According to Daniel Davis, who wrote a letter-to-the-editor on the subject of parking that was recently published: Overlying our parking woes is something called “parking minimums.” Parking minimums are laws requiring developers to build specified amounts of free parking spots. These parking minimums are often totally arbitrary and inflate the costs of building housing and […]
Scottsdale activist arrested at council meeting after free-speech showdown
California attorney David Snyder, executive director for the First Amendment Coalition, said a city can dictate the amount of time given to each public speaker but must keep subject-matter restrictions very narrow. “The idea that a citizen is not permitted to talk about election issues at a public forum runs counter to pretty basic First […]
Scottsdale Citizen-Advocate Silenced and Arrested at City Council Meeting
It was reported to me last night that at the direction of Scottsdale mayor Jim Lane, fellow resident advocate Mark Stuart was cut off during remarks to the city council about the proposed multi-million dollar “Desert Discovery Center,” during the “public comment” period of last night’s council meeting. The live broadcast of the city council […]
Massive crime wave affecting one state legislator merits a whole new law
Just so everyone’s clear, if you voted your straight [Republican] party ticket and you live in Scottsdale, you voted for John Kavanagh. Because our state, presumably, doesn’t have some more pressing needs and all we hear about is a rash of flag theft. I would also like to point out that this man, who doesn’t […]
Local Control: not a one-way precept
I don’t always (or even often) agree with Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton. But as one Scottsdale political icon has stated, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile. “Local control” is a precept often cited by Arizona governor Doug Ducey and Republican state legislators when pushing back against the Obama administration [disclosure: I […]
Virginia Korte: Horse Troughs and Horse Hockey
In a recent example of press release journalism in the Scottsdale “Independent,” Virginia Korte is quoted: “Putting horse troughs in front of downtown stores is not going to keep Scottsdale the ‘West’s Most Western Town.’” That one dishonest statement sums up Korte’s sincerity about the so-called “Community Conversation” about the future of Scottsdale she’s proposing. […]
Voter lines persisted throughout the state | Cronkite News
Voter John Washington of Scottsdale arrived at the Pueblo precinct location 15 minutes early and said the check-in computers crashed as soon as the polling place opened. Poll workers were able to get one computer functioning, but by the time he cast his ballot, the line of voters wrapped around the block. Thanks for the […]
Trees v Forest
My posting schedule will be a little less vigorous now that the election drama has pretty well played out. There are a lot of ballots left to count, but most of the big races are essentially decided. But for those of you who may stumble across this in years to come and wonder why Scottsdale […]
How Wells Fargo’s Problems Flourished in Arizona – WSJ
Wells Fargo Scottsdale An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal [which may be pay-walled] came to my attention courtesy of an astute ScottsdaleCitizen. The push to drive new product and account openings came from top executives in the Arizona region, the employee letter said. Lead Regional President Pam Conboy, now two executive levels below Ms. […]
Lane, Klapp, and Burple
OK, one last post for the day and then I have to get back to revenue-generating labor. Many of us citizen-advocates and even a few folks on the Dark Side of Scottsdale politics have snickered at the stumbles of Jim “Shady” Lane’s floundering mayoral reelection campaign. His original, almost-unreadable red, white, and blue signs were […]