Scottsdale City Council Inauguration Ceremony – Jan 14 Attend the Scottsdale City Council Inauguration Ceremony on Tuesday, July 14, at 3:00 PM at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. This important event marks the beginning of a new term for our city’s leaders. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend and witness the swearing-in of … Read More
Immigration as a Strength: Another Lesson Learned from November’s Elections
Immigration is always a hot-button issue in Arizona, and this year it dominated as a national issue in the election as the current administration’s inability to meaningfully stem the tide of migrants from south of the border turned into one of the primary hot-button issues of the year. Even after the election it is continuing as a major issue, as … Read More
The State of Scottsdale Tourism? STRONG
The common refrain within the United States in 2024 has been something to the effect of “times are tight”, and when that’s the case often vacations are amongst the first items to be sacrificed. But you wouldn’t know that if you looked at Scottsdale. According to a recent report from Scottsdale’s Tourism and Events Director, the city will likely see … Read More
They Can’t Be Serious
Fascinating was this recent article in the Phoenix Business Journal about Axon’s comments and challenges to the Scottsdale referendum challenging its hugely unpopular apartment proposal there, you can read the piece here. Basically, Axon’s beleaguered CEO said that if the new Scottsdale Mayor and City Council taking office January 14th don’t schedule a special election in 2025 rather than hold … Read More
Thomas Galvin Elected Chairman: Outlines Bold Vision for 2025 in Speech
Hello Friends, Yesterday, my colleagues elected me as Chairman of the Board. It’s a tremendous honor. My focus is increased prosperity and enhanced safety for all Maricopa County residents. The link to video of my speech is below. Thank you, -Tom Chairman Galvin’s Speech Highlights: Aims to bring increased prosperity and safety to Maricopa County. Advocates for more support for … Read More
Huge New Signing for the Diamondbacks: Are They Following the Suns Trend of Overpaying for Underproduction?
One of the defining features of the Phoenix Suns has many splurging on contracts, as we have written about recently. Rolling out the Brinks truck for Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal should have led to title contention, but instead has led to relative mediocrity matched with expensive tickets. Well it looks as though the Arizona Diamondbacks might be … Read More
Axon’s Proposed 1,900 Unit Multi Family Project Could Be Largest Ever Built In Arizona. Scottsdale Doesn’t Want To Set This Record And That’s Why Nearly 27,000 Scottsdale Residents Signed Our Petition.
By Bob Littlefield, Former Scottsdale City Councilman and TAAAZE Chairman Scottsdale, The Apartment Capitol of Arizona. Wait, no! That can’t be true. Doesn’t that dubious honor belong to Tempe, or maybe Phoenix? Sadly, no. If the massive Axon apartment project – nearly 1,900 multi-family units near Hayden and the 101 – is built it would appear to create the largest … Read More
Where Elation Crashed Into Despair: Arizona State’s Season Ends with Heartbreak and Hope
You had to be living in a bubble within the Valley to have not heard of the Cinderella season that Arizona State football has been having (read our coverage here). And it would probably be from the confines of a similar bubble to have not heard of the Sun Devils’ heartbreaking double-overtime loss to the Texas Longhorns in their college … Read More
Potential Civil War with Arizona Democrats Brewing? Governor Hobbs May Have a Serious Primary Challenger
By Alexander Lomax All’s fair in love, war, and politics, but there are typically a few axioms that keep people in line and keep order in what can otherwise be a cutthroat, back-stabbing industry. One of those is that when your party holds a significant seat, you do not give them a tough primary. Sure, you can prevent some fringe … Read More
Scottsdale-Based Business in Trouble with the Feds: Is it Warranted or Not?
Most of you have likely heard of Zelle; they are a payment processing company on par with CashApp or Venmo, making payments between individuals or small businesses extremely easy and generally at no cost. It boasted over 140 million users as of this year. It’s a giant. You probably didn’t know that it’s powered by a Scottsdale company however, … Read More