By Jan Dubauskas Scottsdale was pleased to join the Arizona Commerce Authority and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council’s delegation to Taiwan SEMICON, the world’s leading semiconductor conference. With more than 105 delegates from Arizona cities, towns, businesses, and universities, Arizona made an incredible impression! Scottsdale was very well received at Taiwan SEMICON. As part of the technology corridor located between … Read More
What Listening Looks Like — and What It Doesn’t
By Councilwoman Jan Dubauskas Your Council majority listens to you, and as a result Scottsdale is doing more with less. We are lowering tax rates, catching up on deferred maintenance, ending cost overruns, accelerating capital projects, and fully funding public safety. We are getting back to core services. Our majority also stopped asking residents to fund ideological pet programs, stopped … Read More
Featured Letter to the Editor: Jason Alexander
Editor’s Note: this was in response to our earlier piece on the failed Dubauskas recall and we thought his observations deserved to be elevated above the comments section. Original article can be found here. APG likes to say that policy debates are not grounds for recall, but wants to control the definition of what is policy vs ideology vs abuse … Read More
Ishac Loses to Dubauskas a Second Time
By Vanessa Rogers Conservatives of Greater Scottsdale announced this week that it is “suspending” its recall campaign against Councilwoman Jan Dubauskas, citing a lack of signature-gathering manpower ahead of the September 2 deadline. Translation: they didn’t have the votes, they didn’t have the case, and as we said back in the spring, they never really had a reason. A Grudge … Read More
Guest Editorial: Steady Leadership, Not Selective Outrage
By Councilwoman Jan Dubauskas Councilman Barry Graham leads with logic, patience, and courage. That’s why I was disappointed to see Councilwoman Solange Whitehead level inaccurate criticisms at him that are designed to promote her radical candidate for the 2026 Scottsdale City Council general election. Whitehead overlooks an important chapter in Scottsdale’s history: the period when Whitehead led the council majority … Read More
A Recall in Search of a Reason
By Vanessa Rogers The effort to recall Councilwoman Jan Dubauskas is still limping along, though nobody seems to know how strong it actually is. According to the Scottsdale Independent, the group has until September 2 to gather 12,800 signatures. Yet organizers refuse to disclose how many they have collected. That silence speaks volumes. Remember, this is a councilwoman who cruised … Read More
Unintended Consequences Coming to Scottsdale: Why the Dubauskas Recall Now Means that Anyone is Fair Game
By Ronald Sampson Scottsdale has real issues to navigate: water supply pressures, development tensions, a competitive city budget cycle, and an ongoing power struggle on the City Council that has consumed far too much oxygen for far too long. What the city does not need is a recall effort driven by a failed candidate settling ideological scores, and setting one … Read More
Jan Dubauskas Responds to Recall Effort Highlighting Her Residents-First, Conservative Record
Scottsdale City Councilwoman Jan Dubauskas issued the following statement in response to a recall effort launched against her by a failed, former Democratic council candidate, Dan Ishac. “It’s pretty obvious that this is a partisan ploy by a failed Democratic council candidate who was in the pocket of bars and developers and who wants to kick a reliable conservative vote … Read More
Guest Editorial: $100k Grant – Thank You Senator Werner!
By Councilwoman Jan Dubauskas Amazing news! We received an incredible $100,000 grant for the McCormick Stillman Railroad Park!! This historic grant was made possible by Senator Carine Werner – a strong champion for Scottsdale. In the spring of 2025, Senator Werner reached out to me and asked if the city had any needs she could help with? City Manager Caton and I quickly … Read More
You Are Invited! Join Us On 4/19
You are invited! Please join us on Sunday, April 19 at 3pm to hear the latest from your Scottsdale City Council Conservative Team: Councilman Barry Graham, Former Councilman Bob Littlefield, and Former State Senator Michelle Ugenti-Rita. You can help your candidates by attending our event, making a donation, hosting a meet and greet, putting a sign in your yard, supporting their social media … Read More