Subject: Economic Issues

• YOU CALL THIS A REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN?

  WAIT 'TIL SQUARE ONE BECOMES A PARKING LOT

  September 9, 1992

• Flashes

  November 16, 1995

• The Health-Care Mirage

  GOP boosters say Arizona's medical system for the poor should be a model for national health-care reform. But three federal investigations question whether Arizona's system is any less expensive than traditional Medicaid plans.

  December 28, 1995

• Webb Design

  The good, the bad and the boring of Del Webb's New River development

  February 22, 1996

• Time to Burn

  Is the Lone Fire a preview of California-style infernos to come?

  May 30, 1996

• Babbitt's Interior

  As the White House flips and flops, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt takes his environmental losses and victories in stride. Is his stoicism a necessary virtue or a political vice?

  August 22, 1996

• Road Kill

  An innocuous road near Sedona is all that remains of Ken Parker's dream of a grand resort. Now Yavapai County is joining megadeveloper SunCor to take that away, too--with the county providing condemnation powers and SunCor paying the bills.

  August 22, 1996

• Letters

  April 24, 1997

• Art Attack!

  To George Zraket, it's an evil zoning plot by old Sscottsdale cronies; to Janie Ellis, it's the only way her timeworn art colony can survive.

  May 15, 1997

• Toll Road Kill?

  Contract for South Mountain tollway may depend on company's dumping of its president

  June 5, 1997

• Fife's Myth

  Symington's tax cuts had little or nothing to do with Arizona's economic boom, which isn't as robust as it's made out to be

  October 9, 1997

• Distaff Is Restless

  A resident gets cut from Maricopa Medical Center's surgical training program. She says it's discrimination. It's just the latest problem facing the center's taxpayer-funded contractor, Medpro.

  October 23, 1997

• Unions Struggle for a Foothold

  July 9, 1998

• Flashes

  From the week of April 12, 2001

  April 12, 2001

• Jan Brewer: Herbert Hoover in High Heels and a Pantsuit

  Separated at birth? According to economist Paul Krugman, it's possible. Will soon-to-be Arizona Governor Jan Brewer repeat the mistakes of Republicans in the midst of the Great Depression, specifically those of President Herbert Hoover?It seems likely. With a GOP-led legislature intent on "starving the beast," as they call state government, Brewer & Co. are likely to swing an ax at any government programs or employees not tied to the floor. See, much of the state budget is held in place

  December 30, 2008

• Obama Says Plan Will Shore Up Foreclosures, Create Incentives in Housing Market

  President Barack Obama told a cheering crowd at Dobson High School in Mesa that the $787 billion stimulus act he signed into law yesterday will create jobs and restore the housing market to stability.Though the speech was loaded with vague rhetoric, Obama focused on a few of the details he said would shore up the housing market by reducing foreclosures that lead to lower-than-normal neighborhood property values.The new law will save the homes of up to four million Americans from forecl

  February 18, 2009

• Earth Hour: City of Phoenix to Save Money by Opting Out of Event in 2009

    Last year, when the city of Phoenix still had money, Earth Hour was all fun and games. Then came the recession, which forced the city to start making nine-digit budget cuts and laying off hundreds of people. New Times has confirmed that, this year, Phoenix won't be spending thousands in public funds to shut off the lights of city buildings for an hour. Earth Hour 2009 takes place on March 28. As we reported last March, the city spent $3,000 in 2008 to help ma

  March 19, 2009

• Mr. Ambassador: The Life and Times of Raul H. Castro

  November 13, 2008

• Bank Shot

  October 16, 2008

• "Pedro Meyer: Mexico's Digital Pioneer"

  October 16, 2008

• Young Jeezy

  The Recession
  (Def Jam)

  September 25, 2008

• Phoenix Rising?

  A peek at the future cityscape

  November 30, 2006

• Matt's Big Hassle

  Three years ago, Mayor-elect Phil Gordon promised to make it easier for small businesses to renovate old buildings. But the problems faced by one indie restaurateur show that, if anything, it's harder than ever

  November 30, 2006

• Society Ball

  Gallery reopening benefits downtown arts community

  April 23, 2009

• Give the Godfather the Boot

  A throng of people turned out to learn about Jerry Colangelo's secret plan for downtown. They learned nada. It's high time for Mayor Phil Gordon to end this charade.

  February 19, 2004

• Tough Row To Ho

  Can the city's seediest street ever be cleaned up, much less gentrified?

  January 8, 2004

• Abstract Art Cuts

  Gilbert zeroes out public art commies

  December 18, 2003

• Creative Class Act

  Richard Florida knows exactly what's wrong with Phoenix

  October 2, 2003

• Big House Inc.

  Think more private prisons would be good for Arizona? Think again, sucker.

  April 3, 2003

• Romancing the Genome

  The love story that may spark Arizona's New Economy.

  June 6, 2002

• Heard Mentality

  How much longer will the city allow the acclaimed museum to disrupt a historic neighborhood's peace and quiet?

  March 14, 2002

• Furious George

  Is Scottsdale ready for four more years of political scrutiny from George Zraket? It all depends on who you ask.

