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Bonds: What You Actually Approved

November 4, 2015 1 Comment

By my rough math, we had about 22% turnout for Scottsdale’s bond/tax election yesterday, November 3, 2015. Sad, especially considering that a little more than 10% of Scottsdale’s registered voters (16,000) were able to raise property taxes for all 146,000 voters. Or said another way, just by staying home, 114,000 voters agreed to have their […]

Bonds, City Council, City Services, David Smith, Economic Sustainability, Ethics, Jim Lane, Kathy Littlefield, Taxes

Tax Yourself

October 5, 2015 2 Comments

Did you know that in order to raise your own taxes, all you have to do is…nothing? There’s a Scottsdale property tax election less than a month away, and if more than half the pitiful, typical percentage of Scottsdale residents who show up vote for it, you get new taxes whether you wanted them or […]

ASU, City Council, City Services, Economic Sustainability, Ethics, Jim Lane, Linda Milhaven, McDowell Road, Media, Neighborhoods, Roadways, Virginia Korte, Zoning & Development

City Council Revitalizes McDowell Road?

June 29, 2015 2 Comments

South Scottsdale resident Dana Close penned a letter that was published as a “Special for the Republic” column (also appearing on AZCentral online: “Could South Scottsdale be the next Arcadia?“) a couple of weeks ago in a Wednesday edition. In her column, Ms. Close praised the Scottsdale City Council for their role in “revitalizing” the […]