Last week we spoke about the unfolding Greenburg scandal and called for him to resign. The potential consequences have been compounding at a rapid pace since then however. The SUSD board has since taken action, voting nearly unanimously to strip him of his title as Board President (Greenburg was the sole dissenting vote); he was then replaced for that role … Read More
Why You Have to Host Thanksgiving Every Year: Scottsdale Ranked One of the Best Cities for Thanksgiving
Is your family scrambling to come into town for the holidays? Are you always the one to host your relatives from Chicago or New York for Thanksgiving? Well now we have actual data to back up why you’re always the one who has to do all the work for Thanksgiving. According to a recent study done by WalletHub, Scottsdale is … Read More
Econ 101: How to Solve the Valley’s Housing Crisis
I believe that we have a pretty sophisticated readership here, a subscriber base of highly educated people. As such, I assume many of you who are reading this have taken an Economics class or two. If you haven’t, I’ll explain one very simple principle: supply versus demand. Simply put, when supply of a good or service remains steady but demand … Read More
Katie Hobbs’s Race Problem
By Alexander Lomax In what is looking to be a tough election year for Democrats nationally, Katie Hobbs’s path to the 9th floor was already a fairly narrow one. Now a problem from the past has re-emerged and has made that narrow path a more treacherous one. Those who follow local politics closely may remember the story of Talonya Adams, … Read More
When It Comes To Workforce Housing One Mayor Is Leading the Way While Another Is Getting In The Way
By Shea Lincoln Tempe Mayor Corey Woods has made attainable housing in his city a priority. His recent editorial on Az Central makes a compelling case for workforce housing as well as Tempe’s efforts to make it happen such as setting aside 50% of some development fees for use by a nonprofit corporation affiliated with Tempe Public Housing Authority. It’s … Read More
Scandal at SUSD: Jann-Michael Greenburg Must Resign
The Scottsdale Unified School District is in full crisis mode as a recent discovery has turned into a bombshell: the Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg and his father Mark had compiled a dossier on over 50 parents in the district, including personal and financial information. The dossier was stored on Greenburg’s computer, and was discovered when he sent a screenshot … Read More
Scottsdale vs. the FAA – the Bill for the Ongoing Fight is Getting Bigger
Prolonged legal battles with the federal government are expensive…very, very expensive. And the city of Scottsdale is learning that firsthand as their latest bill has come due in their battle against the FAA over flight patterns over Scottsdale. Recent uncovered records show that the city approved a $175,000 contract for legal representation for this suit last year. The issue dates … Read More
Carrot Instead of the Stick – GoDaddy Founder Paving a Positive Way Forward
The science is clear: the more people that are vaccinated against Covid, the more we can drive down hospitalization rates and active cases, and the quicker we can return to normalcy. Many governments and some businesses have had a very draconian and polarizing approach to it: get vaccinated or lose your job. While it may be effective in some regard, … Read More
Scottsdale Statistic Of The Day, And A Major Problem
Scottsdale recently received the dubious distinction of being among the top 10 cities in the United States for most expensive rents. “So what”, some may say. Well, here’s why it matters. A whopping 72% of City of Scottsdale employees now live outside the city because it has become too expensive to live in the community. That doesn’t just add to pollution and … Read More
Fallout from Zillow Catastrophe Hits Scottsdale
Last week, Zillow formally announced what could only be seen as an unmitigated corporate disaster: it’s algorithm, which had been automatically purchasing thousands of homes around the country with the intent of selling them at a higher price, had misfired in a big way. The strong majority of its algorithmic sales were for less than what they purchased the homes … Read More