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On Thin Ice

Scottsdale may think it's fixing Los Arcos Mall. But it's really paving the way for a Coyotes arena in Glendale.

By Kristi H. Dempsey
Feb 28, 2002

As a fierce competitor myself, I can't help but respect, if not admire, a player who leverages the strength of his opponents in an all-out effort to win the game. Because that's what Phoenix Coyotes owner Steve Ellman has been attempting to do -- use his old enemies in Scottsdale...
Vanishing Act

Little-known revision of state law would allow Cardinals to play in BOB

By Kristi H. Dempsey
Dec 13, 2001

Back in the early 1990s, when legislators were craftily passing legislation that allowed taxpayers to pay for a new ballpark, politicos in Tempe got nervous.They feared that a new domed major league baseball stadium might only get approval if it could also become home to the Arizona Cardinals football team...
Howie's End

We have a winner in the "Disguise Howie" contest

By Kristi H. Dempsey
Oct 25, 2001

No anthrax in the mail this week, but we did get plenty of entries in our "Disguise Howie" contest. Many thoughtful citizens took the time to help Arizona Republic restaurant critic Howard "Howie" Seftel get back to work by creating new and clever disguises for him. (We also got letters...
From Ecstasy to Agony

Owner of Tucson-based Safari Media Inc. indicted

By Kristi H. Dempsey
Oct 18, 2001

The party's over for Safari Media Inc., but the company keeps getting crashed by the Arizona Attorney General's office.A Safari financial advisor indicted by the AG and accused of cheating nearly 1,200 investors out of $24 million became a fugitive last week after failing to surrender to Pima County lawmen...
Half-baked Howie

Republic and its food writer miss the point

By Kristi H. Dempsey
Oct 11, 2001

Arizona Republic restaurant critic Howard Seftel can dish it out but he can't take it, and neither can his newspaper.Last week, I wrote about what I saw as extremely sloppy journalism -- Seftel's continued recycling of tired gags and one-liners. He wrote many of them for us, in the eight...

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