By Jan Dubauskas Scottsdale City Councilwoman-Elect Dear Friends – CONGRATULATIONS to: : Lisa Borowsky , Mayor of Scottsdale! Adam Kwasman, Scottsdale City Councilman! We now have a 5 seat “Super Majority” with Kathy Littlefield, Barry Graham, and myself. (Full Maricopa County Results) Thank you to each and every volunteer and donor who helped deliver this incredible result! Your new Resident … Read More
If Not Mercado Village, Then What?
By Linda Milhaven A NO vote at tonight’s City Council meeting for the Mercado Village project is a yes vote for a vacant, obsolete office building or a preference for a new medical office building that will produce five times the traffic of the current proposal. You may have heard about this project but there has been a lot of … Read More
These Aren’t The Droids You’re Looking For
Great line from Star Wars.
Change is Afoot in Arizona: What the Final Elections Results Tell Us
While as of the time of writing, there are still a few votes to count in Arizona and we do not have full confirmation of how every race will play out, we do have quite a bit of insight as to how our area may change or not change. For instance, one of the most interesting and perhaps surprising results … Read More
Axon Keeps Asking You to Subsidize It While Its Stock Hits Incredible New Heights
If you read this blog at all, you know how problematically Axon has been operating in Scottsdale (read our coverage here). It keeps asking for subsidies from the city in numerous ways and dangles the threat of leaving town if it doesn’t get its way. The latest attempt for a subsidy will come at Scottsdale City Council’s meeting on the … Read More
Political Observations from the Beverly Hills and Bel Air of Arizona
What a week it was for the Valley’s toniest towns. New leadership was elected in each community, prompting numerous observations. *To the bold go the spoils. Both Scottsdale Mayor-Elect Lisa Borowsky and Mayor-Elect Mark Stanton jumped into uphill races. Yet, both prevailed for different reasons. Stanton not only outhustled Anna Thomason, he outflanked her with endorsements and benefitted from his Republican credentials in … Read More
Caesar’s Scottsdale Capitulates: Has Gambling Taken Over?
Diversification is a major key for any corporation that gets to a certain size; being solely reliant on one stream of business represents a major business threat. So when Caesar’s, the company well known for its hotel/casino in Las Vegas, started a hotel and restaurant in Scottsdale but without gaming facilities, the first of its kind anywhere, it seemed like … Read More
Guest Editorial: Scottsdale’s Future is Bright… But Not Guaranteed
By Scottsdale Mayor-Elect Lisa Borowsky By every significant measure, Scottsdale is ready for its tomorrow, from a solid tax base to government resources to tourist draws to open spaces, on and on. We should succeed; we will succeed. The question is: What form will that success take? As Election Day retreats to results, let’s pause for a moment and take … Read More
Cuatro Kudos
One of the best things that happened in Scottsdale Tuesday night was the decisive passage of Propositions 490 and 491 despite an odd conglomeration of opponents. Both measures will meaningfully provide important funding of city parks, the spectacular Preserve, our great public safety and our significant “Central Park” that is WestWorld. It will do so for generations. Though not as dramatic as … Read More
Scottsdale’s Least Favorite Bully Returns
By Ronald Sampson Just when I had hoped that it would be the end of it, that the city of Scottsdale would get a reprieve from the constant harassment, it persists. Like a woman at a club who keeps getting hit on by a guy that won’t take no for an answer, regardless of her friends and her beefy boyfriend … Read More