Ron McCullagh – Page 3 – Scottsdale Trails

City Employees, Civic Discussion, Jim Lane, Lisa Borowsky, Public Safety, Ron McCullagh

Ethics, What Ethics?

November 8, 2012 4 Comments

Chief of Stuff JP Twist says “Judge did not have all of the facts, came to the wrong conclusion” re Boss Lane’s lack of ethics. Beth Duckett’s AZCentral article today talks about the dismissal of my ethics complaint against Jim Lane, et. al., for publicly abusing Scottsdale Public Safety Chief Alan Rodbell, and former Scottsdale […]

Bar District, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Dennis Robbins, Elections, General Plan Update, History, Jim Lane, Linda Milhaven, Ron McCullagh, Suzanne Klapp, Zoning & Development

Snow Job Team 3

October 31, 2012 3 Comments

For the third installment of my series on the so-called “Jobs Team” of Suzanne Klapp, Virginia Korte, and Eric Luoma, I’ll focus on the aforementioned Ms. Klapp. Suzanne’s friends on the editorial staff at the Scottsdale Republic gave her a well-timed prime spot in this morning’s litter box liner for a pre-election “My Turn” column […]

City Employees, Cultural Council, Elections, Jim Lane, Media, Ron McCullagh, Sonoran Preserve, Taxes

Pension Posturing

October 31, 2012 No Comments

An article from Beth Duckett in the Scottsdale Republic this morning rehashes falsetto concerns from mayor Jim Lane and lame duck councilman Ron McCullagh about Scottsdale’s employee pension fund costs. While pension fund costs (and their seemingly inevitable increase) are certainly an issue about which Scottsdale taxpayers and elected representatives should be concerned, they are […]