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Scottsdale Chamber of Hoogaboogahh

October 2, 2015 1 Comment

The Scottsdale City Council recently received an email which ordinarily I’d have ignored because it was sent by an anonymous coward. However, the email makes a few points that I think are illustrative of the general misconceptions of the role of city government and the real function of the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce. First, the […]

Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Elections, Ethics, Jim Lane, Politics, Suzanne Klapp, Virginia Korte

Doubling Down on LGBT

April 10, 2015 6 Comments

Virginia “Brock Landers” Korte put out yet another anonymous Voice of Scottsdale editorial yesterday to bash the city council members who didn’t support her amateurish efforts to ramrod an LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance. In that column, Korte accuses those opponents of ‘playing politics,’ and pandering to right wing nut job constituents. She says, Scottsdale is supposed […]

Bar District, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Civic Discussion, David Smith, Economic Sustainability, Ethics, Jim Lane, Linda Milhaven, Politics, Suzanne Klapp, Taxes, Virginia Korte

LGBT One-Night Stand

April 8, 2015 4 Comments

Let me say up-front that I fully support the principle that no one should be subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, income status, age, genetic gender, gender identity, or orientation. Furthermore, I believe such discrimination is plain silly, and it’s bad for business. I also believe Scottsdale (both […]