No doubt about it: Mesa scored much more than prestige when city officials announced plans for the Barry and Peggy Goldwater Library and Archives to be built downtown.

City Councilman Sal DiCiccio has thrown his support behind the Goldwater Institute as it sues the city of Phoenix and the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association for using taxpayer money for union work.

You put up a statue of somebody, and, in part because it's made of bronze or marble, you have an idea that it'll be there forever. Not that choosing John C. Greenway to have the honor of a sculptured likeness in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol isn't worth some rethinking.

Mining magnate John Campbell Greenway helped found the city of Ajo and has a major road and high school in Phoenix named after him. His statue, sculpted by the man who designed Mount Rushmore, stands in a section of the U.S. Capitol that honors individuals chosen by their states.

It’s time to privatize Gilbert.

“Why don’t they build the Barry Goldwater Library on the land at Mesa Drive and University? The parking lot at McDonald and First Avenue is the best place to park for most city events, especially if you need a handicapped spot. I hope the city is considering the additional parking and traffic the library will bring. I don’t want to pay for parking and light rail won’t help me.”

Mesa will stop charging two kinds of impact fees in 2012, including a controversial payment for cultural amenities that only recently survived a years-long legal challenge.

The ongoing economic turmoil may have many people holding their wallets tight, but business has been stellar for Scottsdale's public libraries.

December 31, 2004

The race to collect signatures to halt a downtown Scottsdale apartment building has intensified with allegations of intimidation, police calls and a council member calling for civility.

Referendum effort leaders hoping to stop the downtown Scottsdale Hanover apartment project say they will turn in a sufficient number of signatures by today's deadline to place the issue on the ballot.

The first public debate leading up to the May vote on a Mesa property tax pitted two city councilmen against each other and drew a who’s who of city politics.

The first public debate leading up to the May vote on a Mesa property tax pitted two city councilmen against each other and drew a who’s who of city politics.

May 20, 2005

Wayne Pomeroy prides himself on saying he’s always had a job.

Scottsdale is offering the public two chances to learn and comment about proposed changes to the city’s transportation network.

For 12 years, Paula Saletnik was better known as “Pistol-Packin’ Paula,” a gunslinger and performer at Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse in north Scottsdale.

For 12 years, Paula Saletnik was better known as “Pistol-Packin’ Paula,” a gunslinger and performer at Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse in north Scottsdale.

Nick Dranias: In tough times, you'd think revenue-starved cities would bend over backward to help new businesses open their doors. Wrong. In Tucson, would-be entrepreneurs must navigate a 17-step process that the city's own Small Business Commission describes as "seemingly never ending."

“Along with cuts hours for the library, why doesn’t the library start charging for its services? Have people pay for using the computers and get out of the movie rental business.”

“Here is a great way to boost our economy. Everyone with a foreign car should go out and buy either GM, Ford or Chrysler. That way your money will give the economy a big boost. Americans should support the USA, not Japan or Korea. When you buy foreign cars they tell you that the cars are made here, which is wrong, the cars are assembled here. Another point: When you buy a foreign car some of your money goes to that country.”