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Legerdemain

December 16, 2011 3 Comments

leg·er·de·main/ˌlejərdəˈmān/Noun: Skillful use of one’s hands when performing tricks. Deception; trickery. The Scottsdale Republic’s Robert Leger ran an editorial yesterday bashing the critics of Jim Lane’s lofty Littering Ordinance. This editorial did not appear online as of the time I am writing this [UPDATE: now posted on AZC], so I’ve transcribed it here: Real Bar […]

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Council Preview

December 4, 2011 2 Comments

There are a LOT of interesting items on the city council special and regular agendas for Tuesday night: In particular, I note the following: I believe the special meeting agenda is about purchasing a couple of parcels for the Preserve that are going to be auctioned off by the State Land Department on December 7th […]

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Week In Review

November 4, 2011 6 Comments

Hi, citizen formerly known as Airport Commissioner John Washington here. To say this was a busy week would be an understatement. Major clashes with the power brokers in Scottsdale over openness and transparency in city government, city planning, sustainable economics, and issues of respect (or lack thereof) got me fired from the Scottsdale Airport Advisory […]