I didn’t hear much talk around New Year’s Day this year about resolutions. There was a distinct anti-resolution mindset for the past few years, but I didn’t even see much of that this year. Do I “believe in resolutions?” I think the onset of a New Year is a good opportunity to review what’s important. That […]
You Paid For It: Polo
In the latest installment of a new series, the Republic’s Beth Duckett reported today on the $75,000 of taxpayer money gifted to Scottsdale’s Prince of Polo and PR, Jason Rose, by the Scottsdale City Council (Mayor Jim Lane is a Rose client). I believe this is the third year in a row for this particular […]
Marine Corps Mules
Lt Col Mike Kelly (USMC, ret) alerted me to a great article in USA Today about the Marine Corps’ revival of ancient skills for battlefield transport: Horsemanship and mule skinning. Mike was reminded by this article of Scottsdale City Councilman Tony Nelssen, who famously owned several mules and rode them in our Parada del Sol […]