By Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Since you elected me as your mayor five years ago, we’ve worked to make Phoenix the city of the future— and a great place where families can thrive for generations to come. Together, we’ve delivered. We’ve strengthened our local economy with a $65 billion investment that will make Phoenix the semiconductor capital of the nation, … Read More
Potential Election Changes Likely Headed to Your Ballot: What are the Potential Implications?
This is a busy time of year at the Arizona State Capitol. Most years, legislators are attempting to finish all of their work, most notably the annual budget, in order to call and end to the session and be done for the year. This year’s legislative session will be a significantly longer one, with Governor Katie Hobbs and the Republican-led … Read More
Arizona Democrats Pro-Death Penalty? Local Leaders Take a Surprising Stance
When it comes to partisan politics, one dynamic has stayed constant for a long time: Democrats leaning towards compassion and Republicans leaning towards consequences when it comes to the legal process and crime. That dynamic has nearly always stayed in place when it comes to one of the more controversial topics of our time: the death penalty. Until now, that … Read More
Ballot Measures Enjoy Enthusiastic Support
New Poll Shows 70% of Voters in Scottsdale Want to Reduce the Sales Tax, Improve Parks, and Protect Open Spaces (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Two measures on the November ballot in Scottsdale get high marks from voters according to a new survey from pollster Data Orbital. The company was Arizona’s most accurate pollster during the last presidential election. The “To Protect and … Read More
Scandal in the Scottsdale City Attorney’s Office
Any city attorney office is typically a boring one, insofar as the public goes. The crimes that they prosecute are relatively inconsequential by nature, it is rarely a politically polarized position, and it generally flies under the radar. Except when it doesn’t. And the Scottsdale City Attorney’s office is learning that in a big way with one of the most … Read More
April’s Expanded Scottsdale Jazz, Blues & Brews Festival Breaks Single-Day Attendance and F&B Records
The New Orleans Themed Event Brought Top National Artists Together to Celebrate International Jazz Day at Scottsdale Civic Center’s East Bowl Taking center stage for the ultimate combination of cool jazz and blues, The Molina Fine Jewelers Scottsdale Jazz, Blues & Brews Festival Presented by Mercedes-Benz of Scottsdale proved a record-breaking music festival when it hit Old Town Scottsdale on … Read More
Goodyear’s Canyon Trails Towne Center Reports Highest Sales Growth Yet With 6 New Retailers Open, Plus New Multi-Family Project and More Expansion Planned
Among the New Tenants Now Open for Business – Michaels, Five Below, Chipotle, Starbucks, Freddy’s Steakburgers and Denny’s Further proof the West Valley continues to surpass all population and retail estimates, Canyon Trails Towne Center, a West Valley Great Recession success story is pleased to announce 6 more popular retailers are now open for business and thriving at the 90-acre mixed … Read More
Axon has Enough Money to Acquire Drone Company, Still Strong-Arming City of Scottsdale
Axon is in the news yet again. We have been covering their absurd plans to plop nearly 2,000 apartments into an area of Scottsdale that doesn’t want them, and the bullying that they’ve been doing to try to ram their plans through against the wishes of essentially all local stakeholders (get up to date here). This time, it’s good news … Read More
Scottsdale One of the Most Attractive Cities for Millionaires
Most of our readers almost certainly are aware of the Great Migration: the Covid-era phenomenon of people taking advantage of work-from-home policies and leaving major overcrowded cities for new destinations. The reasons and locations are varied, but typically surround a few key concepts, primarily leaving high cost-of-living and high tax areas for locations which are more affordable in both arenas. … Read More
Addendum: The Congressional District 1 Democratic Primary Just Got Stranger
This blog typically has pretty good takes. We’re not 100% correct, but we have a solid track record. So when attack ads against three of the top four challengers in the Democratic primary to unseat Representative David Schweikert go out but we can’t find one against the fourth (and that fourth is VERY well funded), well…it’s not hard to point … Read More