A few days ago, the Scottsdale city clerk notified 2016 candidates that the National Association of Realtors out of Chicago had donated a staggering $72,000 to their favorites in our city election: An Independent Expenditure Notification form has been filed with this office by the National Association of Realtors Fund. The notification reports independent expenditures […]
Dodging Dialog
Yesterday I got an email from Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce president Rick Kidder notifying me that the Chamber has cancelled their mayoral forum next week. I’ve copied it below. It’s not surprising. I have said from the beginning that this event was a sham. They only scheduled it in order to negate my assertion […]
Doing the Math
Jim Lane got a little aggravated at me at the North Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce debate Wednesday at Grayhawk. His hot button is apparently the budget. He’s a former CPA, so it SHOULD be a hot button for him. He brags constantly about bringing a more business-like approach to city government. Ironically, I got dressed […]
DC Ranch Mayoral Forum
We had a great discussion last night at the Homestead Community Center at DC Ranch. We’ll soon be posting some links to video of discussions of some of the important issues. Meanwhile, Terrance Thornton from the Scottsdale Independent newspaper was there and did a pretty in-depth article you will enjoy. And here’s a fun video […]
The Cost of a Bad Hire
AZCentral posted a story yesterday by Beth Duckett entitled “Exits by officials costly for Scottsdale.” The point of the story is that, “Scottsdale taxpayers have forked over $328,000 in the last four years to settle acrimonious departures by city mangers who differed with a majority of the City Council.” In my opinion, a) that’s a […]
POSA, SFFA Mayoral Candidate Forum Tonight
The Police Officers of Scottsdale Association and the Scottsdale Firefighters Association are hosting a mayoral candidate forum tonight, per the email from POSA president Jim Hill, below. Will Jim Lane be there? He’s been MIA at two out of the four previous candidate forums. Perhaps he’s afraid he’ll be arrested for impersonating an elected representative […]