Well, the big question that former Arizona Republic columnist, Jon Talton, asks is, “why does the Wall Street Journal cover certain Phoenix issues in more depth than our local press?” Two recent examples (both real estate related): the Mortgages Ltd. affair and Le-Nature tenant-in-common investment (now the “big white elephant,” literally and figuratively, at 615 N. 48th St.).
[Source: Arizona Republic] — Angela Cara Pancrazio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who later became a writer and video storyteller, died June 19, 2008 at her home in Phoenix. She was 51. Angela chronicled many “slice of life” stories about the city she called home and its people.
Angela was a member of the Oakland Tribune team that won a [...]
[Source: Dan Shilling, Community Columnist, Phoenix Republic, June 6, 2008] — Visit the Decision Theater at Arizona State University and you’ll discover an amazing tool that helps citizens, students, professors, and elected officials appreciate the ecological challenges facing us. Don the 3-D eyewear, and the facility’s computer wizardry will display on huge wraparound screens elegant [...]
[Source: Arizona Republic, June 16, 2008] – Phoenix, a city once smitten with everything new, is now romancing its older sections as a way to preserve, beautify, and energize. And this time, it’s not just talk. That’s evidenced by a series of actions that implemented a plan to make “adaptive reuse” more common and easier [...]
[Source: Casey Newton, Arizona Republic] — The effort to bring Phoenix campaign-finance documents online is complete. The city says:
Campaign finance-related documents from last year’s city of Phoenix mayor and council and runoff elections are now available on line on the City Clerk Department’s Web site and clicking on “Official Records.” The site includes campaign finance [...]
[Source: Arizona Republic editorial] — Mayor Phil Gordon concedes that the state of his city is… complicated. And the nature… the priorities… of his second term seem more in flux. Seven months ago, he seemed more determined than ever to push an even more ambitious public agenda throughout the city.
A comprehensive west side revitalization program.
A [...]
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