In reading a New York Times guest editorial earlier this week by Gar Alperovitz and Thomas Hanna, one could make a case that for the sake of our public institutions, K-12 schools, and higher education, both Governor Doug Ducey and State Treasurer Jeff DeWit are correct. Our State Land Trust should be protected to serve…
DetailsArizona’s Summers are Hot enough – We Don’t Need Overheated Rhetoric! The Bloviator-in-Chief, Donald Trump, is coming to town this weekend to bathe Arizonans in his overheated rhetoric which only speaks to about a third of the Republican Primary voting electorate. The media, however, is playing along with the Manhattan-based carnival act and even the…
DetailsIt was announced earlier this week in the latest survey conducted on behalf of Stand for Children that voters now believe that Education has surpassed Immigration and Border Issues as the top issue facing the state. This marks the first time since the start of the great recession that Education has been at the top…
DetailsFrom Stand for Children Voters support leveraging state trust fund for education, want to fix lower performing schools through raising teacher pay and weighing family income in the community when funding education Phoenix, Arizona – After several years of other issues taking the spotlight in the state of Arizona, a recent statewide survey commissioned by Stand for Children…
DetailsSince our firm started back in 1996, the HighGround team has always taken pride in not only our work, but in the high-quality kind of people who work here. There is no better example of that than Kate Fassett. Over the past decade at HighGround, Kate has grown from our office manager into one of…
DetailsFrank Lloyd Wright once said, “The measure of a man’s culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.” There have been times that I have said that politics can be a soul sucking endeavor. Sometimes the act of public policy is difficult to appreciate – I have…
DetailsWe were sad to learn that Dr. Margaret Kenski has passed away after a long battle with cancer. We send our condolences to Hank, their daughters, and their grandchildren. We join in mourning her loss with the many throughout Arizona who had the honor of knowing and working with her. HighGround’s Robert Johnson first met…
DetailsHere at HighGround, we have the pleasure to work with some of the best and brightest minds Arizona has to offer. One reason everyone at our firm loves what we get to do is the opportunity to mix creative strategy with creative expression. As many of you know, HighGround is currently working on the efforts…
DetailsCampaigns and Elections has a great article from JR Starrett laying out a very helpful campaign manager’s checklist for the first 90 days of the campaign. You can check out the article here. Starrett does a good job of setting out several of the key items that all campaigns should consider in their early stages.…
DetailsIt was recently announced that “House of Cards” will come back for a fourth season. There is no doubt that it is a fun show to watch and there are certainly aspects of that program that are rather true to life. Like “The West Wing” and “The Ides of March,” these shows have archetypes that…
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