By Sonnie Kirtley How and where Scottsdale has grown has been a longstanding concern for residents and neighborhoods. Scottsdale voters will have an opportunity this November to chart the best possible course for our community’s future with long-term and unifying support. The opportunity comes on the November 2019 ballot through Questions 1, 2 and 3. The three bond measures invest … Read More

By Recker McDowell — Phoenix is again the fastest growing city in the U.S. adding more than 25,000 new residents last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Warm weather, jobs and a less expensive cost of living offers lots of opportunities. Phoenix’s growth is also an opportunity for Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego who took office in March. Gallego has … Read More

With one or two exceptions, Scottsdale has a coterie of often well-meaning watchdogs. You see their comments on this blog, on social media, and at the end of hundreds of online articles. Sometimes they alert us to real problems, as with the DDC.  But sometimes they bark at shadows, as a couple are doing with the Scottsdale bond questions. If … Read More

By Scottsdale City Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield Dear Friends: On November 5, 2019 Scottsdale Voters will be asked to approve three bond questions totaling $319M to fund capital projects in Scottsdale. Because I am a member of the Council Capital Improvement Plan Subcommittee (along with Councilmembers Klapp and Philips), I have been getting many questions about how this package was put … Read More

By Sasha Weller — The Scottsdale Fire Fighters Association’s support for Scottsdale’s $319 million bond package is based on far more than the much needed items that directly address public safety. That’s because most if not all of the spending plan will benefit public safety either directly or indirectly. And that’s why I am voting yes in November and it’s … Read More

By Recker McDowell — Papago Plaza isn’t completely going away. The shopping center is being demolished and will be redeveloped. But its name is going to ring on at Scottsdale and McDowell roads. That’s a positive. Papago Plaza has seen its better days. But it is part of Scottsdale’s history and having the retro name live on gives the redevelopment … Read More

By Don Henninger You may know it as the story of a junior high school teacher who assigns his class to come up with an idea to change the world and then go do it. One of his students creates a way of “paying forward” favors that helps a single mother. But more. It creates a wave of human kindness … Read More