Taking a page out of the Jason Rose playbook (“He supported it before he opposed it”), the editor of the “straight and unbiased” Scottsdale Independent, Terrance Thornton, posted a Throwback Thursday Facebook reference to a ScottsdaleTrails article I wrote years ago regarding his ascension to his current position: Terrance Thornton Throwback Thursday: cool to see […]
McDowell Road Noise/Urination Ordinance Coming?
Incumbent city council candidate Virginia Korte just retweeted an AZCentral tweet announcing that the taxpayer-subsidized office building known as SkyThong will soon include a Starwood Hotel. This is because of yet-another city lease amendment favorable to Sharon Harper’s Plaza Cos., thanks to Korte and her council cronies. What you may not know is that the […]
Roadway Maintenance Shortfall Due to Not Enough Taxes?
In a Phoenix Biz Journal article today, Eric J Toll proclaimed (or regurgitated from an ADOT press release): “A per gallon gas tax was always the system to pay into the fund to maintain and expand roads, but the funds are depleting faster than filling. That’s why so many places have maintenance issues.” That statement […]
Another Resident Voice for Littlefield
Letter to the editor. Thank you, Jeff, for taking the time to write. Time for Change Dr. Jeff Donahue It’s time for a change before we, the residents of Scottsdale, lose it all (and special interests win big). It’s time to remove Jim Lane from the office of Mayor of Scottsdale. While he tries to […]
Korte is Anti-Small Business
In response to an anonymous email missive from Scottsdale city council incumbent Virginia Korte this morning, Scottsdale artist and downtown gallery owner, Bob Pejman, penned the reply below which really digs to the bottom line. To Bob’s commentary I add the following: Along with hotels, merchants and galleries have historically been the mechanism by which […]
A mile is not always a mile in Scottsdale
As a pilot, I’m familiar with the small (15%) difference between a “statute” mile (the common use) and a “nautical” mile (used for marine navigation–obviously–but also aerial navigation). Pilots almost always talk in nautical miles, and in nautical miles per hour (aka “knots”). At the Scottsdale mayoral debate last week, I heard one of the […]
Scottsdale Independent “likes” plagiarism
I guess the sellout is complete. The editor of the new Chamber of Commerce newsletter “likes” the anti-rhetoric rhetoric of incumbent mayor Jim Lane. So much for neutrality of the media. A recent Facebook post from incumbent Scottsdale mayor Jim Lane plagiarized the campaign slogan of challenger (and three-term former council member) Bob Littlefield, by […]
GPEC: Scottsdale SkySong to create major economic impact over 30 years | Scottsdale Independent
Brilliant press-release journalism at its finest. Not a real fact to be found anywhere: http://www.scottsdaleindependent.com/news/gpec-scottsdale-skysong-create-major-economic-impact-30-years/
Stop the Bulldozers: Say “No” to Mayor Jim Lane’s Desert Disneyland
AZ Daily Star gallery photo: “Watching a herd of javelinas eating sunflower seeds from the ground. The baby was upset because the mother had just brushed him with her nose (and the cholla stuck to it was sharp)!” David Baker. The petition to “Stop Mayor Jim Lane and the City Council from bulldozing our McDowell […]
Another $4 million taxpayer subsidy down the drain
Tuesday night the Scottsdale City Council and Mayor Jim Lane voted to flush another $4 million of your money down the award-winning toilets of the Scottsdale Cultural Council. Fiscal Year 2016/17 Scottsdale Cultural Council Financial Participation Agreement – Approved on Consent. Request: Adopt Resolution No. 10452 authorizing Agreement No. 2016-065-COS, an annual financial participation agreement […]