An AZCentral article last Thursday describes a case pending before the Arizona State Supreme Court in which hundreds of driving-under-the-influence cases could be thrown out because of faulty blood analysis equipment. This challenge started with a hearing a couple of years ago before the Maricopa County Superior Court. According to the Republic, The 2013 hearing […]
Super Rich, Poor Goldwater
I have to chuckle anytime I see Goldwater Institute get on their high horse about tax breaks and taxpayer-funded subsidies. In a paywalled article on the Phoenix Business Journal (“Helping the rich get richer: Tax breaks, subsidies, other incentives benefit big businesses and powerful industries“), Mike Sunnucks leads into what I think is an interview […]
Apartment Bust
Parker Leavitt posted a story on AZCentral today, “Is Scottsdale getting too crowded?” Unfortunately, I think he’s asking the wrong question. As I said in a comment to Parker that fell to the editor’s sword: He should be asking what we (the existing residents) are getting in exchange for the quality of life we are giving up […]