How MovePHX Will Improve Our Streets 

The population of Phoenix is expected to nearly double in the next 30 years. That’s a lot more people on the roads, and a lot more wear and tear on our streets. MovePHX is an all-of-the-above transportation initiative that will fund fresh coats of asphalt for more than 680 miles of streets. The plan will also add 135 miles of … Read More

New Security for Our Southern Border

By Senator John McCain Did you hear the news? Today we took a positive step forward in the fight to secure America’s borders. The Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee has approved the Arizona Borderlands Protection & Preservation Act, which I introduced earlier this year. For decades, drug cartels and human smugglers have exploited U.S. land management laws by … Read More

Secretary Reagan Misses the Point

By Robbie Sherwood , Executive Director of ProgressNow Arizona It looks like we touched a nerve. Recently the Arizona Advocacy Foundation led a coalition of non-partisan groups to produce an in-depth study of our state’s most recent election in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. The Arizona Shelby Response Project — named for … Read More

Stand with Rand by Rand Paul

My campaign staff handed me a stack of new press reports a mile high… One headline from a Fox News article perfectly sums up everything I’m facing right now: “UGLY EARLY: PAUL’S ENTRY SETS OFF FIRST ROUND OF ATTACKS.” And that’s because the media sees polls showing me as the candidate best positioned to beat Hillary Clinton. I don’t have … Read More

I Have Some Important News by Scottsdale City Council Member Suzanne Klapp

Friends, Yesterday in front of supporters, business owners and ASU officials, I announced my decision to pursue a third term on the Scottsdale City Council. We gathered outside of ATOMdesign, a business located in Skysong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, along McDowell Road to make the announcement. Six years ago I brought a fresh business perspective to the Scottsdale City … Read More

Police Chief Recruitment Update by PV Mayor Michael Collins

Dear Friends and Neighbors, A nationwide search resulted in over eighty applicants for the Town of Paradise Valley’s Police Chief. It is now narrowed down to five candidates after twelve interviews were conducted on March 13 and 16. The Town Manager, Kevin Burke, will decide on the top candidate to replace Interim Public Safety Director Larry Ratcliff who was appointed … Read More

A Message From Ben Carson

Just the other day, I filed with the Federal Election Commission the necessary paperwork to formally consider a run for President of the United States in 2016. Let me tell you why I’ve taken this step, and how you can help. For many years, I have traveled the country closely studying our politics. I believe we are on the verge … Read More

Feingold's back

Friend – Democrat Russ Feingold was in the United States Senate for eighteen years before I defeated him in 2010. A “creature of Washington,” he compiled a voting record that had him joining the ranks of Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, and Hillary Clinton as the #1 liberal in the nation. Feingold has now quit his job in the … Read More

More Teachers? Better Education? Not if Mayor Stanton gets his way

By Sal DiCiccio 4551 new teachers for Phoenix… that is how many NEW teachers we could hire for the cost of just one new mile of rail. Mayor Stanton and others are pushing a new $30 billion tax and spend proposal for transit costing $209 million per mile to build and operate. Make no mistake about it, every penny taken … Read More

COGS Membership letter request

Dear Friends: For those of you who are concerned about Scottsdale’s future and the direction it has been moving (or not moving)  over the last few years, I offer you a way to keep in touch and up-to-date on what is going on in Scottsdale.  For you Clint Eastwood fans, discover “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” Please take … Read More