Guest Editorial: Abe Hamadeh Endorses Mason Gates for Scottsdale City Council

By Mason Gates Mason Gates for Scottsdale City Council is proud to announce the endorsement from Abe Hamadeh, distinguished candidate for Congress. This endorsement highlights the growing support for Gates’ vision and dedication to the community. Hamadeh is running to represent Arizona’s 8th Congressional District where he has an impressive background of local education, having attended Happy Valley School, Stetson … Read More

Guest Editorial: Jan Dubauskas Endorsed by Police Officers of Scottsdale Association

By Jan Dubauskas Jan Dubauskas, candidate for Scottsdale City Council, is proud to announce her endorsement by the Police Officers of Scottsdale Association (POSA). “Scottsdale is blessed with the award-winning, gold-standard of police departments. It is an honor to receive POSA’s endorsement. As a graduate of the Scottsdale Citizens Police Academy, I got to understand their important work up close … Read More

Lemonade from Lemons: A Positive Outcome from an Unfortunate Event

The story of the 2024 WM Phoenix Open has been widely written about and discussed, even to the point of being an international story. The notorious “golf party”, easily the most eventful PGA tour event of the year, got entirely out of control this year with quite a few attendees getting out of control with an abnormally high number of … Read More

Scottsdale’s October Surprise? Traffic is About to Get Crazy Around Chaparral

There’s not too much to complain about in Scottsdale. However, one frequent concern from voters is traffic. Residents will often decry the construction of large apartment complexes out of concerns of increased traffic, and developments will often fail to pass through council without robust traffic mitigation plans. It’s a very real concern. So when the news broke that a large … Read More

Contentious Protests Hit Home in Scottsdale

The Israel/Gaza conflict has undoubtedly been a global hot-button issue. You would have to actively avoid news and current events to not have at least heard of the protests on college campuses around, often turning extremely contentious. Arizona State University had a significant issue with over 70 arrests of students on its campus. One would assume that a city such … Read More

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