It looks like Tom Simon’s criminal tendencies have returned prompting his apparent dismissal as the spokesman for the flailing efforts to stop the revitalization of the former Chinese Cultural Center in Phoenix. For months we have opined about the criminal background of Thomas Simon. Here is link to one of the articles that outlines a long list of felonies from years ago. … Read More

Arizona Republic Editorial Writer Joanna Allhands may be the only one in America that feels this way.  Take a look at what she had to say.  CLICK HER TO READ HER EDITORIAL

by Scottsdale Pinetop The Highs *Councilmember Kate Gallego leads Phoenix mayoral race fundraising with more than $1 million raised. *Councilman Daniel Valenzuela has been endorsed by five former Phoenix City Councilmembers: Peggy Neely, Claude Mattox, Peggy Bilsten, John Nelson and Maria Baier. *Bill Crawford has given back to the community by donating school supplies to Vista Del Camino Community Center … Read More

By Pam Kirby Ms. Kirby has twice been elected to the Governing Board of the Scottsdale Unified School District and previously served from 2008-2014 on the Paradise Valley Town Council. Life, and public service, can be a lot like a relay race.  Work as a team, try as hard as you can, then hand off the baton. That’s what I … Read More

A new Ritz-Carlton hotel and surrounding residential and retail uses was approved on a narrow 4-3 vote by the Paradise Valley Town Council two and half years ago.   Since then the project has been coifed more by advertisements than shovels.  And people are starting to talk about it.  And worry.  Take this recent article in the Paradise Valley Independent.  Here … Read More

By Scottsdale Pinetop Fundraising plays an important role in getting a candidate elected to public office, at all levels. Without sufficient sums of money, a candidate can fall short communicating. This doesn’t mean the person who raises and spends the most wins every time, but it’s true more often than not. And while there are occasional exceptions in Scottsdale like … Read More

Excuse us if we borrow and take license with the “nattering nabobs of negativism” phrase patented by Vice President Spiro Agnew in his critique of media. We invoke a related phrase now because the recent missive from the “Desert Edge Advocates” in their “Views” eblast earlier this week demands it.   To a small extent we feel sorry for the … Read More

By Scottsdale Pinetop The Highs *Bill Crawford has currently raised $52,558.05 based on his 2nd Quarter campaign finance report for his Scottsdale City Council campaign. *Coalition for Greater Scottsdale (COGS) announced two endorsements for Scottsdale City Council, Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield and Solange Whitehead. *On July 9th, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 640 announced their endorsement of Councilwoman Kate … Read More

Besides God’s work in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve perhaps the two most talked about creations in the city, albeit man made, are Taliesin West and the Indian Bend Wash. One was the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright, the other municipal magnificence to create a striking recreational amenity rather than a concrete flood control bin like the Los Angeles River.  … Read More

By Scottsdale Pinetop It only seems like yesterday when Arizona’s Republican governor, Jan Brewer, signed the state’s notorious anti-immigrant bill, S.B. 1070, into law in 2010. And while most of the law was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. US (2012), it became the foundation of the Republican Party’s stance on immigration. Fast forward eight years, … Read More