Dear Vice Mayor Stanton, On behalf of the United Phoenix Firefighters Association, Local 493, I am pleased to formally endorse your candidacy for mayor of Paradise Valley. Your qualifications and leadership in public safety make you exceptionally suited to guide Paradise Valley. Throughout your public service, you have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the well-being of residents, earning the trust … Read More
It’s Official: Councilmember Tom Durham is Sacrificing His Own Campaign to Knock Out Kwasman
We had heard rumors, we had heard speculation, but it’s all just that until confirmed. When we had heard that Scottsdale Councilmember Tom Durham was going to “quiet quit” his race for re-election, we took it with a grain of salt. Now we can confirm that our sources were indeed correct. In a recent City Council candidate forum, Durham … Read More
The Battle for Scottsdale Unified: What to Expect for This Year’s Campaigns
There will be a number of very important races in this year’s election, ranging from the obvious (President and the US Senate) to local legislative races that may determine the partisan fate of the state of Arizona. One local race may have very significant ramifications but threatens to be lost in the pile of bigger ticket races however. Scottsdale voters … Read More
2nd Shooting in a Week and Arizona Democratic Headquarters: How Do We Turn the Heat Down?
In what could only reasonably be considered an unfortunate form of political intimidation, the office that houses the Arizona Democratic Party headquarters was shot at last week. While it was overnight and clearly not intended to hurt anyone, it also follows a similar incident with a pellet or BB gun earlier in the week. Mind you, local political junkies will … Read More
Repost: Finally, an Arizona politician does the right thing. He quits.
By EJ Montini (original article can be found here) Scottsdale City Council member Tom Durham did something Thursday night that anyone who follow politics on any level would find to be shocking, even bizarre. It’s called … the right thing. I know. I had a hard time believing it myself when I read the article by The Arizona Republic’s Sam Kmack. Durham … Read More
Guest Editorial: Forward Thinking 30 Years Ago Has Preserved More than 30 Thousand Acres in Scottsdale
Propositions 490 and 491 Would Ensure The Future Of The McDowell Sonoran Preserve For Generations By Mary Manross The future of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve is in the hands of Scottsdale voters this election day as they decide on Props 490 and 491. It’s more than 30 thousand acres, and it all began 30 years ago on October 3rd, 1994. … Read More
Why I Oppose Prop 490
By Bob Littlefield In the 20+ years I have been involved in Scottsdale politics I have seen many outrages come out of City Hall. But the recent political maneuverings by the City Council majority to put a deceptive sales tax hike on the November ballot may have been the most shocking of all. Imagine if you were about to make … Read More
Scottsdale Firefighters Association Breaks a Record and Raises More Than $104,000 Following the 25th Anniversary of Annual Behind the Flames Charities Dinner
The Night of Celebration Celebrated the Firefighter of the Year and Commemorated the Accomplishments of Four Arizonans The 25th Annual Behind the Flames Scottsdale Firefighter Charities Dinner was held on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, and set a record for the most amount of money raised at the event with nearly $104,755 in charitable contributions. The non-profit organization is staffed by firefighters from local 5050, and all … Read More
Leaving an Unfortunate Legacy: What Bob Littlefield has Wrong About Prop 490
By Alexander Lomax For those of you who have followed Proposition 490 and Scottsdale politics as a whole, you probably have noticed some familiar teams shaping up. Where absolutely anything related to tax dollars comes to a vote, the Goldwater Institute will pipe up and go to war against it, no matter how much it’s in the best interests of … Read More
The Gloves Come Off In Scottsdale Mayoral Candidates Forum
By Miller McCormick He accused her of being a zoning attorney with a habit of approving massive apartment projects. She accused him of being a reckless spender of taxpayer dollars. The two candidates for Scottsdale Mayor, incumbent David Ortega and challenger and former councilwoman Lisa Borowsky, traded punches during a candidates’ forum at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts … Read More