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Decisions should not always be made by the people

May 9, 2010

(Wrote this piece for ABC15 and the comments are getting a little nutty. What say you? Should #sb1070 be put to a vote in November? I say no.) Most decisions are too important to be left to the people. Wisdom of the crowds? I think not. This country was not founded by democracy and did [...]

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Lemonade at Gangplank

April 25, 2010

The country is fighting a war it can’t win. The economy still hasn’t recovered. Arizona has passed three controversial bills recently, the LEAST crazy of which allows non-trained citizens to carry concealed weapons. But life is good. Life has hope. The Lemonade Movie is proof that there are good things happening to people. Proof that [...]

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Scottsdale Camp, SkySong, April 24

April 11, 2010

Yes, it’s another ‘camp. Yes, it’s being run by me and D. Patrick Lewis. Yes, it’s at Sky Song. And it needs to happen. Residents of Phoenix, Glendale, Tempe, Gilbert and Chandler get it, the businesses they frequent mostly get it and their employers are starting to turn on to it. But Scottsdale seems to [...]

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Bare, not bear, it all

January 10, 2010

We all want to be important. To be needed. To be looked up to. This doesn’t require that we do all the work. Look around cities like Phoenix. There are a multitude of community groups, meetups and seminars that overlap. Some of them teach different things to the same group of people, some of them [...]

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What’s wrong with downtown Phoenix

November 18, 2009

Downtown Phoenix isn’t about businesses, buildings or parks. It’s about people. Those that live, work and/or play here make this place what it is. It’s not that great. Plenty of potential, lots of usable space and we really haven’t done much. Copper Square is a failed experiment. Have you EVER seen that place busy? It’s [...]

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You cannot circle jerk your way to success

August 26, 2009

Get out of your echo chamber. You need to think critically. You need to question. You need to support. You can’t be blind to criticism. Events like SMAZ are a perfect example of why so many people seem to have absolutely no idea how to get better. Who was the event for? Businesses looking to [...]

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