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City Council, Public Safety, Real Estate, Taxes, Tourism, Zoning & Development

Scottsdale Super Bowl Rentals Illegal

January 25, 2015 5 Comments

Short-term stay rentals (less than 30 days), such as vacation rentals and Bed & Breakfast boutique hotels, are not allowed in Single-Family Residential districts. City of Scottsdale website. Short-term stay rentals in Scottsdale have always been a wink-wink proposition. I’m aware of at least two Peaceful Valley homeowners who intend to rent their homes out […]

City Council, City Resources, Dennis Robbins, Economic Sustainability, Education, Elections, Ethics, Jim Lane, Linda Milhaven, Politics, Schools, Science, Taxes, Tourism

Taxpayers Subsidizing the Super Bowl

October 20, 2014 No Comments

From AZCentral today: Did you know that Scottsdale taxpayers have footed a bill in the range of a million dollars to the Super Bowl 2015 ‘host committee?’ This money is supposed to pay for a big party (obviously no one would be partying in Scottsdale during the Super Bowl), and to encourage attendees to stay […]

City Resources, Dennis Robbins, Economic Sustainability, Elections, Jim Lane, Linda Milhaven, Taxes, Tourism

More Super Bowl Welfare

January 30, 2014 1 Comment

Dan Bickley posted an interesting AZCentral column this morning in which he discussed how the NFL plumps up the bidding for the Super Bowl, which of course costs the taxpayers (even the ones who don’t attend) more money. More professional football welfare. Hmmm. What’s next? Taxpayer-subsidized polo matches? Oh yeah, Scottsdale already has […]