The City of Phoenix has released its initial budget overview for fiscal year 2022/23. Currently, the preliminary budget projections estimate a $76 million surplus in the city coffers. This surplus includes an estimated $44 million in one-time resources primarily caused by higher than anticipated vacancy savings and carryover of the City Council approved Coronavirus Relief … Read more
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego hit all the right notes with regards to the people of Ukraine and the vulgar and bigoted statements of Wendy Rogers. In a series of posts today (February 28, 2022,) she announced that the lights of Phoenix City Hall will be blue and gold (the flag colors of Ukraine) to honor … Read more
Since Tucson Mayor Regina Romero took office in 2019, she and the Tucson City Council have taken many steps to modernize, enhance, and revolutionize the city’s infrastructure and green energy sustainability features. These steps include: Developing and updating an Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap. This has helped lead to the start of installing electric charging stations … Read more
Arizona, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, has qualified to receive $76.5 million to develop electric charging stations along its six federal interstate highway systems. According to reporting from AZ Mirror, the goal of the five billion dollar national program is to expand the amount of electric charging stations across the country from 47,055 to … Read more
As a former prosecutor, I have a genuine and long-standing concern for the safety of our police on the job. The Law Enforcement Officers and other personnel who make up our police forces deserve every effort by society to ensure their safety while doing a frequently quite dangerous, even lethal, job. That is why I … Read more