Scottsdale’s Museum Square Seeks Multi- Million Dollar Claim From Adjacent HOA After Failed, Unethical Litigation

Acclaimed $300 Million Museum Square Project In Old Town Scottsdale Seeks Millions in Damages Over Fruitless, Untimely, Frivolous, and Failed Litigation Developers say neighboring HOA’s spurious legal challenges have stalled the Old Town Scottsdale project despite previous court defeats and unpaid legal fees to Museum Square (SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) The developers of the anticipated Museum Square in Old Town Scottsdale, ARC … Read More

Scottsdale Unified Keeps Losing Students, Then Asks Taxpayers for $375 Million

By Ronald Sampson Scottsdale Unified’s board votes Tuesday on closing more schools. Days earlier, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office found the district violated the open meeting law while drawing up the options. Four weeks later, voters will decide whether to hand the same district $375 million through a bond. A Decade of Losing The enrollment trend is not subtle. According … Read More

Barry Graham’s Inaccurate Characterization of The Residence at Paiute

By Raoul Zubia Residents do deserve the facts. That is exactly why I objected to Barry Graham’s inaccurate characterization of The Residence at Paiute as a “homeless shelter next to schools.” The Arizona Republic just fact checked Barry’s claims, Barry please read the Arizona Republic. Despite his insulting suggestion that as a leader for Paiute, I didn’t read the documentation, … Read More

London: Greatest Hits and B-Sides

By Bedouin Bourdain London does not ask to be liked. It simply plays its set, and you either know the words or learn them fast. This time the occasion was the Sun Devils, an Arizona State football weekend an ocean away from Tempe. However, the game was only the opening track. The rest of the album belonged to the city. … Read More

Scottsdale Hall of Famer: Carla

Some people need two names. Carla has never needed more than one. Decades ago, the South Scottsdale native legally dropped her last name as a personal declaration of independence. It suited her. After all, the woman who refused to be ordinary helped give Scottsdale the most extraordinary thing it owns: the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Today the Preserve protects about 30,500 … Read More

Scottsdale Is Letting a Toilet Joke Drown Its Best Water Plan

By Vanessa Rogers Scottsdale made national news this week, and not in a way worth celebrating. An Associated Press report that ran from Houston to Las Vegas told how “poop water” attacks helped kill the city’s plan to purify recycled water for drinking. The headline in some outlets was blunt: a wealthy suburb dropped its recycling plan over election-year claims. … Read More

Brief Against Unconstitutional AXON Law Filed With AZ Court of Appeals

TAAAZE Takes Fight Against Axon Law to Arizona Court of Appeals Opening Brief Maintains Controversial Law Is Unconstitutional Special Legislation Appeal Seeks to Restore Scottsdale Voters’ Say on Massive Apartment Complex (SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) The fight for voters’ rights and against Arizona’s controversial “Axon Law” has moved to the Arizona Court of Appeals. Taxpayers Against Awful Apartment Zoning Exemptions (TAAAZE) has … Read More

Guest Editorial: Please Read the Council Packet on Paiute, Mr. Zubia.

By Councilman Barry Graham It is difficult to believe Raoul Zubia would purposely mislead voters about events at the Paiute Neighborhood Center. But while Raoul is entitled to his opinion, I believe residents deserve to know the facts about the effort to locate a homeless shelter on the center’s campus. Raoul took issue with my recent video in which I … Read More