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Apartment Construction Headed for Classic Overshoot

October 7, 2014 10 Comments

The Phoenix Business Journal’s Mike Sunnucks reported a few weeks ago that the apartment construction trend which has been riding a wave of favorable rezoning has crested. Some in Scottsdale have bandied around a number in the 10,000 range for units in the pipeline (approved or under construction) which appears to be about one-third of […]

City Council, City Resources, City Services, Civic Discussion, Cultural Council, Economic Sustainability, Public Safety, Solid Waste, Taxes, Tourism, Traffic, Transportation, Water and Sewer, Zoning & Development

Welfare for Golf, Performing Arts, and Developers

April 1, 2013 2 Comments

Thanks to a call from a fellow political dilettante today inquiring about next week’s City Council meeting, I remembered that I drafted an article on the previous meeting which I was distracted from finishing. The March 19, 2013 Scottsdale City Council meeting covered quite a range. Among the more notable items approved: a $300k+ installment […]

City Employees, City Services, Solid Waste

Godzilla Comes to Scottsdale

October 21, 2012 No Comments

What do Godzilla, Son of Godzilla, and the Litter Pig all have in common? No, they aren’t Japanese horror flick sequels or remakes, though watching them in action for the first time could have triggered nightmares, I suppose. Once in a while I read a story that contains so many themes that I don’t know […]