A recent screed from Jason Rose (reprinted in-full below) peddling the notion of leasing a currently-unused, taxpayer-owned school property, to his soccer (and development) clients at Phoenix Rising, pre-aims blame for failure at the residents of surrounding neighborhoods. Somehow, the Scottsdale City Council (as the elected body in charge of development, though having nothing to […]
Pima Path Hazard at McDonald Drive
This is another hazard to pedestrians and especially cyclists. I first brought this to the city’s attention several years ago. Northbound on Pima Path where it transitions from 87th Terrace to the concrete leading to McDonald Drive, the transition ramp is considerably more narrow than might be inferred by the fog line/edge marking. The available […]
Solange is a Liar
In addition to deluding herself into visions of being Scottsdale’s Henry Kissinger, running shuttle diplomacy between developers and the citizens for whom she’s supposed to be advocating, city council member Solange Whitehead is a liar. I don’t use that term lightly, but she either knows or damned well ought to know that the information she’s […]
Ignorant Donkeys
The deluded donkeys of the LD23 Democrats have published a screed in support of the new-and-diluted Scottsdale General Plan 2035. I’ve reproduced it below for reference. I’d guess that it was mostly written by Solange “Kissinger” Whitehead. It’s somewhat entertaining that this group, which is largely ignorant of local issues, is decrying “disinformation”; yet their […]
Solange Kissinger
An anonymous political blog here in Scottsdale recently criticized council member Solange Whitehead for her waffling support of zoning changes and other concessions (aka, “developer welfare”) for widely-opposed high-density housing projects. The term used to describe Solange’s efforts, “shuttle diplomacy,” caused me pause. As referenced in Wikipedia, the term was first applied to Henry Kissinger’s […]
Kush Klucks
Larry Kush just can’t help himself. After another bloviation from him in the so-called Independent, he once again took me to task for criticizing him for advocating for elimination of single-family zoning. I memorialized the thread here, in case the censors at the Independent decide to nuke it. Kush: Actually the Biden administration is saying […]
Does Development Pay for Itself?
Vice Mayor Betty Janik finally came to [Scottsdale Planning, Economic Development and Tourism Director Randy] Grant’s aid. “I’ve read quite a bit on does economic development pay for itself,” she said. “You can go and check all the literature and you can get six experts say it does and six equal expert people that say […]
Larry Kush calls me Racist
I don’t often single out individual citizens for criticism. However, in the case of Larry Kush, I’m going to make an exception, since he chose to insert himself in a thread of commentary about something that he, of all people, should have left alone. And then he called me racist. I made a comment on […]
Road/Trail/Path Hazards: Pima Path and Mountain View Road
I emailed the City of Scottsdale back in June of 2021 about this hazardous intersection. A spur off the Pima Path bikeway crosses Mountain View Road at grade level just west of the 101 Freeway. While there are ADA ramps for the crossing, there are no crosswalk markings. Approaching this intersection from the south, there […]
Arizona National Guard’s Murderous Friend
It has been some time since I wrote about the scandal-plagued Arizona National Guard. But I haven’t forgotten. And the announcement earlier this year that former AZNG adjutant general Michael McGuire is running for US Senate was a reminder. A friend recently sent me a news item from a couple of years ago and asked […]