Scottsdale’s police officers and staff are proud to announce the 5th annual Police Officers of Scottsdale “Blades for Badges” charity ice hockey meetup at the Ice Den on Bell Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. The POSA “Enforcers” team up to go head-to-head against our local rivals, the “Ice Men that Care,” of The Hacker Hockey Club. […]
Quango
I was copied on an email to the Scottsdale city council and mayor today, in which a word caught my eye: “Quango.” Quango (quasi non-governmental organization) is an acronym that describes arms-length bodies funded by government departments but not run by them. They are given power and paid for by government departments. One of my […]
Susan Bitter-Smith, Corporate Regulator (not so much)
I was a little hard on KJZZ’s Kristena Hansen recently for her one-woman crusade against the fundraising efforts of the Police Officers of Scottsdale (POSA) organization. I was somewhat amused by Kristena’s finale on that subject. She reported that POSA severed ties with the contracted telemarketer doing their fundraising, implying it was because of, “…a […]