Random Musings

Just a compilation of some recent political rumors here in AZ... ...The Phoenix Business Journal ( and other sources ) has been reporting ...

After ranting last night about how too many voters just don't pay attention, it probably would be a good idea to remind folks of upcomin...

For those of you who thought the mayor's race in Tempe was the end of campaign season...oh, who am I kidding?  If you're reading thi...

Thursday evening, well over 200 people gathered at the Granite Reef Senior Citizen Center in Scottsdale for one of the hearings held by the ...

...if the resident with that expertise is associated with an outgoing member of the City Council ... An email update from the Coalition of...

After more than 2 hours of presentations and discussions at Tuesday's meeting of the Scottsdale City Council, the Council voted 5 - 2 to...

All over Arizona, early ballots are reaching mail boxes (the ballot for my area is here ).  Here are my picks (and there isn't anything ...

...I can't say "the fix was in" (at this point in time, I don't have any evidence that tonight's events were other tha...

By now, most folks who care know that at Tuesday's meeting of the Scottsdale City Council, the Council voted 4-3 to withdraw from the P...

In a meeting that took less than 25 minutes, Mayor Jim Lane and his coterie of supporters on the Council - Lisa Borowsky, Tony Nelssen, and ...

The City of Scottsdale has a task force reviewing its charter , looking toward voter approval of changes at a special election in March. Mo...

Tuesday's meeting of the Scottsdale City Council began as most of them do, with a local group of kids (a Brownie troop this week) reciti...

As usual, all info gathered from the websites of the relevent political bodies/agencies (except where noted) and subject to change without n...

You know, I freely admit that I was not happy with Mary Manross' performance as Mayor of Scottsdale. It's a South Scottsdale (older...

Edit to update with the results of the meeting, at the end of the post... From AZCentral.com - The Scottsdale City Council will meet on Tue...

Today, the Judiciary Committee of the AZ Senate approved, by a 4 - 3 party-line vote, SCR1025. That measure, if ultimately placed on the bal...