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State of the City

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Delivers a State of the City Address Focusing on Gratitude, Achievement, and Unleashed Potential

May 20, 2025 by David Gordon

In a speech that went on for about 35 minutes, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego delivered her annual State of the City Address before an audience at the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce that focused on the themes of gratitude, achievement, and unleashed potential for the Grand Canyon State’s Capitol City. From the first moments of … Read more

In her State of the City Address, Mayor Kate Gallego Declares Phoenix is the Future and City to Watch

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 by David Gordon

“Phoenix now is our time. The Future is Phoenix, and the Future is everywhere we look: In a TSMC manufacturing facility. In our affordable housing communities. On rooftops covered in solar panels. In community college classrooms. In the shade of a newly planted tree. Regardless of what the future may hold – Phoenix is the … Read more

Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild’s 2016 “State of the City” address

March 1, 2016 by Carolyn Classen

Two term Mayor Jonathan Rothschild delivered his annual “State of the City” address today at the Tucson Convention Center. Here’s the entirety of his speech, as a hyperlink. In the past I had to copy the pages of the Mayor’s speech from pdf, convert to jpg (each page) and tediously copy them into this text. … Read more

Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild’s 2015 State of the City Address

March 7, 2015March 6, 2015 by Carolyn Classen

Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, a Democrat, gave this speech today at the annual State of the City luncheon at the JW Marriott Star Pass Resort. The Mayor is up for re-election this November, 2015.

Updated 3/7/15: with correction on page 7 in comments, from the Mayor’s Communications Director.

State of the City 2015-page-001

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