by J.Charles Coughlin Last fall, my wife Patricia and I were talking about a Scottsdale Bond questions.  I was wondering aloud if voters in Scottsdale, who hadn’t passed a bond issue in many years, really cared about maintenance to increase their taxes.  She replied, “Oh honey, every woman in Scottsdale knows the value of maintenance.”  I…

Early in my career I was honored to work for Bob Robb at his firm Nelson, Ralston, Robb.  We worked on a lot of exciting and controversial issue campaigns. One in particular that I was proud to work on was the 1990 campaign to create an MLK holiday in Arizona.  Unfortunately, State Leaders put fourth…

Visit the #91in91 website here #91in91 Highlights Arizona’s Critical Transportation Maintenance and Construction Needs  State is suffering from growing maintenance gap since the fuel tax was last addressed in 1991 As part of the endeavor to increase public awareness on the state’s massive unfunded maintenance needs, a new effort known as #91in91 has been launched. …

As we look towards the convening of the 2020 Legislative session and beyond, there are many issues that will be discussed and considered. We thought it would be helpful to give you a little run down from the HighGround perspective. 1. Education Funding  Our polling continues to show that education funding is the top issue with…

All you have to do is follow….. I want you to breathe, press the play button below, and read this in peace. I haven’t written a blog post in quite a while, quite frankly because much of what constitutes public discussion these days. The President, impeachment, China, partisanship, and the economy seem stuck in a…