In the latest installment of a new series, the Republic’s Beth Duckett reported today on the $75,000 of taxpayer money gifted to Scottsdale’s Prince of Polo and PR, Jason Rose, by the Scottsdale City Council (Mayor Jim Lane is a Rose client). I believe this is the third year in a row for this particular […]
Developers Are People, Too
An AZCentral article from Edward Gately yesterday describes the city council’s ongoing reaction to the new “economic development action plan,” the construction of which was outsourced to a consultant. Which begs the question: Why do we need an economic development staff? The bookends of the article for me are a quote from the report and […]
Scottsdale’s Big Ideas Should Start With Basics
From today’s Scottsdale Republic: Again, the champions of Scottsdale’s unique character and quality of life have to endure the insults of Paradise Valley resident Jason Rose (“Before knocking the city, consider all its positives,” May 28 Scottsdale Republic). Indeed, there are many reasons to love Scottsdale. Almost all happened before Rose started getting taxpayer subsidies […]