Axon President the Highest Paid Executive Officer in Arizona (While They Continue to be a Thorn in the Side of Scottsdale)

What a wonderful year it has been for Axon. Every quarterly earnings report seems to come with it blockbuster financials, with massive revenue, huge profits, and a skyrocketing stock price. Everything seems to be going wonderfully for the company, even as it threatens and bullies the city of Scottsdale to get everything it wants (read the whole story here). How … Read More

Scottsdale Candidates Opposing “To Protect & Preserve” Scottsdale Ballot Initiative Trailing In New Poll While Supporters Lead

Opposing the To Protect and To Preserve Scottsdale ballot initiative may not be helpful if you are running for Scottsdale Mayor or a seat on the City Council. The measure would improve city parks along the Indian Bend Wash and in southern Scottsdale as well as protect the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. It would also provide new resources for public safety. … Read More

Ruben Gallego Out-Pivoting Kari Lake and Muscling Her Out of the Middle

By Alexander Lomax Typically in political campaigns that have both a contested primary election and a contentious general election, there exists the time-honored tradition of the Pivot: each candidate will play to the wings of their party in order to win the primary, and then move towards the center for the general election in order to appeal to a wider … Read More

Guest Editorial: I’m announcing my re-election campaign

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

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