By the Coalition of Greater Scottsdale Information by : Former Scottsdale Mayor and Prop 490 PAC– Mary Manross and Carla– Campaign Coordinator & Preserve Pioneer Prop 490 is one of Scottsdale’s most publicly vetted, legally protected ballot measures. Time for some facts about 490, a ballot measure, created by residents to benefit our entire city. It will improve and better … Read More
Guest Editorial: Preserving Paradise Valley – Waymos and Paradise Valley Streets
By Councilmember Julie Pace Waymos have been operating on Paradise Valley Streets and two issues arose this summer that resulted in resident complaints. First, Waymos were staging and waiting on certain streets in the community. For example, many Waymos were regularly sitting and waiting on Stallion street and other streets. As you know, the Waymos have a certain whir with … Read More
Support For Prop 490 Holds Firm Despite Lawsuits, Odd Opposition
Despite lawsuits from the Goldwater Institute and opposition that oddly advocates for property taxes to fund Scottsdale’s Preserve, parks, and public safety rather than sales taxes, Scottsdale’s Proposition 490, the To Protect and To Preserve measure on the November ballot, still enjoys solid support. The measure would take the place of an expiring Scottsdale city sales tax but at a … Read More
A Salute for a Job Well Done: Stuart Graff
If you ask most Americans who our country’s most famous architect was, they will tell you Frank Lloyd Wright (if they have an answer). If you ask Arizonans where Frank Lloyd Wright cut his teeth and made some of his most famous, landmark creations, they will tell you that it is right here in our state. Taliesin West, the Arizona … Read More
HonorHealth to assume operations of multiple Steward Health Care facilities in Arizona
HonorHealth, a leading healthcare system serving more than five million people in the greater Phoenix and Scottsdale areas, has agreed to assume operational control of several Arizona-based Steward Health Care facilities. Beginning today, HonorHealth will assume daily operations of the following Steward Health Care facilities: · Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa · St. Luke’s Hospital in Tempe · Steward … Read More
Tiny Homes in Scottsdale: Is This the Future of Development?
The price of housing has skyrocketed across most of the country since COVID, and Scottsdale has not been exempt; far from it. As we have stated many times, the best way to push down housing costs is to build more housing (as anyone who has taken Economic 101 will tell you), but with an active NIMBY activist community and a … Read More
Handicapping the November Election: The County Recorder’s Race
The July primaries in Arizona had a lot of predictable outcomes, but it did hold one big shocker: incumbent Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer became a victim of not towing the party line of stolen elections, and Republican primary voters chose state legislator Justin Heap to go on to the general election in November to face off against veteran and … Read More
Tempe-Based PROSHRED® Arizona Hosts Upcoming Shredding Events and Discusses Importance of Destroying Old Hard Drives
Shredding junk mail and electronics has never been more important and thanks to the local, family-owned business PROSHRED® Arizona, an on-site and mobile document shredding service, they are making it easier than ever with three upcoming shredding events at their Tempe location. Owned by Valley residents Patty and Joe Caradonna, along with their son Joey Caradonna Jr., ProShred Arizona services customers from Flagstaff to Tucson … Read More
DJ Jai Wolf Headlines Impressive All-Day Lineup Of Musical Acts For Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships on Saturday, October 26th at WestWorld
The Artist to Set Stage Ablaze Alongside All-Star Lineup of All-Day DJ’s as Relentless Beats Presents The Casa Amigos Day Club Powered by NÜTRL Get your tickets now for what promises to be the biggest concert ever at the Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships: Presented by Gila River Resorts & Casinos on Saturday, October 26th at WestWorld of Scottsdale. For the first time an all-star … Read More
A Hallmark of Diversity in a City Not known For It – the Arizona Black Rodeo in Scottsdale
You can say many things about Scottsdale: vibrant, fun, luxurious. One thing you wouldn’t often say about it is that it’s diverse however. Outside of south Scottsdale the city is often known as rather homogenous; in other words, very white. A recent event held in Scottsdale hopes to change that perception however, and break other stereotypes in the process. The … Read More