Prescott’s Misplaced Priorities: $15 Million for the Rodeo Should Go for Wildfire Mitigation

In 2000, when the City of Prescott asked for a 1% increase in their sales tax to pay for streets and open space, the residents listened. In 2017, when the City asked for a .75% increase in their sales tax to pay down $78 million in police and fire public pension debt, the residents listened.

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The Incessant Yavapai Election Saga: Dark Money Season 3

The latest “political hit” job indicates there’s a new cabal in town. Dark money in Yavapai County is back, and unfortunately, it looks like it’s here to stay.1 The latest “campaign” hit piece targets four of the seven current Prescott Council members, Save the Dells, AZFPI, the Executive Committee of Prescott Indivisible, Noel Campbell, Mary

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Let’s Make a Mine Deal: The Story of the Gold Paradise Peak Mine

By the AZFPI Board This post was updated on 4/29/24 to reflect a correction on the EPA’s ECHO database. A Look at the Players, Property & Regulators of Gold Paradise Peak Mine This is a complicated story of high-stakes real estate with mineral rights investments, never-ending litigation, unresolved regulatory violations, and financial skullduggery. But singularly

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