Who thinks apartments less than a runway-length away from the Scottsdale Airport is a good idea? Apparently Jim Lane does. Last night the City Council in their infinite wisdom once again chose to ignore both common sense and the advice of aviation experts. They refused to send the developer of the proposed Scottsdale Airpark Community […]
Overzealous
The word of the night at this week’s City Council Meeting was “overzealous.” Mayor Jim Lane used it to describe me and other Scottsdale Airport advocates who spoke out against three proposed high-rise apartment projects in the Scottsdale Airpark seeking approval from the City Council. But when it comes to protecting airports—and the taxpayers’ investment […]
Noisy Neighbors: Take Two
In one of our first articles on ScottsdaleTrails I gave you a little background on the dust-up between the bars in downtown Scottsdale’s growing ‘entertainment district’ (centered south of 75th Street and Camelback) and long-time residents north and east of Camelback and Miller. Robert Leger, Scottsdale Republic opinion page editor and nemesis of the neighbors, […]