“Steffin Newman, a downtown [Phoenix] ambassador employed by merchants to assist visitors, said he often sends tourists to Scottsdale and Tempe when they ask about night life. ‘Since I started here six months ago, it’s looked like recession to me,’ he sighed. ‘It’s a ghost town.'”
Since Steffin’s comments appeared in the December 12 USA Today, apparently he’s been suspended.
Downtown Voices Coalition 