making Headlines
By Alexander Lomax I’d consider myself a fairly reasonable liberal, but more than that, I’m a pretty average voter. I think that the political left has gone too far in a number of different ways. I want leaders who are going to fix problems, not spend their time inventing ones, and if that’s a Republican then they’re going to get … Read More
Guest Editorial: Tears for Tolerance
By Betty Janik On February 11, 2025, Scottsdale City Council was asked to vote on Ordinance 4662 which ensured COS employees are hired and promoted based on merit and to discontinue DEI programs. Once again, certain members of Council fabricated a problem that does not exist in the halls of Council and concocted a solution that was totally unwarranted, but … Read More