In 1986, after a stint as John McCain’s Finance Director for his first U.S. Senate campaign, I found myself unemployed and not wanting to return to my native Midwest with my tail between my legs.  Early in the Spring of 1987, there was a job opening for a government relations position at the Mesa Chamber…

A little over three years ago, the voters of Maricopa County overwhelmingly passed Proposition 480 to support Maricopa Integrated Health System in their efforts to provide outstanding trauma services, operate the Arizona Burn Center, expand help for the mentally ill, and continue their teaching mission to train our next generation of doctors and nurses.  At…

Arizona has an accomplished history of managing our State’s precious water resources.  The history is long: beginning with the founders of the Salt River Valley Water User’s Association, the first Federal Reclamation project in the West (when Arizona was still a territory), and continuing with the precedent setting, state-driven, bipartisan groundwater management legislation of 1980…

By: Paul Bentz Mark Twain may or may not have said, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.”  However, whether the quote is authentic or not, the sentiment most definitely is.  Fighting over water is a storied part of Arizona’s rich history, and these battles continue today as we face the effects of…

As Republicans gather for their mandatory meeting on Saturday at the Church of Nations, we have a quiz question for everyone: Who is likely the only Republican at the state meeting to have endorsed both President Donald Trump and former Governor Janet Napolitano? “Besties” In 2002, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio endorsed Janet Napolitano for…