In an Arizona Republic opinion column a couple of days ago, Robert Robb brilliantly analyzes the current land-use planning philosophy that has pushed aside all common sense throughout the metro area: Phoenix banks on Peter Pan theory of Millennials. Among Robb’s observations: I believe urban form and government infrastructure should maximize the living preferences of […]
New Taxes on Scottsdale Property Owners
ARGUMENT “AGAINST” THE BONDS Bonds equal Debt. Federal debt, deficits, and borrowing are bad. Are they not equally bad in Scottsdale? Borrowing has its place, like for construction of new infrastructure. Maintenance however, should be budgeted. Scottsdale’s had years and tens of millions of dollars’ worth of unconstitutional, taxpayer-funded subsidies for the PGA, the NFL, […]
The Subsidy State
Forget about “the welfare state.” What about “the subsidy state?” Thanks to an astute ScottsdaleTrails reader, I just read AZ Republic columnist Robert Robb’s column in this morning’s RAG entitled, “Incentive game by governments spinning out of control in Arizona.” I’ve included his text below for ease of emphasizing some of the passages. I will […]