By Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane — I believe I have demonstrated throughout the more than 10 years as Scottsdale Mayor to be a conscientious fiscal conservative. I understand past public votes to defer some long-term capital infrastructure and improvement needs including during difficult economic times. Scottsdale has not approved a new bond program since 2000 (19 years ago). We have … Read More

By Recker McDowell — Arizona has added 65,000 new jobs over the past 12 months including 21,900 new ones in September. Almost all the job creation and economic development is happening in Phoenix and Tucson. The state’s two big metro areas accounted for 58,500 of the new jobs the past 12 months and 20,200 of the new hires last month. … Read More

By French Thompson Scottsdale is a world-class city and arts destination. We would like it to remain that way. That is why the Scottsdale Gallery Association is strongly endorsing Questions 1, 2 and 3 on the November 5th ballot.  Our group represents art galleries and businesses that actively promote the arts in the City of Scottsdale. We put on the … Read More

(SCOTTSDALE) — The Scottsdale City Council unanimously approved plans for the acclaimed Museum Square development in Old Town on Tuesday night. It was an achievement that led even one Councilwoman, Linda Milhaven, to call the project “historic”. The Scottsdale Council voted 7-0 to approve development and parking plans for Macdonald Development Corp. to build a $300 million mixed-use project that … Read More

The plans have gone from bad to worse. Much worse. A really bad idea that won’t die goes before the Scottsdale Planning Commission Wednesday. The negative impacts to a north Scottsdale area would be profound. Not long ago we opined about a really bad idea to place a high density ‘senior living facility’ west of Thompson Peak on McDowell Mountain … Read More

By Linda Milhaven — Scottsdale is a wonderful place to live, visit, work, raise a family and retire. You know that. We all do. We enjoy our beautiful city thanks in large part to investments made in the past. Now, it is our turn. And we must be the ones to continue to invest in our community’s quality of life. … Read More

(SCOTTSDALE) — The Scottsdale Gallery Association — one of the preeminent arts organizations in the city and state — has endorsed Questions 1, 2 and 3 on the November 5th ballot. The Scottsdale Gallery Association is a centerpiece of Scottsdale’s world-class arts community. The SGA represents art galleries and puts on the Every Thursday Night ArtWalk and the Scottsdale Gold … Read More

Some time ago the City of Mesa so mishandled the acquisition of Bailey’s Brake Shop as it sought to redevelop a part of its downtown that it sparked a statewide uproar leading to a landslide victory to protect property rights known as Proposition 206. We can’t help but be reminded of that fight now as one of the weirdest rationales … Read More

While Citizens United was the notorious U.S. Supreme Court case ushering in one of the worst campaign finance eras in American history, permitting the use of “dark money,” it describes in Scottsdale a terrific accomplishment.  No, we are not talking about the impressively diverse coalition that has come together to promote Scottsdale’s infrastructure needs on the November 5th ballot. We … Read More