The Scottsdale City Council can be a feisty group. Sometimes they disagree just to be disagreeable. Other times genuine philosophical divides arise. That’s why it’s so refreshing when the council unanimously confers and consents to wise policy. The recent decision to alleviate local art galleries from taxing out of state sales is a case in point. After all, it is … Read More
Mastering A Comeback In Glendale
By their nature master-planned communities tend to be large. In Arizona it doesn’t matter if they are in Scottsdale, Mesa, Buckeye or Glendale they tend to stir up scrutiny and debate. That’s a good thing. Dialogue, debate and discussion tend to yield the best possible result. A look around the Valley shows just that when it comes to master-planned communities … Read More
Guest Opinion: A Streetcar Named Uncertain
The Tempe streetcar project that has been in the works for years is finally underway after receiving a $50 million federal grant, which is supposed to be a good thing. It was slated to get $75 million. The Trump Administration gave it a haircut. The project will result in a three-mile streetcar loop that weaves through downtown Tempe, ASU, and … Read More
Arizona Endowment Investments Managed by AZ State Treasurer's Office Sets New All-Time Record of $5.57 Billion
By State Treasurer Jeff DeWit PHOENIX – The Permanent Land Endowment Trust Fund, also referred to the Schools’ Endowment, reached another new milestone under State Treasurer Jeff DeWit growing to $5.57 billion at the end of April 2017. “The hard work and incredible staff at the State Treasurer’s Office continues to produce great investment results,” Treasurer Jeff DeWit said. “After … Read More
The Height of Absurdity
by Andy Biggs Friend, The false claim that Trump conspired with Russia to engineer the 2016 election has reached the height of absurdity. The media and Democrats are trying to bamboozle the country by conflating several isolated incidents. I just wrote in the Washington-Examiner that they have no evidence but have created a story that combines the allegations about the Russians and … Read More
Horsepower Hypocrisy: The Endless Episodes
As former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods rightfully serves as a co-chairman of a nascent campaign committee to overturn Republican excess at the State Capitol to restrict citizen’s rights, his hypocrisy in another part of the state is notable. We have written before of Woods and his disdain for disclosure as it relates to why he is opposing a new … Read More
We need to split the 9th Circuit
By Senator Jeff Flake Enough is enough. The “9th Circus” madness must end. Arizonans deserve justice from the mountain west, not California. That’s why I’ve sponsored a bill to move Arizona into a new circuit. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is too large to be effective and has been for too long. 20% of our nation’s population lives in … Read More
Who Will Be The Phoenix?
The second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown is coming up but the jockeying to be the next Mayor of Phoenix has long been underway. Mayor Stanton is term-limited and will depart in 2019, if not before. So let’s take a look at those in or eyeing the starting gate, and the odds associated with each for the not too … Read More
It’s Time For A Preserve Tax In Paradise Valley
If Scottsdale is Beverly Hills its next door neighbor in Paradise Valley is Bel Air. Two great communities in California, just as they are in Arizona. Bel Air has a superiority complex towards its better known proximate, not unlike Paradise Valley exhibits to Scottsdale. Yet, in one area there’s no doubt where Scottsdale shines far more: preserving its mountains. … Read More
Good graft’ runs up Phoenix cost of housing for the poor
By Sal DiCiccio 6th District, Phoenix City Council Do you know what modern government corruption looks like? In order to see it, you’ll first need to let go of many of the stereotypes you hold true. For example, many believe the government helps the poor. The truth, however, is a ruse as old as civilization: Government takes on a worthy … Read More