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 […]

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Fitch Downgrades Scottsdale, AZ IDR, Excise Tax Revs to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’; GOs Affirmed at ‘AAA’

The downgrade of Scottsdale’s IDR [Issuer Default Rating] to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’ is due to concern that the city’s financial resilience cushion, combined with its constrained independent revenue-raising ability, increase its vulnerability to periodic downturns given the heavy dependence on economically sensitive revenues… — Read on www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-downgrades-scottsdale-az-idr-excise-tax-revs-to-aa-from-aaa-gos-affirmed-at-aaa-13-05-2020

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Scottsdale Police Still Classify Many Rapes as False or Baseless | Phoenix New Times

So typical of SPD administration, particularly Chief Rodbell, who never saw a statistic he couldn’t misuse. Many of these cases undoubtedly trace back to Scottsdale’s bar district, from where property owners and bar operators donate massively to the political campaigns of Mayor Jim Lane, and council members Suzanne Klapp, Virginia Korte, and Linda Milhaven. High […]

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General Plan Update: The Best Bad Idea We Have?

Our local “indy” newspaper printed a letter from Don Henninger a couple of days ago regarding the state of the local political climate, and Scottsdale’s aggravatingly-persistent General Plan Update. It reminded me of a scene from the Ben Affleck film, Argo, about the CIA rescue of the US Embassy hostages from Iran in 1981, under […]

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