Elaine M. Scruggs

Dick Bowers, Glendale's New City Manager, to City Officials: Drop Lawsuits, Establish Positive Relationship With Tohono O'odham Nation

After years of ongoing opposition to the Tohono O'odham Nation's plan to build a resort-style casino, the new Glendale City Manager suggests the city drop legal opposition and develop a "more positive" relationship with the tribe. Acting City Manager Dick Bowers authored a memo on April 26 to the ... More >>

Glendale Councilwoman Joyce Clark's Got a Problem with Latinos? Angrily Says that Latina on City Council Doesn't Understand English

Councilwoman Joyce Clark is making some twisted comments about Latinos in her campaign literature as she seeks re-election to the Glendale City Council.   In her campaign fliers, Clark criticizes fellow Glendale Councilwoman Norma Alvarez because she "has endorsed and is solely supporting ... More >>

Appellate Court Opinion Favors Creating West Valley Reservation for Tohono O'odham Nation

See also: Gila River Indian Community Attacks Sister Tribe With Federal Lawsuit See also: Glendale Officials Ordered to Pay Tohono O'odham Nation's Legal Fees See also: Wanna Bet? The Tohono O'odham Want to Build a West Valley Casino Glendale officials should start baking cookies to walk over to th ... More >>

Glendale Mayoral Candidate Says He Was Attacked After a Tea Party Debate By Man Suspected of Removing His Campaign Signs

Walt Opaska, a candidate running for mayor of Glendale, says he was attacked after a Glendale Tea party debate last night in a Denny's parking lot. Opaska says that, at about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, as he was walking out of the restaurant near 51st Avenue and Thunderbird Road, someone told him ther ... More >>

Glendale Official Gets Pay Raise, Allowed to Telecommute -- From Home in Mississippi

Glendale Human Resources Director Alma Carmicle got a bonus and a bump in pay -- at a time when wages were frozen for employees citywide -- and was allowed to remain on Glendale's payroll even though she and her family moved to Mississippi.The Arizona Republic reported that Carmicle "received a near ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Not Moving to Canada, According to Winnipeg Mayor Who's Probably Wrong

​Good news, Phoenix Coyotes fans: the team's not moving to Canada and will remain in the desert -- according to the mayor of Winnipeg, anyway.The bad news: he's probably wrong.Today, as Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs rejected a plan that would have partnered the city with the Tohono O'odham Indians ... More >>

Will El Mirage Ever Be Able to Emerge From the Shadow of Luke Air Force Base?

Glendale Mayor Pledged to Work With Tohono O'odham if Feds Gave Nod to West Valley Reservation; City Instead Plans Legal Challenge

Elaine Scruggs making her pledge during April 2009 City Council meeting​Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs once pledged to work with the Tohono O'odham Nation if the federal government approved the tribe's application to create a West Valley reservation.But nearly two months after the feds approv ... More >>

Tohono O'odham Nation's West Valley Land Closer to Becoming Part of the Tribe's Reservation, Feds Decide

After a long battle, the Tohono O'odham Nation emerged victorious today when the feds accepted the tribe's West Valley land into "trust."This isn't the final step, but it is a major one for the Indian tribe. It means the Tohono O'odham Nation is closer to building its proposed $600 million resort-st ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 13, 2010

Wanna Bet? The Tohono O'odham Want to Build a Casino in the West Valley -- Now It's Up to the Feds to Make It Happen or Break Another Promise to the Tribe

Governor Jan Brewer and Crew of AZ Officials Pimping Luke Air Force Base to Washington

​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs, and a host of state and local business people are lobbying top Air Force officials to convince them that Luke Air Force Base is the best place for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The F-35 is the latest war bird coming off the mili ... More >>

John McCain Picks Up Two More Endorsements; J.D. Hayworth Still Has Joe Arpaio

​Two former Arizona governors jumped on board the McCain train, endorsing "The Maverick" in his bid to fend off former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, the senator's campaign announced today.Former governors Fife Symington and Jane Dee Hull will both back McCain in this year's Republican primary.Hul ... More >>