  February 7, 2002

• Un-Urban Development

  Proposed downtown site draws criticism from residents, urban planners

  January 31, 2002

• Fiscal Fissure

  Deep cuts proposed to state budget set up bleak future for Arizonans

  November 29, 2001

• Power Trip

  Plant near Kingman may be a foreboding sign for the rest of the state

  February 22, 2001

• 'Hood Winked

  Phoenix neighborhoods revitalization efforts run into trouble at City Hall

  March 30, 2000

• The Last Man in Cactus

  City zoning rules make it tough for Larry Jany to sell his property and retire

  February 24, 2000

• Slummin' in Scottsdale

  With his new residence built atop his antique shop, John Mollard thought he was set for life. He couldn't have imagined that the same city that encouraged him to build his home was laying plans to declare his neighborhood a blight, seize his property and

  May 21, 1998

• "I've Been Had"

  Councilwoman Frances Barwood, facing a recall over her vote on the Sumitomo plant zoning, now claims she was misled by the mayor

  April 10, 1997

• PENSION APPREHENSION

  RETIREES ARE SPOOKED BY THE THOUGHT OF STATE EMPLOYEES MANAGING $1 BILLION OF THEIR NEST EGG

  August 23, 1995

• GOVERNOR'S FINGERPRINTS LEAVE GREASY TRAILSCREWED PENSION FUND IN '91

  July 7, 1993

• Arizona Voters Reject Education Cuts in New Poll, Open to Temporary Sales Tax Hike to Heal Budget

  Most Arizona voters hate the idea of cutting education to help balance the state's budget, says a new poll by KAET-TV and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. Sixty-nine percent of respondents answered "education" to the question, "The one area in which I think cuts should NOT be made in is..." The second runner-up was public safety, at 10 percent. The poll, conducted from April 23-26, also shows healthy support for a temporary boost in state sales tax. Q

  April 29, 2009

• Happy Campers and Hikers: State Parks Open After Employees Told to Report to Work Despite Lack of Budget

  Image: Wikimedia Commons The state parks department sent out the following news release this morning, announcing that "closed" signs were being taken down at state parks. The Arizona Republic's Casey Newton reports that some campers had already been evicted as a state government shutdown loomed. But after state workers were told to stay at their jobs, the parks department moved quickly to let people know their favorite haunts would be open for the upcoming holiday weekend. Unlike many state expe

  July 1, 2009

• Robots to do Battle at MetroCenter; Youths From Maricopa Skill Center Showcasing Summer Project

  Image: Wikimedia Commons The rip of metal skin, the smell of electric motors overheating, the excited faces of young nerds in button-down, short-sleeve shirts... If you love a good robot fight like we do, tread on down to Metrocenter this Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. It may not be as exciting as a scuffle between Optimus and Megatron, but there ought to be some entertaining take-downs. Budding builders from 16 to 25 who spent part of their summer learning manufacturing at the Maricopa Skill

  July 16, 2009

• Billionaires for Wealthcare Befuddle Far Right Wackjobs On Healthcare Reform

  The billionaires join ranks with the Obama-haters in this new Dennis Gilman video. In the tradition of Michael Moore and the stunts he regularly pulled in his TV show The Awful Truth (and continues to pull in his films), come the Billionaires for Wealthcare, a crew of wannabe-Warren Buffets who crashed the anti-healthcare reform Tea Bag party outside Congressman Harry Mitchell's Scottsdale office back on August 8. Dressed in top hats and tails and arriving in a white stretch limo, these r

  August 16, 2009

• Recession To End September 17, According to Valley Businesses That Have Absolutely No Authority to End Recessions

  ​Congratulations America, the recession is almost unofficially over!Well, if you believe Valley businesses that have declared September 17 the official end of our current national economic woes.If it was that easy, why the hell didn't they do this six months ago? Not only are all of our economic problems soon to be over, the organizers of this historic declaration are throwing a party in celebration, and we're all invited.Bluemedia and F1 Race Factory are sponsoring the event, which w

  September 9, 2009

• Former Chandler Economic Development Director Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct

  Richard Mulligan, former director of economic development for the city of Chandler​It seems the only thing separating Richard Mulligan, Chandler's former director of economic development, from the dysfunctional hillbillies gracing the Jerry Springer Show is the number of teeth in his mouth and the fact that he's employed.Mulligan pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after an incident with his ex-girlfriend, Sonya Banna, 46.Banna called police after she sa

  September 18, 2009

• Capitalism: A Love Story Shows Michael Moore Is a Marxist, But He’s Still Selling the Same Old Shtick

  October 1, 2009

• ASU Professor Elinor Ostram Wins Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences

  ASU professor Elinor Ostram, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.​Forget President Obama -- one of Arizona's own won a 2009 Nobel Prize (and there's no doubt that she earned it). Elinor Ostram, a faculty member at both Arizona State University and Indiana University, won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, which she shares jointly with Oliver E. Williams at the University of California Berkeley. Ostram's work challenges the traditional view that collective ownersh

  October 12, 2009

• Today is World Toilet Day; Group Asks Phoenicians, "Are You Squatting?"

  www.betterlifestylesinc.com​There seems to be a day designated for just about everything, and toilets are no exception.Today, November 19, is "World Toilet Day" and a group called "The World Toilet Organization" is encouraging Phoenicians to participate in a global event called "The Big Squat."

  November 19, 2009