In case you do not subscribe to Voice of Scottsdale, here’s today’s edition: Taxpayers Picking Up Tab For Bar Owners’ Security. Exactly one week ago the Public Safety Ordinance for bars and clubs went into effect. And that’s also when taxpayers started paying for the most costly component of the new ordinance: security training for […]
The Siren Song of Subsidies
This My Turn Column by Ray Torres was published in the Scottsdale Republic on August 22, 2012 Golf an important note in Scottsdale’s siren call Make no mistake about it: Golfing is big business in Scottsdale. Visitors spent more than $180million on golf and golfing merchandise. Scottsdale collected roughly $1.6million in tax revenue from golf […]
Golf Subsidy Apologists
In her recently published September McDowell Mountain Ranch Real Estate News, Realtor Helene Cass takes Mark Stuart and me to task for our efforts to stop the City of Scottsdale from subsidizing private golf ventures. Her comments: With all the positive things happening at MMGC [McDowell Mountain Golf Club], it’s unfortunate to have to report […]