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. […]
By the AZFPI Board You are now entering another episode of Prescott’s Twilight Zoning…. In the first episode of the TV series, “The Twilight Zone,” a man finds himself totally alone in a small town. His panic escalates into terror as he desperately searches for an explanation for incomprehensible events. Sounds a lot like
Prescott City Staff Enable ‘Twilight’ Zoning Read More »
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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By The AZFPI Board Do you know why the IRS Tax Code is approximately 2,600 pages? Because when it comes to paying taxes, the honor system just doesn’t work. And like it or not, governments use taxes (and fees) to pay for essential services such as roads, public safety, and utilities. So why then, in
Prescott’s ‘Kick the Can’ Game with Development Impact Fees Read More »
‘If You Build it, They Will Come’: A Business Plan That Only Works in Hollywood By AZFPI Arizona faces more than a billion dollars in financial deficits over the next few years.1 Yep, you read that correctly. Yet our state representatives from LD-1 remain undeterred in their mission to give Prescott Frontier Days (PFD) $15.3
PFD Rodeo Plan Akin to ‘Field of Dreams’ Fantasy Read More »
By Arizonans for Promoting Integrity Prescott is no longer a small town. Our once sleepy Daily Courier used to report about stolen bicycles. Lately, the paper’s journalistic integrity rivals that of the National Enquirer reporting on space aliens. Tim Wiederaenders and the Daily Courier have been fixated on the City of Prescott’s three personnel—not criminal—investigations
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Another Look Behind the Curtain – the Rodeo and the Recall Save the Rodeo? Again? What’s that got to do with the effort to recall Mayor Phil Goode? Well, apparently the Recall Committee thinks the two are related. The latest angle in the never-ending “recall reason roulette” is that residents are hearing from petition circulators
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By AZFPI The misuse of the recall process in Prescott continues. Despite an outside legal investigation that concluded Mayor Goode did not violate the city charter—discrediting the very premise of the recall petition.1 Despite the city manager has since voluntarily resigned her position with the city.2 And despite it was the sweetheart deal with the
Misuse of the Prescott Mayor Recall Process: Who’s Behind the Curtain? Read More »
By the Arizonans For Promoting Integrity Board The recall process allows citizens to remove an elected official from office before that person’s term ends. This process should be reserved for incompetent or corrupt officials.(1) Here in Prescott, however, the recall process is akin to watching 8-year-olds in a school cafeteria. For no discernable reason, a
AZFPI Against Abuse of Recall Process to Unseat Mayor Goode Read More »
By Deb Thalasitis and Mary Beth Hrin All around Prescott there are yard signs, petitioners, hand fans, radio spots from council candidate Chad DeVries, even texts with a link to the 1888 Buckle Club website where you can sign the petition to “Save the Rodeo.” So we want to know: Who exactly is trying to take
The 1888 Buckle Club Rodeo Petition: The Mengarelli Misinformation Machine is Back Read More »
