Homelessness in Scottsdale: How Bad Is It and What Can We Do?

Homelessness is an issue that has been evergreen around the country, in some areas worse than others. The pandemic has made this issue explode in various areas and has been felt rather acutely in Maricopa County, with an eye-popping 35% increase in people on the streets over the last two years. We would like to think that our beautiful city … Read More

Paradise Valley Makes the Right Choice: Rewarding Law Enforcement

It has been a difficult climate for law enforcement for the last few years. Since the George Floyd murder and resulting protests across the country and world, there has been a general ethos of categorizing all law enforcement in the same bucket of excess and impropriety from a large portion of the political left. As we know, there are certainly … Read More

Scottsdale Advances the Fight Against STR

It has been an eventful time recently in the local fight against short-term rentals (STRs), with Paradise Valley cracking down on them, followed by calls for investigation and our Attorney General ruling on the case, there has been plenty of motion. Perhaps in response to the AG decision, Scottsdale’s leadership recently decided to move forward with their own activities meant … Read More

Experience Matters…but Not Temperament?

This may not come as the biggest surprise to many of you, but we are not the biggest fans of Paradise Valley Town Councilman Paul Dembow. You can up-to-date on why here…or here…or here…but you get the picture. So of course we were tickled pink when we saw that the Paradise Valley Independent ran an op-ed of his recently titled, … Read More

A Veritable Who’s Who in Scottsdale

It was just last week when we went through the candidates who qualified for the ballot for the Scottsdale City Council race later this year, and Tim Stratton was one of those. We noted that he had strong Republican Party credentials and would likely be a player. Well we recently learned how strong those party creds are as we obtained … Read More

Arizona Weighs Social Media Anti-Censorship Rules as Elon Musk Weighs Twitter Takeover: Truly a Problem, or Simply Complaining?

by Ronald Sampson Much has been said of social media’s impact on politics and the public discourse, and even its impact on elections. Many see it purely as a cesspool that elevates unnecessary and toxic opinions, an opinion that is often hard to counter. Many often see whatever bias their personal opinions inject, willfully ignorant to the fact that the … Read More