I have to confess to a John Kerry moment here: I was for City Council districts (having council members elected from specific parts of town) before I allowed Sam West, Paul Messinger, and others convince me it was a bad thing. I worked really hard to defeat district representation when we voted on it a […]
Council Recap
City Council 7 Feb 2012 meeting video is now posted. For the issues I covered in the Council Preview, I have the following to report: Public Comment starts at 00:06:30. Dick Alt’s comments on the public notice deficiency of the Scottsdale and Lincoln mixed-use project start at 00:10:30; followed by Sam West on the General […]
Scottsdale 2012
2012 in Scottsdale is going to be a very interesting year. The economy and the housing market are obviously going to continue to dominate our local picture. Obviously much of our revenue comes from tourism-related sales taxes, and tourism depends to a great degree on disposable income. The worse the overall economy, the less disposable […]