A Scottsdale city councilman, who says he’s been told city employees are plagued by low morale and a hostile work environment, has called for a public discussion of the issue.

Quite a stir has unfolded over whether Scottsdale City Councilman David Ortega gives the city’s Hispanic community sufficient representation.

Chandler City Attorney Dennis O’Neill issued a formal warning Tuesday against Councilman Dean Anderson’s campaign committee for failing to follow state election laws.

Mesa City Councilman Dennis Kavanaugh will host a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Rhodes Junior High School Aquatic Center, 1869 S. Longmore. The free event is open to residents of Council District 3.

In Tuesday’s Tribune, a Page A3 story about a proposed bicycle path in Mesa’s Lehi area should have identified City Councilman Scott Somers as one of those opposed to stopping the project and not Scott Smith, a Mesa mayoral candidate.

Scottsdale City Councilman Ron McCullagh failed this week to disclose required information about his high-powered campaign donors that have ties to major development projects, SkySong and Scottsdale Healthcare.

Chandler City Councilman Matt Orlando let Covance know Thursday he’s not pleased with the way the drug-testing company is communicating with the community.

Jerry Boyd, a Mesa city councilman from 1988 to 1996 and the city's 2001 Man of the Year, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 59.

A group of El Mirage residents filed papers Tuesday to recall Councilman Adam Super, saying he violated city codes by failing to maintain his property.

Apache Junction City Council meetings will be guarded in the wake of comments from a councilman who is also reported to no longer live in the city.

District 4 Councilmember Chris Glover has been re-appointed to the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations (FAIR) steering committee. This will be Councilmember Glover’s second term on the FAIR steering committee, which is responsible for developing policy positions on issues involving national economic policy, general financial assistance programs, liability insurance, intergovernmental relations, Census, municipal bonds and capital finance, municipal management, antitrust issues, citizen participation and civil rights, labor relations, Native American sovereignty and municipal authority.

Scottsdale City Councilman Jim Lane, who is running for mayor, has returned a $390 campaign contribution check from north Scottsdale landowner Henry Becker, saying Becker’s decision to seek the recall of two council members is “inconsistent with (his) stated intention to bring civility back to City Hall and the community.”

Hispanic leaders are set to gather Thursday morning to show support for a Phoenix City Councilman wrested to the ground and handcuffed by a Phoenix police officer last week.

A Tempe city councilman is pressing Arizona State University to snatch the Insight Bowl from Phoenix in exchange for $6 million to expand its main campus.

December 10, 2004

Mesa Councilman Chris Glover will host a pancake breakfast for residents of District 4 on Sept. 24. Glover and representatives from several city departments will be available to assist residents with various municipal services during the event. The free breakfast is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Fire Station 201, 360 E. First St. For more information, call (480) 644-5296.

Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio thinks Arizona should make a good faith offer to the Gila River Indian Community to consider allowing the South Mountain Loop 202 on tribal land before construction begins along Pecos Road.

The Chandler councilman who recently came under fire for his use of taxpayer money has been called up for active military duty in Iraq, he said on Thursday.

Mesa Councilman Dennis Kavanaugh announced the start of his fourth-annual holiday toy drive, which got underway Nov. 15. Toys will be given to patients at Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa.

The Chandler councilman who fell under heavy scrutiny for using public money for personal expenses made his final payment on a cell phone bill that cost taxpayers thousands of dollars.