John McCain Picks Up Support of 31 Arizona Mayors in His Bid to Fend Off J.D. Hayworth in GOP Senate Primary

www.afeatheradrift.com"The maverick"​A day after former Congressman J.D. Hayworth officially kicked off his campaign to unseat Senator John McCain as the GOP's candidate for a U.S. Senate seat, "the maverick" has received an outpouring of support from 31 Arizona mayors.Hayworth, on the other hand, ... More >>

Cardinals Sendoff Rally Scheduled for Friday; Why Do Politicians Get Involved in This Stuff?

​The sendoff rally for the Arizona Cardinals is set for Friday morning at Sky Harbor International Airport, and the Cards want you there.The Cardinals are heading to New Orleans to face the Saints on Saturday afternoon, and the team is inviting fans to come to the airport for a pep rally to ge ... More >>

Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs Wanted Retraction Over Missing "Probably" in Channel 12 Report on Coyotes

Mayor Elaine Scruggs​Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs was convinced that Channel 12 reporter Brahm Resnik misquoted her in a July 17 post on www.azcentral.com, city records show. In fact, Scruggs was angry enough to tell other city officials she wanted to demand a retraction.But the tale of the tape ... More >>

Mayors' Meeting Recorded by Mayor -- Well, Maybe Not, But Some People are Still Ticked

The Arizona Republic's Ceceilia Chan has an amusing story today about a meeting of west Valley mayors that was supposed to be for their ears only, and a mischievous mayor who brought a tape recorder. The meeting was pushed by El Mirage Mayor Fred Waterman, (pictured), whose town has been affected b ... More >>

WWE Officially Announces WrestleMania XXVI in Glendale

Jonathan McNamaraJohn Cena and Ken Whisenhunt. See more shots in our Wrestlemania slide show. World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon and a cadre of his superstars rubbed elbows and traded jokes with Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt during a press conference this afternoon announcing ... More >>

WrestleMania, the Super Bowl of Wrestling, Coming to Glendale; Announcement Expected Tomorrow

We received an e-mail stating that World Wrestling Entertainment will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon at the stadium to announce a "major international event" occuring there in spring 2010 that will "draw visitors from around the world for five days of activities." Although the e-ma ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Get Big Airport Send-Off by Fans Before Heading to Tampa

An estimated 1,800 fans turned out at Sky Harbor airport this morning to give the Arizona Cardinals a rousing send-off on their way to Tampa Bay for the Super Bowl. The enthusiastic Cardinals supporters and their families, many holding homemade signs (or babies in cute, red jers ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Send Off In Video

This morning 1,800 Cardinals fans witnessed their Super Bowl-Bound team climbing into a plane and taking off for Tampa. Among those enjoying the festivities were Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs, and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. Check out the above video to see Mayor Go ... More >>

More Coffee News: Coffee & Tea Express's Grand Opening

For the last three and a half years, Rhonda McDonald and Kathy VanDerworp have been working as coffee vendors at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market, but they've recently taken the leap into full-time coffee shop ownership. Coffee & Tea Express (5835 W. Palmaire Ave., Ste. E, in Glendale)&nb ... More >>

Wily Coyote

Team owner Ellman skates over financial inquiries

The Road Not Taken

A long-planned freeway for the fast-growing west Valley is ambling along in the slow lane as state officials, local communities and an influential developer try to figure out just where the road should run

This Old $811,000 House

That's how much taxpayers shelled out for a historic house that will anchor a "serenity park." That's a lot of money, considering the sellers had offered to move the house--at their cost--to another park.

REINVENTING MAG

THE COUNTY WANTS TO DISBAND IT. THE CHAIRMAN SAYS IT JUST NEEDS BETTER SPIN CONTROL. BUT MANY PROBLEMS AT THE VALLEY'S REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY COULD BE SOLVED BY COMMON-SENSE REFORM.