Guest Editorial: The Truth Is…

By Raoul Zubia You deserve better. Too many residents feel like Scottsdale City Hall is no longer listening to them. Restoring trust starts with electing adults in the room who understand the importance of long-term planning, transparency, and respect for constituents. Scottsdale is one of the best cities in America to live, work, and raise a family. But the jewel … Read More

Guest Editorial: Help Me Protect Scottsdale! Say NO to Councilwoman Whitehead’s “Toilet to Tap” Water Agenda

By Michelle Ugenti-Rita Dear Scottsdale Neighbors, Councilwoman Solange Whitehead wants to pump recycled toilet water directly into your tap. While Scottsdale’s billion dollar tourism industry thrives on our image as a clean, luxurious desert paradise, Councilwoman Solange Whitehead is aggressively pushing one of the most controversial and risky water experiments in Arizona history: “Toilet to Tap.” This isn’t science fiction folks. Solange has been … Read More

Councilwoman Whitehead Deserves Kudos for Standing Up for All of Scottsdale

By Alexander Lomax Some stereotypes are true as are some reputations. For instance, Scottsdale has a reputation of having an outsized number of retirees and has leaned conservative. Unfortunately in the mind of some those bring with it a reputation as an inhospitable place for people who don’t fit a narrow demographic mold. Councilwoman Solange Whitehead has spent her tenure … Read More

Scottsdale Community College Just Did Something Worth Celebrating: Tackling the Affordability Crisis

In a higher education landscape defined by soaring tuition bills and graduates drowning in debt, Scottsdale Community College made history this month. On May 14, SCC held its first-ever commencement ceremony conferring Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, graduating a pioneering cohort from a program that launched just one year ago. The ceremony took place at Salt River Fields at Talking … Read More

America’s Tourism Slump: Scottsdale Is Starting to Feel It

The numbers looked fine last year. More than 11 million visitors came to Scottsdale in 2024, generating a record $3.7 billion in economic impact and supporting over 36,000 local jobs. City officials were justifiably proud. That baseline matters now, because what is happening in 2025 and 2026 cuts directly against it. The United States recorded roughly 4 million fewer international … Read More

Does Anyone Actually Care That Carroll Barely Voted?

By Ronald Sampson A Facebook exchange has been circulating in Scottsdale political circles this week. Crystal Carroll, the Old Town business owner running for City Council, was challenged publicly over having voted only once in the past decade. She responded with candor: four kids, multiple businesses, a cancer hospitalization in 2024. The critics pounced. But here is the question worth … Read More

Op-Ed: Re-Elect Solange Whitehead

By Steve Coluccio I have known Solange Whitehead since 2017, when we worked together to defeat the proposed Desert Discovery Center in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. We worked together again in 2024 on Prop 490, which voters approved to fund maintenance and public safety in the parks and Preserve. As a supporter of the Preserve, I value Solange’s steadfast, long-term … Read More

Breaking News: Axon Is Polling to Purchase a Scottsdale City Council

By Alexander Lomax The corporate playbook for buying local influence is not new. Scottsdale has seen it before. But the scale and audacity of what appears to be unfolding ahead of the July 21st primary deserves the full attention of every resident who cares about who actually governs this city. Several sources say Axon Enterprise is conducting active polling in … Read More