By Alexander Lomax It will be no surprise to anyone who pays attention to Scottsdale politics when I say that 2025 has been a very…spicy year at City Hall. Instead of typical left-vs-right battles, the main battle has been between the conservative faction on City Council against Mayor Lisa Borowsky, herself generally also considered conservatives (or, to be more factual, … Read More
The Race for the Swing District at the County Board of Supervisors: Positioned to be a Blockbuster
Bill Gates is not only the founder of Microsoft…he’s also one of the five Supervisors at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors! Ok, that’s a bad joke, it’s a different Bill Gates. But our Gates has long been one of the more reasonable voices in leadership in his role representing County District 3, a district that essentially covers the entire … Read More
Kate Gallego’s New Grip on Power
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego was not on the ballot for Phoenix’s November 2022 elections, nor on the ballots for the March 2023 run-offs. Yet she managed to perhaps be the biggest winner of those elections. Why is this? While the races for council districts 2 and 4 were uneventful, the races in districts 6 and 8 have completely upended the … Read More