Selling The Sales Tax Is Off To A Shaky Start

Since it was recently rolled out, the YES on 100 sales tax campaign has been stumbling.

First, when the campaign was launched, its spokesperson said the best chance of the tax hike succeeding is if the issue is not seen in partisan terms.
The way voters make up their minds and vote on issues has nothing to do with perceptions of partisanship - thinking otherwise is strategically flawed. Read More...

Judge Monte Morgan Gets A Root'n-Toot'n Reprieve

Before last week, hardly anybody had any idea who Monte Morgan is:  a former singing cowboy ... a one-time trick roper in a Wild West Show ...  a horse wrangler from Cave Creek?

Nope. None of the above.

After being the hottest topic of two City Council meetings last week, a lot more people now know that Monte Morgan has been Scottsdale's presiding city judge for the last 10 years. That means he's also a charter officer. But for a while, if the majority of the council had had their way, Morgan would be a "former judge" and a "previous charter officer."
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More Rumors Than Resolutions For McDowell Road Corridor

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The Three Psychics: Pederson, Bowers and Little

What's Vernon Parker's Story?

"Uber Fuhrer" Comment Sends Chilling Message

Public Clowning Has Turned Into Political Campaigning

Don't Count Jan Brewer Out of Governor's Race

Dick Bowers Tells It Like It Is

Scottsdale Bids Farewell to John Little

KJZZ-Republic New Media Odd Couple

The Mother of All District Election Models

8,671 Magic Number To Recall Mayor

Think Tank Announces New Tooth Fairy Hotline

Mayor Lane's New Evil Empire

Is the City Clerk Next on the Chopping Block?

AZ Republican Party Is Out of Sync For 2010

Justice O'Connor Kicks Off Political Jubilee

Goldwater Institute Exposes Itself

Special Edition: Four Faces of Scottsdale Voters

Michael Crow: "We're Number 121!"

Playing Political Games With City Manager

Something Smells Fishy at the Legislature

Former Mayor is Haunting Scottsdale City Hall

The Game of Picking a New City Attorney

Special Session: Stepping Through The Looking Glass

Fife in the Center of Another UFO Controversy

Is It Transparent or Open?

A Lesson in Political Transparency

March Madness

A Higher Calling

No Experience Necessary