PHOENIX—The Open and Honest Coalition, a diverse group of leaders from across Arizona, launched campaign efforts today to support two constitutional ballot initiatives that will transform the Arizona election system and bring transparency and fairness to every Arizonan participating in the voting process. Official ballot language for both initiatives was filed with the Arizona Secretary…

Today marks the 20th anniversary of HighGround Public Affairs. In honor of this occasion, we have redesigned our website – correct, we didn’t have one in 1996 (we didn’t have emails either) – my daughter was 2 and I still had a full head of hair, Fife Symington was Governor, Mark Killian was Speaker of…

Over the past year, it has been our honor to work with the David Wright House in Arcadia and its supporters throughout the community.  Together, we have worked to preserve and restore the House, celebrate the last residential masterpiece designed by the great Frank Lloyd Wright, and inspire the next generation of artists and architects…

By: Robert Johnson and Paul Bentz From the Arizona Republic: Campaign consultants: Voters upended conventional wisdom in this week’s school bond and override elections. Voters in two Valley school districts taught us a lesson on Election Day this week, upending conventional wisdom about early ballots and reminding us again that every vote really does count.…

There is a very interesting article in the Washington Post regarding group dynamics and political perception.  It focuses on the “Majority Illusion” and how the global perception of an issue can be dictated by how the individual believes other people feel about it. Author Kevin Schaul summarizes, “…our flawed perception of some networks that relies…