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By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/writer “I know I don’t belong, and there’s nothing that I can do. I was born too late, and I’ll never be like you.”~ From “Born Too Late,” The Poni-Tails, 1986 January 15, 2024 A Proclamation on Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2024 THE WHITE HOUSE Today, we reflect on the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and recommit to honoring his moral vision on the path to redeeming the soul of our Nation.
Let’s call this an ‘obitchuary’
By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer At his request, I wrote the obituary for a dear friend. The family had to pay $559 to The Arizona Republic to publish it. In a way, newspapers hold you hostage: How could you possibly be unwilling to pay a loved one’s “obit?” The trend toward paid obituaries, was noted by U.S. News & World Report, where Steven S.
Don’t read this while driving - Rose Law Group Reporter
By Phil Riske | Senior Writer/Reporter You can’t help but have seen the safety promotions the Arizona Department of Transportation launched 2017 to reduce accidents and traffic violations on the state’s freeways. In a contest, ADOT asked citizens to submit (character-limited) slogans or sayings for the department’s overhead digital alert signs. The entries touched on everything from drinking while driving and driving while texting.
What the hell time is it?
By Phil Riske | Senior Reporter/Writer Yesterday marked a change in Daylight Savings Time, something Arizona and a few other states ignore. And Eastern arrogance continues forcing us do the math when the starting time for the Phoenix Suns is 10 p.m. EST. We think this manipulation of the sun should be dealt with at the state Capitol, along with what have been myriad bills that reside in FILE 13. SB 2005—Creating Arizona’s own Daylight Savings Time to be 19 minutes ahead of EST year-round..
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Attorney General Kris Mayes won’t defend Arizona ban on transgender girls in sports A lawsuit seeks to stop enforcement of the new law and to allow the transgender girls, aged 11 and 15, to play on the play Read More » City mystery: Scrapped Rio Verde Foothills plan By Tom Scanlon | Scottsdale Progress If 1,000 or so Rio Valley Foothills residents were on an Oct.
In Memoriam: From Batboy to Biographer
By Phil Riske || Senior Reporter/Writer Among the changes made to the rules of Major League Baseball this season apply to batboys. Without going into detail here, batboys, usually teenagers, must perform more quickly and more efficiently as the game is now designed to eat up less time. Under the pressure of being a batboy for a team coached by my dad, at age 12, I made sure each player had their favorite bat when they went to the plate.
Polarization has nothing to do with bears
Chandler Airpark Technology Center completes first phase By AZRE Premier design-build firm LGE Design Build (LGE), in partnership with Clarius Partners, announced today the completion of phase one of construction at Chandler Airpark Technology Center, a 26.29-acre industrial Read More » Past and future of Sedona Cultural Park addressed An early concept sketch for the Cultural Park’s amphitheater, showing a conventional stage house similar to that at Red Rocks in Denver, rather than the Read...
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Valley’s first Libeskind-designed building to break ground InveStellar Corp By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal A rendering of the 36-unit Rainbow Road boutique apartments to be built at the southwest corner of First and Portland Read More » Residents confront developer on Landings apartments By Ken Sain | San Tan Sun The controversial Landings On Ocotillo affordable housing project has two new names, but it still faces the same entrenched opposition from residents who Read More »...
Surprise! It’s October Original
Phoenix election: City Council candidates talk housing, homelessness, police and water Phoenix City Hall. By Taylor Seely || The Arizona Republic Half of the eight Phoenix City Council seats are up for grabs in the Nov. Read More » Independent Clint Smith is an LDS conservative, but don’t mistake him for Rep. Andy Biggs Congressional hopeful Clint Smith || Campaign website By Tara Kavaler || Arizona Republic Like incumbent Rep.
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Polarization has nothing to do with bears Original
Biggs, Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene want to designate abortion-rights groups as terrorists Reps. Andy Biggs (left) and Paul Gosar) By Gregory Svirnovskiy |Arizona Republic Ruth Sent Us, a loose coalition of pro-abortion activists and volunteers, has gathered Read More » Rep. Andy Biggs’ denial of a pardon request would be more believable – under oath Rep. Andy Biggs/Reno Del Toro/Cronkite News Opinion: In Shakespearean terms, if Biggs remains unwilling to testify before the Jan.
Frat brat and proud of it Original
Surging Arizona gun sales could surge anew in wake of mass shootings Firearms on display at Legendary Guns store in Phoenix in 2018, when there were 377,838 firearm background checks in Arizona.
Oh, to smell the roses amid war and politics
Spring is just around the corner, a time for renwal. Yet the coming season of planting, blooming and spring-cleaning will be marked by war and nasty politics. Perhaps this spring should be a call to not necessarily ignore politics, but look at partisan “fights” in cooler, less strident ways. So many need to chill and warm under the spring sun.
Pollack: Ballooning inflation concerns
The Monday Morning Quarterback A quick analysis of important economic data released over the last week By Elliot D. Pollack & Co | Rose Law Group Reporter Inflation Worries Continue Recent comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicate that the Fed now believes inflation will be more persistent than previously thought. Until recently, Powell considered the 5% and 6% inflation rates the country has experienced were “transitory” and would correct in the near term.
In CNN interview, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema won’t tip hand on $2T domestic bill
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More than 2,600 homes are coming to Tucson's southwest side
By Gabriela Rico | AZ Daily Star A new housing community on the city's southwest side will soon be underway, utilizing a financing tool that shifts the cost of development to future homeowners. Known as Wildflower Community Facilities District, the one-square-mile development will be along Valencia Road, near Ajo Way with more than 2,600 residential [...]
The country’s best discount theater — Pollack Tempe Cinemas — poised to reopen - Rose Law Group Reporter
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Michael Pollack.) (TEMPE, Ariz.) —After more than a year and a half of being closed, Valley Real Estate Entrepreneur Michael Pollack is excited to announce the highly anticipated re-opening of Pollack Tempe Cinemas on Friday, December 10, 2021 starting at noon. Located at the corner of McClintock and Elliot in Tempe, Pollack Cinemas is often called the best discount theater in the country.
The country’s best discount theater — Pollack Tempe Cinemas — poised to reopen - Rose Law Group Reporter
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Michael Pollack.) (TEMPE, Ariz.) —After more than a year and a half of being closed, Valley Real Estate Entrepreneur Michael Pollack is excited to announce the highly anticipated re-opening of Pollack Tempe Cinemas on Friday, December 10, 2021 starting at noon. Located at the corner of McClintock and Elliot in Tempe, Pollack Cinemas is often called the best discount theater in the country.
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